Re: Libtool head test status

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Now, in that test, the toplevel configure script chooses
> $top_srcdir/INSTALL (yes, the text file) as install script.  I suspect
> this is because you have /uhome/src/gnu/libtool-head in the $PATH, the
> beginning of testsuite.log reveals that.  Why is that, did you add that
> manually?

It seems that our build environment is extending the path.  Both msys 
and cygwin are happy to execute INSTALL as a shell script if passed to 
it like a command.  Something is clearly doing a case-insensitive 
search of the PATH to find 'install' and is then using what it found.

This is interesting:

MINGW
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Bob address@hidden ~
$ export PATH=/uhome/src/gnu/libtool-head:$PATH

Bob address@hidden ~
$ which install
install is /bin/install

Bob address@hidden ~
$ which INSTALL
INSTALL is /bin/INSTALL

Bob address@hidden ~
$ INSTALL
INSTALL: too few arguments
Try `INSTALL --help' for more information.

Bob address@hidden ~
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/sh

Cygwin
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velma:~% which install
/usr/bin/install
velma:~% export PATH=/uhome/src/gnu/libtool-head:$PATH
velma:~% which install
/usr/bin/install
velma:~% rehash
velma:~% which install
/usr/bin/install
velma:~% install
install: missing file operand
Try `install --help' for more information.
velma:~% INSTALL
/uhome/src/gnu/libtool-head/INSTALL: line 1: Installation: command not 
found
./#.emacs#: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `;;'
./#.emacs#: line 2: `  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- 
don't edit or cut/paste it!'
/uhome/src/gnu/libtool-head/INSTALL: line 4: syntax error near 
unexpected token `C'
/uhome/src/gnu/libtool-head/INSTALL: line 4: `Copyright (C) 1994, 
1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,'
velma:~% echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh
velma:~% bash
bash-3.2$ which install
install is /usr/bin/install
bash-3.2$ echo $PATH
/uhome/src/gnu/libtool-head:/activestate/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:.
bash-3.2$ export SHELL=/bin/bash
bash-3.2$ which install
install is /usr/bin/install
bash-3.2$ which INSTALL
INSTALL is /usr/bin/INSTALL
bash-3.2$ INSTALL
INSTALL: missing file operand
Try `INSTALL --help' for more information.


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Bob Friesenhahn
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