In regard to: Re: make check problems with coreutils 7.2 and earlier, Jim...:
Considering all of the programs from /usr/xpg4/bin mentioned in that output, I suspect you have an unusual PATH. What is your PATH?
/local/bin:/local/sbin:/local/krb5/bin:/local/krb5/sbin:/usr/j2se/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sadm/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/games:/local/gnu/bin:/faculty/ndsu/mooney/bin:/local/tex/bin:/local/bin/X11:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/local/gnu/bin/X11:/opt/openoffice.org3/program:.
It might be useful also to add an echo "PATH: $PATH" to one of the tests and check the .log file to see if that prints anything different.
Ok, did that with misc/help-version, and the PATH is exactly the same as shown above: FAIL: misc/help-version.log (exit: 1) ===================================== + test x/local/gnu/bin/bash = x + export SHELL + . ./test-lib.sh ++ unset function_test ++ eval 'function_test() { return 11; }; function_test' +++ function_test +++ return 11 ++ test 11 '!=' 11 +++ pwd ++ test_dir_=/local/src/RPM/BUILD/coreutils-7.2/tests +++ this_test_ +++ echo ././misc/help-version +++ sed 's,.*/,,' ++ this_test=help-version +++ /local/src/RPM/BUILD/coreutils-7.2/src/mktemp -d --tmp=/local/src/RPM/BUILD/ coreutils-7.2/tests cu-help-version.XXXXXXXXXX ++ t_=/local/src/RPM/BUILD/coreutils-7.2/tests/cu-help-version.29Q48d3pLw ++ trap remove_tmp_ 0 ++ trap 'Exit $?' 1 2 13 15 ++ cd /local/src/RPM/BUILD/coreutils-7.2/tests/cu-help-version.29Q48d3pLw ++ diff --version ++ grep GNU ++ cmp --version ++ grep GNU + echo 'Start of misc/help-version, PATH: /local/bin:/local/sbin:/local/krb5/bin :/local/krb5/sbin:/usr/j2se/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/cc s/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sadm/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/games:/local/gnu/bin:/faculty/ ndsu/mooney/bin:/local/tex/bin:/local/bin/X11:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr /dt/bin:/local/gnu/bin/X11:/opt/openoffice.org3/program:.' Start of misc/help-version, PATH: /local/bin:/local/sbin:/local/krb5/bin:/local/ krb5/sbin:/usr/j2se/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/u sr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sadm/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/games:/local/gnu/bin:/faculty/ndsu/moo ney/bin:/local/tex/bin:/local/bin/X11:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin: /local/gnu/bin/X11:/opt/openoffice.org3/program:. + expected_failure_status_nohup=127 + expected_failure_status_timeout=125 + expected_failure_status_printenv=2 + expected_failure_status_tty=3 + expected_failure_status_sort=2 + expected_failure_status_expr=3 + expected_failure_status_lbracket=2 + expected_failure_status_dir=2 + expected_failure_status_ls=2 + expected_failure_status_vdir=2 [remaining output elided] Even if I modify my environment so that xpg4 is not in my PATH, I get the same results. Tim -- Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure 701-231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, IACC Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils