GNU bug report logs - #29638
RHEL7 'Getopt::Long' perl module provokes some test failures

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From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Dennis Clarke <dclarke <at> blastwave.org>
Cc: 29638-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29638: Same five tests fail with 1.15 on RHEL 7.4
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:30:34 +0100

Hello,

Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> writes:

>>From 83d5d37bc8f0adb0e20a6fe7ab68029d2479dd32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:19:13 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] tests: Don't check 'Getopt::Long' corner cases
>
> Depending on the installed 'Getopt::Long' perl module, command-line
> handling may vary a bit.  As a consequence we prefer not to check
> command-line corners cases.  This change fixes automake bug#29638.
>
> * t/aclocal.sh (am_create_testdir): Don't expect "--versi" to be
> interpreted as "--version".
> * t/automake-cmdline.tap: Don't expect "--vers" to be interpreted as
> "--version" and things after "--" to be interpreted as file arguments.
> (do_check): Display the actual command output.
> * t/maken3.sh (check_targets): "--force" is not a documented option, so
> don't use it.
> ---

I have pushed this in commit 903a80e0def90b88c1e4eead353af126a31a5422.

Feel free to reopen this bug if the problem persists.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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