Re: make-3.81rc1 - Cygwin bugs, test errors

[Paul D. Smith]

%% gk <address@hidden> writes:

  >> features/default_names ..................................
  >> *** Test died (features/default_names): test_driver.pl: 453: abort at 
  >> test_drive
  >> r.pl line 638.
  >> 
  >> ok     (4 passed)

  g> The problem appears to be with the test scripts rather than with
  g> make.  Indeed, the test is dying, yet reporting success. Something
  g> is clearly amiss there.

Yes this test is clearly incorrectly coded.  The error() function is not
appropriate to call from within a test like that.  I suppose it's just
worked for so long no one bothered to look at it.

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