Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.60] testsuite: 3 120 failed

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello Paul and Ralf,

On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 04:19:41PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Paul Eggert wrote on Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 11:21:02PM CEST:
> > [...] /usr/posix/bin/sh and it's buggy.
> > 
> > I have installed the following patch [...]

> Yes, I guess that's probably the right decision.  But you cannot use

I also agree that the main idea if the patch is good.
But it has bundled several other changes, which are IMHO
controversial.

I think we should break the patch to individual parts, and apply each
one after a review.  I think it will be more readable to generate
them relatively to the previous state of the CVS.  So, to have a
``clean base'' in CVS, I took the liberty to back out Paul's original
patch for now.

I will break the patch into the ``individual parts'' and add my
comments tomorrow.  (I'm in a hurry right now.)

Paul, I hope I have not offended you.  I suppose you know how much I
value your tremendous work!

Stepan Kasal

> > 2006-10-04  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> > 
> >     * doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Autoconf-generated
> >     shell scripts no longer export BIN_SH, due to configuration
> >     hassles with this.  See, for example, Tonya Underwood's report
> >     <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2006-10/msg00003.html>.
> >     * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_BOURNE_COMPATIBLE): Don't set BIN_SH
> >     or DUALCASE.
> >     (_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Don't look in /usr/bin/posix.
> >     Use AS_EXECUTABLE_P rather than test -f.
> >     (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Set DUALCASE.
> >     (AS_EXECUTABLE_P): Just invoke as_executable_p.
> >     (_AS_TEST_PREPARE): Default to test -f, rather than to nothing.