ChangeLog

   1 2006-02-21  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
   2
   3         * doc/automake.texi (Complete, Extending aclocal, Public macros)
   4         (Python, Conditionals, API versioning): Always quote macro arguments.
   5         Report from Stepan Kasal.
   6
   7 2006-02-16  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
   8
   9         * doc/automake.texi (Python): More examples.
  10
  11 2006-02-05  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
  12
  13         * doc/automake.texi (distcleancheck): Fix bad wording.  Report
  14         from Bob Rossi.
  15         (Man pages): Show dist_man_MANS, not EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS).
  16
  17 2006-01-29  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
  18
  19         Append $(EXEEXT) to programs that may be listed in TESTS.
  20         Report from Simon Josefsson.
  21
  22         * automake.in (%known_programs): New global.
  23         (initialize_per_input): Reset it.
  24         (append_exeext): Take a predicate as first argument to select
  25         the filename to rewrite.
  26         (handle_programs): Fill %known_programs.
  27         (handle_tests): Append $(EXEEXT) to all tests that are in
  28         %known_programs.
  29         (am_install_var): Update call to append_exeext.
  30         * doc/automake.texi (EXEEXT): TESTS is also rewritten.
  31         (Tests): More about the difference between check_PROGRAMS and TESTS.
  32         Give an example of TEST_ENVIRONMENT.
  33         * tests/cond32.test: Augment with a nested condition.
  34         * tests/exeext4.test: Also check TESTS.
  35         * tests/check5.test: New file.
  36         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add check5.test.
  37
  38 2006-01-12  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
  39
  40         * lib/install-sh (dstdir): Don't use semicolons inside { } in
  41         sed scripts, as Posix says it's not portable.
  42         * lib/missing (file): Likewise.
  43         * lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): Likewise.
  44         * tests/comment7.test, tests/comment9.test, tests/confh.test: Likewise
  45         * tests/distcom2.test, tests/distcom3.test: Likewise.
  46         * tests/distcom4.test, tests/distcom5.test: Likewise.
  47         * tests/distcom6.test, tests/include.test, tests/pluseq8.test: Likewise.
  48
  49 2006-01-12  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
  50
  51         * ChangeLog: Move 2004's entries to ...
  52         * ChangeLog.04: ... this new file.
  53         * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add ChangeLog.04.
  54
  55         * tests/txinfo13.test: Test fix below.
  56
  57 2006-01-12  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
  58
  59         * lib/am/texinfos.am (dist-info): Tighten glob to avoid unwanted
  60         extra files in distribution.  Reported by Vincent Lefevre.
  61
  62 2006-01-06  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
  63
  64         * doc/automake.texi (Linking, Program and Library Variables):
  65         Mention the file extensions that usually appear in _DEPENDENCIES,
  66         and point to BUILT_SOURCES and example of _DEPENDENCIES uses.  A
  67         couple of people have been listing sources files in _DEPENDENCIES
  68         lately.
  69
  70         * doc/automake.texi: Bump copyright year.
  71         * automake.in ($gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
  72         * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Likewise.
  73
  74 2006-01-05  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
  75             Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
  76
  77         * automake.in (top_srcdir): New global.
  78         (generate_makefile): Compute it.
  79         (fill_dist_dirs): New function extracted from handle_dist.
  80         (handle_dist, handle_configure): Use fill_dist_dirs.
  81         * tests/distdir.test: Test for cases where $(top_srcdir) or
  82         $(srcdir) appear in EXTRA_DIST.  Report from Sander Niemeijer.
  83
  84 2006-01-05  Zack Weinberg  <zackw@panix.com>
  85             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
  86
  87         * lib/depcomp: Add 'ia64hp' dependency style.
  88         Zack's original patch was contributed to GCC on 2005-06-13.
  89         (tru64): Typo.
  90
  91 2005-11-01  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
  92
  93         * lib/install-sh: Use "trap '' 0" instead of "trap - 0", so that
  94         the code is portable to both POSIX and pre-POSIX shells.
  95
  96 2005-10-17  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
  97
  98         * tests/nobase.test: Use `chmod a-x' instead of `chmod -x',
  99         suggested by Eric Blake.
 100
 101 2005-10-17  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 102
 103         * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Typo.
 104         * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (transform_variable_recursively): Typo
 105         in a comment.
 106
 107 2005-10-03  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 108
 109         * ChangeLog.03, automake.in, tests/overrid.test: Typos.
 110
 111 2005-10-03  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 112
 113         * tests/nobase.test: Exercise previous patch.
 114
 115 2005-10-03  Peter O'Gorman  <peter@pogma.com>  (tiny change)
 116
 117         * lib/am/distdir.am: Remove $(SHELL) when calling install_sh
 118         * m4/strip.m4: Ditto.
 119         * m4/install-sh.m4: Add $(SHELL) to the definition of install_sh
 120
 121 2005-09-13  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 122
 123         * doc/automake.texi (limitations on file names): New section.
 124         * lib/install-sh: Rewrite to support '*' in file names.
 125         Also, tune so that we don't invoke so many commands in the usual case.
 126         * tests/instspc.test: The "*" test is now fixed.
 127
 128 2005-09-13  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 129
 130         * automake.in (Languages) <cppasm>: Fix typo in the comment.
 131
 132 2005-09-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 133
 134         * lib/am/ltlib.am (uninstall-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): Do not put
 135         shell in verbose mode.
 136
 137 2005-08-07  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 138
 139         * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (variable_value): Do not read the TRUE
 140         value of a conditionally defined variable.
 141         Report from Juergen Leising.
 142
 143         * automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Use AM_MAKEFLAGS in recursive
 144         $(MAKE) invocations.
 145         * lib/am/texibuild.am (?GENERIC_INFO?%SOURCE_SUFFIX%%DEST_SUFFIX%):
 146         Likewise.
 147         * lib/am/texi-vers.am (%STAMPVTI%): Likewise.
