GNU bug report logs - #48062
make check fails if configured with --program-prefix

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Jun T <takimoto-j <at> kba.biglobe.ne.jp>

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jun T <takimoto-j <at> kba.biglobe.ne.jp>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: make check fails if configured with --program-prefix
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:09:01 +0900

$ ./configure --program-prefix=g
$ make
$ make check

then two tests diff3 and help-version fail.
The reason is quite simple; the log contains lines like

+diff3: subsidiary program 'gdiff' not found

If I run

$ cd src
$ ln -s diff gdiff

then 'make check' succeeds.

If there were a program named 'gdiff' in my PATH then it would
have been used for the test.
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