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Update INSTALL about a "make check" failure in test_scripts.sh.

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Lasse Collin 2014-11-28 20:07:18 +02:00
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@ -500,13 +500,23 @@ XZ Utils Installation
4.5. "make check" fails 4.5. "make check" fails
A likely reason is that libtool links the test programs against If the other tests pass but test_scripts.sh fails, then the problem
an installed version of liblzma instead of the version that was is in the scripts in src/scripts. Comparing the contents of
just built. This is obviously a bug which seems to happen on tests/xzgrep_test_output to tests/xzgrep_expected_output might
some platforms. A workaround is to uninstall the old liblzma give a good idea about problems in xzgrep. One possibility is that
versions first. some tools are missing from the current PATH or the tools lack
support for some POSIX features. This can happen at least on
Solaris where the tools in /bin may be ancient but good enough
tools are available in /usr/xpg4/bin or /usr/xpg6/bin. One fix
for this problem is described in section 3.2 of this file.
If the problem isn't the one described above, then it's likely If tests other than test_scripts.sh fail, a likely reason is that
libtool links the test programs against an installed version of
liblzma instead of the version that was just built. This is
obviously a bug which seems to happen on some platforms.
A workaround is to uninstall the old liblzma versions first.
If the problem isn't any of those described above, then it's likely
a bug in XZ Utils or in the compiler. See the platform-specific a bug in XZ Utils or in the compiler. See the platform-specific
notes in this file for possible known problems. Please report notes in this file for possible known problems. Please report
a bug if you cannot solve the problem. See README for contact a bug if you cannot solve the problem. See README for contact