1 2011-04-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
3 java: check_JAVA does not cause compilation by "make all" anymore
4 Fixes automake bug#8234.
5 * automake.in (handle_java): Make stamp of class files built from
6 java sources in $(check_JAVA) a dependency of `check' target, not
8 * tests/java-check.test: New test.
9 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
12 Report from Petteri Räty.
14 2011-04-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
16 Clarify regex code in depcomp.
17 * lib/depcomp: Add comment why we don't need regex-escaping here.
18 Suggested by Stefano Lattarini.
20 2011-04-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
22 Fix makedepend depmode for VPATH builds.
23 * lib/depcomp [makedepend]: Remove any VPATH prefix from the
24 object file name, so a rebuild doesn't attempt to update the
25 .Po files in the source tree.
26 * tests/depcomp9.test: New test.
27 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
30 2011-04-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
32 tests: fix timestamp-related failures
33 Fixes automake bug#8365.
34 * tests/aclocal6.test: Sleep before modifying m4 files that should
35 trigger remake rules. Remove incorrect/obsoleted comments.
36 * tests/subdir5.test: Likewise, and extend a bit.
37 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise.
38 * tests/pr8365-remake-timing.test: New xfailing test.
39 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
40 Report from Sam Steingold.
42 2011-04-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
44 Create subdirs for generated sources even when not dep tracking.
45 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): If $object is derived
46 and lands in subdir, be sure to output a dirstamp dependency.
47 * tests/yacc5.test: Avoid falsely matching the dirstamp
48 dependency when grepping for a rule.
49 * tests/lex-subobj-nodep.test: New test.
50 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
52 Report by Ignacy Gawedzki.
54 Fix locale issue in check-exported-srcdir.test.
55 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Reformulate glob to not fail
56 in a locale that ignores or interleaves character case.
58 2011-04-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
60 docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index
61 * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure'
62 from "Scanning configure.ac or configure.in" to the more precise
63 "Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal".
64 (@detailmenu): Adjust.
65 (@node configure): Adjust, and extend @cindex calls accordingly.
67 From a report by Maynard Johnson.
69 2011-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
71 tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target
72 * tests/aclocal6.test: Move checks related to "maintainer-clean"
73 functionalities into ...
74 * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: ... this new test.
75 * tests/maintclean.test: Update heading comments. Extend to also
76 test subdirs. Remove useless disabling of YACC. Fix m4 quoting
77 in configure.in. Add a trailing `:' command. Remove extra blank
79 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
81 2011-03-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
83 tests: fix unindent to use printf not echo for script.
84 * tests/defs.in: Use printf rather than echo, as the latter may
85 interpret the backslashes in the sed script. Fixes test
86 failures with dash as /bin/sh.
88 2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
89 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
91 maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases
92 The configure.in stub created by default by `tests/defs' obtains
93 the first argument of AC_INIT from the test name, and this can
94 cause some supported autoconf versions to fail with a spurious
95 error if that test name contains the name of an m4 or m4sugar
96 builtin or macro (e.g., `defn' or `m4_undefine').
97 See for example the bug fixed by commit v1.11-287-g1325a8a.
98 This change add a maintainer check that warns about test names
99 which are possibly problematic in this regard.
100 * Makefile.am (sc_test_names): New maintainer-check target.
101 (syntax_check_rules): Add it.
102 (m4_builtins): New helper variable.
103 (TESTS): Updated according to the following renamings.
104 * tests/include.test: Renamed ...
105 * tests/hdr-vars-defined-once.test: ... to this.
106 * tests/sinclude.test: Renamed ...
107 * tests/m4-inclusion.test: ... to this, and simplified
109 * tests/include2.test: Renamed ...
110 * tests/dist-included-parent-dir.test: ... to this, for
113 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
115 tests: fix bug in alloca*.test
116 * tests/alloca.test: Make grepping of automake stderr stricter,
117 add a trailing `:' command; also, add AC_PROG_CC to configure.in,
118 and create a dummy alloca.c file, to ensure that we fail for the
120 * tests/alloca2.test: Likewise. Also, look for LT_INIT, not
121 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, in the error message (bug introduced with commit
122 v1.11-315-gd51e7b7 "libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES
124 From a report by Patrick Welche.
126 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
128 tests: fix bug (comments-in-var-defn.test + autoconf 2.62)
129 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: The configure.in stub created
130 by default, which has the AC_INIT first argument obtained by the
131 test name, causes autoconf 2.62 to fail with a spurious error
132 message like: "configure.in:1: error: defn: undefined macro:".
133 Thus, to prevent this, the test is renamed to ...
134 * tests/comments-in-var-def.test: ... this.
135 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
137 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
139 cosmetics: convert encoding from ISO-8859 to UTF-8
140 * ChangeLog.03: Convert encoding to UTF-8.
141 * ChangeLog.96: Likewise.
142 * ChangeLog.98: Likewise.
146 2011-03-01 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
148 test defs: unindent without temporary file
149 * tests/defs.in (commented_sed_unindent_prog): Commented Sed program
150 that strips the "proper" amount of leading whitespace.
151 (unindent): Lazily strip comments from the above program and use it
152 to unindent without using a temporary file.
154 2011-02-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
156 libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES primary is used
157 When the LTLIBRARIES primary was used, but $(LIBTOOL) wasn't
158 defined, automake suggested to add a call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
159 in configure.ac. But that macro is deprecated since Libtool
160 version 1.9b (2004-08-29), in favor of the newer LT_INIT. So
161 suggest the use of this latter macro instead.
162 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_am_macro_for_var): Pair 'LIBTOOL'
163 with 'LT_INIT', not with 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'.
164 * libtool4.test: Adjust and extend. Also, add a call to macro
165 AC_PROG_CC in configure.in, to help ensuring that automake does
166 not fail for the wrong reasons.
167 * ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool support
168 works with LT_INIT-based interface.
