-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Chris Karakas on 1/3/2010 8:04 AM: > test-ftello.c:119: assertion failed > ./test-ftello.sh: line 3: 11120 Aborted > ./test-ftello${EXEEXT} 1 <"$srcdir/test-ftello.sh" > FAIL: test-ftello.sh
> But now, what do I do with the failed test? Do I really have to report to > bug...@gnu.org, or can we continue from here? That is a known bug in your ancient glibc (and one that is frequently reported to both bug-m4 and bug-gnulib, since m4 is borrowing that code from gnulib). Basically, your glibc is so old that it has a broken ungetc(), and no one has bothered to write a gnulib workaround patch for it (it's easier to upgrade to a newer glibc, where the bug has been fixed, than it is to figure out a workaround). M4 does not tickle that particular ungetc bug, so m4 is immune; but the failure does point out that unless you upgrade your glibc, you may have other programs on your system that fail to comply to POSIX depending on how they use ungetc(). (And if you do report it to bug-m4, you'll get the same answer, since I'm the maintainer of both autoconf and m4 ;) - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAktAtEkACgkQ84KuGfSFAYChGwCffpoMpQVjjon0D7RfkzB63WJb hBgAn19lU7dBfEAPS4LP6D76+wJwt9Q8 =1bSY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----