Re: CVS automake testsuite failures under Tru64 unix

[Nicolas Joly]

On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:56:40AM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> | > +++ tests/defs    17 May 2002 19:19:32 -0000
> | > @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@
> | >  # still produces a valid configure.ac.  But then, tests running
> | >  # config.status really need to append AC_OUTPUT.
> | >  cat > configure.in << END
> | > -AC_INIT($me, 1.0)
> | > +AC_INIT([$me], [1.0])
> 
> I have not read the whole thread, but in the case of a non literal
> (i.e., not an Sh-free expression), it shoudn't matter.  In the case of
> an M4 literal, be sure to *double* quote, as you don't want sinclude
> to be evaluated.
> 
> AC_INIT([[sinclude]], ...
> 
> AC_INIT([[m4_define]], ...

It doesn't seems to work for me.

address@hidden [tmp/autoconf]> uname -a
OSF1 medusa.sis.pasteur.fr V5.1 1885 alpha
address@hidden [tmp/autoconf]> cat configure.in 
AC_INIT([[sinclude]], [0.0])
address@hidden [tmp/autoconf]> autoconf
/local/bin/m4: memory exhausted

address@hidden [~]> uname -a
NetBSD arsinoe.sis.pasteur.fr 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (GENERIC) #56: Mon Jul  2 
15:54:23 CEST 2001     address@hidden:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC 
i386
address@hidden [~]> cat configure.in 
AC_INIT([[sinclude]], [0.0])
address@hidden [~]> autoconf
configure.in:1: /local/bin/m4: Warning: Excess arguments to built-in 
`m4_define' ignored
/local/bin/m4: memory exhausted

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Pasteur Institute, Paris.