Re: [FYI] Fix bug in test `backcompat4.test' (stale autom4te cache)

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 12:30:56PM CET:
> Wouldn't this report have been better suited for bug-automake, especially
> now that you've gone through the hassle of setting that up as a real bug
> tracker?

Sure, I guess.

> > backcompat4.test is failing for me, see below.  This is with Autoconf
> > 2.68.

> Yes, I'm experiencing similar non-deterministic failures:

> I think it's due to the fact that backcompat4.test don't remove
> the old autom4te cache directory before re-running aclocal and
> automake.  With the attached patch applied, I've not encounterd
> the intermittent failure anymore in 100 tries.  So I've applied
> the patch as a "bug-fixing patch" (as explained in HACKING),
> merged to master, and pushed.

Thanks; I agree.
Ralf