quote:


12. tools.at:556: testing ...
./tools.at:559: autoupdate --version | sed 's/.*) //;q'
stdout:
2.59c
./tools.at:564: echo "AC_PREREQ(1.0)" | autoupdate -
./tools.at:567: echo "AC_PREREQ($autoupdate_version)" | autoupdate -
./tools.at:570: echo "AC_PREREQ(999.99)" | autoupdate -
stderr:
/tmp/au822.1499/stdin:1: error: Autoconf version 999.99 or higher is required
/tmp/au822.1499/stdin:1: the top level
autoupdate: failed to run /bin/m4: Invalid seek on non-seekable object

This error message comes from Perl, and makes it look like the Perl system function cannot run /bin/m4. That sounds like an error in your setup somehow. Still, it is a bit odd that the other tests succeeded, whereas this one failed. Perhaps you can investigate it more?
Perhaps Perl cannot run system("echo foo | /bin/m4")?

12: autoupdating AC_PREREQ                FAILED (tools.at:570)
48: Multiline command from M4 expansion   expected failure (autotest.at:169)
58: Backquote in a test title             expected failure (autotest.at:255)
59: Single-quote in a test title          expected failure (autotest.at:256)
60: Double-quote in a test title          expected failure (autotest.at:257)
86: Define a newline                      expected failure (torture.at:632)
278: Libtool                              skipped (foreign.at:32)

ERROR: 278 tests were run,
6 failed (5 expected failures).
1 test was skipped.