Re: git autoconf build is failing tests

[Eric Blake]

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According to Bob Proulx on 11/10/2008 2:01 PM:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Just fyi...  Tests are failing with the current git autconf.
> 
>   http://buildbot.proulx.com:9003/
> 
> Looks like a big set of changes went into this last build.  The git
> hash versions list updating 5544cc8..40f1a99.
> http://buildbot.proulx.com:9003/amd64-gnu-linux/builds/1028/step-git/0

A lot of them look like this:

10. tools.at:417: testing ...
./tools.at:427: autoconf --force
- --- /dev/null 2008-10-26 15:18:07.676042250 -0600
+++
/usr/local/build/autoconf/build-amd64-gnu-linux/build/project/tests/testsuite.dir/at-groups/10/stderr
2008-11-10 12:08:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sh: line 1: 26420 Segmentation fault
/usr/local/build/autoconf/bin/m4 --nesting-limit=1024
- --include=/usr/local/build/autoconf/build-amd64-gnu-linux/build/project/lib
- --include=/usr/local/share/autoconf --debug=aflq --fatal-warning
- --debugfile=autom4te.cache/traces.0t --trace=AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
- --trace=AC_CANONICAL_HOST --trace=AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
- --trace=AC_CANONICAL_TARGET --trace=AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
- --trace=AC_CONFIG_FILES --trace=AC_CONFIG_HEADERS
- --trace=AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR --trace=AC_CONFIG_LINKS
- --trace=AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS --trace=AC_DEFINE_TRACE_LITERAL
- --trace=AC_FC_FREEFORM --trace=AC_FC_SRCEXT --trace=AC_INIT
- --trace=AC_LIBSOURCE --trace=AC_PROG_LIBTOOL --trace=AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE
- --trace=AC_SUBST --trace=AC_SUBST_TRACE --trace=AH_OUTPUT
- --trace=AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION --trace=AM_CONDITIONAL
- --trace=AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB --trace=AM_GNU_GETTEXT
- --trace=AM_GNU_GETTEXT_INTL_SUBDIR --trace=AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
- --trace=AM_MAINTAINER_MODE --trace=AM_PROG_CC_C_O --trace=AM_PROG_CXX_C_O
- --trace=AM_PROG_F77_C_O --trace=AM_PROG_FC_C_O --trace=LT_CONFIG_LTDL_DIR
- --trace=LT_INIT --trace=LT_SUPPORTED_TAG --trace=_AM_COND_ELSE
- --trace=_AM_COND_ENDIF --trace=_AM_COND_IF --trace=_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE
- --trace=_LT_AC_TAGCONFIG --trace=_m4_warn --trace=include
- --trace=m4_include --trace=m4_pattern_allow --trace=m4_pattern_forbid
- --trace=m4_sinclude --trace=sinclude
-
--reload-state=/usr/local/build/autoconf/build-amd64-gnu-linux/build/project/lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4f
- --undefine=__m4_version__ configure.ac >autom4te.cache/output.0t
+autom4te: /usr/local/build/autoconf/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 139
./tools.at:427: exit code was 139, expected 0
10. tools.at:417: 10. autoconf: automatically allowed tokens
(tools.at:417): FAILED (tools.at:427)

Which version of m4 are you running?  I tested with m4.git branch-1.6, and
didn't see this failure.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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