ChangeLog

   1 2011-01-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
   2
   3         Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
   4         * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
   5         `make', for debugging.  When looking for required tools, do not
   6         redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
   7         uselessly run it in a subshell.
   8         * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
   9         make.  All checks moved into Makefile.am.
  10         * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
  11         configure.in.
  12         * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
  13         minor improvements.
  14         * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
  15         changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
  16         * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
  17         Makefile.in stricter.
  18         * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
  19         changes.  Add trailing `:' command.  Do not add unnecessary stuff
  20         to Makefile.am.
  21         * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
  22         to be generated only once really are.  Make grepping less strict,
  23         to avoid exposing too much internal details.  More minor changes.
  24         * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'.  Prefer cat over echo
  25         for appending to configure.in.  Updated/fixed heading comments.
  26         * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
  27         it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
  28         * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
  29         * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
  30         * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'.  Prefer cat over echo
  31         for appending to configure.in.  Also, check that index files are
  32         cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
  33         * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
  34         and added trailing `:' command.  This testcase also used to check
  35         that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
  36         preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
  37         "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
  38         so they have been moved ...
  39         * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
  40         * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps.  Add
  41         trailing `:' command.
  42         * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise.  Relax grepping of generated
  43         Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces.  Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
  44         append to configure.in.
  45         * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
  46         * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
  47         make it stricter, sometimes laxer).  Move `set -e' setting just
  48         after the inclusion of ./defs.  De-uglify a sed command.  Other
  49         minor cosmetic improvements.
  50         * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.  Add
  51         trailing `:' command.
  52         * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
  53         * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
  54         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
  55
  56 2011-01-09   Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  57
  58         cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
  59         * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
  60         * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
  61         * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
  62         * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
  63         * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
  64         * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
  65         * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
  66
  67         automake: minor fixes in comments
  68         * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
  69
  70 2011-01-09  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
  71
  72         Add test coverage for deleted header files.
  73         * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
  74         also check for the deleted header bug.  If no dependency
  75         tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
  76         successfully.  Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
  77
  78         Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
  79         * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
  80
  81         docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
  82         * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
  83         (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
  84         (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
  85         (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
  86         Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
  87
  88 2011-01-08  Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
  89             Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
  90
  91         docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
  92         * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
  93         manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
  94         (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
  95
  96 2011-01-02   Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  97
  98         * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
  99
 100 2011-01-02   Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 101              Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 102
 103         docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
 104         * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
 105         be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory
 106         couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES').
 107
 108 2011-01-02  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 109
 110         Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
 111         * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
 112         Sync from upstream.
 113
 114         Fix maintainer-check regression.
 115         * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the
 116         environment.
 117
 118         Bump copyright years.
 119         * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
 120         * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
 121         * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
 122
 123 2010-12-23  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 124             Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 125
 126         Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make.
 127         * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the
 128         dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single
 129         one.
 130         * tests/subobj11a.test: New test.
 131         * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise.
 132         * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise.
 133         * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise.
 134         * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
 135         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 136         * NEWS: Updated.
 137         Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final
 138         patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini.
 139
 140 2010-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 141
 142         Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5.
 143         * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on
 144         weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5).
 145         * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related
 146         change.
 147         Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.  The bugs have been there from the
 148         first versions of the affected test scripts.
 149
 150 2010-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 151
 152         docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro.
 153         * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require
 154         the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at
 155         least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from
 156         Cygnus" of 1997-08-25).
 157
 158 2010-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 159
 160         distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
 161         * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
 162         its output each time for a single error message, rather than
 163         running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
 164         all the expected error messages.  This should work around make
 165         implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
 166         information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
 167           - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
 168             <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
 169           - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
 170             <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
 171
 172 2010-12-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 173
 174         Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
 175         * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
 176         `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
 177         in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
 178
 179 2010-12-18  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 180
 181         docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
 182         * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
 183         not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
 184         extension module `quaternion.la'.
 185
 186 2010-12-16  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 187
 188         docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
 189         * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
 190         the Automake primaries.
 191
 192 2010-12-14  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 193
 194         Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen.
 195         * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen
 196         relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in
 197         other respects.
 198         * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
 199         * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
 200         * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
 201         * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
 202         * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
 203         * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
 204         * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
 205         * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen
 206         tightened.
 207
 208 2010-12-10  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 209
 210         Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.
 211         * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE.
 212         Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not
 213         invoke installed automake.
 214
 215 2010-11-25  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 216
 217         Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc
 218         In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the
 219         use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has
 220         unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C
 221         compilers were used.  So we are now careful to require GCC in
 222         tests that force gcc depmode.
 223         From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
 224         * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
 225         * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new
 226         sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
 227         "gcc" in $required.
 228         * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
 229         * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new
 230         sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
 231         "gcc" in $required.
 232         * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
 233         * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new
 234         sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
 235         "gcc" in $required.
 236         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 237
 238 2010-11-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 239
 240         Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs".
 241         * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare
 242         `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests.
 243         * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise.
 244         * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise.
 245         * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise.
 246         * tests/cond23.test: Likewise.
 247         * tests/cond24.test: Likewise.
 248         * tests/cond25.test: Likewise.
 249         * tests/cond26.test: Likewise.
 250         * tests/cond27.test: Likewise.
 251         * tests/cond28.test: Likewise.
 252         * tests/cond29.test: Likewise.
 253         * tests/cond30.test: Likewise.
 254         * tests/cond31.test: Likewise.
 255         * tests/cond32.test: Likewise.
 256         * tests/cond33.test: Likewise.
 257         * tests/cond34.test: Likewise.
 258         * tests/cond35.test: Likewise.
 259         * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
 260         * tests/cond37.test: Likewise.
 261         * tests/cond38.test: Likewise.
 262         * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
 263         * tests/cond40.test: Likewise.
 264         * tests/cond41.test: Likewise.
 265         * tests/cond42.test: Likewise.
 266         * tests/cond43.test: Likewise.
 267         * tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
 268         * tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
 269         * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise.
 270         * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise.
 271         * tests/hfs.test: Likewise.
 272         * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise.
 273         * tests/percent.test: Likewise.
 274         * tests/percent2.test: Likewise.
 275         * tests/phony.test: Likewise.
 276         * tests/silent.test: Likewise.
 277         * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
 278         * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
 279         * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
 280         * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
 281         * tests/silent6.test: Likewise.
 282         * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
 283         * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
 284         * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise.
 285         * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise.
 286         * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
 287         * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise.
 288         * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise.
 289
 290         Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests.
 291         * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean"
 292         and "make maintainer-clean".
 293         * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
 294         * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean".
 295         * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
 296         * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
 297
 298 2010-11-19  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
 299
 300         Sync config-ml.in from GCC.
 301         * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other
 302         compiler/flag environment variables.
 303
 304 2010-11-19  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 305
 306         Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon.
 307         * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon.
 308
 309         help4.test: fix botched heading comment.
 310         * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it
 311         didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was
 312         supposed to perform.
 313
 314         help2.test: add checks on aclocal too.
 315         * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and
 316         `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both
 317         broken.
 318
 319 2010-11-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 320
 321         Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran.
 322         * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
 323         messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to
 324         avoid spurious failures.  Add a trailing `:' command.
 325         * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
 326
 327 2010-11-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 328
 329         Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran.
 330         * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
 331         messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers,
 332         to avoid spurious failures.  This bug has been there from the
 333         very first version of this test script.
 334
 335 2010-11-16  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 336
 337         Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
 338         * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
 339         post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
 340         of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
 341         on the commend line.  Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
 342         * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
 343         Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
 344         improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
 345         Wildenhues.
 346
 347 2010-11-16  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 348
 349         Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
 350         * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
 351         hand-postprocessed Makefile.in.  This check worked by setting
 352         the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
 353         not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
 354         This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
 355         commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
 356         tests".  Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
 357
 358 2010-11-16  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 359
 360         tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
 361         * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
 362         double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
 363         are not part of the Automake API.
 364
 365 2010-11-14  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 366
 367         tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
 368         * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
 369         pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
 370
 371 2010-11-14  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 372
 373         Rebuild menus in the manual.
 374         * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
 375         Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
 376
 377         Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
 378         * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment.  Use
 379         separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
 380         to fix quoting issues.
 381         * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
 382         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
 383
 384 2010-11-10  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 385
 386         Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
 387         * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
 388         Found by NixOS Hydra.
 389
 390 2010-11-07  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 391
 392         Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
 393         * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
 394         "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
 395         later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
 396         character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
 397         escaped newlines.  This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
 398         where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
 399         * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
 400         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 401         Reported by Andy Wingo.
 402
 403 2010-11-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 404
 405         Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
 406         * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
 407         if control structure in a generated make rules.  Bug introduced
 408         by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
 409         of test `vala2.test'.
 410
 411 2010-11-01  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 412
 413         Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
 414         * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
 415         modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
 416         * NEWS: Update.
 417         * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
 418         stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
 419         (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
 420         and header remaking.
 421         * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
 422         passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
 423         * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
 424         %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
 425         * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
 426         New tests.
 427         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 428
 429 2010-11-01  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 430
 431         Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
 432         * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
 433         (Introduction): Refer to it.
 434
 435 2010-10-04  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 436
 437         Add support for newer python versions.
 438         * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
 439         _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST.  Since we are at it, break a long
 440         line and fix indentation.
 441         * THANKS: Updated.
 442         From a report by Thomas Klausner.
 443
 444         Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
 445         * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
 446         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 447
 448         Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
 449         * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
 450         flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
 451         * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
 452         * tests/help.test: Likewise.  Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
 453         instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
 454         please maintainer-check.
 455         * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
 456
 457 2010-10-03  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 458             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 459
 460         Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
 461         * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
 462         flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
 463         to better honour user-overrides.  Similarly for aclocal.
 464         * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
 465         * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
 466         * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
 467
 468 2010-10-03  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 469
 470         Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
 471         * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
 472         are expanded before rules.
 473         * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
 474         get matched as a rule.
 475         Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
 476
 477 2010-10-02  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 478
 479         Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
 480         This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
 481         because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
 482
 483         2010-09-07  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 484
 485         parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
 486         * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
 487         substitution %MAKEFILE%.
 488         (generate_makefile): Adjust.
 489         * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
 490         sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
 491         input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
 492         w32 (MSYS).
 493         * NEWS: Update.
 494         Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
 495
 496 2010-09-26  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 497
 498         Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
 499         * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
 500         it, rather than removing already present files.  Run the aclocal
 501         and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
 502         $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL.  Be sure to correctly match literal dots
 503         in aclocal's and automake's stderr.  Add a trailing `:' command.
 504         * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
 505         `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
 506         * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
 507         `--version' take precedence on the other options.
 508         * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
 509         `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
 510         line wins.
 511         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 512
 513 2010-09-25  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 514
 515         Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.
 516         * tests/compile2.test: Do no uselessly (implicitly) repeat the
 517         computation of PATH_SEPARATOR again.
 518         * tests/instmany-mans.test: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when
 519         extending/redefining PATH.
 520         * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
 521         * tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
 522         * tests/man4.test: Likewise.
 523         * tests/mkinst3.test: Likewise.
