bug#47386: closed (dejagnu help tests FAIL on Solaris)

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> dejagnu help tests FAIL on Solaris
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> Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:30:34 +0100
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> There are only two testsuite failures when running make check on Solaris
> 11.3 for dejagnu 1.6.3-rc1:
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> FAIL: dejagnu help selects dejagnu(1) manpage
> FAIL: dejagnu help help selects dejagnu-help(1) manpage
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> They are from testsuite/launcher.all/help.exp, but unfortunately
> launcher.log gives no further information but the FAILs.
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> With runtest -v, I find
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> Spawning "env MANPAGER=echo /vol/src/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.3-rc1/dejagnu help 
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> FAIL: dejagnu help selects dejagnu(1) manpage
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> Running the above command manually yields
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> Forwarding to man "/vol/src/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.3-rc1/doc/dejagnu.1"
> No manual entry for /vol/src/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.6.3-rc1/doc/dejagnu.1.
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> which is no wonder: Solaris man doesn't support
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> man <filename>
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> at all and there's no equivalent.  The only way seems to have the
> regular directory structure with .../man/man1, then run man -M .../man
> dejagnu.
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> Besides, Solaris man doesn't support MANPAGER either, only PAGER.
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>         Rainer
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> Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
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> Re: bug#47386: dejagnu help tests FAIL on Solaris
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> This should be completely resolved as of 1.6.3-rc5.
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> -- Jacob
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