+ME_=`expr "./$0" : '.*/\(.*\)$'`
+
+# We use a trap below for cleanup. This requires us to go through
+# hoops to get the right exit status transported through the handler.
+# So use `Exit STATUS' instead of `exit STATUS' inside of the tests.
+# Turn off errexit here so that we don't trip the bug with OSF1/Tru64
+# sh inside this function.
+Exit () { set +e; (exit $1); exit $1; }
+
+# Print warnings (e.g., about skipped and failed tests) to this file number.
+# Override by defining to say, 9, in init.cfg, and putting say,
+# "export ...ENVVAR_SETTINGS...; exec 9>&2; $(SHELL)" in the definition
+# of TESTS_ENVIRONMENT in your tests/Makefile.am file.
+# This is useful when using automake's parallel tests mode, to print
+# the reason for skip/failure to console, rather than to the .log files.
+: ${stderr_fileno_=2}
+
+warn_() { echo "$@" 1>&$stderr_fileno_; }
+fail_() { warn_ "$ME_: failed test: $@"; Exit 1; }
+skip_() { warn_ "$ME_: skipped test: $@"; Exit 77; }
+framework_failure_() { warn_ "$ME_: set-up failure: $@"; Exit 99; }
+