Re: CVS autoconf testsuite failure on Tru64 unix

[Nicolas Joly]

On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 04:11:58PM -0800, Noah Misch wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 11:07:41PM +0100, Nicolas Joly wrote:
> > address@hidden [temp/autoconf]> /bin/sh -n ./tests/testsuite
> > ./tests/testsuite: syntax error at line 1241: `^' unexpected
> > 
> >         *[^\\]"$at_lf"*) at_reason='an embedded newline' ;;
> > 
> > As specified in autoconf info, many shells does not support `^' to
> > negate character classes (such as Tru64 /bin/sh).
> 
> Thanks.  This was probably the root cause of tests 27, 28, and 32
> failing on your Tru64 system.

Great. With your patch, the 3 tests are now successful.

Thanks.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.