Re: automake-1.7.3: single test failure on NetBSD 1.6

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Nelson" == Nelson H F Beebe <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Nelson> Attached below is the output of

 Nelson> env VERBOSE=x TESTS='man2.test' make -e check

Thanks!

 Nelson> on the NetBSD 1.6 system.  It isn't clear to me what is going wrong
 Nelson> here: there isn't an obvious problem report that I can spot in the
 Nelson> output.

[...]
 Nelson> + ./configure --prefix=
[...]
 Nelson> + DESTDIR=/local/build/automake-1.7.3/tests/testSubDir/_inst make -e 
install
[...]
 Nelson> /usr/local/bin/install -c -m 644 ./foo.2 
/local/build/automake-1.7.3/tests/testSubDir/_inst/usr/local/man/man2/foo.2
[...]

The problem is that we asked for --prefix='', but configure
isn't honoring this argument and installation occurs with the
defaut $prefix (/usr/local).

(In other words, foo.2 should be installed in 
/local/build/automake-1.7.3/tests/testSubDir/_inst/man/man2/foo.2, not in
/local/build/automake-1.7.3/tests/testSubDir/_inst/usr/local/man/man2/foo.2)


If you don't see this:

% cd tests
% env TESTS=man2.test make check -e
[...]
% grep '^prefix' testSubDir/config.log
prefix=''

then it's likely to be a bug in configure :(

(--prefix='' ought to be supported, because Hurd people use it)

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz