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