* tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/package.m4): Work around bash

exit status bug.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f4851633265713c669a5c3c59e0f75d231d1b019..9ba94b5775e6b20d4bd2f85f430d48a49d04fd7a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-11-03  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+       and Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+       * tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/package.m4): Work around bash
+       exit status bug.
+
 2007-11-03  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
        * configure.ac (AC_PREREQ): Require version 2.60, for

diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 4c3ad1a7474877589ab131a364f3fe3852bc7ee5..ed129fd84f117bbdbae8fad877b4142bed4e5b36 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ include ../lib/freeze.mk
 ## package.m4.  ##
 ## ------------ ##
 
+# The `:;' works around a redirected compound command bash exit status bug.
 $(srcdir)/package.m4: Makefile
+       :; \
        {                                       \
          echo '# Signature of the current package.'; \
          echo 'm4_define([AT_PACKAGE_NAME],      [$(PACKAGE_NAME)])'; \