Hi Chris, >> I would be very happy if an Autotools-savvy person could take another >> closer look because admittedly I am not really sure about the cause >> of the problem. > […] >> I also had to disable a test (test_usage) that otherwise also seems to >> (mysteriously?) fail > > These two comments make me a little nervous, alas. We should surely work > out what was — at least roughly! — the issue instead of just patching > them out, no?
I fully agree and that was why I was asking for some extra pair of eyeballs before uploading. Maybe someone from the team can share some insight or maybe a better solution, and my patch could simply serve as a pointer. Cheers Sascha