Re: [SCM] GNU Autoconf source repository branch, master, updated. v2.63b-70-g9c25a39

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Eric Blake wrote on Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 02:25:49PM CEST:
> According to Ralf Wildenhues on 7/9/2009 12:19 AM:
> > @@ -994,7 +994,8 @@ AT_CHECK([${CONFIG_SHELL-$SHELL} -c 'test -n 
> > "${BASH_VERSION+set}]]dnl
> >  [[${ZSH_VERSION+set}${TEST_PARALLEL_AUTOTEST+set}"' || exit 77])
> >  # The parallel scheduler requires mkfifo and job control to work.
> >  AT_CHECK([mkfifo fifo || exit 77])
> > -AT_CHECK([${CONFIG_SHELL-$SHELL} -c '(set -m && set +m) || exit 77'])
> > +AT_CHECK([${CONFIG_SHELL-$SHELL} -c '(set -m && set +m) || exit 77'],
> > +    [], [], [ignore])
> 
> Hmm, shouldn't we also ignore stderr if mkfifo fails?

Hmm, probably; but I haven't encountered that issue.  Is it documented
unclearly, or implemented wrongly, that an exit status of 77 does not
override a mismatched stdout/stderr with AT_CHECK?

Cheers,
Ralf