Subject: Re: bug#33819: automake-1.16.1 test failures on NetBSD

From: Mike Frysinger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 01:34:50 -0500

On 21 Dec 2018 10:46, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> When running the self tests on NetBSD (8.99.27/amd64) with perl
> 5.28.1, I see 26 test failures.
> 
> The log is attached.

from the log:
> FAIL: t/instspc

this seems to be due to install-sh being used over normal mkdir -p.  but
that should be fine by itself ... it seems you have a weird /bin/sh ?  it
is causing errors that shouldn't happen.  the output makes it look like
things are underquoted, but i checked the script and ran it locally, and
it looks fine to me.

> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 17 - percent in builddir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 18 - percent in destdir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 32 - star in destdir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 79 - quadrigraph4 in builddir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 80 - quadrigraph4 in destdir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 81 - a_b in builddir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 82 - a_b in destdir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 83 - a__b in builddir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 84 - a__b in destdir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 92 - miscglob1 in destdir

these are all some variation of:

> + DESTDIR=/scratch/devel/automake/work/automake-1.16.1/t/instspc.dir/dest-percent file='./%' make test-inst
> ../install-sh -c -d '/scratch/devel/automake/work/automake-1.16.1/t/instspc.dir/dest-percent/%-prefix/foo'
> mkdir: /scratch/devel/automake/work/automake-1.16.1/t/instspc.dir/dest-percent/%-prefix/foo: No such file or directory
> *** Error code 1

> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 59 - space in builddir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 60 - space in destdir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 61 - tab in builddir
> FAIL: t/instspc.tap 62 - tab in destdir

these are all some variation of:

> + DESTDIR=/scratch/devel/automake/work/automake-1.16.1/t/instspc.dir/dest-space file='./ ' make test-inst
> ../install-sh -c -d '/scratch/devel/automake/work/automake-1.16.1/t/instspc.dir/dest-space/ -prefix/foo'
> mkdir: unknown option -- r
> usage: mkdir [-p] [-m mode] dirname ...
> chmod: unknown option -- p
> Usage: chmod [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fh] mode file ...
> chmod [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fh] --reference=rfile file ...
> mkdir: unknown option -- r
> usage: mkdir [-p] [-m mode] dirname ...
> *** Error code 1

> FAIL: t/install-sh-unittests
> FAIL: t/instfail
> FAIL: t/self-check-dir
> FAIL: t/self-check-dir.tap 1 - testdir has the expected path [unset am_create_testdir]
> FAIL: t/self-check-dir.tap 2 - fully pre-populated testdir [unset am_create_testdir]
> FAIL: t/self-check-dir.tap 3 - testdir has the expected path [am_create_testdir=empty]
> FAIL: t/self-check-dir.tap 5 - do not create nor chdir in testdir [am_create_testdir=no]
> FAIL: t/install-sh-unittests-w

more install-sh weirdness

> FAIL: t/dist-with-unreadable-makefile-fails
> FAIL: t/instfail-info
> FAIL: t/instmany
> FAIL: t/instmany-mans
> FAIL: t/test-trs-recover2

not sure
-mike