Issue exposed by test `posixsubst-tests-p.test', and similar to
the problem solved by commit `v1.11-159-ge7aa360'.
* lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Trim trailing
whitespace from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential
segfault) on Solaris XPG4 make and Heirloom make.
---
ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++
lib/am/check.am | 3 +++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d50418d..e715e89 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
2011-08-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
+ parallel-tests: work around Solaris XPG4 make segfault
+ Issue exposed by test `posixsubst-tests-p.test', and similar to
+ the problem solved by commit `v1.11-159-ge7aa360'.
+ * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Trim trailing
+ whitespace from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential
+ segfault) on Solaris XPG4 make and Heirloom make.
+
+2011-08-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
+
testsuite: fix weird spurious failure with Solaris /bin/sh
Solaris /bin/sh, when killed with a SIGTERM or SIGINT signal, can
apparently end up exiting with exit status 208, instead of leaving
diff --git a/lib/am/check.am b/lib/am/check.am
index 8340850..840914a 100644
--- a/lib/am/check.am
+++ b/lib/am/check.am
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ check-TESTS:
list=`for f in $$list; do \
test .log = $$f || echo $$f; \
done | tr '\012\015' ' '`; \
+## This apparently useless munging helps to avoid a nasty bug (a
+## segmentation fault!) on Solaris XPG4 make.
+ list=`echo "$$list" | sed 's/ *$$//'`; \
$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $(TEST_SUITE_LOG) TEST_LOGS="$$list"
AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS += check
--
1.7.2.3
