The gendiff1 and gendiff2 tests need the gendiff script that's distributed with the rpm package management tool. Without that script, these tests are expected to fail. Need to mark one of the tests as PHONY to get permissions set correctly on built scripts. --- a/Makefile.in 2011-02-10 09:44:43.000000000 -0600 +++ b/Makefile.in 2014-03-06 17:27:55.610048953 -0600 @@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ # These ones don't work yet. # Feel free to send me patches. :-) XFAIL_TESTS = \ + tests/gendiff1/run-test \ + tests/gendiff2/run-test \ tests/delhunk5/run-test \ tests/delhunk6/run-test @@ -1106,6 +1108,7 @@ rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/"`echo lsdiff|sed '$(transform)'`" rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/"`echo grepdiff|sed '$(transform)'`" +.PHONY: tests/combine1/run-test tests/combine1/run-test: src/combinediff$(EXEEXT) src/flipdiff$(EXEEXT) \ src/lsdiff$(EXEEXT) src/grepdiff$(EXEEXT) for script in $(bin_SCRIPTS); do \