 148         * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Likewise.
 149         * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Check for this.
 150         Report from Stepan Kasal.
 151
 152         * m4/mkdirp.m4: Update misleading comment about `mkdir -p .'.
 153         Prompted by Stepan Kasal.
 154
 155 2005-08-07  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 156
 157         * lib/am/texinfos.am (uninstall-info-am): Call install-info only if
 158         the $(infodir) exists.
 159
 160 2005-07-31  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 161
 162         * tests/library3.test: Fix a typo which made the test fail.
 163
 164 2005-07-27  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 165
 166         * doc/automake.texi (Linking, Program and Library Variables):
 167         Suggest reserving -l for third-party libraries.
 168
 169         * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (require_variables): Mention aclocal's
 170         search path when suggesting to add a macro in configure.ac.
 171         People are confused when Automake suggests adding a macro (such as
 172         AC_PROG_LIBTOOL) that is already in configure.ac.
 173         * automake.in (require_file_internal): Suggest `automake --add-missing'
 174         for missing files that can be installed.
 175         * tests/library3.test: Adjust.
 176
 177 2005-07-27  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 178
 179         * tests/defs.in: When required matches both `*libtool*' and
 180         `*gettext*', check for both m4 files.
 181
 182         * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs): Fix a typo.
 183         * tests/suffix11.test: Fix a typo.
 184         * tests/colon3.test: s/EGREP/FGREP/.
 185
 186 2005-07-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 187
 188         * tests/instspc.test: Major rewrite to test for many other
 189         problematic file names, e.g., '$', '"', '('.  Automake and
 190         Autoconf can't handle many of them, so do not report a failure
 191         if the usual candidates show up.
 192
 193 2005-07-19  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 194
 195         * Makefile.am (automake, aclocal): Merge the rules.
 196
 197 2005-07-10  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 198
 199         * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: New upstream
 200         versions.
 201
 202 2005-07-09  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 203
 204         * lib/install-sh: Use IFS=/ to split directories on /, don't translate
 205         / into % as it prevents directory names using %...
 206
 207 2005-07-09  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 208
 209         * doc/automake.texi (Public macros): Typo.
 210         * aclocal.in: Typo in comment.
 211
 212 2005-07-09  Zack Weinberg  <zack@codesourcery.com>  (tiny change)
 213
 214         * lib/depcomp: Handle "#line" markers as well as "# " markers in
 215         "cpp" style, so it can work with newer HP compilers (for their
 216         ia64 systems).
 217
 218 2005-07-02  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 219
 220         * doc/automake.texi (Public macros) <AM_WITH_DMALLOC>: Reword to
 221         fix an underful hbox.
 222         * lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
 223         New upstream versions.
 224
 225 2005-07-01  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 226
 227         * m4/python.m4 (_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST): Add python2.5.
 228
 229 2005-06-30  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 230
 231         * automake.in (make_paragraphs): Do not define %TOPDIR%, now that
 232         lib/am/header-vars.am no longer uses it.
 233         * lib/am/libtool.am (distclean-am, distclean-libtool): Define
 234         if TOPDIR_P is true, not TOPDIR.
 235         Suggested by Stepan Kasal.
 236
 237         * automake.in (read_am_file): Correctly diagnose comments following
 238         trailing backslash.
 239         * tests/commen10.test: New file.
 240         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add commen10.test.
 241         Report from Harald Dunkel.
 242
 243         * automake.in (scan_autoconf_traces): Scan AC_SUBST_TRACE instead
 244         of AC_SUBST.
 245         * lib/am/header-vars.am (srcdir, top_srcdir, top_builddir, INSTALL):
 246         Do not define, they are AC_SUBST_TRACEd by Autoconf.
 247         * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Require Autoconf 2.59c.
 248         * tests/include.test: Call AC_OUTPUT.
 249
 250 2005-06-29  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 251
 252         * lib/mkinstalldirs: Fix support for directory name with spaces if
 253         `mkdir -p' does not work.
 254         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add mkinst3.test.
 255         * tests/mkinst3.test: New file.
 256         Report from Noah Friedman.
 257
 258         * doc/automake.texi (Include, Extending aclocal): Typos.
 259         Report from Karl Berry.
 260
 261 2005-06-28  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 262             Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 263
 264         * lib/mdate-sh: Avoid infinite loop with GNU ls when TIME_STYLE is set.
 265         * tests/txinfo28.test: Set TIME_STYLE.
 266         Report from Vincent Lefevre and James Youngman.
 267
 268 2005-06-24  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 269
 270         * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (define, _new): Remember the helper
 271         variable created for the last conditional += on each variable, and
 272         only append further += in the same condition to this last helper
 273         variable, not to older helper variables.  This way the order of
 274         the items appended to the variable is preserved.
 275         * tests/cond21.test: Adjust.
 276         * tests/cond38.test: New file.
 277         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add cond38.test.
 278         Report from Ed Hartnett.
 279
 280 2005-06-22  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 281
 282         * tests/aclocal5.test: Adjust to recent CVS Autoconf changes.
 283
 284         * automake.in (handle_footer): Do not output an unformatted
 285         definition of SOURCES, it is already done correctly in
 286         generate_makefile.  This superfluous definition introduced long
 287         lines in some Makefiles, hence breakages in tools with a limited
 288         line length.  Report from Mathias Froehlich.
 289
 290 2005-06-11  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 291
 292         * lib/am/texibuild.am (?GENERIC_INFO?%SOURCE_SUFFIX%%DEST_SUFFIX%):
 293         Fix redirections in previous patch.
 294
 295 2005-06-08  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 296
 297         * lib/am/texibuild.am (?GENERIC_INFO?%SOURCE_SUFFIX%%DEST_SUFFIX%):
 298         Do not backup any file if makeinfo is not installed.
 299         * lib/missing (makeinfo): Do not touch a missing info file.
