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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-01-05 08:10:29 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2012-01-05 08:10:29 +0100
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doc: README: recommend GNU make to run tests on IRIX 6.5 and Solaris 9
* README: Document vendor "make check" failure on those two systems. Reported by Bruno Haible.
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@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ the best solution is to use GNU make. Otherwise, simply remove
all mention of "[$(EXEEXT)" from src/Makefile.
+*************************************************
+"make check" failure on IRIX 6.5 and Solaris <= 9
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+Using the vendor make program to run "make check" fails on these two systems.
+If you want to run all of the tests there, use GNU make.
+
+
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Running tests as root: