newer gcc versions don't provide g77, so if it doesn't exist, don't bother trying to test it (and failing) http://bugs.gentoo.org/146592 --- autoconf-2.13/testsuite/autoconf.s/syntax.exp +++ autoconf-2.13/testsuite/autoconf.s/syntax.exp @@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ set macros [exec sed -n $script $srcdir/../acspecific.m4] foreach mac $macros { + if { [string match "*F77*" "$mac"] && [catch {exec which g77} ignore_output] } then { + send_user "XFAIL: $mac\n" + continue + } send_user "$mac\n" autoconf_test $mac $mac }