 524         * tests/mmodely.test: Likewise.
 525         * tests/multlib.test: Likewise.
 526         * tests/txinfo30.test: Likewise.
 527         * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
 528         Updated.
 529         * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): New maintainer check.
 530         (syntax_check_rules): Updated.
 531
 532         Testsuite: new variables `$PATH_SEPARATOR' and `$APIVERSION'.
 533         * tests/defs.in ($APIVERSION):  New AC_SUBST'd variable.
 534         ($ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE): Use it.
 535         ($PATH_SEPARATOR):  New AC_SUBST'd variables.
 536         ($PATH): Use it.
 537
 538 2010-09-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 539
 540         Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used.
 541         * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn'
 542         directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied
 543         regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST.
 544         (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion
 545         `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private
 546         directories.
 547         (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t.
 548         the version control system used.
 549
 550         Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist".
 551         * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard
 552         example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under
 553         the "cvs-dist" one.
 554
 555         Perl modules: remove references to "Automake CVS repository".
 556         * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Update comments to refer to "Automke's
 557         git repository" rather than to "Automake's CVS repository".
 558         * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
 559         * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
 560         * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise.
 561         * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise.
 562         * lib/Automake/Version.pm (=head1 DESCRIPTION): Refer to "git
 563         branches" rather than "CVS branches".
 564
 565         Remove obsolete .cvsignore files.
 566         * .cvsignore, doc/.cvsignore, lib/.cvsignore, lib/am/.cvsignore,
 567         lib/Automake/.cvsignore, lib/Automake/tests/.cvsignore,
 568         m4/.cvsignore, tests/.cvsignore: Files deleted.  Even when using
 569         savannah's CVS readonly mirror there's no way to commit back to
 570         the real repository, so this files are not worth maintaining or
 571         keeping around.
 572
 573 2010-09-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 574
 575         * m4/dmalloc.m4: Bump serial number and copyright years.
 576
 577 2010-09-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 578
 579         Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
 580         * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
 581         `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
 582         seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
 583         tarballs now).
 584
 585 2010-09-17  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 586
 587         Avoid triple-space after period.
 588         * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
 589         sentence end.
 590         * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
 591         * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
 592         * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
 593         * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
 594         * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
 595         * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
 596         * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
 597
 598 2010-09-15  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 599
 600         Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
 601         * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
 602         * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
 603         * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
 604         * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
 605         * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
 606         * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
 607         * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
 608         * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
 609         * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
 610         * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
 611         * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
 612         they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
 613         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 614
 615 2010-09-14  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 616
 617         * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
 618
 619 2010-09-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 620
 621         * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
 622
 623 2010-09-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 624
 625         Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
 626         * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
 627         that made the test useless.  Since we are at it, improve
 628         comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
 629         stricter.
 630         Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
 631         extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
 632
 633 2010-09-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 634
 635         Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
 636         The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
 637         target system for Automake.  So it's pointless to put it in
 638         $required.
 639         * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
 640         * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
 641         * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
 642         From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
 643
 644         Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
 645         * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
 646         instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
 647         * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
 648         white spaces.  Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
 649         and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
 650         (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
 651         * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
 652         * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
 653         * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
 654         of `confh7.test'.
 655         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 656         Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
 657
 658         Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
 659         * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
 660
 661 2010-09-07  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 662
 663         parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
 664         * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
 665         substitution %MAKEFILE%.
 666         (generate_makefile): Adjust.
 667         * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
 668         sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
 669         input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
 670         w32 (MSYS).
 671         * NEWS: Update.
 672         Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
 673
 674         Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
 675         * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
 676
 677 2010-08-27  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 678
 679         Fix bug in test missing6.test.
 680         * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
 681         to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
 682         that do not support $LINENO.  Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
 683         changes.
 684
 685 2010-08-21  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 686
 687         Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
 688         * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
 689         $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
 690         (error): New function.
 691         (main): Use it.  Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
 692         in case $ls_command gave bogus output.  Fix eval quotation.
 693         * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
 694         * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
 695
 696 2010-08-18  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 697
 698         Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
 699         * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
 700         in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
 701         * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
 702
 703 2010-08-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 704             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 705
 706         Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
 707         * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
 708         automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
 709         the package developer can disable it altogether.  Add a reference
 710         to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
 711
 712         Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
 713         * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
 714
 715 2010-08-16  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 716
 717         Don't hide the table of contents.
 718         * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
 719
 720 2010-08-10  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 721
 722         Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
 723         * tests/aclocal8.test:  Ensure verbose printing of captured
 724         output.
 725         * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise.  Also, add trailing `:'
 726         command.
 727         * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
 728         * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
 729         `$me' over hard-coded test name.
 730         * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
 731         * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
 732         some grepping slightly stricter.
 733         * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise.  Also, prefer `diff' over
 734         `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
 735
 736 2010-08-09  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 737
 738         Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
 739         * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
 740         * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
 741         Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
 742         * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
 743         * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
 744         changes.  Add a trailing `:' command.
 745         * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
 746
 747         Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
 748         * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
 749         * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
 750         * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
 751         * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
 752         * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
 753         * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
 754         spacing.
 755         * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
 756         * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
 757         of captured make stdout.
 758         * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Also, use the
 759         `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
 760         from scratch.
 761         * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
 762         * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
 763         flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
 764         * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
 765         Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
 766         * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
 767         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Do not export
 768         `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
 769         in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required).  Use the stub for
 770         `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
 771         scratch.  Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
 772         README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
 773         * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
 774         changes.  Extend existing checks a bit.
 775         * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.  Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
 776         the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
 777         generated tarball a bit.
 778         * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
 779         changes.  Add a trailing `:' command.  Also, do not create dummy
 780         files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
 781         automake in foreign mode anyway.
