nolink.test fails unexpectedly

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

nolink.test fails unexpectedly with the current CVS versions on Autoconf
and Automake on RedHat 7.1 (perl 5.6.0).

$ make check-TESTS TESTS=nolink.test VERBOSE=1
=== Running test ./nolink.test
Makefile.am:4: deprecated feature: `meal' overrides `meal$(EXEEXT)'
Makefile.am:4: change your target to read `meal$(EXEEXT)'
FAIL: nolink.test
===================
1 of 1 tests failed
===================
make: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1

The comment for nolink.test says: "Make sure Automake does not emit a link
rule for unknown languages."  It looks like Automake is trying to enforce
$(EXEEXT) support for unknown languages.  Maybe it's correct because of
the line "bin_PROGRAMS = meal" - programs (not scripts) are supposed to
have an extension on some systems reagrdless of the language of their
sources.

Then the following patch should be applied.

ChangeLog:
        * tests/nolink.test: Use $(EXEEXT) in the targets for programs.
------------------------
--- tests/nolink.test
+++ tests/nolink.test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = meal
 meal_SOURCES = beans.veg beef.meat

-meal: beans.veg beef.meat
+meal$(EXEEXT): beans.veg beef.meat
        cat beans.veg beef.meat > meal
 END

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin