From the log: ... >>> Test phase [check]: sys-devel/automake-1.6.3 Making check in . Making check in m4 Making check in lib Making check in Automake Making check in am Making check in tests PASS: acinclude.test PASS: aclibobj.test PASS: aclocal.test PASS: aclocali.test PASS: aclocali1.test ...skipping... PASS: texinfo4.test PASS: texinfo5.test PASS: texinfo6.test PASS: texinfo7.test PASS: texinfo8.test PASS: texinfo9.test PASS: texinfo10.test PASS: unused.test PASS: vars.test PASS: vartar.test PASS: version.test PASS: version2.test PASS: version3.test PASS: version4.test PASS: version5.test PASS: version6.test PASS: vpath.test PASS: vtexi.test PASS: vtexi2.test PASS: werror.test PASS: whoami.test PASS: xsource.test PASS: yacc.test PASS: yacc2.test PASS: yacc3.test PASS: yacc4.test PASS: yacc5.test PASS: yacc6.test PASS: yacc7.test PASS: yacc8.test PASS: yaccpp.test PASS: yaccvpath.test ===================== 2 of 368 tests failed ===================== make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1 make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2 make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 !!! ERROR: sys-devel/automake-1.6.3 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1580: Called dyn_test ebuild.sh, line 996: Called src_test ebuild.sh, line 617: Called die ... emerge --info: Portage 2.1.2_rc4-r3 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r4, 2.6.19-hardened-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.19-hardened-r3 i686 VIA Esther processor 1300MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.8 Last Sync: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:20:01 +0000 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.60 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=i686 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mfpmath=sse" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mfpmath=sse" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache collision-protect distlocks fixpackags metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict stricter test userfetch userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo http://gentoo.inode.at/ http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j1 -s" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages/via-c7" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cracklib crypt doc gdbm hardened howl jpeg jpeg2k ldap ncurses pam perl python readline sse2 ssl tcpd test tetex unicode vorbis x86 zlib" ALSA_CARDS="via82xx" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="dmix dsnoop plug" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="via" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
post the full output as an attachment by running `emerge automake >& log`
Created attachment 105131 [details] logfile from emerge automake
Info given, reopening bug.
(In reply to comment #2) > Created an attachment (id=105131) [edit] > logfile from emerge automake FAIL: depcomp2.test I wonder if this is similar to bug #181484. In that case a patch similar to: --- automake-1.5/tests/depcomp2.test +++ automake-1.5/tests/depcomp2.test @@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ cat > Makefile.am << 'END' SUBDIRS = subdir +datarootdir = @datarootdir@ END should fix it. I haven't reproduced this though so it's only a guess. [...] FAIL: man2.test This I've reproduced and it's similar to bug #162565. sed -i sed 's:inst/man:inst/share/man:' tests/man2.test fixes it.
thanks for the tips, everything should be settled in cvs now