Bug reports for the GNU m4 macro processor

John Smith | 13 Feb 2012 21:22

Error report.

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GNU M4 1.4.16: tests/test-suite.log
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1 of 116 tests failed. (14 tests were not run).

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SKIP: test-c-stack2.sh (exit: 77)
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cannot tell stack overflow from crash; consider installing libsigsegv

SKIP: test-mbrtowc4.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: no transitional chinese locale is installed

SKIP: test-mbrtowc-w32-1.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

SKIP: test-mbrtowc-w32-2.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

SKIP: test-mbrtowc-w32-3.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

SKIP: test-mbrtowc-w32-4.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

SKIP: test-mbrtowc-w32-5.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

FAIL: test-readlink (exit: 134)
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test-readlink.h:41: assertion failed

SKIP: test-vc-list-files-git.sh (exit: 77)
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test-vc-list-files-git.sh: skipped test: git not found in PATH

SKIP: test-vc-list-files-cvs.sh (exit: 77)
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test-vc-list-files-cvs.sh: skipped test: cvs not found in PATH

SKIP: test-wcrtomb-w32-1.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

SKIP: test-wcrtomb-w32-2.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

SKIP: test-wcrtomb-w32-3.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

SKIP: test-wcrtomb-w32-4.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

SKIP: test-wcrtomb-w32-5.sh (exit: 77)
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Skipping test: not a native Windows system

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Eric Blake | 13 Feb 2012 21:38

Re: Error report.

On 02/13/2012 01:22 PM, John Smith wrote:
> =========================================
>    GNU M4 1.4.16: tests/test-suite.log
> =========================================
> 
> 1 of 116 tests failed.  (14 tests were not run).

Thanks for the report.

> FAIL: test-readlink (exit: 134)
> ===============================
> 
> test-readlink.h:41: assertion failed

This is due to a known POSIX-compliance bug in the kernel/glibc
combination you are using, and has since been worked around in upstream
gnulib.  The next m4 release will not suffer from this test failure.

Meanwhile, you can use the just-built m4 without issues, as it does not
tickle the particular readlink compliance bug.

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