 782         * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
 783         `configure.in'.  Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
 784         changes.  Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
 785         and add a "FIXME" comment.
 786         * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
 787         `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
 788         * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
 789         `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
 790         ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch.  Enable `errexit'
 791         shell flag, and related changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
 792         * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
 793         stricter.
 794         * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
 795         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Escape literal
 796         dots in grep regular expressions.  Also, add a trailing `:'
 797         command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
 798
 799         Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
 800         * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
 801         * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
 802         * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
 803         * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
 804         * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
 805         * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
 806         * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
 807         * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
 808         * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
 809         * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
 810         * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
 811         with its sister test.
 812         * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
 813
 814 2010-08-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 815
 816         Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
 817         * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Typofix in
 818         comment.
 819         * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
 820         not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
 821         Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
 822         * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
 823         inverted semantic.
 824         * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
 825         Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
 826         * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
 827         changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
 828         * tests/condman.test: Likewise.  Also, do not create useless
 829         dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
 830         * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
 831         it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
 832         installed files.
 833         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 834
 835         Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
 836         * tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
 837         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.  Do not create
 838         a useless dummy file.  Add trailing `:' command.
 839         * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
 840         related changes.  Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
 841         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
 842         * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
 843         changes.  Improve the generated `configure.in' file.  Add
 844         trailing `:' command.
 845         * tests/colon2.test: Likewise.  Also, add some new checks.
 846         * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
 847         Add new, much deeper checks.  Add trailing `:' command.
 848         * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
 849         * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Remove useless
 850         comments and echos.  Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
 851         make some grepping tests stricter.  Add a "FIXME" comments about
 852         planned improvements.
 853
 854         Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
 855         * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
 856         and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs.  Make grepping of
 857         Automake stderr stricter.  Do not create useless source file.
 858         Improve verbose messages.  Minor cosmetic changes.  Tell to
 859         keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
 860         * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
 861         * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
 862
 863         Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
 864         * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
 865         * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
 866         * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
 867         * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
 868         * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
 869         * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
 870         * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
 871         stricter.
 872         * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
 873         * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes.  Re-enable a temporarily
 874         disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
 875         are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
 876         * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
 877         accordingly to "TODO" comments.
 878         * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
 879         Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
 880         stub preset be ./defs.
 881         * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
 882         rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
 883         Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes.  Prefer diff over
 884         cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
 885         of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in.  Make grepping of the contents
 886         of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
 887         * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
 888         rather than writing one from scratch.  Make grepping of Makefile.in
 889         stricter.
 890         * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter.  Add a
 891         comment.
 892         * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
 893         `configure.ac'.  Do not write `configure.in' two times.  Escape
 894         literal dots in grep regular expressions.
 895         * tests/confincl.test:  Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
 896         changes.  Prefer fgrep over grep.  Other cosmetic changes.
 897         * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
 898         * tests/confh6.test: ... this.  Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
 899         and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
 900         * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
 901         * tests/confh7.test: ... to this.  Use the `configure.in' stub
 902         created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch.  Try to
 903         run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
 904         `configure.in'.
 905         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 906
 907         Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
 908         * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
 909         Add a trailing `:' command.
 910         * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
 911         it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
 912         empty value.  Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
 913         done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required.  Ensure verbose
 914         printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking.  Add a
 915         trailing `:' command.
 916         * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
 917         grep regexps.  Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
 918         files.  Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
 919         Makefile.am.  Add a trailing `:' command.
 920         * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
 921         grep regexp.  Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
 922         created Makefile.am.  Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
 923         stoud/stderr.  Add a trailing `:' command.
 924         * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
 925         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Quote literal dots
 926         and dollar characters in grep regexps.  Explicitly declare phony
 927         targets as such in the created Makefile.am.  Add a trailing `:'
 928         command.
 929         * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
 930         configure.in.  Cosmetic fixes to spacing.  Make the "dummy" `if'
 931         statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
 932         explanatory comments to it.
 933         * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add  a trailing `:' command.
 934
 935         Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
 936         * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test.  Working
 937         checks moved out to ...
 938         * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
 939         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 940
 941         Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
 942         * tests/subobjname.test:  Add trailing `:' command.
 943         * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
 944         Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
 945         * tests/subobj2.test:  Add trailing `:' command.  Do not use the
 946         unportable fgrep option `-e'.
 947         * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
 948         (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
 949         constructs.
 950         * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise.  Also, enable `errexit' shell
 951         flag, with related changes
 952         * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise.  Also, make grepping of
 953         `Makefile.in' stricter.
 954         * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Move setting of
 955         `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
 956         of ./defs).
 957         (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
 958         writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
 959         * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Move setting of
 960         `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
 961         of ./defs).  Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
 962         * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
 963         `f'.
 964         (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
 965         writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
 966         * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
 967         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Fail the test if
 968         `make distcheck' fails.  Ensure verbose printing of captured make
 969         stdout.  Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
 970         test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
 971         (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
 972         (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
 973         * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'.  Add
 974         trailing `:' command.
 975         (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
 976
 977         Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
 978         * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
 979         * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
 980         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 981
 982         Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
 983         * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
 984         autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
 985
 986         Bootstrap: fixlet.
 987         * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
 988         since we don't generate it.  Correctly quote arguments of
 989         `eval' builtin.  Fixed a botched error message.  Removed an
 990         extra blank line.
 991
 992         Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
 993         * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
 994         ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
 995
 996         Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
 997         * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
 998         ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
 999         Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
1000
1001         Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
1002         * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1003         * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
1004         Makefile.in stricter.
1005
1006 2010-08-08  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1007
1008         Fix maintainer-check failure.
1009         * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
1010         time stamp differences.
