1 2010-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
3 Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
4 * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
5 `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
6 seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
9 2010-09-17 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
11 Avoid triple-space after period.
12 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
14 * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
15 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
16 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
17 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
18 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
19 * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
20 * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
22 2010-09-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
24 Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
25 * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
26 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
27 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
28 * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
29 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
30 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
31 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
32 * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
33 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
34 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
35 * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
36 they are supersed by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
37 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
39 2010-09-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
41 * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
43 2010-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
45 * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
47 2010-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
49 Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
50 * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
51 that made the test useless. Since we are at it, improve
52 comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slighty
54 Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
55 extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
57 2010-09-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
59 Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
60 The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
61 target system for Automake. So it's pointless to put it in
63 * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
64 * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
65 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
66 From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
68 Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
69 * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
70 instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
71 * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
72 white spaces. Do not create usless dummy source file `foo.c'
73 and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
74 (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
75 * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
76 * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
77 * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
79 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
80 Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
82 Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
83 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
85 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
87 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
88 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
89 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
90 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
91 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
92 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
93 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
96 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
98 Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
99 * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
101 2010-08-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
103 Fix bug in test missing6.test.
104 * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
105 to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
106 that do not support $LINENO. Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
109 2010-08-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
111 Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
112 * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
113 $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
114 (error): New function.
115 (main): Use it. Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
116 in case $ls_command gave bogus output. Fix eval quotation.
117 * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
118 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
120 2010-08-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
122 Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
123 * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
124 in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
125 * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
127 2010-08-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
128 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
130 Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
131 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
132 automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
133 the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference
134 to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
136 Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
137 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
139 2010-08-16 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
141 Don't hide the table of contents.
142 * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
144 2010-08-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
146 Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
147 * tests/aclocal8.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
149 * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise. Also, add trailing `:'
151 * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
152 * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
153 `$me' over hard-coded test name.
154 * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
155 * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
156 some grepping slighty stricter.
157 * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `diff' over
158 `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
160 2010-08-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
162 Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
163 * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
164 * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
165 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
166 * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
167 * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
168 changes. Add a trailing `:' command.
169 * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
171 Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
172 * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
173 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
174 * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
175 * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
176 * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
177 * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
179 * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
180 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
181 of captured make stdout.
182 * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command. Also, use the
183 `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
185 * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
186 * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
187 flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
188 * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
189 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
190 * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
191 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Do not export
192 `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
193 in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required). Use the stub for
194 `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
195 scratch. Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
196 README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
197 * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
198 changes. Extend existing checks a bit.
199 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise. Also, avoid obolescent constructs in
200 the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
201 generated tarball a bit.
202 * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
203 changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Also, do not create dummy
204 files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
205 automake in foreign mode anyway.
206 * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obolescent constructs in the generated
207 `configure.in'. Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
208 changes. Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
209 and add a "FIXME" comment.
210 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
211 `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
212 * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obolescent constructs in the generated
213 `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
214 ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. Enable `errexit'
215 shell flag, and related changes. Add trailing `:' command.
216 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
218 * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
219 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Escape literal
220 dots in grep regular expressions. Also, add a trailing `:'
221 command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
223 Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
224 * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
225 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
226 * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
227 * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
228 * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
229 * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
230 * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
231 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
232 * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
233 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
234 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
235 with its sister test.
236 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
238 2010-08-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
240 Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
241 * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command. Typofix in
243 * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
244 not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
245 Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
246 * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
248 * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
249 Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
250 * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
251 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
252 * tests/condman.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless
253 dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
254 * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
255 it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
257 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
259 Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
260 * tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
261 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Do not create
262 a useless dummy file. Add trailing `:' command.
263 * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
264 related changes. Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
265 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
266 * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
267 changes. Improve the generated `configure.in' file. Add
268 trailing `:' command.
269 * tests/colon2.test: Likewise. Also, add some new checks.
270 * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
271 Add new, much deeper checks. Add trailing `:' command.
272 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
273 * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command. Remove useless
274 comments and echos. Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
275 make some grepping tests stricter. Add a "FIXME" comments about
276 planned improvements.