169 Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion.
171 2011-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
173 tests: tempdirs with restrictive permissions are cleaned correctly
174 Before this change, the removal of a temporary test directory
175 containing subdirectories with restrictive permissions (such as
176 'r--r--r--') could fail.
177 * tests/defs: Ensure that all the subdirectories of a temporary
178 test directory have the 'read', 'write' and 'execute' bits set,
179 before trying to remove it with `rm -rf'.
180 * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Likewise.
182 2011-02-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
183 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
185 test defs: add subroutine for input unindenting
186 * tests/defs.in (unindent): New subroutine.
188 2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
190 python: report the 'PYTHON' influential environment variable
191 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Call AC_ARG_VAR on PYTHON.
192 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Update and extend.
193 * tests/help-python.test: New test.
194 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
195 * THANKS (Jack Kelly): Update e-mail address.
196 Suggestion by Jack Kelly.
198 2011-02-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
200 tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable
201 * tests/defs.in (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset it, so that values
202 from environment won't interfere with the testcases.
203 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
205 2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
207 tests: tweak few tests on simple and parallel test drivers
208 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Improve heading comments.
209 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. Also, unset the
210 `FOO_EXIT_STATUS' variable, so that any pre-existing value in the
211 environment won't risk to interfere with the test.
212 Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
214 2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
216 coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers
217 * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test.
218 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
219 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
220 * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
221 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
223 2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
225 tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test
226 * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so
227 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
228 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
230 2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
232 docs: color-tests issues with parallel make
233 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic
234 recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail
235 with some make implementation when running in parallel mode,
236 thus causing colored test output not to be automatically
237 activated when it should.
239 2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
241 tests: avoid instspc.test failures due to make's whitespace trimming
242 * tests/instspc.test: Prepend './' when passing the test
243 characters, to avoid leading whitespace characters to be trimmed
244 from macros set from environment variables. Fixes testsuite
245 failures with HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64/OSF make.
247 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
249 coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags
250 * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy"
251 per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects.
252 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
253 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
255 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
257 tests defs: sanitize IFS
258 * tests/defs.in ($IFS): Define to <space>, <tab>, <newline>.
259 ($sp): New variable, holding a single whitespace character.
260 ($tab): New variable, holding a tabulation character.
261 ($nl): New variable, holding a newline character.
263 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
265 tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds.
266 * tests/parallel-tests8.test, tests/suffix13.test:
267 Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris
268 make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion.
270 2011-01-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
272 tests: fix spurious failures in yflags*.test
273 * tests/yflags.test: Remove 'YACC' from the environment, so
274 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
275 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
277 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
279 tests: avoid fn99*.test failures due to buggy AIX 5.3 cp -R.
280 * tests/fn99.test, tests/fn99subdir.test: Skip if an initial
281 `cp -R' of the subdir tree already fails; AIX 5.3 cp messes
282 up its internal memory when copying this tree.
284 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
285 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
287 Add comment to check-TESTS rule working around make 3.80 bug.
288 * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Update comment.
290 2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
292 tests: less strict double-colon spy.test again.
293 * tests/spy.test: We know BSD make doesn't invoke more than one
294 double-colon rule, so no need to expose that failure.
296 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
298 install-sh: avoid Tru64 sh `test' operator precedence issues.
299 * lib/install-sh: Protect file names and directory components
300 that consist of `=', `(', `)', or `!'. Move protection as early
301 as possible, to avoid errors such as with Tru64 sh `test -z ='.
302 * tests/instsh2.test: Extend test to cover more possibilities.
303 Fixes 1.12 instspc-equal-install.test failure on Tru64/OSF 5.1.
305 2011-01-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
306 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
308 docs: automake testsuite doesn't use TESTS_ENVIRONMENT anymore
309 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Do not claim Automake uses
310 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT for the perl driver. Instead, point to the
311 parallel-tests driver.
313 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
315 Allow _AM_DEPENDENCIES to be used later in configure.
316 * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Remove a previously existing
317 conftest.dir before recreating it.
319 Report by Eric Blake, from report by Scott McCreary against M4.
321 2011-01-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
323 tests: avoid failure on w32 file systems.
324 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: SKIP if file cannot
325 be turned unreadable.
327 2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
329 tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make.
330 * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos. Ensure prerequisites we
331 do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target.
332 Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule.
334 2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
336 tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
337 * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
338 Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
340 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
341 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
343 parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs.
344 * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
345 Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
346 exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
347 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
348 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
351 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
353 * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
355 Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
356 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
357 are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
359 2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
361 docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
362 * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
363 (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
364 lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
365 output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
366 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
368 2011-01-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
370 tests: fix comment typo
371 * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
373 2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
375 tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
376 * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'.
377 * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so
378 that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable)
380 Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
382 2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
384 Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change.
385 Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to
386 require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess
387 and config.sub files are present for respective checks.
388 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files.
389 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
390 * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
392 2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
394 docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
395 This change fixes automake bug#7828.
396 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake
397 recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with
399 From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
401 2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
403 tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
404 Related to automake bug#7819.
405 * tests/autodist.test: New test.
406 * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
407 * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
408 * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
409 * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
410 * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
411 * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
412 * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
413 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
415 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
417 tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL
418 * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling
419 automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug
420 in the texinfo + cygnus interaction.
421 * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments.
422 * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated.
424 2011-01-09 Dave Hart <davehart@gmail.com> (tiny change)
426 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
427 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
429 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
431 Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
432 * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
433 `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not
434 redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
435 uselessly run it in a subshell.
436 * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
437 make. All checks moved into Makefile.am.
438 * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
440 * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
442 * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
443 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
444 * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
445 Makefile.in stricter.
446 * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
447 changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff
449 * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
450 to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict,
451 to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes.
452 * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
453 for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments.
