1*d874e919Schristos-*- outline -*- 2*d874e919Schristos 3*d874e919SchristosThis file lists the bugs you must be aware of. Be sure to check this 4*d874e919Schristosfile before using Autoconf, and especially git versions of Autoconf. 5*d874e919Schristos 6*d874e919Schristos Copyright (C) 2000-2002, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, 7*d874e919Schristos Inc. 8*d874e919Schristos 9*d874e919Schristos Copying and distribution of this file, with or without 10*d874e919Schristos modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided 11*d874e919Schristos the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is 12*d874e919Schristos offered as-is, without warranty of any kind. 13*d874e919Schristos 14*d874e919SchristosAutoconf must not be used in production if there are ``Serious'' bugs, 15*d874e919Schristosand use with caution an Autoconf with ``Important bugs''. 16*d874e919Schristos 17*d874e919Schristos* Status 18*d874e919Schristos 19*d874e919Schristos /*------------------------------------. 20*d874e919Schristos | New features need further testing. | 21*d874e919Schristos `------------------------------------*/ 22*d874e919Schristos 23*d874e919Schristos* Now that configure depends on shell functions, it is possible that 24*d874e919Schristos configure scripts may fail to run on old platforms that lack a shell 25*d874e919Schristos with proper function support. 26*d874e919Schristos 27*d874e919Schristos* Autotest parallel testsuite support is still a work in progress. 28*d874e919Schristos There are known issues in job handling under dash and some ksh 29*d874e919Schristos variants, where a parallel testsuite can hang or cause a 100% 30*d874e919Schristos processor load. In the current release, the overall autoconf 31*d874e919Schristos testsuite only exercises parallel autotest under bash and zsh, or if 32*d874e919Schristos you have defined TEST_PARALLEL_AUTOTEST in the environment. 33*d874e919Schristos Meanwhile, Cygwin has known problems with named fifos that cause 34*d874e919Schristos failures when attempting parallel tests in an autotest suite. It is 35*d874e919Schristos possible that other difficulties will be encountered, whether with 36*d874e919Schristos shell or platform limitations; help is appreciated in improving 37*d874e919Schristos parallel testsuite support. 38