278 Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
279 * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
280 and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs. Make grepping of
281 Automake stderr stricter. Do not create useless source file.
282 Improve verbose messages. Minor cosmetic changes. Tell to
283 keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
284 * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
285 * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
287 Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
288 * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
289 * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
290 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
291 * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
292 * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
293 * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
294 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
296 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
297 * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes, and re-enable a temporarly
298 disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
299 are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
300 * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
301 accordingly to "TODO" comments.
302 * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
303 Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
304 stub preset be ./defs.
305 * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
306 rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
307 Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes. Prefer diff over
308 cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
309 of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in. Make grepping of the contents
310 of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
311 * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
312 rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping of Makefile.in
314 * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter. Add a
316 * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
317 `configure.ac'. Do not write `configure.in' two times. Escape
318 literal dots in grep regular expressions.
319 * tests/confincl.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
320 changes. Prefer fgrep over grep. Other cosmetic changes.
321 * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
322 * tests/confh6.test: ... this. Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
323 and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
324 * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
325 * tests/confh7.test: ... to this. Use the `configure.in' stub
326 created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch. Try to
327 run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
329 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
331 Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
332 * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
333 Add a trailing `:' command.
334 * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
335 it's not in in the environment, rather tthan exporting it with an
336 empty value. Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
337 done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required. Ensure verbose
338 printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking. Add a
339 trailing `:' command.
340 * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
341 grep regexps. Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
342 files. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
343 Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:' command.
344 * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
345 grep regexp. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
346 created Makefile.am. Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
347 stoud/stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
348 * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
349 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Quote literal dots
350 and dollar characters in grep regexps. Explicitly declare phony
351 targets as such in the created Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:'
353 * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistenty use m4 quoting in the generated
354 configure.in. Cosmetic fixes to spacing. Make the "dummy" `if'
355 statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
356 explanatory comments to it.
357 * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add a trailing `:' command.
359 Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
360 * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test. Working
361 checks moved out to ...
362 * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
363 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
365 Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
366 * tests/subobjname.test: Add trailing `:' command.
367 * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
368 Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
369 * tests/subobj2.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not use the
370 unportable fgrep option `-e'.
371 * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
372 (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
374 * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise. Also, enable `errexit' shell
375 flag, with related changes
376 * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of
377 `Makefile.in' stricter.
378 * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
379 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
381 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
382 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
383 * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
384 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
385 of ./defs). Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
386 * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
388 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
389 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
390 * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
391 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Fail the test if
392 `make distcheck' fails. Ensure verbose printing of captured make
393 stdout. Avoid uselsss fork by doing simple grep instead of using
394 test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
395 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
396 (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
397 * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'. Add
398 trailing `:' command.
399 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
401 Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
402 * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
403 * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
404 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
406 Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
407 * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
408 autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
411 * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
412 since we don't generate it. Correctly quote arguments of
413 `eval' builtin. Fixed a botched error message. Removed an
416 Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
417 * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
418 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
420 Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
421 * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
422 ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
423 Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
425 Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
426 * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
427 * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
428 Makefile.in stricter.
430 2010-08-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
432 Fix maintainer-check failure.
433 * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
434 time stamp differences.
436 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
437 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
440 2010-08-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
442 Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
443 * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
444 from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
447 2010-08-06 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
449 Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
450 * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
451 cater for problems with MSYS bash.
453 2010-07-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
455 Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
457 Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
459 Add more hints for debugging make rules.
460 * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
461 out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
463 Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
465 2010-07-27 Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk> (tiny change)
467 Fix typo in the manual.
468 * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
470 2010-07-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
472 Document current policy for development with git.
473 * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
474 Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
476 Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
477 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
478 variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
480 * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
483 Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
484 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
485 to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
486 * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
488 Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
489 * tests/init2.test: New test.
490 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
492 2010-07-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
494 Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
495 * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
496 changes. Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
497 rather than writing one from scratch.
498 * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
499 * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
500 * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
501 changes. Do not create useless dummy source files.
502 * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
503 and in subdirs) stricter. Some minor changes to keep it more
504 in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
505 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
506 `subdir5.test' here).
507 * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
508 * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'. Add
509 trailing `:' command.
510 * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
511 * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
512 (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
513 it from scratch. Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
514 autoconf/automake macros.
516 Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
517 * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
518 a $MAKE call. Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
519 * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
520 Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
521 instead. Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
522 Display the content of more files, to ease debugging. Add a
523 trailing `:' command. Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
525 * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
527 * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
528 and stderr. Make grepping of captured stderr stricter. Also,
529 add trailing `:' command.
530 * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
531 Makefile.am as `.PHONY'. Display content of more files, to ease
532 debugging. Add trailing `:' command.
533 * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise. Also, factor out common sed
534 script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
535 * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
536 test Makefile.am files. Add a trailing `:' command.
537 * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'. Move the
538 call to `set -e' earlier. Be stricter and more verbose in the
539 checking of the generated tarball.
540 (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
541 writing it from scratch. Avoid obsoleted constructs. Remove
542 useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
543 * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
544 * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
546 2010-07-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
548 Improve and extend test cond5.test.
549 * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
550 the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
551 at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
552 and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
553 priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
554 Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
556 Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
557 Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
558 writing one from scratch.
560 2010-06-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
562 Update program --help output to match current GCS.
563 * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
564 is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
565 * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
567 (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
568 additional substitutions.
569 * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. Point to Automake
570 home page and GNU general help page.
571 * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
572 * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
574 (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
576 * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
578 * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
579 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
582 Clean up @var handling in the manual.
583 * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
584 names, replace a few one-character names.
586 2010-06-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
588 Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
589 * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
592 Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
593 * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
594 `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
595 already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
596 * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
597 * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
598 * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
599 of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
600 * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
601 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
602 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
603 * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
604 * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
606 Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
607 * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
610 2010-06-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
612 Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
613 * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
614 instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
616 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
618 Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
620 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
621 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
623 2010-06-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
625 Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
626 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
627 and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
630 * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
631 tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
632 please maintainer-check. Ensure generated C files contain a
633 declaration, to please compilers.
635 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
637 Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
639 * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
640 "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
641 $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
642 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
645 New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
646 $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
647 * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
648 precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS). Still
650 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
651 * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
652 precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS). Still
654 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
655 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
657 2010-06-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
659 Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
660 * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
662 * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
663 * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
665 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
666 * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
667 changes. Make grepping of Makefile.in slighty stricter.
668 * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
669 changes. Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
670 might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
671 * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
672 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use a more
673 idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
674 grep. Do not create useless dummy source files.
675 * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
676 stdout. Minor cosmetic changes.
677 * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, drop useless call to the
678 env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
679 $FGREP rather than plain grep.
680 * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
681 * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
682 * tests/suffix9.test: Prefet cat + here-doc over echo to append to
683 the `configure.in' stub. Cosmetic changes.
684 * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
686 2010-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
688 Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
689 * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
690 useless `if' statement is indeed required.
692 Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
693 * tests/obsolte.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
694 an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
696 Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
697 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
698 definition of this variable.
700 2010-06-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
702 Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
703 * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
704 for the FOOTEST conditional.
706 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
708 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
709 * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
711 * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
712 * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
713 * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
714 stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
715 * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
716 changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
717 * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
718 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping
719 of Automake stderr slighty stricter.
720 * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
721 * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
722 earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
723 that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
725 * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
726 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Move the call
727 to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
728 Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
729 in ./defs). Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
730 output. Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
731 * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
732 make's output, and make its grepping slighty stricter.
733 * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
734 changes. Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
735 * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
736 * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise. Also, use the `configure.in'
737 stub created by `./defs'.
738 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
740 Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
741 * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
742 here-doc, not using echo.
743 * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
744 `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
745 instead of grep (this change makes some checks slighty stricter).
746 * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
748 * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless dummy
749 data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
750 * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise. Also, append to configure.in
751 using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
752 * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
753 * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
754 * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
755 * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
756 * tests/pluseq9.test: Slighty extended w.r.t. the grepping of
757 Automake stderr. Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
759 Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
760 * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
761 or grepping it. Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
763 * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
764 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
765 * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
766 * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
767 * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
768 * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
769 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
770 * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
771 * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
772 * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
773 * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
774 * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
775 * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
776 * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
778 * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
779 created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
781 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
782 * tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
784 * tests/backsl2.test: Likewise.
785 * tests/block.test: Likewise.
786 * tests/canon2.test: Likewise.
787 * tests/canon4.test: Likewise.
788 * tests/comment2.test: Likewise.
789 * tests/condlib.test: Likewise.
790 * tests/cond15.test: Likewise, and prefer $FGREP over grep.
791 * tests/canon3.test: Likewise. Also, avoid to create an useless
793 * tests/acoutpt2.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and some
794 related changes. Do some cosmetic improvements in the generated
796 * tests/cond4.test: Likewise.
797 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
798 * tests/condinc.test: Likewise.
799 * tests/cond7.test: Likewise. Also, remove useless setting of
800 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am.
801 * tests/ansi.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
802 changes. Extended, esp. by running autoconf, ./configure and
803 make, and by looking into the distdir.
805 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
806 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
808 Extend tests/README w.r.t. trailing `:' in test scripts.
809 * tests/README (section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
810 Explain why apparently redundant trailing `:' and `Exit 0' in
811 test scripts can indeed be useful.
813 2010-06-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
815 Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
816 * bootstrap: Detemine what the PATH separator is the same way
819 Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
820 * bootstrap: Consistently use two-spaces indentation. Cosmetic
821 improvement to comments.
822 ($me): New variable, containing program basename.
823 Prepend it to all error messages.
825 Testsuite now works with BSD make in parallel mode.
826 * tests/defs.in: Unset variables __MKLVL__ and MAKE_JOBS_FIFO,
827 which are exported by BSD make when run in parallel mode, and
828 which can confuse make processes spawned by our testsuite.
829 This change fixes a lot of spurious failure when the testsuite
830 is run with BSD make in parallel mode.
832 2010-06-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
834 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
835 * tests/sanity.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
836 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
837 * tests/depend2.test: Likewise. Also, call `set -e' just after
838 the inclusion of `./defs', instead that later in the script.
839 * tests/canon5.test: Avoid a useless `|| Exit 1' after a call to
840 $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
841 * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
842 Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
843 These changes make some checks slighty stricter.
844 * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
845 * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
846 rather than in the middle.
847 * tests/exeext.test: Call `set -e' just after the inclusion of
848 `./defs', instead that later in the script.
849 * tests/extra5.test: Likewise.
850 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `mv -f' over
851 plain `mv', just to be sure.
852 * tests/depcomp.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
853 changes. Also, modernize the generated configure.in.
854 * tests/cond9.test: Likewise. Also, rely on the `configure.in'
855 stub created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
856 * tests/cond10.test: Likewise.
857 * tests/depcomp2.test: Likewise.
858 * tests/depend3.test: Likewise.
859 * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
860 * tests/fortdep.test: Likewise. Also, remove definition of
861 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am,
862 since that flag is already provided by $AUTOMAKE.
863 * tests/mdate.test: Made stricter, by checking that Automake
864 actually failed, and by making a stricter grep on the error
865 message. Also, set shell `errexit flag'.
866 * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
868 Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
869 * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeds unexpectedly.
870 Enable `errexit' shell flag.
872 2010-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
874 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
875 * tests/subcond.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
877 * tests/subst.test: Likewise.
878 * tests/vars.test: Likewise.
879 * tests/version4.test: Likewise.
880 * tests/vpath.test: Likewise.
881 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
882 * tests/werror.test: Likewise.
883 * tests/whoami.test: Likewise.
884 * tests/tags.test: Likewise, and avoid to crate an useless dummy
886 * tests/acsilent.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
887 command substitution.
888 * tests/unused.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
889 command substitution.
890 * tests/version.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
891 in the generated `configure.in'.
892 * tests/version2.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
893 in the generated `configure.in'.
895 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
897 Prefer AUTOMAKE_fails over `$AUTOMAKE | grep' in tests.
898 * tests/ldadd.test: Enable errexit. Use AUTOMAKE_fails so
899 the verbose log contains all output.
900 * tests/mdate.test: Likewise.
901 Prompted by Stefano Lattarini's change to discover.test.
903 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
905 Improve tests link*.test (enable `errexit' shell flag).
906 * tests/link_c_cxx.test: Enable `errexit shell flag, and related
907 changes. Also, do not create useless source files.
908 * tests/link_dist.test: Likewise.
909 * tests/link_f90_only.test: Likewise.
910 * tests/link_f_only.test: Likewise.
911 * tests/link_fc.test: Likewise.
912 * tests/link_fccxx.test: Likewise.
913 * tests/link_fcxx.test: Likewise.
915 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
917 Improve ext.test semantics, avoid OpenBSD sh errexit issue.
918 * tests/ext.test: Inside shell compound command, use
919 `if $cmd; then Exit 1; fi' rather than `$cmd && Exit 1', to
920 fix failure with OpenBSD sh introduced with last patch.
921 Actually ensure that a rule for .EXT.o is created for each
924 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
926 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
927 * tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
929 * tests/defun.test: Likewise.
930 * tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
931 * tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
932 * tests/double.test: Likewise.
933 * tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
934 * tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
935 * tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
936 * tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
937 * tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
938 * tests/ext.test: Likewise.
939 * tests/extra.test: Likewise.
940 * tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
941 * tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
942 * tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
943 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
944 * tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
945 * tests/fo.test: Likewise.
946 * tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
947 * tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
948 * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
949 * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
950 * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
951 comments and unecessary commands.
952 * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
953 comments and unecessary commands.
954 * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
956 Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
957 * tests/cxx.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
959 * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
960 * tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
961 * tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
962 * tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
963 * tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.
965 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
966 * tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
968 * tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
969 * tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
970 * tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
971 * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
972 * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
973 * tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
974 * tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
975 * tests/clean.test: Likewise.
976 * tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
977 * tests/colon.test: Likewise.
978 * tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
979 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
980 * tests/comment.test: Likewise.
981 * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
982 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
983 * tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
984 * tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
985 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
986 * tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
987 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
988 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
989 * tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
990 * tests/confh4.test: Likewise. Also, add in the heading comments
991 an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
992 creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.
994 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
996 Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
997 * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
998 (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
999 (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
1000 Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
1001 speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
1002 or by addressing them as `you' instead.
1004 Report by Christina Gratorp.
1008 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1010 Make tests on user extensibility of silent-rules mode stricter.
1011 * tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1012 output produced by `make'.
1013 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
1015 Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
1016 * tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1017 output produced by `make'.
1018 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1019 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1020 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1021 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
1022 command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.
1024 Improved test silent5.test.
1025 * tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
1026 non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
1027 Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
1028 removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
1029 not trigger a different set of rules. Make grepping of make's
1030 output stricter. Improved/added some comments.
1032 New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
1033 * tests/silentf77.test: New test.
1034 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
1035 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1037 New test `silentcxx.test' (Automake silent-mode with C++).
1038 * tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
1039 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1041 New test `silentyacc.test' (Automake silent-mode with Yacc).
1042 * tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
1043 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1045 New test `silentlex.test' (Automake silent-mode with Lex).
1046 * tests/silentlex.test: New test.
1047 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1049 Relax tests on silent-rules to cater to overly verbose makes.
1050 * tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
1051 make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
1052 it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
1053 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1054 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
1055 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1056 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
1057 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1059 2010-01-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1061 Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
1062 * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
1063 expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
1064 to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
1066 * automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
1067 `@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
1068 (handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
1069 set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
1070 * m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
1071 verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
1072 dependencies are enabled.
1073 * tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
1074 also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
1075 * tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
1076 dependency tracking.
1077 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
1078 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
1079 Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.
1081 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1083 Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
1084 * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Related and
1085 unrelated minor changes. Make the grepping of the generated
1086 Makefile.in slighty stricter. Generate and run configure, so that
1087 the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
1089 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1091 Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
1092 * lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
1093 than \015, for EBCDIC hosts. Also, avoid unportable nested
1094 double-quotes and backquotes.
1096 Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.
1098 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1100 Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
1101 Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
1102 autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
1103 and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
1104 required configure 2.61a-341 or later. This change should
1105 eliminate such inconsistencies.
1106 * configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
1109 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1111 Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
1112 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
1113 not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.
1115 Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
1116 * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
1117 * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
1120 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1122 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
1123 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
1124 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
1126 Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
1127 * tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Also, avoid
1128 unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.
1130 Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1131 * tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
1132 instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
1133 since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter. Do not SKIP the test
1134 if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.
1136 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1139 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
1140 missing closing parenthesis.
1142 Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
1143 * automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
1144 macros_dump. Print actual error before list of variables.
1146 2010-04-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1148 Minor improvements in comments of test `silent3.test'.
1149 * tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
1152 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1154 testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
1155 * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
1156 tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
1157 tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
1160 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1162 Make test badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
1163 * tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'. Due to this change,
1164 an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
1165 was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
1166 Also, bumped the copyright years.
1168 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
1169 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
1170 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
1172 Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoids possible false negatives).
1173 * tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
1174 changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
1175 Also, bumped copyright years.
1177 2010-04-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1179 Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
1180 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
1181 $configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
1183 (require_variables): Initialize it here.
1184 * tests/configure.test: New test.
1185 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1186 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
1188 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1190 Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
1191 * tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
1192 copyright years. Due to this change, any unexpected failure
1193 in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
1194 a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
1195 cause the whole test to fail.
1197 2010-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1199 Fixed typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
1200 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
1201 @<...> was used instead of C<...>.
1203 2010-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1205 Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
1206 * tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
1207 * tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
1208 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1210 2010-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1212 Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test
1213 * tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.
1215 Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
1216 * tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Improve
1219 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1221 Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
1222 Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
1223 Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
1224 treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
1225 and unstable exit status values.
1226 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
1227 (drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
1228 $warnings_are_errors.
1229 * tests/werror3.test: New test.
1230 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
1233 2010-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1235 Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1236 * tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
1237 `test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
1238 that is not supported by Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1240 Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
1241 * tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'. Fail if $ACLOCAL
1242 succeds unexpectedly.
1244 Add tests checking that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
1245 * tests/distlinks.test: New test.
1246 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1247 Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.
1249 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1251 Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
1252 * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
1253 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
1254 Report by Pavel Sanda.
1256 2010-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1258 Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
1259 * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
1260 in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
1263 Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.
1264 * Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
1265 $(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
1266 symlink targets). Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
1269 2010-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1271 Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.
1272 * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
1273 Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
1274 Suggested by Karl Berry.
1276 2010-03-13 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
1278 GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
1279 * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
1282 2010-03-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1284 Formatting cleanups in macro comments.
1285 * automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
1286 lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
1287 lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
1288 m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.
1290 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1291 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1293 Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file.
1294 * tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
1295 `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
1296 variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
1297 * tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
1298 (check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
1299 (clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
1300 ($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
1302 * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
1304 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
1305 then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
1306 * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
1307 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
1308 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
1309 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
1310 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
1311 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
1312 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
1313 * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
1314 * tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
1315 * tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases" subsection "Do"):
1316 Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
1317 behaviour. Some other minor related improvements.
1318 * tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.
1320 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1322 Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
1323 * tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
1324 already unset in the `defs' file.
1325 * tests/check5.test: Likewise.
1326 * tests/check8.test: Likewise.
1327 * tests/check9.test: Likewise.
1328 * tests/check10.test: Likewise.
1329 * tests/check11.test: Likewise.
1330 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
1331 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
1332 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
1333 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
1334 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
1335 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
1337 2010-02-22 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
1339 Improve help message of mdate-sh.
1340 * mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.
1342 2010-02-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1344 Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
1345 * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
1346 Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
1348 Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.
1350 2010-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1352 Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
1353 * tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
1355 * tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
1356 wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
1357 * tests/extra12.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
1358 EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
1359 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1360 Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
1361 and Ralf Wildenhues.
1363 2010-02-08 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
1365 Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.
1366 * lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.
1368 2010-02-06 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> (tiny change)
1369 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1371 Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
1372 The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
1373 cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
1375 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
1376 * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
1377 * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
1378 * lib/ylwrap: Likewise. Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
1379 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
1380 Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
1382 2010-02-06 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
1384 Improve gnupload usage text.
1385 * gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
1386 line. Mention CMD in the synopsis. With ..., plural is implied.
1388 2010-01-28 Christos Kontas <xakon@yahoo.com> (tiny change)
1390 Fix some typos in the manual
1391 * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.
1393 2010-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1395 Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
1396 * tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Check that
1397 autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
1398 configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
1400 * tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.
1402 Fix test acoutbs2.test.
1403 * tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
1404 to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
1405 PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
1406 Updated copyright years.
1407 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.
1409 Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
1410 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
1411 filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
1412 acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
1413 (XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.
1415 2010-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1417 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1418 * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub:
1421 Bump copyright years.
1422 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
1423 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
1424 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
1427 * ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
1428 * ChangeLog: ... here.
1429 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.
1433 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1435 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
1436 permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.