454 * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
455 it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
456 * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
457 * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
458 * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
459 for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are
460 cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
461 * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
462 and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check
463 that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
464 preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
465 "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
466 so they have been moved ...
467 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
468 * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add
469 trailing `:' command.
470 * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated
471 Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
472 append to configure.in.
473 * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
474 * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
475 make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just
476 after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other
477 minor cosmetic improvements.
478 * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add
479 trailing `:' command.
480 * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
481 * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
482 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
484 2011-01-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
486 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
487 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
489 2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
491 cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
492 * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
493 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
494 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
495 * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
496 * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
497 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
498 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
500 automake: minor fixes in comments
501 * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
503 2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
505 Add test coverage for deleted header files.
506 * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
507 also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency
508 tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
509 successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
511 Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
512 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
514 docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
515 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
516 (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
517 (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
518 (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
519 Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
521 2011-01-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
522 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
524 docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
525 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
526 manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
527 (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
529 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
531 * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
533 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
534 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
536 docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
537 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
538 be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory
539 couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES').
541 2011-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
543 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
544 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
547 Fix maintainer-check regression.
548 * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the
551 Bump copyright years.
552 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
553 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
554 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
556 2010-12-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
557 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
559 Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make.
560 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the
561 dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single
563 * tests/subobj11a.test: New test.
564 * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise.
565 * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise.
566 * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise.
567 * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
568 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
570 Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final
571 patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini.
573 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
575 Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5.
576 * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on
577 weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5).
578 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related
580 Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. The bugs have been there from the
581 first versions of the affected test scripts.
583 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
585 docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro.
586 * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require
587 the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at
588 least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from
589 Cygnus" of 1997-08-25).
591 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
593 distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
594 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
595 its output each time for a single error message, rather than
596 running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
597 all the expected error messages. This should work around make
598 implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
599 information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
600 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
601 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
602 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
603 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
605 2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
607 Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
608 * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
609 `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
610 in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
612 2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
614 docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
615 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
616 not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
617 extension module `quaternion.la'.
619 2010-12-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
621 docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
622 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
623 the Automake primaries.
625 2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
627 Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen.
628 * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen
629 relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in
631 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
632 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
633 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
634 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
635 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
636 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
637 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
638 * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen
641 2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
643 Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.
644 * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE.
645 Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not
646 invoke installed automake.
648 2010-11-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
650 Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc
651 In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the
652 use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has
653 unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C
654 compilers were used. So we are now careful to require GCC in
655 tests that force gcc depmode.
656 From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
657 * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
658 * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new
659 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
661 * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
662 * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new
663 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
665 * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
666 * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new
667 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
669 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
671 2010-11-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
673 Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs".
674 * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare
675 `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests.
676 * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise.
677 * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise.
678 * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise.
679 * tests/cond23.test: Likewise.
680 * tests/cond24.test: Likewise.
681 * tests/cond25.test: Likewise.
682 * tests/cond26.test: Likewise.
683 * tests/cond27.test: Likewise.
684 * tests/cond28.test: Likewise.
685 * tests/cond29.test: Likewise.
686 * tests/cond30.test: Likewise.
687 * tests/cond31.test: Likewise.
688 * tests/cond32.test: Likewise.
689 * tests/cond33.test: Likewise.
690 * tests/cond34.test: Likewise.
691 * tests/cond35.test: Likewise.
692 * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
693 * tests/cond37.test: Likewise.
694 * tests/cond38.test: Likewise.
695 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
696 * tests/cond40.test: Likewise.
697 * tests/cond41.test: Likewise.
698 * tests/cond42.test: Likewise.
699 * tests/cond43.test: Likewise.
700 * tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
701 * tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
702 * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise.
703 * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise.
704 * tests/hfs.test: Likewise.
705 * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise.
706 * tests/percent.test: Likewise.
707 * tests/percent2.test: Likewise.
708 * tests/phony.test: Likewise.
709 * tests/silent.test: Likewise.
710 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
711 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
712 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
713 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
714 * tests/silent6.test: Likewise.
715 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
716 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
717 * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise.
718 * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise.
719 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
720 * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise.
721 * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise.
723 Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests.
724 * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean"
725 and "make maintainer-clean".
726 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
727 * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean".
728 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
729 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
731 2010-11-19 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
733 Sync config-ml.in from GCC.
734 * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other
735 compiler/flag environment variables.
737 2010-11-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
739 Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon.
740 * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon.
742 help4.test: fix botched heading comment.
743 * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it
744 didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was
747 help2.test: add checks on aclocal too.
748 * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and
749 `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both
752 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
754 Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran.
755 * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
756 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to
757 avoid spurious failures. Add a trailing `:' command.
758 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
760 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
762 Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran.
763 * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
764 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers,
765 to avoid spurious failures. This bug has been there from the
766 very first version of this test script.
768 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
770 Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
771 * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
772 post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
773 of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
774 on the commend line. Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
775 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
776 Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
777 improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
780 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
782 Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
783 * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
784 hand-postprocessed Makefile.in. This check worked by setting
785 the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
786 not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
787 This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
788 commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
789 tests". Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
791 2010-11-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
793 tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
794 * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
795 double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
796 are not part of the Automake API.
798 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
800 tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
801 * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
802 pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
804 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
806 Rebuild menus in the manual.
807 * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
808 Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
810 Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
811 * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment. Use
812 separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
813 to fix quoting issues.
814 * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
815 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
817 2010-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
819 Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
820 * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
821 Found by NixOS Hydra.
823 2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
825 Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
826 * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
827 "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
828 later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
829 character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
830 escaped newlines. This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
831 where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
832 * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
833 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
834 Reported by Andy Wingo.
836 2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
838 Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
839 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
840 if control structure in a generated make rules. Bug introduced
841 by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
842 of test `vala2.test'.
