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@@ -474,13 +474,23 @@ XZ Utils Installation 4.5. "make check" fails - 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 the one described above, then it's likely + If the other tests pass but test_scripts.sh fails, then the problem + is in the scripts in src/scripts. Comparing the contents of + tests/xzgrep_test_output to tests/xzgrep_expected_output might + give a good idea about problems in xzgrep. One possibility is that + 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 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 notes in this file for possible known problems. Please report a bug if you cannot solve the problem. See README for contact |