I am trying to install automake 1.9.4 from source on my system. The system is a Slackware 10.0.0 installation on a PII/233. I upgraded m4 to 1.4.2, and also installed Diff Utils 2.8.1 from source.. Additionally, Bison 1.875 is installed, from source I believe. Otherwise, all software is as it comes from the distro.
I have attached a script of the build, which simply follows the following commands: $ ./configure $ make $ make check However, it is failing 8 tests, XFAILs 3 tests, and skips 50 tests. I'm not terribly concerned about the XFAIL'd and skipped tests, but I don't want to install the software until it passes all the tests. The following is a list of the tests failed: cond35.test pr204.test subpkg.test yacc4.test yacc6.test yacc7.test yacc8.test yaccvpath.test The following is a list of the test XFAIL'd: auxdir2.test cond17.test txinfo5.test As part of trying to figure out what is going on, I downloaded, compiled, and tested all releases back to 1.8.5. All produced the same results, though one of them (1.8.5, I think) skipped several tests. I think the issue is with my system, but I have no way of verifying it. Other than the bulid script, is there anything else I can send to the list (or individuals) that might help figure the problem out? Also, it would be nice if there was a document listing what programs and their version automake required for installation. I know configure will generally tell you, but it would be nice to be able to check a file first. Just a thought. TIA, Ben
automake_1-9-4_build-errors
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