Automake & Cygwin build failures (fixable), test failures (ugh)

[edward]

hi peeps.
 
aside from the Automake/* vs automake issue, b uilds fine, but lots of test errors. *cough*
 
I'll take a look at specifics over the weekend.
 
tested with automake 2.49f
 
Cheers,
edward
 
$ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.0 EDWARD 1.3.1(0.38/3/2) 2001-04-24 
20:01 i686 unknown $ make check
Making check in . make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/beta/src/automake' make[1]: Nothing to be done for 
`check-am'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/beta/src/automake' Making 
check in m4 make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/beta/src/automake/m4' make[1]: Nothing to be done for 
`check'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/beta/src/automake/m4' Making 
check in perl-Automake make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/beta/src/automake/perl-Automake' make[1]: Nothing to be done for 
`check'. make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/beta/src/automake/perl-Automake' Making check in tests make[1]: 
Entering directory `/usr/beta/src/automake/tests' make  
check-TESTS make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/beta/src/automake/tests' PASS: acinclude.test PASS: 
aclocal.test PASS: aclocali.test PASS: aclocali1.test PASS: 
aclocalii.test PASS: acoutnoq.test PASS: acoutput.test PASS: 
acoutqnl.test PASS: acouttbs.test PASS: acsilent.test PASS: 
all.test PASS: alpha.test PASS: amassign.test PASS: 
ammissing.test PASS: ansi.test FAIL: ansi2.test PASS: 
ansi3.test FAIL: ansi4.test PASS: auxdir.test FAIL: 
backsl.test PASS: backsl2.test PASS: badline.test FAIL: 
badprog.test PASS: block.test PASS: canon.test PASS: 
canon2.test FAIL: canon3.test FAIL: canon4.test FAIL: 
canon5.test PASS: check.test PASS: checkall.test PASS: 
clean.test PASS: colneq.test PASS: colneq2.test PASS: 
colon.test PASS: colon2.test PASS: colon3.test PASS: 
colon4.test PASS: colon5.test PASS: colon6.test PASS: 
colon7.test PASS: comment.test FAIL: comment2.test FAIL: 
compile_f_c_cxx.test PASS: cond.test PASS: cond2.test FAIL: 
cond3.test FAIL: cond4.test PASS: cond5.test PASS: cond6.test PASS: 
cond7.test FAIL: cond8.test PASS: cond9.test PASS: 
condincl.test PASS: condincl2.test FAIL: condlib.test PASS: 
condman.test PASS: condman2.test PASS: conf2.test PASS: 
confdist.test PASS: confh.test PASS: confh2.test PASS: 
confh3.test FAIL: confh4.test PASS: config.test FAIL: 
confincl.test FAIL: confsub.test PASS: confvar.test PASS: 
confvar2.test PASS: copy.test PASS: ctarget1.test FAIL: 
cxxansi.test PASS: cxxcpp.test FAIL: cxxlibobj.test FAIL: 
cxxlink.test FAIL: cxxnoc.test FAIL: cxxo.test FAIL: 
cygwin32.test PASS: dash.test PASS: defun.test FAIL: 
defun2.test PASS: dejagnu.test PASS: depacl.test PASS: 
depacl2.test FAIL: depend.test FAIL: depend3.test PASS: 
discover.test PASS: distcommon.test PASS: distdir.test FAIL: 
double.test PASS: dup.test PASS: dup2.test PASS: dup3.test PASS: 
else.test PASS: empty.test PASS: empty2.test FAIL: empty3.test FAIL: 
empty4.test PASS: error.test PASS: exdir.test PASS: 
exdir2.test FAIL: exsource.test FAIL: ext.test FAIL: 
extra.test PASS: extra3.test PASS: extra4.test PASS: 
flibs.test PASS: fnoc.test PASS: fo.test PASS: fonly.test PASS: 
fortdep.test PASS: fpinst2.test PASS: fpinstall.test PASS: 
gcj.test PASS: gcj2.test PASS: gnits.test FAIL: header.test FAIL: 
