Re: Java-related Bison tests all fail

[Joel E. Denny]

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Bruno Haible wrote:

> Ouch. The class that I put into this javacomp.m4 is in Java 1.1 format; it
> should be acceptable to any Java VM. Maybe something is wrong with the
> echo or tr commands? Can you compare the generated conftestver.class with
> the one I get (attached)?

They differ at byte 1.  To be sure, your attached conftestver.class runs 
fine for me; it prints 1.4.

I inserted `which echo' and `which tr' immediately after their invocation 
in javacomp.m4.  Using the identified echo and tr, I get:

% /usr/bin/echo --version
echo (GNU coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by FIXME unknown.

Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE.
% /usr/bin/tr --version
tr (coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by Jim Meyering.

Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE.