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make check fails if configured with --program-prefix

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From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
To: 48062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48062: make check fails if configured with --program-prefix
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 03:14:48 -0700

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Hi,

Jun T says:
> $ ./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

I noticed this since I use --program-prefix=g too. More generally
--program-{prefix,suffix} are simpler forms of
--program-transform-name.

The error is because the sed pattern given to that option is only used
on the executable after 'make install'. I've attached a patch that
invokes diff3 and sdiff with --diff-program=diff which should make the
tests pass regardless of the options passed to ./configure.

Collin

[0001-tests-Don-t-fail-when-program-transform-name-is-used.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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