844 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
846 Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
847 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
848 modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
850 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
851 stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
852 (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
854 * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
855 passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
856 * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
857 %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
858 * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
860 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
862 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
864 Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
865 * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
866 (Introduction): Refer to it.
868 2010-10-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
870 Add support for newer python versions.
871 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
872 _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST. Since we are at it, break a long
873 line and fix indentation.
875 From a report by Thomas Klausner.
877 Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
878 * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
879 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
881 Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
882 * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
883 flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
884 * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
885 * tests/help.test: Likewise. Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
886 instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
887 please maintainer-check.
888 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
890 2010-10-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
891 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
893 Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
894 * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
895 flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
896 to better honour user-overrides. Similarly for aclocal.
897 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
898 * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
899 * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
901 2010-10-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
903 Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
904 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
905 are expanded before rules.
906 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
907 get matched as a rule.
908 Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
910 2010-10-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
912 Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
913 This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
914 because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
916 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
918 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
919 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
920 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
921 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
922 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
923 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
924 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
927 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
929 2010-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
931 Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
932 * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
933 it, rather than removing already present files. Run the aclocal
934 and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
935 $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL. Be sure to correctly match literal dots
936 in aclocal's and automake's stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
937 * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
938 `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
939 * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
940 `--version' take precedence on the other options.
941 * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
942 `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
944 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
946 2010-09-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
948 Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.
949 * tests/compile2.test: Do no uselessly (implicitly) repeat the
950 computation of PATH_SEPARATOR again.
951 * tests/instmany-mans.test: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when
952 extending/redefining PATH.
953 * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
954 * tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
955 * tests/man4.test: Likewise.
956 * tests/mkinst3.test: Likewise.
957 * tests/mmodely.test: Likewise.
958 * tests/multlib.test: Likewise.
959 * tests/txinfo30.test: Likewise.
960 * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
962 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): New maintainer check.
963 (syntax_check_rules): Updated.
965 Testsuite: new variables `$PATH_SEPARATOR' and `$APIVERSION'.
966 * tests/defs.in ($APIVERSION): New AC_SUBST'd variable.
967 ($ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE): Use it.
968 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): New AC_SUBST'd variables.
971 2010-09-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
973 Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used.
974 * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn'
975 directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied
976 regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST.
977 (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion
978 `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private
980 (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t.
981 the version control system used.
983 Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist".
984 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard
985 example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under
988 Perl modules: remove references to "Automake CVS repository".
989 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Update comments to refer to "Automke's
990 git repository" rather than to "Automake's CVS repository".
991 * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
992 * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
993 * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise.
994 * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise.
995 * lib/Automake/Version.pm (=head1 DESCRIPTION): Refer to "git
996 branches" rather than "CVS branches".
998 Remove obsolete .cvsignore files.
999 * .cvsignore, doc/.cvsignore, lib/.cvsignore, lib/am/.cvsignore,
1000 lib/Automake/.cvsignore, lib/Automake/tests/.cvsignore,
1001 m4/.cvsignore, tests/.cvsignore: Files deleted. Even when using
1002 savannah's CVS readonly mirror there's no way to commit back to
1003 the real repository, so this files are not worth maintaining or
1006 2010-09-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1008 * m4/dmalloc.m4: Bump serial number and copyright years.
1010 2010-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1012 Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
1013 * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
1014 `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
1015 seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
1018 2010-09-17 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
1020 Avoid triple-space after period.
1021 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
1023 * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
1024 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
1025 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
1026 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
1027 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
1028 * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
1029 * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
1031 2010-09-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1033 Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
1034 * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
1035 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
1036 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
1037 * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
1038 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
1039 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
1040 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
1041 * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
1042 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
1043 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
1044 * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
1045 they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
1046 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
1048 2010-09-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1050 * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
1052 2010-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1054 * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
1056 2010-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1058 Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
1059 * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
1060 that made the test useless. Since we are at it, improve
1061 comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
1063 Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
1064 extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
1066 2010-09-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1068 Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
1069 The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
1070 target system for Automake. So it's pointless to put it in
1072 * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
1073 * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
1074 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1075 From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
1077 Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
1078 * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
1079 instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
1080 * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
1081 white spaces. Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
1082 and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
1083 (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
1084 * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1085 * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
1086 * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
1088 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1089 Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
1091 Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
1092 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
1094 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1096 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
1097 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
1098 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
1099 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
1100 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
1101 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
1102 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
1105 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
1107 Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
1108 * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
1110 2010-08-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1112 Fix bug in test missing6.test.
1113 * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
1114 to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
1115 that do not support $LINENO. Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
1118 2010-08-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1120 Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
1121 * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
1122 $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
1123 (error): New function.
1124 (main): Use it. Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
1125 in case $ls_command gave bogus output. Fix eval quotation.
1126 * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
1127 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1129 2010-08-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1131 Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
1132 * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
1133 in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
1134 * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
1136 2010-08-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1137 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1139 Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
1140 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
1141 automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
1142 the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference
1143 to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
1145 Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
1146 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
1148 2010-08-16 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
1150 Don't hide the table of contents.
1151 * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
1153 2010-08-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1155 Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
1156 * tests/aclocal8.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
1158 * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise. Also, add trailing `:'
1160 * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
1161 * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
1162 `$me' over hard-coded test name.
1163 * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
1164 * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
1165 some grepping slightly stricter.
1166 * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `diff' over
1167 `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
1169 2010-08-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1171 Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
1172 * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1173 * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1174 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1175 * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
1176 * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1177 changes. Add a trailing `:' command.
1178 * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
1180 Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
1181 * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1182 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1183 * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
1184 * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
1185 * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
1186 * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
1188 * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
1189 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
1190 of captured make stdout.
1191 * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command. Also, use the
1192 `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
1194 * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
1195 * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
1196 flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
1197 * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1198 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1199 * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1200 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Do not export
1201 `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
1202 in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required). Use the stub for
1203 `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
1204 scratch. Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
1205 README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
1206 * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1207 changes. Extend existing checks a bit.
