[bug #50902] GNU Make 4.2 -- run_make_tests.pl fails to find test_driver.pl -- Proposed solution: use FindBin

[enrique olaizola]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50902>

                 Summary: GNU Make 4.2 -- run_make_tests.pl fails to find
test_driver.pl -- Proposed solution: use FindBin
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: gnuser17
            Submitted on: Sun 30 Apr 2017 05:41:15 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Build/Install
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: None
        Operating System: None
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

Particulars:
OS: Linux Debian 4.3.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.3.3-7 (2016-01-19) x86_64
GNU/Linux
Installed version of Perl:  5.24 built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
Install version of make: 4.1 built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Version of make begin compiled: 4.2

Note: I get the same error trying to compile the released 4.2 and 4.2.1
versions found here:
         -- ftp://gnu.mirror.iweb.com/make/
         The same is true when compiling from the HEAD of the git repository.
         -- At the time of writing HEAD is at:
a95cb30ab5eed851c6efafb5a871a6fa8860268b


When trying to run 'make check' I get the following error:

Making check in glob
make[1]: Entering directory
'/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make/glob'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make/glob'
Making check in config
make[1]: Entering directory
'/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make/config'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make/config'
Making check in po
make[1]: Entering directory
'/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make/po'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make/po'
Making check in doc
make[1]: Entering directory
'/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make/doc'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory
'/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make/doc'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make'
make  loadavg
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make'
gcc
-DLOCALEDIR=\"/home/debian/Documents/open_source/test_install/make/share/locale\"
-DLIBDIR=\"/home/debian/Documents/open_source/test_install/make/lib\"
-DINCLUDEDIR=\"/home/debian/Documents/open_source/test_install/make/include\"
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.  -DTEST   -g -O2 -MT loadavg-getloadavg.o -MD -MP -MF
.deps/loadavg-getloadavg.Tpo -c -o loadavg-getloadavg.o `test -f
'getloadavg.c' || echo './'`getloadavg.c
mv -f .deps/loadavg-getloadavg.Tpo .deps/loadavg-getloadavg.Po
gcc  -g -O2 -Wl,--export-dynamic  -o loadavg loadavg-getloadavg.o  -ldl 
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make'
make  check-local
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make'
cd tests && perl ./run_make_tests.pl -srcdir
/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make -make ../make 
Can't locate test_driver.pl in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.24.1
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.24 /usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.24 /usr/share/perl/5.24
/usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at
./run_make_tests.pl line 65.
Makefile:1282: recipe for target 'check-regression' failed
make[2]: *** [check-regression] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make'
Makefile:1088: recipe for target 'check-am' failed
make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/debian/Documents/open_source/source/make'
Makefile:798: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

Applying the following patch allows 'make check' to find test_driver.pl and
run all tests.

diff --git a/tests/run_make_tests.pl b/tests/run_make_tests.pl
index a74417a..5a858e2 100644
--- a/tests/run_make_tests.pl
+++ b/tests/run_make_tests.pl
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ if ($^O eq 'VMS')
   $CMD_rmfile = 'delete_file -no_ask';
 }

+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin";
 require "test_driver.pl";
 require "config-flags.pm";






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