Hello, I'm facing a strange regression between 1.17.92 and 1.18 when rebuilding Automake:
FAIL: t/txinfo-vtexi4 ===================== txinfo-vtexi4: running makeinfo --version texi2any (GNU texinfo) 7.2 Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. txinfo-vtexi4: running texi2dvi --version texi2dvi (GNU Texinfo 7.2) Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. am-test-lib.sh: Running from installcheck: no am-test-lib.sh: Test Protocol: none am-test-lib.sh: PATH = /builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/bin:/builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/t/ax:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin ++ pwd /builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/t/txinfo-vtexi4.dir + TZ=UTC0 + export TZ ++ LC_ALL=C ++ date +%u + test 4 -gt 0 ++ LC_ALL=C ++ date +%u + test 4 -lt 8 ++ LC_ALL=C ++ date +%d + day=19 + test -n 19 ++ LC_ALL=C ++ date +%B + month=June + test -n June ++ LC_ALL=C ++ date +%Y + year=2025 + test -n 2025 ++ echo 19 ++ sed 's/^0//' + day=19 + cat + cat + cat + cat + aclocal-1.18 -Werror + autoconf + automake-1.18 --foreign -Werror -Wall -a Makefile.am:2: installing './mdate-sh' Makefile.am:2: installing './texinfo.tex' + ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether sleep supports fractional seconds... yes checking filesystem timestamp resolution... 0.01 checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking xargs -n works... yes checking whether UID '1000' is supported by ustar format... yes checking whether GID '135' is supported by ustar format... yes checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar checking that generated files are newer than configure... done configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile + make all dvi Updating ./version.texi restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \ am__cwd=`pwd` && CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && \ rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \ if (/bin/sh '/builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/t/txinfo-vtexi4.dir/missing' makeinfo --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ for f in foo.info foo.info-[0-9] foo.info-[0-9][0-9] foo.i[0-9] foo.i[0-9][0-9]; do \ if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \ done; \ else :; fi && \ cd "$am__cwd"; \ if /bin/sh '/builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/t/txinfo-vtexi4.dir/missing' makeinfo -I . \ -o foo.info foo.texi; \ then \ rc=0; \ CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd .; \ else \ rc=$?; \ CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && \ $restore $backupdir/* `echo "./foo.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \ fi; \ rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc TEXINPUTS=".:$TEXINPUTS" \ MAKEINFO='/bin/sh '/builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/t/txinfo-vtexi4.dir/missing' makeinfo -I .' \ texi2dvi -I . --build-dir=foo.t2d -o foo.dvi \ foo.texi This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023) (preloaded format=etex) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (../../../.././foo.texi (/builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/t/txinfo-vtexi4.dir/te xinfo.tex Loading texinfo [version 2025-03-22.08]: pdf, fonts, glyphs, page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments, defuns, macros, cross references, insertions, (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.tex This is `epsf.tex' v2.7.4 <14 February 2011> ) localization, formatting, microtype, and turning on texinfo input format.) (/builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/t/txinfo-vtexi4.dir/ve rsion.texi) [1] ) Output written on foo.dvi (1 page, 264 bytes). Transcript written on foo.log. Moved foo.dvi to /builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/t/txinfo-vtexi4.dir/foo.dvi + ls -l total 340 -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 32042 Jun 19 08:11 Makefile -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 709 Jun 19 08:11 Makefile.am -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 31045 Jun 19 08:11 Makefile.in -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 34886 Jun 19 08:11 aclocal.m4 drwxr-xr-x. 2 mockbuild mock 180 Jun 19 08:11 autom4te.cache -rwxr-xr-x. 1 mockbuild mock 8065 Jun 19 08:11 compile -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 7006 Jun 19 08:11 config.log -rwxr-xr-x. 1 mockbuild mock 25838 Jun 19 08:11 config.status -rwxr-xr-x. 1 mockbuild mock 118425 Jun 19 08:11 configure -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 91 Jun 19 08:11 configure.ac -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 75 Jun 19 08:11 defs.am -rwxr-xr-x. 1 mockbuild mock 23701 Jun 19 08:11 depcomp -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 264 Jun 19 08:11 foo.dvi -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 287 Jun 19 08:11 foo.info drwxr-xr-x. 3 mockbuild mock 60 Jun 19 08:11 foo.t2d -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 256 Jun 19 08:11 foo.texi -rwxr-xr-x. 1 mockbuild mock 15443 Jun 19 08:11 install-sh lrwxrwxrwx. 1 mockbuild mock 68 Jun 19 08:11 mdate-sh -> /builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/lib/mdate-sh -rwxr-xr-x. 1 mockbuild mock 7734 Jun 19 08:11 missing -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 95 Jun 19 08:11 stamp-vti lrwxrwxrwx. 1 mockbuild mock 71 Jun 19 08:11 texinfo.tex -> /builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18/lib/texinfo.tex -rw-r--r--. 1 mockbuild mock 95 Jun 19 08:11 version.texi + cat version.texi @set UPDATED 28 May 2025 @set UPDATED-MONTH May 2025 @set EDITION 123.456 @set VERSION 123.456 + cat foo.info This is foo.info, produced by makeinfo version 7.2 from foo.texi. File: foo.info, Node: Top, Up: (dir) GREPVERSION=123.456= GREPEDITION=123.456= GREPDATE=28 May 2025= GREPMONTH=May 2025= Tag Table: Node: Top 67 End Tag Table Local Variables: coding: utf-8 End: + test -f foo.dvi + make test-grepinfo cat ./foo.info | grep 'GREPVERSION=123\.456=' GREPVERSION=123.456= cat ./foo.info | grep 'GREPEDITION=123\.456=' GREPEDITION=123.456= cat ./foo.info | grep 'GREPDATE=19 June 2025=' make: *** [Makefile:907: test-grepinfo] Error 1 + am_exit_trap 2 + exit_status=2 + set +e + cd /builddir/build/BUILD/automake-1.18-build/automake-1.18 + test none = tap + case $am_explicit_skips in + test 2 -eq 0 + keep_testdirs=yes + am_keeping_testdirs + case $keep_testdirs in + return 0 + set +x FAIL t/txinfo-vtexi4.sh (exit status: 2) This failure only appears in specific environments, for instance when building the package (without additional patches) through `rpmbuild`. So far I can't reproduce it when building by hand in a container. I don't get yet what differs in this environment, but I could identify the commit that triggers the failure: commit b78b70612b83632d9f1256e4fa4c69c33f81a5f8 Author: Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> Date: Tue May 20 09:17:04 2025 -0700 mdate-sh: support $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. From https://bugs.gnu.org/77805. * lib/mdate-sh: if $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, use it instead of the mtime of any file. Debian was removing @value{UPDATED}, etc., from manuals because of varying output. Try date --date, then date -r, then perl gmtime, then fall back to the file's mtime. Also, warn if more than one file argument is given. (mon_to_month): factor out conversion of Jan to January. * t/mdate5.sh: test it. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): mention it. * NEWS: mention it. Note, when I built automake 1.18 on day one, the failure didn't show up (since I built it on May 28th). For now I'm probably going to revert it for Fedora builds, but any help to figure out what's going on is welcomed. Frédéric Bérat Principal Software Engineer, Platform Tools Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com> fbe...@redhat.com <https://www.redhat.com>
