Re: more GNU make 4.2.90 issues on Solaris 10

[Paul Eggert]

Paul Smith wrote:

> > One problem seems to be that some tests assume that 'make check' runs GNU Make
> > instead of /usr/ccs/bin/make, which chatters less.
>
> I don't think (I hope!!) this is not the problem.  If any part of the
> tests don't run GNU make it's a serious fail clearly.  Can you expand
> upon why you think this?

No, mine was just a wild guess. Your explanation sounds right.

> If you have a minute can you retry with adding --disable-posix-spawn to
> the configure line and retest?

Sure, attached (this uses all the patches I've submitted so far). Adding 
--disable-posix-spawn fixes some of the tests. The remaining test failures are 
archives, output-sync, vpathplus, shell, and wildcard.

Your other ideas sound good too.

> > I don't offhand see why the output-sync tests are failing.
>
> Me either, that's super strange.
>
> Does anyone remember if GNU make 4.2.1's output-sync tests failed this
> way?
I grabbed 4.2.1 and tried it. Those tests fail similarly, so this is not a 
regression. Logs for 4.2.1 attached as well.

make-4.2.90-disable-posix-spawn-log.txt
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