1208 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise. Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
1209 the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
1210 generated tarball a bit.
1211 * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1212 changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Also, do not create dummy
1213 files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
1214 automake in foreign mode anyway.
1215 * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1216 `configure.in'. Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1217 changes. Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
1218 and add a "FIXME" comment.
1219 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
1220 `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
1221 * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1222 `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
1223 ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. Enable `errexit'
1224 shell flag, and related changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1225 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1227 * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1228 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Escape literal
1229 dots in grep regular expressions. Also, add a trailing `:'
1230 command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
1232 Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
1233 * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
1234 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1235 * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
1236 * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
1237 * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
1238 * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
1239 * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
1240 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1241 * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
1242 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
1243 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
1244 with its sister test.
1245 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1247 2010-08-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1249 Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
1250 * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command. Typofix in
1252 * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
1253 not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
1254 Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
1255 * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
1257 * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1258 Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
1259 * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
1260 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1261 * tests/condman.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless
1262 dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1263 * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
1264 it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
1266 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1268 Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
1269 * tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1270 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Do not create
1271 a useless dummy file. Add trailing `:' command.
1272 * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1273 related changes. Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1274 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1275 * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1276 changes. Improve the generated `configure.in' file. Add
1277 trailing `:' command.
1278 * tests/colon2.test: Likewise. Also, add some new checks.
1279 * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1280 Add new, much deeper checks. Add trailing `:' command.
1281 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1282 * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command. Remove useless
1283 comments and echos. Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1284 make some grepping tests stricter. Add a "FIXME" comments about
1285 planned improvements.
1287 Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
1288 * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
1289 and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs. Make grepping of
1290 Automake stderr stricter. Do not create useless source file.
1291 Improve verbose messages. Minor cosmetic changes. Tell to
1292 keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
1293 * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
1294 * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
1296 Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
1297 * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
1298 * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
1299 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
1300 * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
1301 * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
1302 * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
1303 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1305 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1306 * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes. Re-enable a temporarily
1307 disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
1308 are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
1309 * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
1310 accordingly to "TODO" comments.
1311 * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1312 Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
1313 stub preset be ./defs.
1314 * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1315 rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
1316 Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes. Prefer diff over
1317 cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
1318 of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in. Make grepping of the contents
1319 of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
1320 * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1321 rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping of Makefile.in
1323 * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter. Add a
1325 * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
1326 `configure.ac'. Do not write `configure.in' two times. Escape
1327 literal dots in grep regular expressions.
1328 * tests/confincl.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1329 changes. Prefer fgrep over grep. Other cosmetic changes.
1330 * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
1331 * tests/confh6.test: ... this. Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
1332 and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
1333 * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
1334 * tests/confh7.test: ... to this. Use the `configure.in' stub
1335 created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch. Try to
1336 run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
1338 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1340 Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
1341 * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
1342 Add a trailing `:' command.
1343 * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
1344 it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
1345 empty value. Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
1346 done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required. Ensure verbose
1347 printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking. Add a
1348 trailing `:' command.
1349 * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1350 grep regexps. Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
1351 files. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
1352 Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:' command.
1353 * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1354 grep regexp. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
1355 created Makefile.am. Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
1356 stoud/stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
1357 * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1358 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Quote literal dots
1359 and dollar characters in grep regexps. Explicitly declare phony
1360 targets as such in the created Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:'
1362 * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
1363 configure.in. Cosmetic fixes to spacing. Make the "dummy" `if'
1364 statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
1365 explanatory comments to it.
1366 * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add a trailing `:' command.
1368 Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
1369 * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test. Working
1370 checks moved out to ...
1371 * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
1372 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1374 Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
1375 * tests/subobjname.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1376 * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
1377 Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
1378 * tests/subobj2.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not use the
1379 unportable fgrep option `-e'.
1380 * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1381 (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
1383 * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise. Also, enable `errexit' shell
1384 flag, with related changes
1385 * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of
1386 `Makefile.in' stricter.
1387 * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1388 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1390 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1391 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1392 * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1393 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1394 of ./defs). Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
1395 * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
1397 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1398 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1399 * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1400 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Fail the test if
1401 `make distcheck' fails. Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1402 stdout. Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
1403 test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
1404 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1405 (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
1406 * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'. Add
1407 trailing `:' command.
1408 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1410 Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
1411 * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
1412 * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
1413 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1415 Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
1416 * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
1417 autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
1420 * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
1421 since we don't generate it. Correctly quote arguments of
1422 `eval' builtin. Fixed a botched error message. Removed an
1425 Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
1426 * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
1427 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
1429 Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
1430 * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
1431 ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
1432 Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
1434 Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
1435 * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1436 * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
1437 Makefile.in stricter.
1439 2010-08-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1441 Fix maintainer-check failure.
1442 * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
1443 time stamp differences.
1445 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1446 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
1449 2010-08-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1451 Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
1452 * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
1453 from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
1456 2010-08-06 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
1458 Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
1459 * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
1460 cater for problems with MSYS bash.
1462 2010-07-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1464 Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
1466 Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
1468 Add more hints for debugging make rules.
1469 * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
1470 out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
1472 Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
1474 2010-07-27 Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk> (tiny change)
1476 Fix typo in the manual.
1477 * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
1479 2010-07-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1481 Document current policy for development with git.
1482 * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
1483 Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
1485 Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
1486 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
1487 variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
1489 * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
1492 Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
1493 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
1494 to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
1495 * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
1497 Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
1498 * tests/init2.test: New test.
1499 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1501 2010-07-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1503 Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
1504 * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1505 changes. Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
1506 rather than writing one from scratch.
1507 * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
1508 * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
1509 * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1510 changes. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1511 * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
1512 and in subdirs) stricter. Some minor changes to keep it more
1513 in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
1514 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
1515 `subdir5.test' here).
1516 * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
1517 * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'. Add
1518 trailing `:' command.
