GNU bug report logs - #14707
automake 1.14 test hang for t/compile4.sh on Linux if "cl" executable is in path

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Diab Jerius <dj <at> head.cfa.harvard.edu>

Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:52:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Diab Jerius <dj <at> head.cfa.harvard.edu>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: automake 1.14 test hang for t/compile4.sh on Linux if "cl"
 executable is in path
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:45:11 -0400

Hi,

On the Linux boxes I compile on, there's a /usr/local/bin/cl executable
(from the IRAF package).  Unfortunately, it seems that t/compile4.sh
interprets that as a Microsoft compiler.

The IRAF cl is an interactive program, so compile4.sh invokes it and it
hangs waiting for input.

Is there perhaps a better way of checking for the Microsoft compiler, or
restricting these tests to Microsoft operating systems?

Thanks,

Diab
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