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

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Diab Jerius <dj <at> head.cfa.harvard.edu>
Cc: 14707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14707: automake 1.14 test hang for t/compile4.sh on Linux if "cl" executable is in path
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:22:25 +0200

severity 14707 minor
tags 14707 + moreinfo
thanks

On 06/24/2013 04:45 PM, Diab Jerius wrote:
> Hi,
>
Hi Diab, thanks for the report.

> 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,
>
What happens if the program is run with its stdin redirected from /dev/null?
Does it exit immediately, or does it still hang?  Also, does the program
support a --version or --help option that might lead us to rule it out?

> so compile4.sh invokes it and it hangs waiting for input.
>
(Which is quite annoying indeed).

> Is there perhaps a better way of checking for the Microsoft compiler, or
> restricting these tests to Microsoft operating systems?
>
I'd rather try the workarounds I proposed above first.  If they don't
work, we should go along with your suggestion.

Thank you,
  Stefano

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.