1011
1012         Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1013         * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
1014         Sync from upstream.
1015
1016 2010-08-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1017
1018         Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
1019         * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
1020         from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
1021         on Solaris make.
1022
1023 2010-08-06  Peter Rosin  <peda@lysator.liu.se>
1024
1025         Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
1026         * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
1027         cater for problems with MSYS bash.
1028
1029 2010-07-31  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1030
1031         Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
1032         * HACKING: Update.
1033         Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
1034
1035         Add more hints for debugging make rules.
1036         * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
1037         out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
1038         * THANKS: Update.
1039         Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
1040
1041 2010-07-27  Patrick Welche  <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>  (tiny change)
1042
1043         Fix typo in the manual.
1044         * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
1045
1046 2010-07-27  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1047
1048         Document current policy for development with git.
1049         * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
1050         Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
1051
1052         Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
1053         * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
1054         variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
1055         the condition.
1056         * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
1057         * NEWS: Update.
1058
1059         Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
1060         * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
1061         to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
1062         * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
1063
1064         Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
1065         * tests/init2.test: New test.
1066         * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1067
1068 2010-07-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1069
1070         Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
1071         * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1072         changes.  Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
1073         rather than writing one from scratch.
1074         * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
1075         * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
1076         * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1077         changes.  Do not create useless dummy source files.
1078         * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
1079         and in subdirs) stricter.  Some minor changes to keep it more
1080         in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
1081         * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
1082         `subdir5.test' here).
1083         * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
1084         * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'.  Add
1085         trailing `:' command.
1086         * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
1087         * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
1088         (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
1089         it from scratch.  Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
1090         autoconf/automake macros.
1091
1092         Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
1093         * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
1094         a $MAKE call.  Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
1095         * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
1096         Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
1097         instead.  Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
1098         Display the content of more files, to ease debugging.  Add a
1099         trailing `:' command.  Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
1100         test(s).
1101         * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
1102         autoconf.
1103         * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
1104         and stderr.  Make grepping of captured stderr stricter.  Also,
1105         add trailing `:' command.
1106         * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
1107         Makefile.am as `.PHONY'.  Display content of more files, to ease
1108         debugging.  Add trailing `:' command.
1109         * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise.  Also, factor out common sed
1110         script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
1111         * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
1112         test Makefile.am files.  Add a trailing `:' command.
1113         * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'.  Move the
1114         call to `set -e' earlier.  Be stricter and more verbose in the
1115         checking of the generated tarball.
1116         (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
1117         writing it from scratch.  Avoid obsoleted constructs.  Remove
1118         useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
1119         * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
1120         * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
1121
1122 2010-07-18  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1123
1124         Improve and extend test cond5.test.
1125         * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
1126         the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
1127         at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
1128         and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
1129         priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
1130         Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
1131         standard error.
1132         Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
1133         Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
1134         writing one from scratch.
1135
1136 2010-06-26  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1137
1138         Update program --help output to match current GCS.
1139         * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
1140         is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
1141         * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
1142         PACKAGE_URL.
1143         (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
1144         additional substitutions.
1145         * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT.  Point to Automake
1146         home page and GNU general help page.
1147         * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
1148         * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
1149         address.
1150         (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
1151         Use it throughout.
1152         * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
1153         PACKAGE_BUGREPORT.
1154         * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
1155         * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
1156         messages.
1157
1158         Clean up @var handling in the manual.
1159         * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
1160         names, replace a few one-character names.
1161
1162 2010-06-26  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1163
1164         Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
1165         * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
1166         defined).
1167
1168         Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
1169         * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
1170         `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
1171         already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
1172         * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
1173         * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
1174         * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
1175         of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
1176         * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
1177         * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
1178         * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1179         * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
1180         * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
1181
1182         Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
1183         * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
1184         never used.
1185
1186 2010-06-24  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1187
1188         Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
1189         * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
1190         instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
1191
1192 2010-06-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1193
1194         Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
1195         `make dist' to fail.
1196         * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
1197         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1198
1199 2010-06-21  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1200
1201         Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
1202         * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
1203         and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
1204         the rules.
1205         * NEWS: Update.
1206         * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
1207         tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
1208         please maintainer-check.  Ensure generated C files contain a
1209         declaration, to please compilers.
1210
1211 2010-06-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1212
1213         Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
1214         $(FLAGS) precedence.
1215         * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
1216         "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
1217         $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
1218         * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1219         * NEWS: Updated.
1220
1221         New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
1222         $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
1223         * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
1224         precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS).  Still
1225         xfailing.
1226         * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
1227         * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
1228         precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS).  Still
1229         xfailing.
1230         * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
1231         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1232
1233 2010-06-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1234
1235         Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
1236         * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1237         changes.
1238         * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
1239         * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
1240         source file.
1241         * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
1242         * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1243         changes.  Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
1244         * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1245         changes.  Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
1246         might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
1247         * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1248         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Use a more
1249         idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
1250         grep.  Do not create useless dummy source files.
1251         * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1252         stdout.  Minor cosmetic changes.
1253         * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise.  Also, drop useless call to the
1254         env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
1255         $FGREP rather than plain grep.
1256         * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
1257         * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
1258         * tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
1259         the `configure.in' stub.  Cosmetic changes.
1260         * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
1261
1262 2010-06-13  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1263
1264         Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
1265         * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
1266         useless `if' statement is indeed required.
1267
1268         Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
1269         * tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
1270         an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
1271
1272         Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
1273         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
1274         definition of this variable.
1275
1276 2010-06-12  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1277
1278         Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
1279         * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
1280         for the FOOTEST conditional.
1281
1282 2010-06-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1283
1284         Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1285         * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
1286         complete tests ...