1519 * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
1520 * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
1521 (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
1522 it from scratch. Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
1523 autoconf/automake macros.
1525 Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
1526 * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
1527 a $MAKE call. Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
1528 * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
1529 Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
1530 instead. Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
1531 Display the content of more files, to ease debugging. Add a
1532 trailing `:' command. Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
1534 * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
1536 * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
1537 and stderr. Make grepping of captured stderr stricter. Also,
1538 add trailing `:' command.
1539 * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
1540 Makefile.am as `.PHONY'. Display content of more files, to ease
1541 debugging. Add trailing `:' command.
1542 * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise. Also, factor out common sed
1543 script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
1544 * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
1545 test Makefile.am files. Add a trailing `:' command.
1546 * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'. Move the
1547 call to `set -e' earlier. Be stricter and more verbose in the
1548 checking of the generated tarball.
1549 (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
1550 writing it from scratch. Avoid obsoleted constructs. Remove
1551 useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
1552 * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
1553 * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
1555 2010-07-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1557 Improve and extend test cond5.test.
1558 * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
1559 the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
1560 at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
1561 and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
1562 priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
1563 Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
1565 Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
1566 Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
1567 writing one from scratch.
1569 2010-06-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1571 Update program --help output to match current GCS.
1572 * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
1573 is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
1574 * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
1576 (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
1577 additional substitutions.
1578 * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. Point to Automake
1579 home page and GNU general help page.
1580 * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
1581 * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
1583 (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
1585 * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
1587 * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
1588 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
1591 Clean up @var handling in the manual.
1592 * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
1593 names, replace a few one-character names.
1595 2010-06-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1597 Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
1598 * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
1601 Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
1602 * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
1603 `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
1604 already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
1605 * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
1606 * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
1607 * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
1608 of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
1609 * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
1610 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
1611 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1612 * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
1613 * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
1615 Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
1616 * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
1619 2010-06-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1621 Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
1622 * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
1623 instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
1625 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1627 Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
1628 `make dist' to fail.
1629 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
1630 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1632 2010-06-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1634 Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
1635 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
1636 and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
1639 * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
1640 tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
1641 please maintainer-check. Ensure generated C files contain a
1642 declaration, to please compilers.
1644 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1646 Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
1647 $(FLAGS) precedence.
1648 * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
1649 "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
1650 $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
1651 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1654 New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
1655 $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
1656 * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
1657 precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS). Still
1659 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
1660 * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
1661 precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS). Still
1663 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
1664 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1666 2010-06-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1668 Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
1669 * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1671 * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
1672 * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
1674 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
1675 * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1676 changes. Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
1677 * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1678 changes. Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
1679 might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
1680 * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1681 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use a more
1682 idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
1683 grep. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1684 * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1685 stdout. Minor cosmetic changes.
1686 * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, drop useless call to the
1687 env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
1688 $FGREP rather than plain grep.
1689 * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
1690 * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
1691 * tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
1692 the `configure.in' stub. Cosmetic changes.
1693 * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
1695 2010-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1697 Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
1698 * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
1699 useless `if' statement is indeed required.
1701 Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
1702 * tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
1703 an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
1705 Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
1706 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
1707 definition of this variable.
1709 2010-06-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1711 Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
1712 * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
1713 for the FOOTEST conditional.
1715 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1717 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1718 * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
1720 * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
1721 * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
1722 * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
1723 stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
1724 * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
1725 changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
1726 * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1727 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping
1728 of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
1729 * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
1730 * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
1731 earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
1732 that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
1734 * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1735 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Move the call
1736 to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
1737 Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
1738 in ./defs). Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
1739 output. Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
1740 * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
1741 make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
1742 * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1743 changes. Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
1744 * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
1745 * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise. Also, use the `configure.in'
1746 stub created by `./defs'.
1747 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1749 Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
1750 * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
1751 here-doc, not using echo.
1752 * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
1753 `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
1754 instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
1755 * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1757 * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless dummy
1758 data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
1759 * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise. Also, append to configure.in
1760 using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
1761 * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
1762 * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
1763 * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
1764 * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
1765 * tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
1766 Automake stderr. Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
1768 Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
1769 * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
1770 or grepping it. Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
1772 * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
1773 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
1774 * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
1775 * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
1776 * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
1777 * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
1778 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
1779 * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
1780 * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
1781 * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
1782 * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
1783 * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
1784 * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
1785 * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
1787 * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
1788 created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1790 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1791 * tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1793 * tests/backsl2.test: Likewise.
1794 * tests/block.test: Likewise.
1795 * tests/canon2.test: Likewise.
1796 * tests/canon4.test: Likewise.
1797 * tests/comment2.test: Likewise.
1798 * tests/condlib.test: Likewise.
1799 * tests/cond15.test: Likewise, and prefer $FGREP over grep.
1800 * tests/canon3.test: Likewise. Also, avoid to create an useless
1802 * tests/acoutpt2.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and some
1803 related changes. Do some cosmetic improvements in the generated
1804 `configure.in' file.
1805 * tests/cond4.test: Likewise.
1806 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
1807 * tests/condinc.test: Likewise.
1808 * tests/cond7.test: Likewise. Also, remove useless setting of
1809 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am.
1810 * tests/ansi.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1811 changes. Extended, esp. by running autoconf, ./configure and
1812 make, and by looking into the distdir.
1814 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1815 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1817 Extend tests/README w.r.t. trailing `:' in test scripts.
1818 * tests/README (section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
1819 Explain why apparently redundant trailing `:' and `Exit 0' in
1820 test scripts can indeed be useful.
1822 2010-06-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1824 Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
1825 * bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
1828 Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
1829 * bootstrap: Consistently use two-spaces indentation. Cosmetic
1830 improvement to comments.
1831 ($me): New variable, containing program basename.
1832 Prepend it to all error messages.
1834 Testsuite now works with BSD make in parallel mode.
1835 * tests/defs.in: Unset variables __MKLVL__ and MAKE_JOBS_FIFO,
1836 which are exported by BSD make when run in parallel mode, and
1837 which can confuse make processes spawned by our testsuite.
