Failing make check

Failing make check

[Vin Shelton]

I build my zsh in a separate directory from the sources, eg:

/usr/local/src/zsh-2000-07-03

vs.

/usr/local/build/zsh-2000-07-03

For a few days now, make check has been failing in this configuration
as follows:

/usr/local/src/zsh-2000-07-03/Test/52zregexparse.ztst: all tests successful.
comptestinit:5: failed to load module: zsh/zpty
comptestinit:18: command not found: zpty
comptestinit:20: command not found: zpty
Test /usr/local/src/zsh-2000-07-03/Test/53completion.ztst failed: non-zero status from preparation code:
  comptestinit -z $ZTST_testdir/../Src/zsh
/usr/local/src/zsh-2000-07-03/Test/53completion.ztst: test failed.
comptestinit:5: failed to load module: zsh/zpty
comptestinit:18: command not found: zpty
comptestinit:20: command not found: zpty
Test /usr/local/src/zsh-2000-07-03/Test/54compmatch.ztst failed: non-zero status from preparation code:
  comptestinit -z $ZTST_testdir/../Src/zsh
/usr/local/src/zsh-2000-07-03/Test/54compmatch.ztst: test failed.
make[1]: *** [check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/build/zsh-2000-07-03/Test'
make: *** [check] Error 2


This does not happen if I configure and build in the source directory.

        - vin

Re: Failing make check

[Bart Schaefer]

On Jul 3,  1:33pm, Vin Shelton wrote:
} Subject: Failing make check
}
} I build my zsh in a separate directory from the sources [...]

So do I.

} For a few days now, make check has been failing in this configuration
} as follows:
} 
} comptestinit:5: failed to load module: zsh/zpty
} comptestinit:18: command not found: zpty
} comptestinit:20: command not found: zpty
} Test /usr/local/src/zsh-2000-07-03/Test/53completion.ztst failed: non-zero status from preparation code:
}   comptestinit -z $ZTST_testdir/../Src/zsh

This is working fine for me.

The first question is, are you sure you're building a dynamically-linked
shell?  The zpty module is not included by default in static builds.

At the very beginning of the test process, you should have seen something
like:

if test -n "gcc"; then \
  cd .. && \
  make MODDIR=`pwd`/Test/Modules install.modules > /dev/null; \
fi
mkdir /usr/local/build/zsh-2000-07-03/Test/Modules
mkdir /usr/local/build/zsh-2000-07-03/Test/Modules/zsh

This is copying the modules into a local directory at which module_path
is later pointed, to be sure the right modules are loaded.  If you don't
see that install step, you have a statically-linked shell.  If that step
is failing, perhaps because there's a stray Test/Modules directory with
the wrong permissions, then the tests could fail in unpredictable ways.

If that doesn't seem related to the problem, you could try

	ZTST_verbose=2 make TESTNUM=53 check

to see if that reveals anything; but I suspect you're going to have to put
a `set -x' into the prep section of Test/53completion.ztst to get the real
scoop.

-- 
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Re: Failing make check

[Vin Shelton]

OK.  Now I see a little more of what's going on.  It turns out that
when 'make check' fails, I have been specifying CC on the command
line: CC=/usr/local/egcs-2000-06-30/bin/gcc mk-zsh.
(mk-zsh runs 'Util/preconfig', then 'configure', then 'make' and then
'make check'.)  When I don't override CC, 'make check' works fine.
Sorry for the previous red herring; the failures have nothing to do
with srcdir != objdir.

When I get the chance, I will investigate further.

  - vin

Re: Failing make check

[Vin Shelton]

It appears that the problem is that my experimental gcc snapshot (from
6-30) doesn't correcly make shared objects.  Sorry for the bother.
Bart, thanks for your help.

        - vin

>>>>> On 03 Jul 2000, Vin Shelton <acs@alumni.Princeton.EDU> said:

Vin> OK.  Now I see a little more of what's going on.  It turns out
Vin> that when 'make check' fails, I have been specifying CC on the
Vin> command line: CC=/usr/local/egcs-2000-06-30/bin/gcc mk-zsh.
Vin> (mk-zsh runs 'Util/preconfig', then 'configure', then 'make' and
Vin> then 'make check'.)  When I don't override CC, 'make check' works
Vin> fine.  Sorry for the previous red herring; the failures have
Vin> nothing to do with srcdir != objdir.