bug#10026: [PATCH] texinfo: work around Solaris 10 xpg4 shell bug in install rules (was: Re: bug#10026: branch-11.1 testsuite on Solaris 10 [3] (XPG4 sh, Sun Studio compilers, autoconf 2.62) [almost OK])

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Saturday 19 November 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On Saturday 12 November 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > SETUP:
> >   Solaris 10, "rich /usr/local" (e.g., contains `expr' from GNU coreutils
> >   6.9 and gawk 3.1.5), VPATH build, perl 5.10.0, autoconf 2.62, testsuite
> >   run with GNU make 3.82, test scripts run by /usr/xpg4/bin/sh,
> >   $CONFIG_SHELL set to /usr/xpg4/bin/sh as well, compilers are from Sun
> >   Studio 5.9 (2010/08/11) and libtool 2.4.2.
> > 
> > RESULTS:
> >   [SNIP]
> >   The test texinfo21.test fails, and I don't know why :-(  Will have to
> >   take a better look.
> > 
> The failure of this test wasn't spurious: it was due to a bug of the
> Solaris 10 xpg4 shell; see:
> 
>  <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2011-11/msg00005.html>
> 
> The attached patch should fix it.  I will push in a couple of days if
> there is no objection.
>
Pushed now, and merged into branch-1.11.

Regards,
  Stefano