1838 This change fixes a lot of spurious failure when the testsuite
1839 is run with BSD make in parallel mode.
1841 2010-06-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1843 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1844 * tests/sanity.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1845 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1846 * tests/depend2.test: Likewise. Also, call `set -e' just after
1847 the inclusion of `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1848 * tests/canon5.test: Avoid a useless `|| Exit 1' after a call to
1849 $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
1850 * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
1851 Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
1852 These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
1853 * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
1854 * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
1855 rather than in the middle.
1856 * tests/exeext.test: Call `set -e' just after the inclusion of
1857 `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1858 * tests/extra5.test: Likewise.
1859 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `mv -f' over
1860 plain `mv', just to be sure.
1861 * tests/depcomp.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1862 changes. Also, modernize the generated configure.in.
1863 * tests/cond9.test: Likewise. Also, rely on the `configure.in'
1864 stub created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1865 * tests/cond10.test: Likewise.
1866 * tests/depcomp2.test: Likewise.
1867 * tests/depend3.test: Likewise.
1868 * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
1869 * tests/fortdep.test: Likewise. Also, remove definition of
1870 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am,
1871 since that flag is already provided by $AUTOMAKE.
1872 * tests/mdate.test: Made stricter, by checking that Automake
1873 actually failed, and by making a stricter grep on the error
1874 message. Also, set shell `errexit flag'.
1875 * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
1877 Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
1878 * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
1879 Enable `errexit' shell flag.
1881 2010-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1883 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1884 * tests/subcond.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1886 * tests/subst.test: Likewise.
1887 * tests/vars.test: Likewise.
1888 * tests/version4.test: Likewise.
1889 * tests/vpath.test: Likewise.
1890 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
1891 * tests/werror.test: Likewise.
1892 * tests/whoami.test: Likewise.
1893 * tests/tags.test: Likewise, and avoid to crate an useless dummy
1895 * tests/acsilent.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1896 command substitution.
1897 * tests/unused.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1898 command substitution.
1899 * tests/version.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1900 in the generated `configure.in'.
1901 * tests/version2.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1902 in the generated `configure.in'.
1904 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1906 Prefer AUTOMAKE_fails over `$AUTOMAKE | grep' in tests.
1907 * tests/ldadd.test: Enable errexit. Use AUTOMAKE_fails so
1908 the verbose log contains all output.
1909 * tests/mdate.test: Likewise.
1910 Prompted by Stefano Lattarini's change to discover.test.
1912 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1914 Improve tests link*.test (enable `errexit' shell flag).
1915 * tests/link_c_cxx.test: Enable `errexit shell flag, and related
1916 changes. Also, do not create useless source files.
1917 * tests/link_dist.test: Likewise.
1918 * tests/link_f90_only.test: Likewise.
1919 * tests/link_f_only.test: Likewise.
1920 * tests/link_fc.test: Likewise.
1921 * tests/link_fccxx.test: Likewise.
1922 * tests/link_fcxx.test: Likewise.
1924 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1926 Improve ext.test semantics, avoid OpenBSD sh errexit issue.
1927 * tests/ext.test: Inside shell compound command, use
1928 `if $cmd; then Exit 1; fi' rather than `$cmd && Exit 1', to
1929 fix failure with OpenBSD sh introduced with last patch.
1930 Actually ensure that a rule for .EXT.o is created for each
1931 known extension EXT.
1933 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1935 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1936 * tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1938 * tests/defun.test: Likewise.
1939 * tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
1940 * tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
1941 * tests/double.test: Likewise.
1942 * tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
1943 * tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
1944 * tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
1945 * tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
1946 * tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
1947 * tests/ext.test: Likewise.
1948 * tests/extra.test: Likewise.
1949 * tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
1950 * tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
1951 * tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
1952 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
1953 * tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
1954 * tests/fo.test: Likewise.
1955 * tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
1956 * tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
1957 * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
1958 * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
1959 * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1960 comments and unnecessary commands.
1961 * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1962 comments and unnecessary commands.
1963 * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
1965 Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
1966 * tests/cxx.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1968 * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
1969 * tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
1970 * tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
1971 * tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
1972 * tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.
1974 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1975 * tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1977 * tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
1978 * tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
1979 * tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
1980 * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
1981 * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
1982 * tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
1983 * tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
1984 * tests/clean.test: Likewise.
1985 * tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
1986 * tests/colon.test: Likewise.
1987 * tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
1988 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1989 * tests/comment.test: Likewise.
1990 * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1991 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1992 * tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
1993 * tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
1994 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
1995 * tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
1996 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
1997 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1998 * tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
1999 * tests/confh4.test: Likewise. Also, add in the heading comments
2000 an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
2001 creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.
2003 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2005 Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
2006 * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
2007 (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
2008 (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
2009 Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
2010 speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
2011 or by addressing them as `you' instead.
2013 Report by Christina Gratorp.
2017 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2019 Make tests on user extensibility of silent-rules mode stricter.
2020 * tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
2021 output produced by `make'.
2022 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
2024 Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
2025 * tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
2026 output produced by `make'.
2027 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
2028 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
2029 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
2030 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
2031 command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.
2033 Improved test silent5.test.
2034 * tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
2035 non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
2036 Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
2037 removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
2038 not trigger a different set of rules. Make grepping of make's
2039 output stricter. Improved/added some comments.
2041 New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
2042 * tests/silentf77.test: New test.
2043 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
2044 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2046 New test `silentcxx.test' (Automake silent-mode with C++).
2047 * tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
2048 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2050 New test `silentyacc.test' (Automake silent-mode with Yacc).
2051 * tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
2052 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2054 New test `silentlex.test' (Automake silent-mode with Lex).
2055 * tests/silentlex.test: New test.