 300         * tests/txinfo30.test: New file.
 301         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add txinfo30.test.
 302         Report from Bob Proulx.
 303
 304         * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal): Typo.
 305
 306 2005-05-24  Brian Gough  <bjg@network-theory.co.uk>  (tiny change)
 307
 308         * lib/am/texinfos.am (.dvi.ps): Add $(am__TEXINFO_TEX_DIR) to TEXINPUTS.
 309
 310 2005-05-15  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 311
 312         Fix PR automake/461:
 313         * automake.in (require_build_directory): Canonicalize directories
 314         with different names, such as `foo/bar' and `./foo//bar'.
 315         * tests/subobj9.test: Augment to test that.
 316         Report from Tom Tromey.
 317
 318 2005-05-14  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 319
 320         * COPYING, ChangeLog, ChangeLog.00, ChangeLog.01, ChangeLog.02,
 321         ChangeLog.03, ChangeLog.96, ChangeLog.98, HACKING, Makefile.am,
 322         NEWS, README, TODO, aclocal.in, automake.in, bootstrap, configure,
 323         configure.ac, doc/Makefile.am, doc/fdl.texi, lib/COPYING,
 324         lib/Makefile.am, lib/acinstall, lib/compile, lib/config-ml.in,
 325         lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/depcomp, lib/elisp-comp,
 326         lib/gnupload, lib/mdate-sh, lib/missing, lib/py-compile,
 327         lib/symlink-tree, lib/texinfo.tex, lib/ylwrap,
 328         lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
 329         lib/Automake/Condition.pm, lib/Automake/Config.in,
 330         lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm, lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm,
 331         lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/General.pm,
 332         lib/Automake/Item.pm, lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm,
 333         lib/Automake/Location.pm, lib/Automake/Makefile.am,
 334         lib/Automake/Options.pm, lib/Automake/Rule.pm,
 335         lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm, lib/Automake/Struct.pm,
 336         lib/Automake/VarDef.pm, lib/Automake/Variable.pm,
 337         lib/Automake/Version.pm, lib/Automake/Wrap.pm,
 338         lib/Automake/XFile.pm, lib/Automake/tests/Condition.pl,
 339         lib/Automake/tests/DisjConditions.pl,
 340         lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am, lib/Automake/tests/Version.pl,
 341         lib/Automake/tests/Wrap.pl, lib/am/Makefile.am,
 342         lib/am/ansi2knr.am, lib/am/check.am, lib/am/clean-hdr.am,
 343         lib/am/clean.am, lib/am/compile.am, lib/am/configure.am,
 344         lib/am/data.am, lib/am/dejagnu.am, lib/am/depend.am,
 345         lib/am/depend2.am, lib/am/distdir.am, lib/am/footer.am,
 346         lib/am/header-vars.am, lib/am/header.am, lib/am/inst-vars.am,
 347         lib/am/install.am, lib/am/java.am, lib/am/lang-compile.am,
 348         lib/am/lex.am, lib/am/library.am, lib/am/libs.am,
 349         lib/am/libtool.am, lib/am/lisp.am, lib/am/ltlib.am,
 350         lib/am/ltlibrary.am, lib/am/mans-vars.am, lib/am/mans.am,
 351         lib/am/multilib.am, lib/am/program.am, lib/am/progs.am,
 352         lib/am/python.am, lib/am/remake-hdr.am, lib/am/scripts.am,
 353         lib/am/subdirs.am, lib/am/tags.am, lib/am/texi-vers.am,
 354         lib/am/texibuild.am, lib/am/texinfos.am, lib/am/yacc.am,
 355         m4/Makefile.am, tests/aclibobj.test, tests/acloca10.test,
 356         tests/acloca11.test, tests/acloca12.test, tests/acloca13.test,
 357         tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca15.test, tests/acloca16.test,
 358         tests/acloca17.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/acloca19.test,
 359         tests/aclocal.test, tests/aclocal3.test, tests/aclocal4.test,
 360         tests/aclocal5.test, tests/aclocal6.test, tests/aclocal7.test,
 361         tests/aclocal8.test, tests/aclocal9.test, tests/acoutbs.test,
 362         tests/acoutbs2.test, tests/acoutnoq.test, tests/acoutpt.test,
 363         tests/acoutpt2.test, tests/acoutqnl.test, tests/acsilent.test,
 364         tests/acsubst.test, tests/acsubst2.test, tests/all.test,
 365         tests/alloca.test, tests/alloca2.test, tests/alpha.test,
 366         tests/alpha2.test, tests/amassign.test, tests/ammissing.test,
 367         tests/ansi.test, tests/ansi10.test, tests/ansi2.test,
 368         tests/ansi3.test, tests/ansi3b.test, tests/ansi4.test,
 369         tests/ansi5.test, tests/ansi6.test, tests/ansi7.test,
 370         tests/ansi8.test, tests/ansi9.test, tests/ar.test, tests/ar2.test,
 371         tests/asm.test, tests/autohdr.test, tests/autohdr2.test,
 372         tests/autohdr3.test, tests/autohdr4.test, tests/automake.test,
 373         tests/auxdir.test, tests/auxdir2.test, tests/auxdir3.test,
 374         tests/auxdir4.test, tests/backsl.test, tests/backsl2.test,
 375         tests/backsl3.test, tests/backsl4.test, tests/badline.test,
 376         tests/badopt.test, tests/badprog.test, tests/block.test,
 377         tests/bsource.test, tests/canon.test, tests/canon2.test,
 378         tests/canon3.test, tests/canon4.test, tests/canon5.test,
 379         tests/ccnoco.test, tests/check.test, tests/check2.test,
 380         tests/check3.test, tests/check4.test, tests/checkall.test,
 381         tests/clean.test, tests/clean2.test, tests/colneq.test,
 382         tests/colneq2.test, tests/colon.test, tests/colon2.test,
 383         tests/colon3.test, tests/colon4.test, tests/colon5.test,
 384         tests/colon6.test, tests/colon7.test, tests/comment.test,
 385         tests/comment2.test, tests/comment3.test, tests/comment4.test,
 386         tests/comment5.test, tests/comment6.test, tests/comment7.test,
 387         tests/comment8.test, tests/comment9.test, tests/compile.test,
 388         tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test, tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test,
 389         tests/cond.test, tests/cond10.test, tests/cond11.test,
 390         tests/cond13.test, tests/cond14.test, tests/cond15.test,
 391         tests/cond16.test, tests/cond17.test, tests/cond18.test,
 392         tests/cond19.test, tests/cond2.test, tests/cond20.test,
 393         tests/cond21.test, tests/cond22.test, tests/cond23.test,
 394         tests/cond24.test, tests/cond25.test, tests/cond26.test,
 395         tests/cond27.test, tests/cond28.test, tests/cond29.test,
 396         tests/cond3.test, tests/cond30.test, tests/cond31.test,
 397         tests/cond32.test, tests/cond33.test, tests/cond34.test,
 398         tests/cond35.test, tests/cond36.test, tests/cond37.test,
 399         tests/cond4.test, tests/cond5.test, tests/cond6.test,
 400         tests/cond7.test, tests/cond8.test, tests/cond9.test,
 401         tests/condd.test, tests/condhook.test, tests/condinc.test,
 402         tests/condinc2.test, tests/condlib.test, tests/condman.test,
 403         tests/condman2.test, tests/conf2.test, tests/confdeps.test,
 404         tests/conff.test, tests/conff2.test, tests/confh.test,
 405         tests/confh4.test, tests/confh5.test, tests/config.test,
 406         tests/confincl.test, tests/conflnk.test, tests/conflnk2.test,
 407         tests/conflnk3.test, tests/confsub.test, tests/confvar.test,
 408         tests/confvar2.test, tests/copy.test, tests/ctarget1.test,
 409         tests/cxx.test, tests/cxx2.test, tests/cxxansi.test,
 410         tests/cxxcpp.test, tests/cxxlibobj.test, tests/cxxlink.test,
 411         tests/cxxnoc.test, tests/cxxo.test, tests/cygwin32.test,
 412         tests/dash.test, tests/defs.in, tests/defun.test,
 413         tests/defun2.test, tests/dejagnu.test, tests/dejagnu2.test,
 414         tests/dejagnu3.test, tests/dejagnu4.test, tests/dejagnu5.test,
 415         tests/dejagnu6.test, tests/dejagnu7.test, tests/depacl2.test,
 416         tests/depcomp.test, tests/depcomp2.test, tests/depcomp3.test,
 417         tests/depcomp4.test, tests/depcomp5.test, tests/depdist.test,
 418         tests/depend.test, tests/depend2.test, tests/depend3.test,
 419         tests/depend4.test, tests/destdir.test, tests/dirforbid.test,
 420         tests/dirlist.test, tests/discover.test, tests/distcom2.test,
 421         tests/distcom3.test, tests/distcom4.test, tests/distcom5.test,
 422         tests/distcom6.test, tests/distcom7.test, tests/distdir.test,
 423         tests/distname.test, tests/dollar.test, tests/double.test,
 424         tests/dup2.test, tests/else.test, tests/empty.test,
 425         tests/empty2.test, tests/empty3.test, tests/empty4.test,
 426         tests/exdir.test, tests/exdir2.test, tests/exeext.test,
 427         tests/exeext2.test, tests/exeext3.test, tests/exeext4.test,
 428         tests/exsource.test, tests/ext.test, tests/ext2.test,
 429         tests/extra.test, tests/extra2.test, tests/extra3.test,
 430         tests/extra4.test, tests/extra5.test, tests/extra6.test,
 431         tests/extra7.test, tests/f90only.test, tests/flibs.test,
 432         tests/fn99.test, tests/fnoc.test, tests/fo.test, tests/fonly.test,
 433         tests/fortdep.test, tests/fpinst2.test, tests/fpinstall.test,
 434         tests/gcj.test, tests/gcj2.test, tests/gcj3.test, tests/gcj4.test,
 435         tests/gcj5.test, tests/getopt.test, tests/gettext.test,
 436         tests/gettext2.test, tests/gnits.test, tests/gnits2.test,
 437         tests/gnits3.test, tests/gnumake.test, tests/gnuwarn.test,
 438         tests/gnuwarn2.test, tests/header.test, tests/help.test,
 439         tests/hfs.test, tests/hosts.test, tests/implicit.test,
 440         tests/include.test, tests/include2.test, tests/info.test,
 441         tests/insh2.test, tests/install2.test, tests/installdir.test,
 442         tests/instdat.test, tests/instdat2.test, tests/instexec.test,
 443         tests/insthook.test, tests/instman.test, tests/instman2.test,
 444         tests/instsh.test, tests/instsh2.test, tests/instspc.test,
 445         tests/interp.test, tests/interp2.test, tests/java.test,
 446         tests/java2.test, tests/java3.test, tests/javaprim.test,
 447         tests/javasubst.test, tests/ldadd.test, tests/ldflags.test,
 448         tests/lex.test, tests/lex2.test, tests/lex3.test, tests/lex4.test,
 449         tests/lex5.test, tests/libobj10.test, tests/libobj11.test,
 450         tests/libobj12.test, tests/libobj13.test, tests/libobj14.test,
 451         tests/libobj2.test, tests/libobj3.test, tests/libobj4.test,
 452         tests/libobj5.test, tests/libobj7.test, tests/libobj8.test,
 453         tests/library.test, tests/library2.test, tests/library3.test,
 454         tests/libtool.test, tests/libtool2.test, tests/libtool3.test,
 455         tests/libtool4.test, tests/libtool5.test, tests/libtool6.test,
 456         tests/libtool7.test, tests/libtool8.test, tests/libtool9.test,
 457         tests/license.test, tests/link_c_cxx.test, tests/link_dist.test,
 458         tests/link_f90_only.test, tests/link_f_only.test,
 459         tests/link_fc.test, tests/link_fccxx.test, tests/link_fcxx.test,
 460         tests/lisp2.test, tests/lisp3.test, tests/lisp4.test,
 461         tests/lisp5.test, tests/lisp6.test, tests/lisp7.test,
 462         tests/lisp8.test, tests/listval.test, tests/location.test,
 463         tests/longlin2.test, tests/longline.test, tests/ltcond.test,
 464         tests/ltcond2.test, tests/ltconv.test, tests/ltdeps.test,
 465         tests/ltlibobjs.test, tests/ltlibsrc.test, tests/maintclean.test,
 466         tests/make.test, tests/makej.test, tests/makevars.test,
 467         tests/man.test, tests/man2.test, tests/mclean.test,
 468         tests/mdate.test, tests/mdate2.test, tests/mdate3.test,
 469         tests/mdate4.test, tests/missing.test, tests/missing2.test,
 470         tests/missing3.test, tests/mkinst2.test, tests/mkinstall.test,
 471         tests/mmodely.test, tests/multlib.test, tests/nobase.test,
 472         tests/nodef.test, tests/nodef2.test, tests/nodep.test,
 473         tests/nodepcomp.test, tests/nodist.test, tests/nodist2.test,
 474         tests/nodist3.test, tests/nogzip.test, tests/nogzip2.test,
 475         tests/noinst.test, tests/noinstdir.test, tests/nolink.test,
 476         tests/nostdinc.test, tests/number.test, tests/obsolete.test,
 477         tests/order.test, tests/outdir.test, tests/output.test,
 478         tests/output10.test, tests/output11.test, tests/output12.test,
 479         tests/output2.test, tests/output3.test, tests/output4.test,
 480         tests/output5.test, tests/output6.test, tests/output7.test,
 481         tests/output8.test, tests/output9.test, tests/overrid.test,
 482         tests/parse.test, tests/percent.test, tests/percent2.test,
 483         tests/phony.test, tests/pluseq.test, tests/pluseq10.test,
 484         tests/pluseq2.test, tests/pluseq3.test, tests/pluseq4.test,
 485         tests/pluseq5.test, tests/pluseq6.test, tests/pluseq7.test,
 486         tests/pluseq8.test, tests/pluseq9.test, tests/postproc.test,
 487         tests/ppf77.test, tests/pr2.test, tests/pr204.test,
 488         tests/pr211.test, tests/pr220.test, tests/pr224.test,
 489         tests/pr229.test, tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test,
 490         tests/pr279-2.test, tests/pr279.test, tests/pr287.test,
 491         tests/pr300-lib.test, tests/pr300-ltlib.test,
 492         tests/pr300-prog.test, tests/pr307.test, tests/pr401.test,
 493         tests/pr401b.test, tests/pr401c.test, tests/pr72.test,
 494         tests/pr87.test, tests/pr9.test, tests/prefix.test,
 495         tests/primary.test, tests/primary2.test, tests/primary3.test,
 496         tests/proginst.test, tests/python.test, tests/python10.test,
 497         tests/python11.test, tests/python12.test, tests/python2.test,
 498         tests/python3.test, tests/python4.test, tests/python5.test,
 499         tests/python6.test, tests/python7.test, tests/python8.test,
 500         tests/python9.test, tests/recurs.test, tests/recurs2.test,
 501         tests/regex.test, tests/remake.test, tests/remake2.test,
 502         tests/remake3.test, tests/remake4.test, tests/remake5.test,
 503         tests/req.test, tests/reqd.test, tests/reqd2.test,
 504         tests/rulepat.test, tests/scripts.test, tests/seenc.test,
 505         tests/sinclude.test, tests/space.test, tests/specflg.test,
 506         tests/specflg2.test, tests/specflg3.test, tests/specflg6.test,
 507         tests/specflg7.test, tests/specflg8.test, tests/specflg9.test,
 508         tests/spell.test, tests/spell2.test, tests/spell3.test,
 509         tests/spelling.test, tests/spy.test, tests/srcsub.test,
 510         tests/srcsub2.test, tests/stamph2.test, tests/stdlib.test,
 511         tests/stdlib2.test, tests/strip.test, tests/subcond.test,
 512         tests/subcond2.test, tests/subcond3.test, tests/subdir.test,
 513         tests/subdir2.test, tests/subdir3.test, tests/subdir4.test,
 514         tests/subdir5.test, tests/subdir6.test, tests/subdir7.test,
 515         tests/subdir8.test, tests/subdir9.test,
 516         tests/subdirbuiltsources.test, tests/subobj.test,
 517         tests/subobj2.test, tests/subobj3.test, tests/subobj4.test,
 518         tests/subobj5.test, tests/subobj6.test, tests/subobj7.test,
 519         tests/subobj8.test, tests/subobj9.test, tests/subobjname.test,
 520         tests/subpkg.test, tests/subpkg2.test, tests/subst.test,
 521         tests/subst2.test, tests/substre2.test, tests/substref.test,
 522         tests/substtarg.test, tests/suffix.test, tests/suffix10.test,
 523         tests/suffix11.test, tests/suffix2.test, tests/suffix3.test,
 524         tests/suffix4.test, tests/suffix5.test, tests/suffix6.test,
 525         tests/suffix7.test, tests/suffix8.test, tests/suffix9.test,
 526         tests/symlink.test, tests/symlink2.test, tests/symlink3.test,
 527         tests/syntax.test, tests/tags.test, tests/tagsub.test,
 528         tests/tar.test, tests/tar2.test, tests/tar3.test,
 529         tests/target-cflags.test, tests/targetclash.test,
 530         tests/transform.test, tests/txinfo.test, tests/txinfo10.test,
 531         tests/txinfo13.test, tests/txinfo16.test, tests/txinfo17.test,
 532         tests/txinfo18.test, tests/txinfo19.test, tests/txinfo2.test,
 533         tests/txinfo20.test, tests/txinfo21.test, tests/txinfo22.test,
 534         tests/txinfo23.test, tests/txinfo24.test, tests/txinfo25.test,
 535         tests/txinfo26.test, tests/txinfo27.test, tests/txinfo28.test,
 536         tests/txinfo29.test, tests/txinfo3.test, tests/txinfo4.test,
 537         tests/txinfo5.test, tests/txinfo6.test, tests/txinfo7.test,
 538         tests/txinfo8.test, tests/txinfo9.test, tests/unused.test,
 539         tests/vars.test, tests/vars3.test, tests/vartar.test,
 540         tests/version.test, tests/version2.test, tests/version3.test,
 541         tests/version4.test, tests/version6.test, tests/version7.test,
 542         tests/version8.test, tests/vpath.test, tests/vtexi.test,
 543         tests/vtexi2.test, tests/warnopts.test, tests/werror.test,
 544         tests/werror2.test, tests/whoami.test, tests/xsource.test,
 545         tests/yacc.test, tests/yacc2.test, tests/yacc3.test,
 546         tests/yacc4.test, tests/yacc5.test, tests/yacc6.test,
 547         tests/yacc7.test, tests/yacc8.test, tests/yaccpp.test,
 548         tests/yaccvpath.test: Update FSF postal mail address.
