tests: expose bug#14991 (relates to 'distcheck')

* t/distcheck-no-prefix-or-srcdir-override.sh: New, expose the bug.
* t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Add it.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

2 files changed, 62 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/distcheck-no-prefix-or-srcdir-override.sh b/t/distcheck-no-prefix-or-srcdir-override.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b9a56fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/distcheck-no-prefix-or-srcdir-override.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check that "make distcheck" overrides any --srcdir or --prefix flag
+# (mistakenly) defined in $(AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS) or
+# $(DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS).  See automake bug#14991.
+
+. test-init.sh
+
+echo AC_OUTPUT >> configure.ac
+
+orig_cwd=$(pwd); export orig_cwd
+
+cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
+# configure should choke on non-absolute prefix or non-existent
+# srcdir.  We'll sanity-check that later.
+AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --srcdir am-src --prefix am-pfx
+END
+
+# Same comments as above applies.
+DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS='--srcdir user-src --prefix user-pfx'
+export DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS
+
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOMAKE
+$AUTOCONF
+
+# Sanity check: configure should choke on non-absolute prefix
+# or non-existent srcdir.
+./configure --prefix foobar 2>stderr && { cat stderr >&2; exit 99; }
+cat stderr >&2
+grep "expected an absolute directory name for --prefix" stderr || exit 99
+./configure --srcdir foobar 2>stderr && { cat stderr >&2; exit 99; }
+cat stderr >&2
+grep "cannot find sources.* in foobar" stderr || exit 99
+
+./configure
+run_make -E -O distcheck
+test ! -s stderr
+# Sanity check: the flags have been actually seen.
+$PERL -e 'undef $/; $_ = <>; s/ \\\n/ /g; print;' <stdout >t
+grep '/configure .* --srcdir am-src'   t || exit 99
+grep '/configure .* --prefix am-pfx'   t || exit 99
+grep '/configure .* --srcdir user-src' t || exit 99
+grep '/configure .* --prefix user-pfx' t || exit 99
+
+:
diff --git a/t/list-of-tests.mk b/t/list-of-tests.mk
index 9069b08bf..8bdbdc089 100644
--- a/t/list-of-tests.mk
+++ b/t/list-of-tests.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ t/gcj6.sh \
 t/override-conditional-2.sh \
 t/override-conditional-pr13940.sh \
 t/dist-pr109765.sh \
+t/distcheck-no-prefix-or-srcdir-override.sh \
 t/instdir-cond2.sh \
 t/java-nobase.sh \
 t/objext-pr10128.sh \
@@ -422,6 +423,7 @@ t/distcheck-hook2.sh \
 t/distcheck-writable-srcdir.sh \
 t/distcheck-missing-m4.sh \
 t/distcheck-outdated-m4.sh \
+t/distcheck-no-prefix-or-srcdir-override.sh \
 t/distcheck-override-infodir.sh \
 t/distcheck-pr9579.sh \
 t/distcheck-pr10470.sh \