>>> "Dave" == Dave Brondsema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] >> What shell are you using? This looks similar to PR/305 (if >> so, this should be fixed in CVS Automake, could you try >> that?) Dave> bash. Hmm, which version? Dave> i'll try the CVS version thanks [...] Dave> /usr/bin/install -c subdir/.libs/liba.a /tmp/automake-1.6/tests/testSubDir/inst/lib/liba.a Dave> strip --strip-debug /tmp/automake-1.6/tests/testSubDir/inst/lib/liba.a Dave> strip: /tmp/automake-1.6/tests/testSubDir/inst/lib/sta02140/a.o: Permission denied >> >> [...] >> >> I don't understand this. Maybe you could check the >> permissions >> of this library, try to strip it manually? >> >> It seems bogus to run "strip" after "install", because the >> former may have installed the library read-only (when given >> appropriate flags, which doesn't appear to be the case here). >> Dave> I don't know why it's did that. It was part of the test. Sorry for the confusion. My last paragraph was intended as an aside. Libtool runs these commands; but this is not our problem. After the test has failed, can you show us the ouput of ls -Rl /tmp/automake-1.6/tests/testSubDir/inst/lib and strip -v --strip-debug /tmp/automake-1.6/tests/testSubDir/inst/lib/liba.a -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz