Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.60] testsuite: 95 failed

[Paul Eggert]

Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

> Looks ok to me (untested).  Doesn't Autotest though guarantee that each
> test runs in its own subshell, saving you from the need to unset,

I didn't know that.  OK, thanks, I installed the following simpler
patch instead.

--- torture.at  23 Jun 2006 14:56:30 -0000      1.65
+++ torture.at  7 Jul 2006 20:22:15 -0000       1.68
@@ -794,6 +794,11 @@ AT_CHECK([aclocal --version || exit 77],
 # It should understand configure.ac.
 AT_CHECK([[grep '1.[01234]' stdout && exit 77]], [1], [ignore])
 
+# Set CONFIG_SITE to a nonexistent file, so that there are
+# no worries about nonstandard values for 'prefix'.
+CONFIG_SITE=no-such-file
+export CONFIG_SITE
+
 # The contents of `inner/', and `inner/innermost/'.
 AS_MKDIR_P([inner/innermost])
 
@@ -862,12 +867,9 @@ prefix=/usr/local
 ])
 
 # Make sure precious variables and command line options are properly
-# passed, even when there are duplicates.  Run another directory so
-# that if the user has set config.site to have a config.cache, then
-# the two runs don't have colliding caches.
-AS_MKDIR_P([builddir2])
-AT_CHECK([cd builddir2 && ../configure --prefix /bad --prefix /good INNER=bad 
INNER=good], 0, [ignore])
-AT_CHECK([cat builddir2/inner/innermost/config], 0,
+# passed, even when there are duplicates.
+AT_CHECK([cd builddir && ../configure --prefix /bad --prefix /good INNER=bad 
INNER=good], 0, [ignore])
+AT_CHECK([cat builddir/inner/innermost/config], 0,
 [INNER=good
 srcdir=../../../inner/innermost
 top_srcdir=../../../inner