 549
 550         * tests/cxxnoc.test: Adjust grep pattern for CC, because CVS
 551         Autoconf currently defines a CCC variable.
 552
 553         * tests/output11.test, tests/output12.test: Use rm -f.
 554
 555 2005-04-25  Gary V. Vaughan  <gary@gnu.org>
 556             Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 557
 558         Support for remote LIBOBJS (and friends) with subdir-objects.
 559         Fixes PR automake/401.
 560
 561         * automake.in (config_libobj_dir): New variable.
 562         (scan_autoconf_traces): Set config_libobj_dir from AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR.
 563         (handle_LIBOBJS_or_ALLOCA, require_libsource_with_macro): New functions.
 564         (handle_LIBOBJS, handle_ALLOCA): Use them.  Adjust location of
 565         dependency files, possibly in a subdirectory.
 566         * tests/pr401.test, tests/pr401b.test, tests/pr401c.test: New tests.
 567         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
 568         * doc/automake.texi (Optional) <AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR>: Document.
 569         (LIBOBJS): Document changes in behaviour of
 570         LIBOBJS, ALLOCA, LTLIBOBJS & LTALLOCA in the presence of
 571         subdir-objects and an invocation of AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR.
 572
 573 2005-04-18  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 574
 575         * doc/automake.texi (Dist): Correct English.
 576
 577 2005-03-31  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 578
 579         * doc/automake.texi: When the phrase "for instance" introduces a
 580         sentence, it should be delimited by a comma.
 581
 582         * doc/automake.texi: Fix a few typos.
 583
 584 2005-03-30  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 585
 586         * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Use xmldir instead of htmldir as
 587         example, since the GCS now define htmldir.
 588         (Auxiliary Programs): Mention config-ml.in and symlink-tree.
 589         Give a URL for texinfo.tex.
 590         (Public macros): Sort alphabetically, and move obsolete macros...
 591         (Obsolete macros): ... here.
 592         Prompted by Karl Berry.
 593
 594 2005-03-29  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 595
 596         * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Fix mistakes reported by
 597         Jim Meyering.
 598
 599         * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Prevent races if the recover
 600         rule is run with `make -j'.
 601         * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Adjust.
 602         * tests/lisp6.test: Augment it.
 603         * tests/lisp8.test: New file.
 604         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add lisp8.test.
 605         Suggested by Bruno Haible.
 606
 607 2005-03-27  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 608
 609         * doc/automake.texi: Use @:, @., @!, and @tie{} where appropriate.
 610
 611 2005-03-16  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 612
 613         * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Do not attempt to recover
 614         a missing *.elc file if it cannot be created because emacs does
 615         not exist.
 616         * tests/lisp7.test: New file.
 617         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add lisp7.test.
 618         Report from Greg Schafer.
 619
 620 2005-03-05  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 621
 622         * doc/automake.texi: Replace wicked whiches by thats.
 623
 624 2005-03-04  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 625
 626         * aclocal.in (scan_configure_dep, scan_file): Include file names
 627         are relative to the directory of configure.ac, not to the
 628         directory of the file doing the include.  Remove code for this
 629         latter case.
 630         * tests/acloca13.test: Run distcheck and make sure all macros are
 631         actually distributed.
 632
 633 2005-03-03  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 634
 635         For PR automake/450:
 636         * aclocal.in (scan_file, scan_configure_dep): Skip missing sincluded
 637         files.
 638         * automake.in (scan_autoconf_traces): Likewise.
 639         * tests/sinclude.test: Augment.
 640         Report from Peter Breitenlohner.
 641
 642         For PR automake/450:
 643         * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, trace_used_macros): Do not add/remove
 644         acinclude.m4 and configure.ac to the include map in these two
 645         places ...
 646         (strip_redundant_includes): ... do it here.  This completes the
 647         previous change from 2005-03-01, that did not update
 648         write_aclocal.
 649         * tests/acloca19.test: Augment.
 650         Report from Peter Breitenlohner.
 651
 652 2005-03-02  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 653
 654         * tests/comment9.test: Typo.
 655
 656 2005-03-01  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 657
 658         * automake.in (read_am_file): Preserve backslashes preceding ##-lines.
 659         * tests/comment9.test: New file.
 660         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add comment9.test.
 661         Report from Julien Sopena.
 662
 663         For PR automake/450:
 664         * aclocal.in (trace_used_macros): Do not explicitly trace files
 665         included by configure.ac.
 666         * tests/acloca19.test: New file.
 667         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add acloca19.test.
 668         Report from Peter Breitenlohner.
 669
 670 2005-02-27  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 671
 672         Fix for PR automake/448:
 673         * automake.in (handle_factored_dependencies): Flag install-hook as
 674         an error.
 675         * tests/insthook.test: Exercise this.
 676
 677         * m4/lispdir.m4: Use datarootdir instead of datadir to match GCS.
 678         * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): Adjust.
 679
 680         * doc/automake.texi: Replace many uses of @samp by @code, and
 681         vice versa.  Use @command, @option, and @env where appropriate.
 682
 683 2005-02-26  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 684
 685         * doc/automake.texi: "filename" -> "file name", for consistency
 686         with GNU Coding Standards.  See also Paul's change on 2004-08-20
 687         in Autoconf.
 688
 689         * doc/automake.texi (A Library, Libtool Libraries): Show how to link
 690         a program with a static or libtool library.
 691         (Program and Library Variables): Make clearer that _LDADD and
 692         _LIBADD may also list libraries.
 693         Prompted by a mail from Bruce Korb.
 694
 695         * doc/automake.texi (Alternative): Show how to rewrite nobase_
 696         variables using custom directory variables, and link to node
 697         Uniform.  Suggested by Leonardo Boiko.
 698
 699         * doc/automake.texi (Flag Variables Ordering, User Variables):
 700         Make clearer who the maintainer is, and that he can AC_SUBST AM_
 701         variables in configure.ac.  Suggested by Norman Gray.
 702         (Uniform, Public macros, Libtool Issues, Java Support,
 703         Conditionals): Use `---' for em dash, and stick them to the
 704         enclosing text.
 705
 706         * doc/automake.texi: Reword a few sentences to fix all underflow
 707         and overflow warnings during `make dvi'.
 708         (Auxiliary Programs) <configure.guess, config.sub>: Update URL.
 709         (Public macros) <AM_WITH_DMALLOC>: Likewise.
 710
 711 2005-02-12  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 712
 713         * lib/INSTALL, lib/config-ml.in, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub,
 714         lib/texinfo.tex: New upstream versions.
 715
 716         * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): New node.
 717         (Extending, Extending aclocal, Python): Link to it.
 718         (Extending): Don't show how to install a file in /etc/ directly,
 719         this is insane.
 720
 721         * automake.in (read_am_file): Define variables containing long
 722         lines as VAR_PRETTY to work around tools with limited input width.
 723         * tests/longlin2.test: New file.
 724         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
 725         Report from Albert Chin.
 726
 727 2005-02-09  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 728
 729         Fix for PR automake/447:
 730         * lib/depcomp (tru64) [libtool]: Also check for $dir.libs/$base.o.d.
 731         Report from Mathias Doreille.  Add some old comments from
 732         Nicolas Joly for reference.
 733
 734 2005-02-08  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 735
 736         * lib/mdate-sh: Check the size of the word following the month to
 737         catch Darwin.  This way the filename can contain spaces.
 738
 739         * doc/automake.texi (Requirements, Options): Typos.
 740
 741 2005-02-08  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 742
 743         * lib/missing (makeinfo): Compute the output file if neither -o
 744         nor @setfilename is used.
 745         Reported by Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann and Bruno Haible.
 746
 747 2005-02-07  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 748
 749         * doc/automake.texi (Requirements): Show one example of
 750         AC_CONFIG_FILES with multiple outputs, and correct a few typos.
 751
 752         * aclocal.in ($serial_line_rx): Expect at least one space between
 753         `serial' and the following number.
 754         Report from Jim Meyering.
 755
 756         * lib/mdate-sh: Cope with Darwin's Day/Month/Year output.
 757         Report from Peter O'Gorman.
 758
 759 2005-02-06  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 760
 761         * aclocal.in (usage, parse_arguments): New --dry-run and --diff
 762         options.
 763         (install_file, write_aclocal): Honor --dry-run and --diff.
 764         * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options): Document --dry-run and --diff.
 765         (Serials): Mention --diff.
 766         * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm (handle_exec_errors): Accept an
 767         $expected_exit_code argument.
 768         (xsystem): Take a list of arguments, not a string.
 769         * tests/acloca18.test: Use --dry-run and --diff.
 770         Suggested by Paul Eggert.
 771
 772         * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Macro search path,
 773         Extending aclocal, Local Macros, Serials, Future of aclocal): Make
 774         these subsection of ...
 775         (Invoking aclocal): ... this.
 776
 777         * aclocal.in ($serial_line_rx): Allow trailing garbage after the
 778         serial number.
 779         (scan_file): Explicitly mark the "ill-formed serial" message
 780         as a warning.
 781         * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Link to...
 782         (Serials): ... this new section.
 783
 784 2005-02-02  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 785
 786         * lib/compile: Likewise.
 787
 788 2005-02-02  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 789
 790         * lib/elisp-comp: Use `(exit N); exit N', not `(exit N); exit';
 791         see 2004-12-17.
 792         * lib/mdate-sh, lib/py-compile, lib/ylwrap: Exit with nonzero
 793         status if a write failure occurs with --help or --version option,
 794         as below.
 795
 796 2005-02-02  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 797
 798         * lib/depcomp: Exit with nonzero status if a write failure occurs
 799         with --help or --version option.
 800         * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
 801         * lib/gnupload: Likewise.
 802         * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
 803         * lib/missing: Likewise.
 804         * lib/mkinstalldirs: Likewise.
 805
 806 2005-02-01  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 807
 808         * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options): Typo.
 809
 810         * aclocal.in (list_compare): New functions.
 811         (scan_file): Honor #serial lines.
 812         * tests/acloca18.test: New test.
 813         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
 814         * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Document
 815         #serial.