implicit.test PASS: include.test PASS: info.test PASS: 
insh.test PASS: insh2.test PASS: install.test PASS: 
install2.test PASS: installsh.test PASS: instdata.test PASS: 
instdata2.test PASS: instexec.test PASS: insthook.test PASS: 
instman.test PASS: instman2.test FAIL: interp.test FAIL: 
interp2.test PASS: java.test PASS: javaprim.test PASS: 
javasubst.test FAIL: listval.test PASS: ldadd.test FAIL: 
ldflags.test FAIL: lex.test FAIL: lex2.test FAIL: lex3.test FAIL: 
lex4.test FAIL: libobj.test FAIL: libobj2.test PASS: 
libobj3.test FAIL: libobj4.test FAIL: libobj5.test FAIL: 
libobj6.test FAIL: libobj7.test FAIL: libobj8.test FAIL: 
libobj9.test FAIL: libobj10.test PASS: library.test FAIL: 
link_c_cxx.test FAIL: link_f_c.test FAIL: link_f_c_cxx.test FAIL: 
link_f_cxx.test PASS: link_f_only.test PASS: lisp.test FAIL: 
ltlibobjs.test PASS: makevars.test PASS: mclean.test PASS: 
mdate.test PASS: mdate2.test PASS: mdate3.test PASS: 
mkinst2.test PASS: mkinstall.test PASS: nodep.test PASS: 
nodepcomp.test FAIL: nodist.test PASS: noinst.test FAIL: 
noinstdir.test FAIL: nostdinc.test FAIL: number.test FAIL: 
objc.test PASS: obsolete.test PASS: obsolete2.test PASS: 
order.test PASS: outdir.test PASS: output.test PASS: 
output2.test PASS: output3.test PASS: output4.test PASS: 
output5.test PASS: package.test FAIL: parse.test PASS: 
pluseq.test PASS: pluseq2.test PASS: pluseq3.test FAIL: 
pluseq4.test PASS: pluseq5.test PASS: pluseq6.test PASS: 
pluseq7.test PASS: pluseq8.test PASS: ppf77.test PASS: 
pr2.test PASS: pr9.test FAIL: pr19.test PASS: pr72.test FAIL: 
pr87.test FAIL: prefix.test PASS: primary.test PASS: 
primary2.test PASS: proginst.test FAIL: ranlib.test PASS: 
recurs.test PASS: recurs2.test PASS: remake.test PASS: 
remake2.test PASS: remake3.test PASS: req.test PASS: 
rulepat.test PASS: scripts.test PASS: seenc.test PASS: 
sinclude.test PASS: sourcesub.test FAIL: space.test PASS: 
specflags.test PASS: specflags2.test FAIL: specflags3.test FAIL: 
specflags4.test FAIL: specflags5.test PASS: spell.test PASS: 
spell2.test PASS: spell3.test PASS: spelling.test PASS: 
stamph.test PASS: stdlib.test PASS: subdir.test PASS: 
subdir2.test FAIL: subdir3.test FAIL: subdir4.test FAIL: 
subdirbuiltsources.test PASS: subdircond.test FAIL: subobj.test FAIL: 
subobj2.test FAIL: subobj3.test FAIL: subobj4.test PASS: 
subst.test FAIL: suffix.test PASS: suffix2.test FAIL: 
suffix3.test PASS: symlink.test PASS: symlink2.test PASS: 
symlink3.test PASS: syntax.test PASS: tags.test PASS: 
tagsub.test PASS: target.test PASS: target-cflags.test PASS: 
texinfo.test PASS: texinfo2.test PASS: texinfo3.test PASS: 
texinfo4.test PASS: texinfo5.test PASS: texinfo6.test PASS: 
texinfo7.test PASS: texinfo8.test PASS: texinfo9.test PASS: 
unused.test PASS: vartar.test PASS: version.test PASS: 
version2.test PASS: version3.test PASS: vpath.test PASS: 
vtexi.test PASS: vtexi2.test PASS: whoami.test PASS: 
xsource.test FAIL: yacc.test FAIL: yacc2.test FAIL: yacc3.test FAIL: 
yaccpp.test XFAIL: yaccvpath.test ====================== 83 of 275 
tests failed ====================== make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 
1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/beta/src/automake/tests' make[1]: *** 
[check-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/beta/src/automake/tests' make: *** [check-recursive] Error 
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