2056 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2058 Relax tests on silent-rules to cater to overly verbose makes.
2059 * tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
2060 make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
2061 it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
2062 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
2063 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
2064 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
2065 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
2066 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
2068 2010-01-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2070 Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
2071 * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
2072 expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
2073 to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
2075 * automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
2076 `@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
2077 (handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
2078 set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
2079 * m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
2080 verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
2081 dependencies are enabled.
2082 * tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
2083 also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
2084 * tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
2085 dependency tracking.
2086 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2087 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2088 Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.
2090 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2092 Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
2093 * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Related and
2094 unrelated minor changes. Make the grepping of the generated
2095 Makefile.in slightly stricter. Generate and run configure, so that
2096 the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
2098 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2100 Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
2101 * lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
2102 than \015, for EBCDIC hosts. Also, avoid unportable nested
2103 double-quotes and backquotes.
2105 Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.
2107 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2109 Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
2110 Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
2111 autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
2112 and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
2113 required configure 2.61a-341 or later. This change should
2114 eliminate such inconsistencies.
2115 * configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
2118 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2120 Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
2121 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
2122 not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.
2124 Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
2125 * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
2126 * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
2129 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2131 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2132 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2133 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2135 Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
2136 * tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Also, avoid
2137 unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.
2139 Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2140 * tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
2141 instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
2142 since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter. Do not SKIP the test
2143 if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.
2145 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2148 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
2149 missing closing parenthesis.
2151 Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
2152 * automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
2153 macros_dump. Print actual error before list of variables.
2155 2010-04-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2157 Minor improvements in comments of test `silent3.test'.
2158 * tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
2161 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2163 testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
2164 * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
2165 tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
2166 tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
2169 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2171 Make test badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
2172 * tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'. Due to this change,
2173 an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
2174 was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
2175 Also, bumped the copyright years.
2177 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2178 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2179 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2181 Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoids possible false negatives).
2182 * tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
2183 changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
2184 Also, bumped copyright years.
2186 2010-04-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2188 Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
2189 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
2190 $configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
2192 (require_variables): Initialize it here.
2193 * tests/configure.test: New test.
2194 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
2195 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
2197 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2199 Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
2200 * tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
2201 copyright years. Due to this change, any unexpected failure
2202 in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
2203 a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
2204 cause the whole test to fail.
2206 2010-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2208 Fixed typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
2209 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
2210 @<...> was used instead of C<...>.
2212 2010-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2214 Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
2215 * tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
2216 * tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
2217 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.
2219 2010-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2221 Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test
2222 * tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.
2224 Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
2225 * tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Improve
2228 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2230 Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
2231 Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
2232 Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
2233 treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
2234 and unstable exit status values.
2235 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
2236 (drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
2237 $warnings_are_errors.
2238 * tests/werror3.test: New test.
2239 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2242 2010-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2244 Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2245 * tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
2246 `test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
2247 that is not supported by Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2249 Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
2250 * tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'. Fail if $ACLOCAL
2251 succeds unexpectedly.
2253 Add tests checking that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
2254 * tests/distlinks.test: New test.
2255 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2256 Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.
2258 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2260 Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
2261 * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
2262 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2263 Report by Pavel Sanda.
2265 2010-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2267 Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
2268 * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
2269 in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
2272 Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.
2273 * Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
2274 $(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
2275 symlink targets). Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
2278 2010-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2280 Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.
2281 * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
2282 Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
2283 Suggested by Karl Berry.
2285 2010-03-13 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
2287 GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
2288 * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
2291 2010-03-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2293 Formatting cleanups in macro comments.
2294 * automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
2295 lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
2296 lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
2297 m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.
2299 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2300 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2302 Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file.
2303 * tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
2304 `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
2305 variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
2306 * tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
2307 (check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
2308 (clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
2309 ($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
2311 * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
2313 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
2314 then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
2315 * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
2316 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2317 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2318 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2319 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2320 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2321 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
2322 * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
2323 * tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
2324 * tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases" subsection "Do"):
2325 Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
2326 behaviour. Some other minor related improvements.
2327 * tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.
2329 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2331 Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
2332 * tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
2333 already unset in the `defs' file.
2334 * tests/check5.test: Likewise.
2335 * tests/check8.test: Likewise.
2336 * tests/check9.test: Likewise.
2337 * tests/check10.test: Likewise.
2338 * tests/check11.test: Likewise.
2339 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
2340 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2341 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2342 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2343 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2344 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2346 2010-02-22 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2348 Improve help message of mdate-sh.
2349 * mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.
2351 2010-02-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2353 Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
2354 * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
2355 Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
2357 Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.
2359 2010-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2361 Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2362 * tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
2364 * tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
2365 wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2366 * tests/extra12.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
2367 EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
2368 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2369 Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
2370 and Ralf Wildenhues.
2372 2010-02-08 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
2374 Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.
2375 * lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.
2377 2010-02-06 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> (tiny change)
2378 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2380 Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
2381 The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
2382 cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
2384 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
2385 * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
2386 * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
2387 * lib/ylwrap: Likewise. Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
2388 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2389 Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
2391 2010-02-06 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2393 Improve gnupload usage text.
2394 * gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
2395 line. Mention CMD in the synopsis. With ..., plural is implied.
2397 2010-01-28 Christos Kontas <xakon@yahoo.com> (tiny change)
2399 Fix some typos in the manual
2400 * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.
2402 2010-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2404 Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
2405 * tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Check that
2406 autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
2407 configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
2409 * tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.
2411 Fix test acoutbs2.test.
2412 * tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
2413 to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
2414 PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
2415 Updated copyright years.
2416 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.
2418 Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
2419 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
2420 filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
2421 acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
2422 (XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.
2424 2010-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2426 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
2427 * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub:
2430 Bump copyright years.
2431 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
2432 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
2433 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
2436 * ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
2437 * ChangeLog: ... here.
2438 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.
2442 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2444 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
2445 permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.