Re: [wdiff-bugs] [GNU wdiff 0.5.93] testsuite: 1 failed on Fedora Core 10

[Denver Gingerich]

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Tom Rodman <address@hidden> wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I'm an end user that just tried to install wdiff on FC10.
> I first tried the version at
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wdiff/wdiff-0.5.tar.gz (it failed
> 'make check'); then I
> tried this version: http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/wdiff/wdiff-0.5.93.tar.gz
>
> I have enclosed the 'testsuite.log' for wdiff-0.5.93.tar.gz.
> I also show the build steps (./configure; make).
>
> If you get some time, please help me out.  I've been
> using wdiff on cygwin, and appreciate this tool.
>
> --
> thanks-much/regards,
> Tom
>
> --
> address@hidden wdiff-0.5.93]# cat tests/testsuite.log
[...]
> ## ---------------------- ##
> ## Detailed failed tests. ##
> ## ---------------------- ##
>
> #                             -*- compilation -*-
> 1. wdiff.at:6: testing ...
> ./wdiff.at:25: wdiff wdiff-a.txt wdiff-b.txt
> --- /dev/null   2009-02-28 21:58:52.114036936 -0600
> +++ /usr/local/src/wdiff-0.5.93/tests/testsuite.dir/at-stderr   2009-03-01 
> 10:32:13.000000000 -0600
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +/usr/local/src/wdiff-0.5.93/tests/testsuite: line 1204:  5209 Aborted        
>          wdiff wdiff-t
> ./wdiff.at:25: exit code was 134, expected 1
> 1. wdiff.at:6: 1. wdiff output formats (wdiff.at:6): FAILED (wdiff.at:25)

This is a known problem that is fixed in the latest CVS version.
Please try that version out and let us know how it goes.  Instructions
for getting wdiff's CVS tree are at
http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=wdiff .

Denver
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