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https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701638 automake 1.13 changes causing regressions tests

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From: Stefan Sauer <ensonic <at> hora-obscura.de>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701638 automake 1.13
 changes causing regressions tests
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:39:20 +0200

hi,

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701638 has the details.
"""
Since Automake 1.13 (which is entering many distributions), tests are
executed in parallel by default. For tests run in parallel, Automake
grabs the output and results of the test and outputs it to two new
files, with a .log and .trs extension. It creates the
filenames based on the test name, which in the case of GTKDOC_CHECK is
the absolute path to the gtkdoc-check binary. This is generally
$(prefix)/bin and not writable by the user. This leads to errors when
running the gtk-doc check when using Automake 1.13 or above:
fatal: making test-suite.log: failed to create
/some-path/bin/gtkdoc-check.trs
fatal: making test-suite.log: failed to create
/some-path/bin/gtkdoc-check.log
"""
We have a generic sanity check that we run over the data files in the
project. The data files are passed via TESTS_ENVIRONMENT:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-doc/tree/examples/Makefile.am#n99

We'll probably go with the hack proposed in the patch. Please let us
know it there is a better way to handle this.

Stefan

Message #8 received at 15403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Sauer <ensonic <at> hora-obscura.de>
Cc: 15403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15403: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701638
 automake 1.13 changes causing regressions tests
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:40:24 +0000

tags 15403 notabug
close 15403
thanks

On 09/17/2013 07:39 PM, Stefan Sauer wrote:
> hi,
>
Hi Stefan, sorry for the delay.

> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701638 has the details.
> """
> Since Automake 1.13 (which is entering many distributions), tests are
> executed in parallel by default. For tests run in parallel, Automake
> grabs the output and results of the test and outputs it to two new
> files, with a .log and .trs extension. It creates the
> filenames based on the test name, which in the case of GTKDOC_CHECK is
> the absolute path to the gtkdoc-check binary. This is generally
> $(prefix)/bin and not writable by the user. This leads to errors when
> running the gtk-doc check when using Automake 1.13 or above:
> fatal: making test-suite.log: failed to create
> /some-path/bin/gtkdoc-check.trs
> fatal: making test-suite.log: failed to create
> /some-path/bin/gtkdoc-check.log
> """
> We have a generic sanity check that we run over the data files in the
> project. The data files are passed via TESTS_ENVIRONMENT:
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk-doc/tree/examples/Makefile.am#n99
> 
> We'll probably go with the hack proposed in the patch. Please let us
> know it there is a better way to handle this.
>
FWIW, I personally would have proposed the exact workaround you
ended up using.  Simple and painless.  I hope it is working well
for you now.

I'm closing this bug report to avoid keeping our tracker overly
cluttered.

Regards,
  Stefano

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