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authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-06-27 11:11:35 +0200
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-06-27 11:12:22 +0200
commitec163633dd590bfdbd8d7fd147492081018507f7 (patch)
tree93119476af92f91c06b8ceb78b6b26c91f6c4381 /t
parent69a3cf8933372fa7ee155a284048e40e0939d586 (diff)
downloadautomake-ec163633dd590bfdbd8d7fd147492081018507f7.tar.gz
tests: don't risk hanging on the 'cl' requirement
On the GNU/Linux boxes of some users that run our testsuite there is a '/usr/local/bin/cl' executable, from the IRAF package: <http://iraf.noao.edu/> The test 'compile4.sh' (and other tests) try to invoke the 'cl' command to check whether it's a Microsoft compiler; the IRAF cl is an interactive program, so it hangs on such invocation. In conclusion, the testsuite hangs for those users which have the IRAF cl early in PATH. Fix the issue by redirecting the input of cl from /dev/null when invoking it, which is enough to prevent the cl program from IRAF from hanging, and should have no effect on the behaviour of the Microsoft compiler. This change fixes automake bug#14707. * t/ax/am-test-lib.sh (require_tool): Adjust the handling of the 'cl' requirement. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 't')
-rw-r--r--t/ax/am-test-lib.sh6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/t/ax/am-test-lib.sh b/t/ax/am-test-lib.sh
index 182b070a0..26e58ef04 100644
--- a/t/ax/am-test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/ax/am-test-lib.sh
@@ -788,7 +788,11 @@ require_tool ()
# in the environment "by hand" before calling the testsuite.
export CC CPPFLAGS
echo "$me: running $CC -?"
- $CC -? || skip_all_ "Microsoft C compiler '$CC' not available"
+ # The IRAF package (http://iraf.noao.edu/) contains a 'cl' program
+ # which is interactive, and which could cause the testsuite to hang
+ # if its standard input is not redirected. See automake bug#14707.
+ $CC -? </dev/null \
+ || skip_all_ "Microsoft C compiler '$CC' not available"
;;
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