1287         * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
1288         * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
1289         * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
1290         stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
1291         * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
1292         changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
1293         * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1294         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.  Make grepping
1295         of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
1296         * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
1297         * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
1298         earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
1299         that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
1300         the original one.
1301         * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1302         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.  Move the call
1303         to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
1304         Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
1305         in ./defs).  Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
1306         output.  Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
1307         * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
1308         make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
1309         * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1310         changes.  Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
1311         * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
1312         * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise.  Also, use the `configure.in'
1313         stub created by `./defs'.
1314         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1315
1316         Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
1317         * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
1318         here-doc, not using echo.
1319         * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
1320         `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
1321         instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
1322         * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1323         changes.
1324         * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise.  Also, do not create useless dummy
1325         data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
1326         * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise.  Also, append to configure.in
1327         using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
1328         * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
1329         * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
1330         * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
1331         * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
1332         * tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
1333         Automake stderr.  Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
1334
1335         Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
1336         * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
1337         or grepping it.  Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
1338         stdout.
1339         * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
1340         * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
1341         * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
1342         * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
1343         * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
1344         * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
1345         * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
1346         * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
1347         * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
1348         * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
1349         * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
1350         * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
1351         * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
1352         * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
1353         the `-c' flag.
1354         * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
1355         created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1356
1357         Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1358         * tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1359         related changes.
1360         * tests/backsl2.test: Likewise.
1361         * tests/block.test: Likewise.
1362         * tests/canon2.test: Likewise.
1363         * tests/canon4.test: Likewise.
1364         * tests/comment2.test: Likewise.
1365         * tests/condlib.test: Likewise.
1366         * tests/cond15.test: Likewise, and prefer $FGREP over grep.
1367         * tests/canon3.test: Likewise.  Also, avoid to create an useless
1368         dummy source file.
1369         * tests/acoutpt2.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and some
1370         related changes.  Do some cosmetic improvements in the generated
1371         `configure.in' file.
1372         * tests/cond4.test: Likewise.
1373         * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
1374         * tests/condinc.test: Likewise.
1375         * tests/cond7.test: Likewise.  Also, remove useless setting of
1376         AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am.
1377         * tests/ansi.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1378         changes.  Extended, esp. by running autoconf, ./configure and
1379         make, and by looking into the distdir.
1380
1381 2010-06-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1382             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1383
1384         Extend tests/README w.r.t. trailing `:' in test scripts.
1385         * tests/README (section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
1386         Explain why apparently redundant trailing `:' and `Exit 0' in
1387         test scripts can indeed be useful.
1388
1389 2010-06-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1390
1391         Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
1392         * bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
1393         autoconf does.
1394
1395         Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
1396         * bootstrap: Consistently use two-spaces indentation.  Cosmetic
1397         improvement to comments.
1398         ($me): New variable, containing program basename.
1399         Prepend it to all error messages.
1400
1401         Testsuite now works with BSD make in parallel mode.
1402         * tests/defs.in: Unset variables __MKLVL__ and MAKE_JOBS_FIFO,
1403         which are exported by BSD make when run in parallel mode, and
1404         which can confuse make processes spawned by our testsuite.
1405         This change fixes a lot of spurious failure when the testsuite
1406         is run with BSD make in parallel mode.
1407
1408 2010-06-09  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1409
1410         Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1411         * tests/sanity.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1412         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1413         * tests/depend2.test: Likewise.  Also, call `set -e' just after
1414         the inclusion of `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1415         * tests/canon5.test: Avoid a useless `|| Exit 1' after a call to
1416         $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
1417         * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
1418         Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
1419         These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
1420         * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
1421         * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
1422         rather than in the middle.
1423         * tests/exeext.test: Call `set -e' just after the inclusion of
1424         `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1425         * tests/extra5.test: Likewise.
1426         * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.  Also, prefer `mv -f' over
1427         plain `mv', just to be sure.
1428         * tests/depcomp.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1429         changes.  Also, modernize the generated configure.in.
1430         * tests/cond9.test: Likewise.  Also, rely on the `configure.in'
1431         stub created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1432         * tests/cond10.test: Likewise.
1433         * tests/depcomp2.test: Likewise.
1434         * tests/depend3.test: Likewise.
1435         * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
1436         * tests/fortdep.test: Likewise.  Also, remove definition of
1437         AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am,
1438         since that flag is already provided by $AUTOMAKE.
1439         * tests/mdate.test: Made stricter, by checking that Automake
1440         actually failed, and by making a stricter grep on the error
1441         message.  Also, set shell `errexit flag'.
1442         * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
1443
1444         Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
1445         * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
1446         Enable `errexit' shell flag.
1447
1448 2010-06-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1449
1450         Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1451         * tests/subcond.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1452         minor changes.
1453         * tests/subst.test: Likewise.
1454         * tests/vars.test: Likewise.
1455         * tests/version4.test: Likewise.
1456         * tests/vpath.test: Likewise.
1457         * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
1458         * tests/werror.test: Likewise.
1459         * tests/whoami.test: Likewise.
1460         * tests/tags.test: Likewise, and avoid to crate an useless dummy
1461         header file.
1462         * tests/acsilent.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1463         command substitution.
1464         * tests/unused.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1465         command substitution.
1466         * tests/version.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1467         in the generated `configure.in'.
1468         * tests/version2.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1469         in the generated `configure.in'.
1470
1471 2010-06-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1472
1473         Prefer AUTOMAKE_fails over `$AUTOMAKE | grep' in tests.
1474         * tests/ldadd.test: Enable errexit.  Use AUTOMAKE_fails so
1475         the verbose log contains all output.
1476         * tests/mdate.test: Likewise.
1477         Prompted by Stefano Lattarini's change to discover.test.
1478
1479 2010-06-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1480
1481         Improve tests link*.test (enable `errexit' shell flag).
1482         * tests/link_c_cxx.test: Enable `errexit shell flag, and related
1483         changes.  Also, do not create useless source files.
1484         * tests/link_dist.test: Likewise.
1485         * tests/link_f90_only.test: Likewise.
1486         * tests/link_f_only.test: Likewise.
1487         * tests/link_fc.test: Likewise.
1488         * tests/link_fccxx.test: Likewise.
1489         * tests/link_fcxx.test: Likewise.
1490
1491 2010-06-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1492
1493         Improve ext.test semantics, avoid OpenBSD sh errexit issue.
1494         * tests/ext.test: Inside shell compound command, use
1495         `if $cmd; then Exit 1; fi' rather than `$cmd && Exit 1', to
1496         fix failure with OpenBSD sh introduced with last patch.
1497         Actually ensure that a rule for .EXT.o is created for each
1498         known extension EXT.
1499
1500 2010-06-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1501
1502         Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1503         * tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1504         changes.
1505         * tests/defun.test: Likewise.
1506         * tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
1507         * tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
1508         * tests/double.test: Likewise.
1509         * tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
1510         * tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
1511         * tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
1512         * tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
1513         * tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
1514         * tests/ext.test: Likewise.
1515         * tests/extra.test: Likewise.
1516         * tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
1517         * tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
1518         * tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
1519         * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
1520         * tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
1521         * tests/fo.test: Likewise.
1522         * tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
1523         * tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
1524         * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
1525         * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
1526         * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1527         comments and unnecessary commands.
1528         * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1529         comments and unnecessary commands.
1530         * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
1531
1532         Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
1533         * tests/cxx.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1534         minor changes.
1535         * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
1536         * tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
1537         * tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
1538         * tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
1539         * tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.
1540
1541         Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1542         * tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1543         minor changes.
1544         * tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
1545         * tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
1546         * tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
1547         * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
1548         * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
1549         * tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
1550         * tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
1551         * tests/clean.test: Likewise.
1552         * tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
1553         * tests/colon.test: Likewise.
1554         * tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
1555         * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1556         * tests/comment.test: Likewise.
1557         * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1558         * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1559         * tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
1560         * tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
1561         * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
1562         * tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
1563         * tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
1564         * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1565         * tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
1566         * tests/confh4.test: Likewise.  Also, add in the heading comments
1567         an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
1568         creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.
1569
1570 2010-06-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1571
1572         Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
1573         * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
1574         (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
1575         (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
1576         Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
1577         speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
1578         or by addressing them as `you' instead.
1579         * THANKS: Update.
1580         Report by Christina Gratorp.
1581
1582         * AUTHORS: Update.
1583
1584 2010-06-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1585
1586         Make tests on user extensibility of silent-rules mode stricter.
1587         * tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1588         output produced by `make'.
1589         * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
1590
1591         Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
1592         * tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1593         output produced by `make'.
1594         * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1595         * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1596         * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1597         * tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
1598         command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.
1599
1600         Improved test silent5.test.
1601         * tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
1602         non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
1603         Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
1604         removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
1605         not trigger a different set of rules.  Make grepping of make's
1606         output stricter.  Improved/added some comments.
1607
1608         New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
1609         * tests/silentf77.test: New test.
1610         * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
1611         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1612
1613         New test `silentcxx.test' (Automake silent-mode with C++).
1614         * tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
1615         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1616
1617         New test `silentyacc.test' (Automake silent-mode with Yacc).
1618         * tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
1619         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1620
1621         New test `silentlex.test' (Automake silent-mode with Lex).
1622         * tests/silentlex.test: New test.
1623         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1624
1625         Relax tests on silent-rules to cater to overly verbose makes.
1626         * tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
1627         make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
1628         it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
1629         * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1630         * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
1631         * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1632         * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
1633         * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1634
1635 2010-01-24  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1636
1637         Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
1638         * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
1639         expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
1640         to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
1641         %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
1642         * automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
1643         `@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
1644         (handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
1645         set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
1646         * m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
1647         verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
1648         dependencies are enabled.
1649         * tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
1650         also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
1651         * tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
1652         dependency tracking.
1653         * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
1654         * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
1655         Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.
1656
1657 2010-05-23  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1658
1659         Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
1660         * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag.  Related and
1661         unrelated minor changes.  Make the grepping of the generated
1662         Makefile.in slightly stricter.  Generate and run configure, so that
1663         the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
1664
1665 2010-05-23  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1666
1667         Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
1668         * lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
1669         than \015, for EBCDIC hosts.  Also, avoid unportable nested
1670         double-quotes and backquotes.
1671         * THANKS: Update.
1672         Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.
1673
1674 2010-05-23  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1675
1676         Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
1677         Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
1678         autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
1679         and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
1680         required configure 2.61a-341 or later.  This change should
1681         eliminate such inconsistencies.
1682         * configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
1683         Use it throughout.
1684
1685 2010-05-23  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1686
1687         Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
1688         * Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
1689         not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.
1690
1691         Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
1692         * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
1693         * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
1694         Require GNU make.
1695
1696 2010-05-23  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1697
1698         Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
1699         * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
1700         an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
1701
1702         Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
1703         * tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag.  Also, avoid
1704         unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.
1705
1706         Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1707         * tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
1708         instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
1709         since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter.  Do not SKIP the test
1710         if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.
1711
1712 2010-04-25  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1713
1714         Fix typo in manual.
1715         * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
1716         missing closing parenthesis.
1717
1718         Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
1719         * automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
1720         macros_dump.  Print actual error before list of variables.
1721
1722 2010-04-25  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1723
1724         Minor improvements in comments of test `silent3.test'.
1725         * tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
1726         too.
1727
1728 2010-04-25  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1729
1730         testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
1731         * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
1732         tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
1733         tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
1734         grepping it.
1735
1736 2010-04-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1737
1738         Make test badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
1739         * tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'.  Due to this change,
1740         an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
1741         was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
1742         Also, bumped the copyright years.
1743
1744         Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
1745         * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
1746         an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
1747
1748         Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoids possible false negatives).
1749         * tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
1750         changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
1751         Also, bumped copyright years.
1752
1753 2010-04-20  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1754
1755         Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
1756         * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
1757         $configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
1758         have been parsed.
1759         (require_variables): Initialize it here.
1760         * tests/configure.test: New test.
1761         * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1762         Report by Stefano Lattarini.
1763
1764 2010-04-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1765
1766         Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
1767         * tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
1768         copyright years.  Due to this change, any unexpected failure
1769         in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
1770         a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
1771         cause the whole test to fail.
1772
1773 2010-04-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1774
1775         Fixed typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
1776         * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
1777         @<...> was used instead of C<...>.
1778
1779 2010-04-14  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1780
1781         Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
1782         * tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
1783         * tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
1784         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1785
1786 2010-04-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1787
1788         Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test
1789         * tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.
1790
1791         Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
1792         * tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag.  Improve
1793         test description.
1794
1795 2010-04-11  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1796
1797         Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
1798         Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
1799         Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
1800         treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
1801         and unstable exit status values.
1802         * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
1803         (drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
1804         $warnings_are_errors.
1805         * tests/werror3.test: New test.
1806         * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
1807         * NEWS: Update.
1808
1809 2010-04-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1810
1811         Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1812         * tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
1813         `test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
1814         that is not supported by Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1815
1816         Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
1817         * tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'.  Fail if $ACLOCAL
1818         succeds unexpectedly.
1819
1820         Add tests checking that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
1821         * tests/distlinks.test: New test.
1822         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1823         Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.
1824
1825 2010-04-11  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1826
1827         Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
1828         * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
1829         * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
1830         Report by Pavel Sanda.
1831
1832 2010-03-30  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1833
1834         Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
1835         * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
1836         in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
1837         and readonly).
1838
1839         Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.
1840         * Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
1841         $(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
1842         symlink targets).  Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
1843         distdir.am.
1844
1845 2010-03-28  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1846
1847         Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.
1848         * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
1849         Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
1850         Suggested by Karl Berry.
1851
1852 2010-03-13  Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
1853
1854         GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
1855         * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
1856         change.
1857
1858 2010-03-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1859
1860         Formatting cleanups in macro comments.
1861         * automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
1862         lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
1863         lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
1864         m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.
1865
1866 2010-03-04  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1867             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1868
1869         Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file.
1870         * tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
1871         `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
1872         variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
1873         * tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
1874         (check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
1875         (clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
1876         ($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
1877         adjusted.
1878         * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
1879         scripts adjusted.
1880         * tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
1881         then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
1882         * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
1883         * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
1884         * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
1885         * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
1886         * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
1887         * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
1888         * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
1889         * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
1890         * tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
1891         * tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases" subsection "Do"):
1892         Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
1893         behaviour.  Some other minor related improvements.
1894         * tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.
1895
1896 2010-03-04  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1897
1898         Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
1899         * tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
1900         already unset in the `defs' file.
1901         * tests/check5.test: Likewise.
1902         * tests/check8.test: Likewise.
1903         * tests/check9.test: Likewise.
1904         * tests/check10.test: Likewise.
1905         * tests/check11.test: Likewise.
1906         * tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
1907         * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
1908         * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
1909         * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
1910         * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
1911         * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
1912
1913 2010-02-22  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
1914
1915         Improve help message of mdate-sh.
1916         * mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.
1917
1918 2010-02-22  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1919
1920         Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
1921         * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
1922         Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
1923         * NEWS: Update.
1924         Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.
1925
1926 2010-02-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1927
1928         Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
1929         * tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
1930         in EXTRA_DIST.
1931         * tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
1932         wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
1933         * tests/extra12.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
1934         EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
1935         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1936         Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
1937         and Ralf Wildenhues.
1938
1939 2010-02-08  Simon Josefsson  <simon@josefsson.org>
1940
1941         Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.
1942         * lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.
1943
1944 2010-02-06  Dmitry V. Levin  <ldv@altlinux.org>  (tiny change)
1945             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1946
1947         Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
1948         The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
1949         cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
1950         128 + SIG<SIGNAL>.
1951         * lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
1952         * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
1953         * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
1954         * lib/ylwrap: Likewise.  Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
1955         * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
1956         Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
1957
1958 2010-02-06  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
1959
1960         Improve gnupload usage text.
1961         * gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
1962         line.  Mention CMD in the synopsis.  With ..., plural is implied.
1963
1964 2010-01-28  Christos Kontas  <xakon@yahoo.com>  (tiny change)
1965
1966         Fix some typos in the manual
1967         * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.
1968
1969 2010-01-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1970
1971         Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
1972         * tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag.  Check that
1973         autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
1974         configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
1975         created.
1976         * tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.
1977
1978         Fix test acoutbs2.test.
1979         * tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
1980         to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
1981         PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
1982         Updated copyright years.
1983         * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.
1984
1985         Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
1986         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
1987         filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
1988         acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
1989         (XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.
1990
1991 2010-01-17  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1992
1993         Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1994         * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub:
1995         Sync from upstream.
1996
1997         Bump copyright years.
1998         * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
1999         * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
2000         * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
2001
2002         Rotate ChangeLog.
2003         * ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
2004         * ChangeLog: ... here.
2005         * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.
2006
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