From 19afc98d213c86504a5475786987c6f86c6817fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "G. Branden Robinson" Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 15:57:32 -0600 Subject: PROBLEMS: Add item for "make check" on Solaris 10. --- PROBLEMS | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'PROBLEMS') diff --git a/PROBLEMS b/PROBLEMS index 7bac88548..9519c60de 100644 --- a/PROBLEMS +++ b/PROBLEMS @@ -781,6 +781,18 @@ future release of gnulib to do so. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +* Tests fail when I run "make check" on Solaris 10. + +The test suite expects a POSIX-conformant shell and utilities. Solaris +10 does not offer these in the default $PATH. We try to use features +standardized no later than POSIX Issue 4 (1994). Unfortunately even +that is too recent for some implementations. Solaris 11 is believed to +have a conforming shell. It may help to ensure that "/usr/xpg6/bin" +and/or "/usr/xpg4/bin" precedes "/bin" and "/usr/bin/" in the $PATH when +building groff. + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + * I am building from the Git repository, using 'autoreconf' from a GNU Autoconf release earlier than 2.69, and I get this. -- cgit v1.2.1