bug#12178: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - FAIL: 1

[Stefano Lattarini]

forcemerge 11896 12178
close 12178
thanks

Hi Dennis, thanks for the report.

On 08/11/2012 03:52 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> .
> .
> I'll dig into it and find the FAIL : 
>
> FAIL: t/aclocal7
> ================
> 
> Running from installcheck: no
> Using TAP: no
> PATH = 
> /build/other/automake-1.12.2_001/t/ax:/build/other/automake-1.12.2_001/t/wrap:/usr/local/mm/sbin:/usr/local/mm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/schily/bin
> +++ pwd
> /build/other/automake-1.12.2_001/t/aclocal7.dir
> + cat
> + mkdir sub
> + :
> + cat
> + :
> + mkdir m4
> + echo 'AC_DEFUN([SOME_DEFS], [])'
> + aclocal-1.12 -Werror -I m4
> + AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal
> + sleep 2
> + automake-1.12 --foreign -Werror -Wall --no-force
> + touch foo
> + sleep 2
> + aclocal-1.12 -Werror -I m4
> + AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal
> + sleep 2
> + automake-1.12 --foreign -Werror -Wall --no-force
> + is_newest foo aclocal.m4 Makefile.in sub/Makefile.in
> is_newest: these files are newer than 'foo':
> * aclocal.m4
> * Makefile.in
> * sub/Makefile.in
> + exit_status=1
> + set +e
> + cd /build/other/automake-1.12.2_001
> + test no = yes
> + case $am_explicit_skips in
> + test 1 -eq 0
> + keep_testdirs=yes
> + am_keeping_testdirs
> + case $keep_testdirs in
> + return 0
> + set +x
> aclocal7: exit 1
> 
This is a spurious failure due to a weakness in the Automake testsuite.
It is already known, and has already been fixed by Adam Sampson:

  <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11896>

So I'm closing this report.

Regards,
  Stefano