Re: automake-1.11.1 - make check failure on AIX V8BETA - exeext4-p.dir and mkinst3.dir

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Rainer,

* Rainer Tammer wrote on Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 02:34:45PM CEST:
> I just tested automake-1.11.1 on AIX V7BETA.
> 
> All make check tests succeed but two. Here are the two failures.
> I have also attached the complete test-suit.log.

thanks for the bug report.  Both failures are new to me, and I cannot
reproduce them on AIX 6.3.

> FAIL: exeext4-p.test (exit: 1)
> ==============================

> === Running test ./exeext4-p.test
> + pwd
> /daten/source/automake-1.11.1/tests/exeext4-p.dir
> + set -e
> + cat
> + 1>> configure.in 0< /tmp/sh9830582.3
> + cat
> + 1> Makefile.am 0< /tmp/sh9830582.5
> + aclocal-1.11 -Werror
> autom4te: /usr/local/bin/m4 terminated by signal: 0
> + exit_status=130

This is really weird, and kind of smells like flaky hardware or so,
because I don't see why exeext4.test shouldn't fail if this one does.

Can you do
  cp tests/test-suite.log tests/test-suite.log.backup
  make recheck

to rerun both failing tests and see if the failure of this one is
transient?

Which autom4te and m4 versions is this happening with BTW?

> FAIL: mkinst3.test (exit: 1)
> ============================

> === Running test ./mkinst3.test
> + pwd
> /daten/source/automake-1.11.1/tests/mkinst3.dir
> + set -e
> + mkdir ~a b
> + mkdir ~a b/-x  y
> + rm -rf ~a b
> + cp /daten/source/automake-1.11.1/tests/../lib/mkinstalldirs .
> + ./mkinstalldirs ~a b/-x  y
> mkdir -p -m 755 ~a b
> chmod: ~a: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
> chmod: b: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
> mkdir -p -m 755 ~a b/-x  y
> chmod: ~a: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
> chmod: b/-x: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
> chmod: y: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.

This looks completely broken already.  Can you please post the output of
  type mkdir chmod

Is /bin/sh the vendor shell?

> + test -d ~a b/-x  y
> + rm -rf ~a b
> + mkdir bin
> + cat
> + 1> bin/mkdir 0< /tmp/sh10879018.3
> + chmod +x bin/mkdir
> +
> AM_PATH=/daten/source/automake-1.11.1/tests:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/
> java5/jre/bin:/usr/java5/bin::/usr/vac/bin:/usr/vacpp/bin
> + export AM_PATH
> + + pwd
> PATH=/daten/source/automake-1.11.1/tests/mkinst3.dir/bin:/daten/source/automake-1.11.1/tests:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/
> etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java5/jre/bin:/usr/java5/bin::/usr/vac/bin:/usr/vacpp/bin
> + export PATH
> + ./mkinstalldirs ~a b/-x  y
> mkdir -p -m 755 ~a b
> mkdir -p -m 755 ~a b/-x  y
> + exit_status=1

If this failure reoccurs with the recheck above, then can you please
post the output of the following also:

  cd tests/mkinst3.dir
  rm -rf '~a b'
  /bin/sh -vx ./mkinstalldirs '~a b/-x  y'
  echo $?
  rm -rf '~a b'
  (PATH=`pwd`/bin:$PATH; export PATH;
   /bin/sh -vx ./mkinstalldirs '~a b/-x  y'; echo $?)

Thanks,
Ralf