bug#81484: 31.0.91; semantic-gcc-test-output-parser/this-machine failure on Solaris 10

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> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:41:24 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
> 
> > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:24:58 -0700
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > From: Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
> > 
> > On 2026-07-25 03:05, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > Any idea why this test fails?  The output of "gcc -v" does include
> > > '--host', so why does the condition fail?
> > 
> > As I understand it, "gcc -v" didn't start outputting "--host" until GCC 
> > 4 (2005), when the GCC folks switched to using Autoconf. Unfortunately 
> > Solaris 10's GCC predates that. Here is the output of Solaris 10 "gcc 
> > -v" (sent to stderr):
> > 
> > Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.4.3/specs
> > Configured with: 
> > /sfw10/builds/build/sfw10-patch/usr/src/cmd/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/configure 
> > --prefix=/usr/sfw --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as --without-gnu-as 
> > --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --without-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ 
> > --enable-shared
> > Thread model: posix
> > gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath)
> 
> Thanks, then does the patch below fix the problem?
> 
> diff --git a/test/lisp/cedet/semantic/bovine/gcc-tests.el b/test/lisp/cedet/semantic/bovine/gcc-tests.el
> index 289f7e5..aad7a81 100644
> --- a/test/lisp/cedet/semantic/bovine/gcc-tests.el
> +++ b/test/lisp/cedet/semantic/bovine/gcc-tests.el
> @@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ semantic-gcc-test
>         ;; No longer test for prefixes.
>         ;; (should .--prefix)
>         (should .version)
> -       (should (or .target
> +       ;; "gcc -v" didn't start outputting "--host" etc. until
> +       ;; GCC 4 (2005), when the GCC folks switched to using Autoconf.
> +       (should (or (version< .version "4.0")
> +                   .target
>                     .--target
>                     .--host)))))
>  
> @@ -46,10 +49,10 @@ semantic-gcc-test
>  
>  (ert-deftest semantic-gcc-test/1 ()
>    ;; My old box:
> -  (semantic-gcc-test "Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/specs
> +  (semantic-gcc-test "Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/4.2.2/specs
>  Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --host=i386-redhat-linux
>  Thread model: posix
> -gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)"))
> +gcc version 4.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 4.2.2-5)"))
>  
>  (ert-deftest semantic-gcc-test/2 ()
>    ;; Alex Ott:
> @@ -85,10 +88,10 @@ semantic-gcc-test/5
>  
>  (ert-deftest semantic-gcc-test/6 ()
>    ;; Red Hat EL4
> -  (semantic-gcc-test "Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/specs
> +  (semantic-gcc-test "Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.6/specs
>  Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=x86_64-redhat-linux
>  Thread model: posix
> -gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-10)"))
> +gcc version 4.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 4.4.6-10)"))
>  
>  (ert-deftest semantic-gcc-test/7 ()
>    ;; Red Hat EL5
> diff --git a/test/src/regex-emacs-tests.el b/test/src/regex-emacs-tests.el
> index 061fb73..9635f86 100644
> --- a/test/src/regex-emacs-tests.el
> +++ b/test/src/regex-emacs-tests.el
> @@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ regex-tests-generic-line
>  
>    `(with-temp-buffer
>      (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w;; ") ; tests expect _ to be a word
> -    (insert-file-contents (concat regex-tests--resources-dir ,test-file))
> +    (let ((coding-system-for-read 'utf-8-unix))
> +      (insert-file-contents (concat regex-tests--resources-dir ,test-file)))
>      (let ((case-fold-search nil)
>            (line-number 1)
>            (whitelist-idx 0))
> 
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