 816
 817 2005-01-30  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 818
 819         Preliminary support for `aclocal --install'.
 820         This still lacks #serial support.
 821         * aclocal.in (reset_maps, install_file): New functions.
 822         (write_aclocal): Copy files if --install.
 823         (usage, parse_arguments): Recognize --install.
 824         ("MAIN"): Start aclocal again if some file were installed.
 825         * tests/acloca10.test: Augment to test --install.
 826         * tests/aclocal.in, tests/defs.in: Add support for
 827         ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS, used by acloca10.test.
 828         * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Document
 829         --install.
 830         (Future of aclocal): Adjust.
 831
 832         * doc/automake.texi (Macro search path): Using --acdir is not
 833         obvious, it's erroneous.
 834
 835         * doc/automake.texi (direntry): Let `info Automake' point to the
 836         manual, and `info automake' to the `Invoking automake' node.  Like
 837         in Autoconf.
 838
 839 2005-01-27  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 840
 841         * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: s/filename/file_name/g.
 842         From Paul Eggert.
 843
 844 2005-01-24  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 845
 846         * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Rename filename as file_name to be
 847         consistent with the terminology of the GNU coding standards.
 848         From Paul Eggert.
 849         (update_file): Accept a $force argument, so that --force always
 850         updates the time stamps.
 851
 852 2005-01-23  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 853
 854         * doc/automake.texi (How the Linker is Chosen): Explain how the
 855         linker is chosen without diagram, and update to match the code.
 856         Suggestion from Adrian Bunk.
 857
 858 2005-01-16  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 859
 860         * lib/am/subdirs.am ($(RECURSIVE_TARGETS), $(RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS)):
 861         Process all words of $MAKEFLAGS when checking for -k.
 862         * tests/check4.test: New file.
 863         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add check4.test.
 864         Report from Eric Blake.
 865
 866 2005-01-13  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 867
 868         * m4/amversion.in (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): Point users to
 869         AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE if the version passed is incorrect.
 870         * tests/version8.test: New file.
 871         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add version8.test.
 872
 873 2005-01-09  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 874
 875         * m4/amversion.in, m4/as.m4, m4/auxdir.m4, m4/ccstdc.m4,
 876         m4/cond.m4, m4/depend.m4, m4/depout.m4, m4/dmalloc.m4, m4/gcj.m4,
 877         m4/header.m4, m4/init.m4, m4/install-sh.m4, m4/lead-dot.m4,
 878         m4/lex.m4, m4/lispdir.m4, m4/maintainer.m4, m4/make.m4,
 879         m4/minuso.m4, m4/missing.m4, m4/mkdirp.m4, m4/multi.m4,
 880         m4/obsol-gt.m4, m4/obsol-lt.m4, m4/obsolete.m4, m4/options.m4,
 881         m4/protos.m4, m4/python.m4, m4/regex.m4, m4/runlog.m4,
 882         m4/sanity.m4, m4/strip.m4, m4/tar.m4: Use the same all-permissive
 883         license that is used in aclocal.m4.  Relicensing backed by RMS.
 884
 885         * doc/automake.texi (A Library, LIBOBJS): Mention that empty
 886         libraries are not portable.
 887
 888 2005-01-05  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 889
 890         * aclocal.in ($ac_defun_rx): Match AU_ALIAS.
 891         * tests/aclocal5.test (MORE_DEFS): Rename as...
 892         (AM_TEST): this so that undefined macros are caught.
 893         And make it an alias of AC_SUBST.
 894         Test AU_ALIAS.
 895         Reported by Martin Bravenboer.
 896
 897 2005-01-03  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 898
 899         Fix handling of per-target flags in link rules.
 900         * automake.in (define_per_target_linker_variable): New function.
 901         (handle_programs, handle_ltlibraries): Use it.
 902         (%link_languages): New map.
 903         (register_language): Fill it.
 904         * lib/am/ltlibrary.am (%LTLIBRARY%): Do not append
 905         $(%XLTLIBRARY%_LDFLAGS) to the command, this is now done by
 906         define_per_target_linker_variable if needed.
 907         * lib/am/program.am (%PROGRAM%%EXEEXT%): Likewise with
 908         $(%XPROGRAM%_LDFLAGS).
 909         * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Mention
 910         AM_LDFLAGS and AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS in the definition of maude_LDFLAGS
 911         and maude_LIBTOOLFLAGS.
 912         * tests/libtool9.test: New file.
 913         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
 914         * NEWS: Explain the backward incompatibility.
 915         Report from Akim Demaille.
 916
 917 2005-01-01  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 918
 919         * doc/automake.texi (Requirements) <AC_CONFIG_FILES>: Discuss
 920         specifications with shell variables.
 921         (Optional) <AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_CONFIG_LINKS>: Point to
 922         AC_CONFIG_FILES for this explanation.
 923         * automake.in (substitute_ac_subst_variables_worker,
 924         substitute_ac_subst_variables): Mew functions.
 925         (rewrite_inputs_into_dependencies): Use substitute_ac_subst_variables
 926         to ignore dependencies that contain unAC_SUBSTed shell variables.
 927         (handle_configure): Likewise, do not output rules for
 928         AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_CONFIG_FILES, and AC_CONFIG_LINKS targets that
 929         unAC_SUBSTed contain shell variables.
 930         * tests/autohdr4.test: Use an AC_SUBST variable in a specification.
 931         * tests/output11.test, tests/output12.test: New files.
 932         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add output11.test and output12.test.
 933
 934         * aclocal.in (parse_arguments, write_aclocal): Bump copyright year.
 935         * automake.in ($gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
 936
 937 -----
 938
 939 Copyright (C) 2005, 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 940
 941 This file is part of GNU Automake.
 942
 943 GNU Automake is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 944 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 945 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
 946 any later version.
 947
 948 GNU Automake is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 949 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 950 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 952
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 957
 958 ;; Variables:
 959 ;; coding: utf-8
 960 ;; End: