1 2011-04-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
3 Fix locale issue in check-exported-srcdir.test.
4 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Reformulate glob to not fail
5 in a locale that ignores or interleaves character case.
7 2011-04-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
9 docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index
10 * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure'
11 from "Scanning configure.ac or configure.in" to the more precise
12 "Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal".
13 (@detailmenu): Adjust.
14 (@node configure): Adjust, and extend @cindex calls accordingly.
16 From a report by Maynard Johnson.
18 2011-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
20 tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target
21 * tests/aclocal6.test: Move checks related to "maintainer-clean"
22 functionalities into ...
23 * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: ... this new test.
24 * tests/maintclean.test: Update heading comments. Extend to also
25 test subdirs. Remove useless disabling of YACC. Fix m4 quoting
26 in configure.in. Add a trailing `:' command. Remove extra blank
28 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
30 2011-03-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
32 tests: fix unindent to use printf not echo for script.
33 * tests/defs.in: Use printf rather than echo, as the latter may
34 interpret the backslashes in the sed script. Fixes test
35 failures with dash as /bin/sh.
37 2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
38 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
40 maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases
41 The configure.in stub created by default by `tests/defs' obtains
42 the first argument of AC_INIT from the test name, and this can
43 cause some supported autoconf versions to fail with a spurious
44 error if that test name contains the name of an m4 or m4sugar
45 builtin or macro (e.g., `defn' or `m4_undefine').
46 See for example the bug fixed by commit v1.11-287-g1325a8a.
47 This change add a maintainer check that warns about test names
48 which are possibly problematic in this regard.
49 * Makefile.am (sc_test_names): New maintainer-check target.
50 (syntax_check_rules): Add it.
51 (m4_builtins): New helper variable.
52 (TESTS): Updated according to the following renamings.
53 * tests/include.test: Renamed ...
54 * tests/hdr-vars-defined-once.test: ... to this.
55 * tests/sinclude.test: Renamed ...
56 * tests/m4-inclusion.test: ... to this, and simplified
58 * tests/include2.test: Renamed ...
59 * tests/dist-included-parent-dir.test: ... to this, for
62 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
64 tests: fix bug in alloca*.test
65 * tests/alloca.test: Make grepping of automake stderr stricter,
66 add a trailing `:' command; also, add AC_PROG_CC to configure.in,
67 and create a dummy alloca.c file, to ensure that we fail for the
69 * tests/alloca2.test: Likewise. Also, look for LT_INIT, not
70 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, in the error message (bug introduced with commit
71 v1.11-315-gd51e7b7 "libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES
73 From a report by Patrick Welche.
75 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
77 tests: fix bug (comments-in-var-defn.test + autoconf 2.62)
78 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: The configure.in stub created
79 by default, which has the AC_INIT first argument obtained by the
80 test name, causes autoconf 2.62 to fail with a spurious error
81 message like: "configure.in:1: error: defn: undefined macro:".
82 Thus, to prevent this, the test is renamed to ...
83 * tests/comments-in-var-def.test: ... this.
84 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
86 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
88 cosmetics: convert encoding from ISO-8859 to UTF-8
89 * ChangeLog.03: Convert encoding to UTF-8.
90 * ChangeLog.96: Likewise.
91 * ChangeLog.98: Likewise.
95 2011-03-01 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
97 test defs: unindent without temporary file
98 * tests/defs.in (commented_sed_unindent_prog): Commented Sed program
99 that strips the "proper" amount of leading whitespace.
100 (unindent): Lazily strip comments from the above program and use it
101 to unindent without using a temporary file.
103 2011-02-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
105 libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES primary is used
106 When the LTLIBRARIES primary was used, but $(LIBTOOL) wasn't
107 defined, automake suggested to add a call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
108 in configure.ac. But that macro is deprecated since Libtool
109 version 1.9b (2004-08-29), in favor of the newer LT_INIT. So
110 suggest the use of this latter macro instead.
111 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_am_macro_for_var): Pair 'LIBTOOL'
112 with 'LT_INIT', not with 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'.
113 * libtool4.test: Adjust and extend. Also, add a call to macro
114 AC_PROG_CC in configure.in, to help ensuring that automake does
115 not fail for the wrong reasons.
116 * ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool support
117 works with LT_INIT-based interface.
118 Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion.
120 2011-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
122 tests: tempdirs with restrictive permissions are cleaned correctly
123 Before this change, the removal of a temporary test directory
124 containing subdirectories with restrictive permissions (such as
125 'r--r--r--') could fail.
126 * tests/defs: Ensure that all the subdirectories of a temporary
127 test directory have the 'read', 'write' and 'execute' bits set,
128 before trying to remove it with `rm -rf'.
129 * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Likewise.
131 2011-02-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
132 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
134 test defs: add subroutine for input unindenting
135 * tests/defs.in (unindent): New subroutine.
137 2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
139 python: report the 'PYTHON' influential environment variable
140 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Call AC_ARG_VAR on PYTHON.
141 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Update and extend.
142 * tests/help-python.test: New test.
143 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
144 * THANKS (Jack Kelly): Update e-mail address.
145 Suggestion by Jack Kelly.
147 2011-02-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
149 tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable
150 * tests/defs.in (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset it, so that values
151 from environment won't interfere with the testcases.
152 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
154 2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
156 tests: tweak few tests on simple and parallel test drivers
157 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Improve heading comments.
158 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. Also, unset the
159 `FOO_EXIT_STATUS' variable, so that any pre-existing value in the
160 environment won't risk to interfere with the test.
161 Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
163 2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
165 coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers
166 * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test.
167 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
168 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
169 * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
170 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
172 2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
174 tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test
175 * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so
176 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
177 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
179 2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
181 docs: color-tests issues with parallel make
182 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic
183 recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail
184 with some make implementation when running in parallel mode,
185 thus causing colored test output not to be automatically
186 activated when it should.
188 2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
190 tests: avoid instspc.test failures due to make's whitespace trimming
191 * tests/instspc.test: Prepend './' when passing the test
192 characters, to avoid leading whitespace characters to be trimmed
193 from macros set from environment variables. Fixes testsuite
194 failures with HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64/OSF make.
196 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
198 coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags
199 * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy"
200 per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects.
201 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
202 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
204 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
206 tests defs: sanitize IFS
207 * tests/defs.in ($IFS): Define to <space>, <tab>, <newline>.
208 ($sp): New variable, holding a single whitespace character.
209 ($tab): New variable, holding a tabulation character.
210 ($nl): New variable, holding a newline character.
212 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
214 tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds.
215 * tests/parallel-tests8.test, tests/suffix13.test:
216 Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris
217 make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion.
219 2011-01-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
221 tests: fix spurious failures in yflags*.test
222 * tests/yflags.test: Remove 'YACC' from the environment, so
223 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
224 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
226 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
228 tests: avoid fn99*.test failures due to buggy AIX 5.3 cp -R.
229 * tests/fn99.test, tests/fn99subdir.test: Skip if an initial
230 `cp -R' of the subdir tree already fails; AIX 5.3 cp messes
231 up its internal memory when copying this tree.
233 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
234 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
236 Add comment to check-TESTS rule working around make 3.80 bug.
237 * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Update comment.
239 2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
241 tests: less strict double-colon spy.test again.
242 * tests/spy.test: We know BSD make doesn't invoke more than one
243 double-colon rule, so no need to expose that failure.
245 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
247 install-sh: avoid Tru64 sh `test' operator precedence issues.
248 * lib/install-sh: Protect file names and directory components
249 that consist of `=', `(', `)', or `!'. Move protection as early
250 as possible, to avoid errors such as with Tru64 sh `test -z ='.
251 * tests/instsh2.test: Extend test to cover more possibilities.
252 Fixes 1.12 instspc-equal-install.test failure on Tru64/OSF 5.1.
254 2011-01-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
255 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
257 docs: automake testsuite doesn't use TESTS_ENVIRONMENT anymore
258 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Do not claim Automake uses
259 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT for the perl driver. Instead, point to the
260 parallel-tests driver.
262 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
264 Allow _AM_DEPENDENCIES to be used later in configure.
265 * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Remove a previously existing
266 conftest.dir before recreating it.
268 Report by Eric Blake, from report by Scott McCreary against M4.
270 2011-01-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
272 tests: avoid failure on w32 file systems.
273 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: SKIP if file cannot
274 be turned unreadable.
276 2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
278 tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make.
279 * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos. Ensure prerequisites we
280 do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target.
281 Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule.
283 2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
285 tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
286 * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
287 Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
289 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
290 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
292 parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs.
293 * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
294 Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
295 exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
296 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
297 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
300 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
302 * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
304 Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
305 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
306 are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
308 2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
310 docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
311 * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
312 (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
313 lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
314 output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
315 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
317 2011-01-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
319 tests: fix comment typo
320 * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
322 2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
324 tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
325 * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'.
326 * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so
327 that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable)
329 Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
331 2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
333 Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change.
334 Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to
335 require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess
336 and config.sub files are present for respective checks.
337 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files.
338 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
339 * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
341 2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
343 docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
344 This change fixes automake bug#7828.
345 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake
346 recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with
348 From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
350 2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
352 tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
353 Related to automake bug#7819.
354 * tests/autodist.test: New test.
355 * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
356 * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
357 * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
358 * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
359 * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
360 * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
361 * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
362 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
364 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
366 tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL
367 * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling
368 automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug
369 in the texinfo + cygnus interaction.
370 * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments.
371 * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated.
373 2011-01-09 Dave Hart <davehart@gmail.com> (tiny change)
375 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
376 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
378 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
380 Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
381 * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
382 `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not
383 redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
384 uselessly run it in a subshell.
385 * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
386 make. All checks moved into Makefile.am.
387 * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
389 * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
391 * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
392 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
393 * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
394 Makefile.in stricter.
395 * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
396 changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff
398 * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
399 to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict,
400 to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes.
401 * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
402 for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments.
403 * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
404 it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
405 * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
406 * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
407 * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
408 for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are
409 cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
410 * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
411 and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check
412 that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
413 preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
414 "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
415 so they have been moved ...
416 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
417 * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add
418 trailing `:' command.
419 * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated
420 Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
421 append to configure.in.
422 * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
423 * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
424 make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just
425 after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other
426 minor cosmetic improvements.
427 * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add
428 trailing `:' command.
429 * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
430 * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
431 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
433 2011-01-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
435 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
436 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
438 2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
440 cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
441 * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
442 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
443 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
444 * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
445 * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
446 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
447 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
449 automake: minor fixes in comments
450 * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
452 2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
454 Add test coverage for deleted header files.
455 * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
456 also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency
457 tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
458 successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
460 Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
461 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
463 docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
464 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
465 (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
466 (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
467 (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
468 Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
470 2011-01-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
471 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
473 docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
474 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
475 manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
476 (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
478 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
480 * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
482 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
483 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
485 docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
486 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
487 be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory
488 couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES').
490 2011-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
492 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
493 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
496 Fix maintainer-check regression.
497 * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the
500 Bump copyright years.
501 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
502 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
503 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
505 2010-12-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
506 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
508 Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make.
509 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the
510 dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single
512 * tests/subobj11a.test: New test.
513 * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise.
514 * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise.
515 * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise.
516 * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
517 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
519 Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final
520 patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini.
522 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
524 Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5.
525 * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on
526 weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5).
527 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related
529 Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. The bugs have been there from the
530 first versions of the affected test scripts.
532 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
534 docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro.
535 * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require
536 the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at
537 least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from
538 Cygnus" of 1997-08-25).
540 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
542 distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
543 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
544 its output each time for a single error message, rather than
545 running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
546 all the expected error messages. This should work around make
547 implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
548 information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
549 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
550 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
551 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
552 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
554 2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
556 Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
557 * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
558 `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
559 in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
561 2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
563 docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
564 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
565 not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
566 extension module `quaternion.la'.
568 2010-12-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
570 docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
571 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
572 the Automake primaries.
574 2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
576 Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen.
577 * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen
578 relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in
580 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
581 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
582 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
583 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
584 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
585 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
586 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
587 * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen
590 2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
592 Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.
593 * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE.
594 Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not
595 invoke installed automake.
597 2010-11-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
599 Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc
600 In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the
601 use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has
602 unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C
603 compilers were used. So we are now careful to require GCC in
604 tests that force gcc depmode.
605 From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
606 * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
607 * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new
608 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
610 * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
611 * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new
612 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
614 * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
615 * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new
616 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
618 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
620 2010-11-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
622 Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs".
623 * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare
624 `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests.
625 * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise.
626 * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise.
627 * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise.
628 * tests/cond23.test: Likewise.
629 * tests/cond24.test: Likewise.
630 * tests/cond25.test: Likewise.
631 * tests/cond26.test: Likewise.
632 * tests/cond27.test: Likewise.
633 * tests/cond28.test: Likewise.
634 * tests/cond29.test: Likewise.
635 * tests/cond30.test: Likewise.
636 * tests/cond31.test: Likewise.
637 * tests/cond32.test: Likewise.
638 * tests/cond33.test: Likewise.
639 * tests/cond34.test: Likewise.
640 * tests/cond35.test: Likewise.
641 * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
642 * tests/cond37.test: Likewise.
643 * tests/cond38.test: Likewise.
644 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
645 * tests/cond40.test: Likewise.
646 * tests/cond41.test: Likewise.
647 * tests/cond42.test: Likewise.
648 * tests/cond43.test: Likewise.
649 * tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
650 * tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
651 * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise.
652 * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise.
653 * tests/hfs.test: Likewise.
654 * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise.
655 * tests/percent.test: Likewise.
656 * tests/percent2.test: Likewise.
657 * tests/phony.test: Likewise.
658 * tests/silent.test: Likewise.
659 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
660 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
661 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
662 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
663 * tests/silent6.test: Likewise.
664 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
665 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
666 * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise.
667 * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise.
668 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
669 * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise.
670 * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise.
672 Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests.
673 * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean"
674 and "make maintainer-clean".
675 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
676 * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean".
677 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
678 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
680 2010-11-19 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
682 Sync config-ml.in from GCC.
683 * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other
684 compiler/flag environment variables.
686 2010-11-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
688 Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon.
689 * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon.
691 help4.test: fix botched heading comment.
692 * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it
693 didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was
696 help2.test: add checks on aclocal too.
697 * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and
698 `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both
701 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
703 Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran.
704 * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
705 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to
706 avoid spurious failures. Add a trailing `:' command.
707 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
709 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
711 Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran.
712 * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
713 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers,
714 to avoid spurious failures. This bug has been there from the
715 very first version of this test script.
717 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
719 Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
720 * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
721 post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
722 of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
723 on the commend line. Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
724 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
725 Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
726 improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
729 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
731 Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
732 * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
733 hand-postprocessed Makefile.in. This check worked by setting
734 the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
735 not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
736 This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
737 commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
738 tests". Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
740 2010-11-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
742 tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
743 * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
744 double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
745 are not part of the Automake API.
747 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
749 tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
750 * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
751 pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
753 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
755 Rebuild menus in the manual.
756 * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
757 Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
759 Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
760 * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment. Use
761 separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
762 to fix quoting issues.
763 * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
764 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
766 2010-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
768 Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
769 * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
770 Found by NixOS Hydra.
772 2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
774 Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
775 * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
776 "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
777 later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
778 character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
779 escaped newlines. This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
780 where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
781 * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
782 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
783 Reported by Andy Wingo.
785 2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
787 Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
788 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
789 if control structure in a generated make rules. Bug introduced
790 by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
791 of test `vala2.test'.
793 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
795 Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
796 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
797 modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
799 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
800 stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
801 (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
803 * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
804 passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
805 * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
806 %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
807 * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
809 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
811 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
813 Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
814 * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
815 (Introduction): Refer to it.
817 2010-10-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
819 Add support for newer python versions.
820 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
821 _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST. Since we are at it, break a long
822 line and fix indentation.
824 From a report by Thomas Klausner.
826 Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
827 * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
828 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
830 Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
831 * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
832 flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
833 * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
834 * tests/help.test: Likewise. Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
835 instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
836 please maintainer-check.
837 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
839 2010-10-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
840 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
842 Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
843 * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
844 flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
845 to better honour user-overrides. Similarly for aclocal.
846 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
847 * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
848 * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
850 2010-10-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
852 Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
853 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
854 are expanded before rules.
855 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
856 get matched as a rule.
857 Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
859 2010-10-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
861 Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
862 This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
863 because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
865 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
867 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
868 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
869 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
870 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
871 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
872 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
873 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
876 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
878 2010-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
880 Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
881 * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
882 it, rather than removing already present files. Run the aclocal
883 and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
884 $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL. Be sure to correctly match literal dots
885 in aclocal's and automake's stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
886 * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
887 `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
888 * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
889 `--version' take precedence on the other options.
890 * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
891 `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
893 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
895 2010-09-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
897 Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.
898 * tests/compile2.test: Do no uselessly (implicitly) repeat the
899 computation of PATH_SEPARATOR again.
900 * tests/instmany-mans.test: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when
901 extending/redefining PATH.
902 * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
903 * tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
904 * tests/man4.test: Likewise.
905 * tests/mkinst3.test: Likewise.
906 * tests/mmodely.test: Likewise.
907 * tests/multlib.test: Likewise.
908 * tests/txinfo30.test: Likewise.
909 * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
911 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): New maintainer check.
912 (syntax_check_rules): Updated.
914 Testsuite: new variables `$PATH_SEPARATOR' and `$APIVERSION'.
915 * tests/defs.in ($APIVERSION): New AC_SUBST'd variable.
916 ($ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE): Use it.
917 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): New AC_SUBST'd variables.
920 2010-09-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
922 Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used.
923 * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn'
924 directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied
925 regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST.
926 (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion
927 `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private
929 (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t.
930 the version control system used.
932 Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist".
933 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard
934 example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under
937 Perl modules: remove references to "Automake CVS repository".
938 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Update comments to refer to "Automke's
939 git repository" rather than to "Automake's CVS repository".
940 * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
941 * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
942 * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise.
943 * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise.
944 * lib/Automake/Version.pm (=head1 DESCRIPTION): Refer to "git
945 branches" rather than "CVS branches".
947 Remove obsolete .cvsignore files.
948 * .cvsignore, doc/.cvsignore, lib/.cvsignore, lib/am/.cvsignore,
949 lib/Automake/.cvsignore, lib/Automake/tests/.cvsignore,
950 m4/.cvsignore, tests/.cvsignore: Files deleted. Even when using
951 savannah's CVS readonly mirror there's no way to commit back to
952 the real repository, so this files are not worth maintaining or
955 2010-09-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
957 * m4/dmalloc.m4: Bump serial number and copyright years.
959 2010-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
961 Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
962 * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
963 `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
964 seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
967 2010-09-17 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
969 Avoid triple-space after period.
970 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
972 * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
973 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
974 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
975 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
976 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
977 * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
978 * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
980 2010-09-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
982 Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
983 * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
984 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
985 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
986 * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
987 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
988 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
989 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
990 * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
991 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
992 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
993 * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
994 they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
995 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
997 2010-09-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
999 * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
1001 2010-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1003 * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
1005 2010-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1007 Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
1008 * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
1009 that made the test useless. Since we are at it, improve
1010 comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
1012 Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
1013 extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
1015 2010-09-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1017 Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
1018 The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
1019 target system for Automake. So it's pointless to put it in
1021 * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
1022 * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
1023 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1024 From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
1026 Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
1027 * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
1028 instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
1029 * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
1030 white spaces. Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
1031 and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
1032 (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
1033 * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1034 * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
1035 * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
1037 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1038 Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
1040 Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
1041 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
1043 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1045 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
1046 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
1047 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
1048 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
1049 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
1050 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
1051 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
1054 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
1056 Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
1057 * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
1059 2010-08-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1061 Fix bug in test missing6.test.
1062 * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
1063 to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
1064 that do not support $LINENO. Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
1067 2010-08-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1069 Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
1070 * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
1071 $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
1072 (error): New function.
1073 (main): Use it. Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
1074 in case $ls_command gave bogus output. Fix eval quotation.
1075 * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
1076 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1078 2010-08-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1080 Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
1081 * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
1082 in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
1083 * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
1085 2010-08-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1086 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1088 Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
1089 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
1090 automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
1091 the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference
1092 to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
1094 Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
1095 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
1097 2010-08-16 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
1099 Don't hide the table of contents.
1100 * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
1102 2010-08-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1104 Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
1105 * tests/aclocal8.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
1107 * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise. Also, add trailing `:'
1109 * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
1110 * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
1111 `$me' over hard-coded test name.
1112 * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
1113 * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
1114 some grepping slightly stricter.
1115 * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `diff' over
1116 `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
1118 2010-08-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1120 Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
1121 * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1122 * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1123 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1124 * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
1125 * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1126 changes. Add a trailing `:' command.
1127 * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
1129 Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
1130 * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1131 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1132 * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
1133 * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
1134 * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
1135 * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
1137 * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
1138 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
1139 of captured make stdout.
1140 * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command. Also, use the
1141 `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
1143 * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
1144 * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
1145 flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
1146 * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1147 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1148 * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1149 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Do not export
1150 `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
1151 in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required). Use the stub for
1152 `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
1153 scratch. Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
1154 README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
1155 * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1156 changes. Extend existing checks a bit.
1157 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise. Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
1158 the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
1159 generated tarball a bit.
1160 * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1161 changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Also, do not create dummy
1162 files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
1163 automake in foreign mode anyway.
1164 * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1165 `configure.in'. Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1166 changes. Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
1167 and add a "FIXME" comment.
1168 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
1169 `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
1170 * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1171 `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
1172 ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. Enable `errexit'
1173 shell flag, and related changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1174 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1176 * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1177 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Escape literal
1178 dots in grep regular expressions. Also, add a trailing `:'
1179 command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
1181 Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
1182 * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
1183 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1184 * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
1185 * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
1186 * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
1187 * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
1188 * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
1189 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1190 * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
1191 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
1192 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
1193 with its sister test.
1194 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1196 2010-08-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1198 Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
1199 * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command. Typofix in
1201 * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
1202 not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
1203 Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
1204 * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
1206 * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1207 Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
1208 * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
1209 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1210 * tests/condman.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless
1211 dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1212 * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
1213 it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
1215 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1217 Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
1218 * tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1219 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Do not create
1220 a useless dummy file. Add trailing `:' command.
1221 * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1222 related changes. Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1223 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1224 * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1225 changes. Improve the generated `configure.in' file. Add
1226 trailing `:' command.
1227 * tests/colon2.test: Likewise. Also, add some new checks.
1228 * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1229 Add new, much deeper checks. Add trailing `:' command.
1230 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1231 * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command. Remove useless
1232 comments and echos. Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1233 make some grepping tests stricter. Add a "FIXME" comments about
1234 planned improvements.
1236 Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
1237 * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
1238 and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs. Make grepping of
1239 Automake stderr stricter. Do not create useless source file.
1240 Improve verbose messages. Minor cosmetic changes. Tell to
1241 keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
1242 * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
1243 * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
1245 Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
1246 * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
1247 * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
1248 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
1249 * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
1250 * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
1251 * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
1252 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1254 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1255 * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes. Re-enable a temporarily
1256 disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
1257 are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
1258 * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
1259 accordingly to "TODO" comments.
1260 * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1261 Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
1262 stub preset be ./defs.
1263 * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1264 rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
1265 Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes. Prefer diff over
1266 cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
1267 of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in. Make grepping of the contents
1268 of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
1269 * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1270 rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping of Makefile.in
1272 * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter. Add a
1274 * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
1275 `configure.ac'. Do not write `configure.in' two times. Escape
1276 literal dots in grep regular expressions.
1277 * tests/confincl.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1278 changes. Prefer fgrep over grep. Other cosmetic changes.
1279 * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
1280 * tests/confh6.test: ... this. Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
1281 and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
1282 * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
1283 * tests/confh7.test: ... to this. Use the `configure.in' stub
1284 created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch. Try to
1285 run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
1287 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1289 Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
1290 * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
1291 Add a trailing `:' command.
1292 * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
1293 it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
1294 empty value. Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
1295 done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required. Ensure verbose
1296 printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking. Add a
1297 trailing `:' command.
1298 * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1299 grep regexps. Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
1300 files. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
1301 Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:' command.
1302 * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1303 grep regexp. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
1304 created Makefile.am. Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
1305 stoud/stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
1306 * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1307 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Quote literal dots
1308 and dollar characters in grep regexps. Explicitly declare phony
1309 targets as such in the created Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:'
1311 * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
1312 configure.in. Cosmetic fixes to spacing. Make the "dummy" `if'
1313 statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
1314 explanatory comments to it.
1315 * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add a trailing `:' command.
1317 Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
1318 * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test. Working
1319 checks moved out to ...
1320 * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
1321 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1323 Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
1324 * tests/subobjname.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1325 * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
1326 Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
1327 * tests/subobj2.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not use the
1328 unportable fgrep option `-e'.
1329 * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1330 (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
1332 * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise. Also, enable `errexit' shell
1333 flag, with related changes
1334 * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of
1335 `Makefile.in' stricter.
1336 * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1337 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1339 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1340 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1341 * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1342 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1343 of ./defs). Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
1344 * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
1346 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1347 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1348 * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1349 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Fail the test if
1350 `make distcheck' fails. Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1351 stdout. Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
1352 test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
1353 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1354 (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
1355 * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'. Add
1356 trailing `:' command.
1357 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1359 Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
1360 * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
1361 * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
1362 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1364 Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
1365 * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
1366 autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
1369 * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
1370 since we don't generate it. Correctly quote arguments of
1371 `eval' builtin. Fixed a botched error message. Removed an
1374 Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
1375 * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
1376 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
1378 Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
1379 * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
1380 ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
1381 Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
1383 Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
1384 * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1385 * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
1386 Makefile.in stricter.
1388 2010-08-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1390 Fix maintainer-check failure.
1391 * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
1392 time stamp differences.
1394 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1395 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
1398 2010-08-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1400 Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
1401 * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
1402 from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
1405 2010-08-06 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
1407 Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
1408 * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
1409 cater for problems with MSYS bash.
1411 2010-07-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1413 Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
1415 Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
1417 Add more hints for debugging make rules.
1418 * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
1419 out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
1421 Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
1423 2010-07-27 Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk> (tiny change)
1425 Fix typo in the manual.
1426 * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
1428 2010-07-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1430 Document current policy for development with git.
1431 * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
1432 Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
1434 Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
1435 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
1436 variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
1438 * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
1441 Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
1442 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
1443 to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
1444 * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
1446 Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
1447 * tests/init2.test: New test.
1448 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1450 2010-07-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1452 Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
1453 * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1454 changes. Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
1455 rather than writing one from scratch.
1456 * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
1457 * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
1458 * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1459 changes. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1460 * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
1461 and in subdirs) stricter. Some minor changes to keep it more
1462 in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
1463 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
1464 `subdir5.test' here).
1465 * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
1466 * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'. Add
1467 trailing `:' command.
1468 * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
1469 * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
1470 (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
1471 it from scratch. Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
1472 autoconf/automake macros.
1474 Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
1475 * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
1476 a $MAKE call. Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
1477 * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
1478 Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
1479 instead. Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
1480 Display the content of more files, to ease debugging. Add a
1481 trailing `:' command. Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
1483 * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
1485 * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
1486 and stderr. Make grepping of captured stderr stricter. Also,
1487 add trailing `:' command.
1488 * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
1489 Makefile.am as `.PHONY'. Display content of more files, to ease
1490 debugging. Add trailing `:' command.
1491 * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise. Also, factor out common sed
1492 script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
1493 * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
1494 test Makefile.am files. Add a trailing `:' command.
1495 * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'. Move the
1496 call to `set -e' earlier. Be stricter and more verbose in the
1497 checking of the generated tarball.
1498 (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
1499 writing it from scratch. Avoid obsoleted constructs. Remove
1500 useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
1501 * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
1502 * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
1504 2010-07-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1506 Improve and extend test cond5.test.
1507 * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
1508 the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
1509 at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
1510 and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
1511 priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
1512 Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
1514 Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
1515 Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
1516 writing one from scratch.
1518 2010-06-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1520 Update program --help output to match current GCS.
1521 * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
1522 is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
1523 * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
1525 (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
1526 additional substitutions.
1527 * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. Point to Automake
1528 home page and GNU general help page.
1529 * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
1530 * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
1532 (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
1534 * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
1536 * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
1537 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
1540 Clean up @var handling in the manual.
1541 * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
1542 names, replace a few one-character names.
1544 2010-06-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1546 Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
1547 * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
1550 Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
1551 * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
1552 `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
1553 already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
1554 * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
1555 * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
1556 * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
1557 of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
1558 * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
1559 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
1560 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1561 * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
1562 * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
1564 Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
1565 * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
1568 2010-06-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1570 Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
1571 * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
1572 instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
1574 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1576 Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
1577 `make dist' to fail.
1578 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
1579 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1581 2010-06-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1583 Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
1584 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
1585 and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
1588 * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
1589 tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
1590 please maintainer-check. Ensure generated C files contain a
1591 declaration, to please compilers.
1593 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1595 Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
1596 $(FLAGS) precedence.
1597 * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
1598 "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
1599 $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
1600 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1603 New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
1604 $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
1605 * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
1606 precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS). Still
1608 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
1609 * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
1610 precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS). Still
1612 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
1613 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1615 2010-06-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1617 Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
1618 * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1620 * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
1621 * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
1623 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
1624 * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1625 changes. Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
1626 * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1627 changes. Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
1628 might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
1629 * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1630 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use a more
1631 idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
1632 grep. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1633 * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1634 stdout. Minor cosmetic changes.
1635 * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, drop useless call to the
1636 env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
1637 $FGREP rather than plain grep.
1638 * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
1639 * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
1640 * tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
1641 the `configure.in' stub. Cosmetic changes.
1642 * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
1644 2010-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1646 Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
1647 * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
1648 useless `if' statement is indeed required.
1650 Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
1651 * tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
1652 an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
1654 Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
1655 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
1656 definition of this variable.
1658 2010-06-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1660 Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
1661 * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
1662 for the FOOTEST conditional.
1664 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1666 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1667 * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
1669 * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
1670 * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
1671 * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
1672 stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
1673 * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
1674 changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
1675 * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1676 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping
1677 of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
1678 * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
1679 * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
1680 earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
1681 that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
1683 * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1684 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Move the call
1685 to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
1686 Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
1687 in ./defs). Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
1688 output. Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
1689 * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
1690 make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
1691 * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1692 changes. Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
1693 * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
1694 * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise. Also, use the `configure.in'
1695 stub created by `./defs'.
1696 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1698 Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
1699 * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
1700 here-doc, not using echo.
1701 * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
1702 `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
1703 instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
1704 * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1706 * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless dummy
1707 data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
1708 * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise. Also, append to configure.in
1709 using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
1710 * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
1711 * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
1712 * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
1713 * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
1714 * tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
1715 Automake stderr. Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
1717 Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
1718 * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
1719 or grepping it. Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
1721 * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
1722 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
1723 * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
1724 * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
1725 * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
1726 * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
1727 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
1728 * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
1729 * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
1730 * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
1731 * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
1732 * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
1733 * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
1734 * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
1736 * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
1737 created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1739 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1740 * tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1742 * tests/backsl2.test: Likewise.
1743 * tests/block.test: Likewise.
1744 * tests/canon2.test: Likewise.
1745 * tests/canon4.test: Likewise.
1746 * tests/comment2.test: Likewise.
1747 * tests/condlib.test: Likewise.
1748 * tests/cond15.test: Likewise, and prefer $FGREP over grep.
1749 * tests/canon3.test: Likewise. Also, avoid to create an useless
1751 * tests/acoutpt2.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and some
1752 related changes. Do some cosmetic improvements in the generated
1753 `configure.in' file.
1754 * tests/cond4.test: Likewise.
1755 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
1756 * tests/condinc.test: Likewise.
1757 * tests/cond7.test: Likewise. Also, remove useless setting of
1758 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am.
1759 * tests/ansi.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1760 changes. Extended, esp. by running autoconf, ./configure and
1761 make, and by looking into the distdir.
1763 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1764 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1766 Extend tests/README w.r.t. trailing `:' in test scripts.
1767 * tests/README (section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
1768 Explain why apparently redundant trailing `:' and `Exit 0' in
1769 test scripts can indeed be useful.
1771 2010-06-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1773 Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
1774 * bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
1777 Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
1778 * bootstrap: Consistently use two-spaces indentation. Cosmetic
1779 improvement to comments.
1780 ($me): New variable, containing program basename.
1781 Prepend it to all error messages.
1783 Testsuite now works with BSD make in parallel mode.
1784 * tests/defs.in: Unset variables __MKLVL__ and MAKE_JOBS_FIFO,
1785 which are exported by BSD make when run in parallel mode, and
1786 which can confuse make processes spawned by our testsuite.
1787 This change fixes a lot of spurious failure when the testsuite
1788 is run with BSD make in parallel mode.
1790 2010-06-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1792 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1793 * tests/sanity.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1794 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1795 * tests/depend2.test: Likewise. Also, call `set -e' just after
1796 the inclusion of `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1797 * tests/canon5.test: Avoid a useless `|| Exit 1' after a call to
1798 $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
1799 * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
1800 Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
1801 These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
1802 * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
1803 * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
1804 rather than in the middle.
1805 * tests/exeext.test: Call `set -e' just after the inclusion of
1806 `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1807 * tests/extra5.test: Likewise.
1808 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `mv -f' over
1809 plain `mv', just to be sure.
1810 * tests/depcomp.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1811 changes. Also, modernize the generated configure.in.
1812 * tests/cond9.test: Likewise. Also, rely on the `configure.in'
1813 stub created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1814 * tests/cond10.test: Likewise.
1815 * tests/depcomp2.test: Likewise.
1816 * tests/depend3.test: Likewise.
1817 * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
1818 * tests/fortdep.test: Likewise. Also, remove definition of
1819 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am,
1820 since that flag is already provided by $AUTOMAKE.
1821 * tests/mdate.test: Made stricter, by checking that Automake
1822 actually failed, and by making a stricter grep on the error
1823 message. Also, set shell `errexit flag'.
1824 * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
1826 Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
1827 * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
1828 Enable `errexit' shell flag.
1830 2010-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1832 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1833 * tests/subcond.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1835 * tests/subst.test: Likewise.
1836 * tests/vars.test: Likewise.
1837 * tests/version4.test: Likewise.
1838 * tests/vpath.test: Likewise.
1839 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
1840 * tests/werror.test: Likewise.
1841 * tests/whoami.test: Likewise.
1842 * tests/tags.test: Likewise, and avoid to crate an useless dummy
1844 * tests/acsilent.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1845 command substitution.
1846 * tests/unused.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1847 command substitution.
1848 * tests/version.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1849 in the generated `configure.in'.
1850 * tests/version2.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1851 in the generated `configure.in'.
1853 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1855 Prefer AUTOMAKE_fails over `$AUTOMAKE | grep' in tests.
1856 * tests/ldadd.test: Enable errexit. Use AUTOMAKE_fails so
1857 the verbose log contains all output.
1858 * tests/mdate.test: Likewise.
1859 Prompted by Stefano Lattarini's change to discover.test.
1861 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1863 Improve tests link*.test (enable `errexit' shell flag).
1864 * tests/link_c_cxx.test: Enable `errexit shell flag, and related
1865 changes. Also, do not create useless source files.
1866 * tests/link_dist.test: Likewise.
1867 * tests/link_f90_only.test: Likewise.
1868 * tests/link_f_only.test: Likewise.
1869 * tests/link_fc.test: Likewise.
1870 * tests/link_fccxx.test: Likewise.
1871 * tests/link_fcxx.test: Likewise.
1873 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1875 Improve ext.test semantics, avoid OpenBSD sh errexit issue.
1876 * tests/ext.test: Inside shell compound command, use
1877 `if $cmd; then Exit 1; fi' rather than `$cmd && Exit 1', to
1878 fix failure with OpenBSD sh introduced with last patch.
1879 Actually ensure that a rule for .EXT.o is created for each
1880 known extension EXT.
1882 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1884 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1885 * tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1887 * tests/defun.test: Likewise.
1888 * tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
1889 * tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
1890 * tests/double.test: Likewise.
1891 * tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
1892 * tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
1893 * tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
1894 * tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
1895 * tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
1896 * tests/ext.test: Likewise.
1897 * tests/extra.test: Likewise.
1898 * tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
1899 * tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
1900 * tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
1901 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
1902 * tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
1903 * tests/fo.test: Likewise.
1904 * tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
1905 * tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
1906 * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
1907 * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
1908 * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1909 comments and unnecessary commands.
1910 * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1911 comments and unnecessary commands.
1912 * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
1914 Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
1915 * tests/cxx.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1917 * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
1918 * tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
1919 * tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
1920 * tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
1921 * tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.
1923 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1924 * tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1926 * tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
1927 * tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
1928 * tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
1929 * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
1930 * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
1931 * tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
1932 * tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
1933 * tests/clean.test: Likewise.
1934 * tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
1935 * tests/colon.test: Likewise.
1936 * tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
1937 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1938 * tests/comment.test: Likewise.
1939 * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1940 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1941 * tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
1942 * tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
1943 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
1944 * tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
1945 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
1946 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1947 * tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
1948 * tests/confh4.test: Likewise. Also, add in the heading comments
1949 an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
1950 creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.
1952 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1954 Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
1955 * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
1956 (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
1957 (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
1958 Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
1959 speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
1960 or by addressing them as `you' instead.
1962 Report by Christina Gratorp.
1966 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1968 Make tests on user extensibility of silent-rules mode stricter.
1969 * tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1970 output produced by `make'.
1971 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
1973 Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
1974 * tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1975 output produced by `make'.
1976 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1977 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1978 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1979 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
1980 command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.
1982 Improved test silent5.test.
1983 * tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
1984 non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
1985 Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
1986 removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
1987 not trigger a different set of rules. Make grepping of make's
1988 output stricter. Improved/added some comments.
1990 New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
1991 * tests/silentf77.test: New test.
1992 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
1993 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1995 New test `silentcxx.test' (Automake silent-mode with C++).
1996 * tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
1997 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1999 New test `silentyacc.test' (Automake silent-mode with Yacc).
2000 * tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
2001 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2003 New test `silentlex.test' (Automake silent-mode with Lex).
2004 * tests/silentlex.test: New test.
2005 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2007 Relax tests on silent-rules to cater to overly verbose makes.
2008 * tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
2009 make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
2010 it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
2011 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
2012 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
2013 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
2014 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
2015 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
2017 2010-01-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2019 Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
2020 * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
2021 expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
2022 to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
2024 * automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
2025 `@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
2026 (handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
2027 set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
2028 * m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
2029 verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
2030 dependencies are enabled.
2031 * tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
2032 also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
2033 * tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
2034 dependency tracking.
2035 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2036 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2037 Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.
2039 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2041 Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
2042 * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Related and
2043 unrelated minor changes. Make the grepping of the generated
2044 Makefile.in slightly stricter. Generate and run configure, so that
2045 the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
2047 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2049 Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
2050 * lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
2051 than \015, for EBCDIC hosts. Also, avoid unportable nested
2052 double-quotes and backquotes.
2054 Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.
2056 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2058 Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
2059 Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
2060 autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
2061 and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
2062 required configure 2.61a-341 or later. This change should
2063 eliminate such inconsistencies.
2064 * configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
2067 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2069 Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
2070 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
2071 not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.
2073 Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
2074 * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
2075 * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
2078 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2080 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2081 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2082 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2084 Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
2085 * tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Also, avoid
2086 unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.
2088 Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2089 * tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
2090 instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
2091 since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter. Do not SKIP the test
2092 if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.
2094 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2097 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
2098 missing closing parenthesis.
2100 Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
2101 * automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
2102 macros_dump. Print actual error before list of variables.
2104 2010-04-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2106 Minor improvements in comments of test `silent3.test'.
2107 * tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
2110 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2112 testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
2113 * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
2114 tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
2115 tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
2118 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2120 Make test badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
2121 * tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'. Due to this change,
2122 an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
2123 was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
2124 Also, bumped the copyright years.
2126 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2127 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2128 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2130 Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoids possible false negatives).
2131 * tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
2132 changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
2133 Also, bumped copyright years.
2135 2010-04-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2137 Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
2138 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
2139 $configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
2141 (require_variables): Initialize it here.
2142 * tests/configure.test: New test.
2143 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
2144 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
2146 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2148 Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
2149 * tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
2150 copyright years. Due to this change, any unexpected failure
2151 in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
2152 a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
2153 cause the whole test to fail.
2155 2010-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2157 Fixed typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
2158 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
2159 @<...> was used instead of C<...>.
2161 2010-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2163 Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
2164 * tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
2165 * tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
2166 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.
2168 2010-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2170 Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test
2171 * tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.
2173 Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
2174 * tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Improve
2177 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2179 Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
2180 Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
2181 Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
2182 treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
2183 and unstable exit status values.
2184 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
2185 (drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
2186 $warnings_are_errors.
2187 * tests/werror3.test: New test.
2188 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2191 2010-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2193 Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2194 * tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
2195 `test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
2196 that is not supported by Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2198 Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
2199 * tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'. Fail if $ACLOCAL
2200 succeds unexpectedly.
2202 Add tests checking that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
2203 * tests/distlinks.test: New test.
2204 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2205 Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.
2207 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2209 Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
2210 * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
2211 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2212 Report by Pavel Sanda.
2214 2010-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2216 Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
2217 * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
2218 in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
2221 Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.
2222 * Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
2223 $(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
2224 symlink targets). Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
2227 2010-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2229 Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.
2230 * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
2231 Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
2232 Suggested by Karl Berry.
2234 2010-03-13 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
2236 GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
2237 * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
2240 2010-03-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2242 Formatting cleanups in macro comments.
2243 * automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
2244 lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
2245 lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
2246 m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.
2248 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2249 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2251 Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file.
2252 * tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
2253 `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
2254 variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
2255 * tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
2256 (check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
2257 (clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
2258 ($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
2260 * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
2262 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
2263 then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
2264 * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
2265 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2266 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2267 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2268 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2269 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2270 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
2271 * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
2272 * tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
2273 * tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases" subsection "Do"):
2274 Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
2275 behaviour. Some other minor related improvements.
2276 * tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.
2278 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2280 Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
2281 * tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
2282 already unset in the `defs' file.
2283 * tests/check5.test: Likewise.
2284 * tests/check8.test: Likewise.
2285 * tests/check9.test: Likewise.
2286 * tests/check10.test: Likewise.
2287 * tests/check11.test: Likewise.
2288 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
2289 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2290 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2291 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2292 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2293 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2295 2010-02-22 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2297 Improve help message of mdate-sh.
2298 * mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.
2300 2010-02-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2302 Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
2303 * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
2304 Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
2306 Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.
2308 2010-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2310 Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2311 * tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
2313 * tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
2314 wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2315 * tests/extra12.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
2316 EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
2317 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2318 Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
2319 and Ralf Wildenhues.
2321 2010-02-08 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
2323 Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.
2324 * lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.
2326 2010-02-06 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> (tiny change)
2327 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2329 Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
2330 The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
2331 cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
2333 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
2334 * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
2335 * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
2336 * lib/ylwrap: Likewise. Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
2337 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2338 Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
2340 2010-02-06 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2342 Improve gnupload usage text.
2343 * gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
2344 line. Mention CMD in the synopsis. With ..., plural is implied.
2346 2010-01-28 Christos Kontas <xakon@yahoo.com> (tiny change)
2348 Fix some typos in the manual
2349 * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.
2351 2010-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2353 Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
2354 * tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Check that
2355 autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
2356 configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
2358 * tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.
2360 Fix test acoutbs2.test.
2361 * tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
2362 to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
2363 PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
2364 Updated copyright years.
2365 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.
2367 Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
2368 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
2369 filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
2370 acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
2371 (XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.
2373 2010-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2375 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
2376 * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub:
2379 Bump copyright years.
2380 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
2381 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
2382 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
2385 * ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
2386 * ChangeLog: ... here.
2387 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.
2391 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2393 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
2394 permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.