From: Paul H. Hargrove (PHHargrove_at_lbl_dot_gov)
Date: Tue Nov 10 2009 - 15:52:13 PST
Alan Woodland wrote:
> 2009/11/10 Paul H. Hargrove <PHHargrove_at_lbl_dot_gov>:
>
>> Alan Woodland wrote:
>>
> [snip]
>
>>> The tests passed, except prctl(). The problem with the prctl test is
>>> actually that the configure test lives inside the "if cr_build_libcr"
>>> conditional, but I've been using --with-installed-libcr because the
>>> tests are the only part of the package that doesn't end up in a Debian
>>> package. If I don't configure with this flag it passes. I guess the
>>> fix is to either always run this test in configure, or do it when
>>> building one of the tests or the library?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>> OK, so I thing I messed up putting the HAVEW_PRCTL configure probe
>> conditional on cr_build_libcr, when it should probably have been conditional
>> on cr_build_tests. The attached patch should resolve that.
>>
> Haven't had a chance to test the patch yet.
>
>
>> However, IIRC this test should be printing "SKIPPED" rather than "FAIL" if
>> the configure probe failed (or in this case it was not run). Is that right?
>>
> The actual error was:
>
> No prctl() support was found at configure time - test skipped
> checkpoint/nonzeroexit (77)
> FAIL: prctl.ct
>
> Other tests print skipped as expected (e.g. hugetlbfs, bug2524). The
> prctl test seems to be hitting:
> #ifndef HAVE_PRCTL
> int main(void) {
> printf("No prctl() support was found at configure time - test skipped\n");
> return 77;
> }
> #else
> from prctl.c, so it looks like it's returning the magic test skipped
> value and I can't quite see a scenario that would lead to the test
> caller not noticing it right now.
>
> Alan
>
The prctl test is run by the "crut_wrapper", not directly from the
Makefile. So, I am guessing that this is an oversight in crut_wrapper.c
(which I don't plan to fix immediately). If the configure patch
resolves the problem then I think we can stick with that until the next
full release.
-Paul
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