Re: sc_proper_name_utf8_requires_ICONV (not really) fails

[Jim Meyering]

Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> Now, at v8.19-82-gc9cd19b, I see the following lines
> during "make syntax-check":
>
> proper_name_utf8_requires_ICONV
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
> 0.08 proper_name_utf8_requires_ICONV
>
> However, the syntax-check succeeds.

Thanks for the report.
Here's the fix that I first wrote a day or so ago,
but somehow managed not to include in the series I pushed:

>From 135664d25e09d9b285b59012832f0e8db5802042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 13:46:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] maint: disable sc_proper_name_utf8_requires_ICONV test

It would still pass, but would print many diagnostics like this:
  Can't open src/Makefile.am: No such file or directory.
* cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): Temporarily disable a test.
This test will need to be adapted to work with a non-recursive
build set-up, in which there is no Makefile.am alongside each program.
Reported by Bernhard Voelker.
---
 cfg.mk | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index e5f782d..973ac85 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ manual_title = Core GNU utilities
 url_dir_list = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$(PACKAGE)

 # Tests not to run as part of "make distcheck".
-local-checks-to-skip =
+local-checks-to-skip = \
+  sc_proper_name_utf8_requires_ICONV

 # Tools used to bootstrap this package, used for "announcement".
 bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib,bison
--
1.7.12.146.g16d26b1