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
