BIND 10 #3243: [kean] The serial unit tests execution is not possible for automake 1.13 and later

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#3243: [kean] The serial unit tests execution is not possible for automake 1.13
and later
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            Reporter:  marcin        |                        Owner:  kean
                Type:  enhancement   |                       Status:
            Priority:  medium        |  reviewing
           Component:  build system  |                    Milestone:
            Keywords:                |  Sprint-20131015
           Sensitive:  0             |                   Resolution:
         Sub-Project:  Core          |                 CVSS Scoring:
Estimated Difficulty:  0             |              Defect Severity:  N/A
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Comment (by muks):

 Replying to [comment:6 marcin]:
 > Can we just workaround the serial-tests problem by checking the automake
 version using system command ?
 >
 > {{{
 > +m4_define([serial_tests], [
 > +    m4_esyscmd([automake --version |
 > +                head -1 |
 > +                awk '{split ($NF,a,"."); if (a[1] == 1 && a[2] >= 12) {
 print "serial-tests" }}'
 > +    ])
 > +])
 > +AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign serial_tests)
 > }}}
 >
 > I have taken it from here:
 > https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-February/msg00102.html

 This is cleverer. If it works fine on the various build platforms, we can
 adopt this.

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