ChangeLog

   1 2011-01-17  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
   2
   3         tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make.
   4         * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos.  Ensure prerequisites we
   5         do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target.
   6         Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule.
   7
   8 2011-01-16  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
   9
  10         tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
  11         * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
  12         Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
  13
  14 2011-01-16  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
  15             Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  16
  17         parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs.
  18         * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
  19         Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
  20         exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
  21         * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
  22         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
  23         * NEWS: Update.
  24
  25 2011-01-16  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
  26
  27         * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
  28
  29         Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
  30         * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
  31         are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
  32
  33 2011-01-15  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
  34
  35         docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
  36         * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
  37         (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
  38         lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
  39         output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
  40         Report by Stefano Lattarini.
  41
  42 2011-01-15  Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
  43
  44         tests: fix comment typo
  45         * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
  46
  47 2011-01-13  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  48
  49         tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
  50         * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'.
  51         * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so
  52         that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable)
  53         to build it.
  54         Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
  55
  56 2011-01-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
  57
  58         Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change.
  59         Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to
  60         require computing the canonical host name.  Ensure config.guess
  61         and config.sub files are present for respective checks.
  62         * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files.
  63         * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
  64         * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
  65
  66 2011-01-12   Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  67
  68         docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
  69         This change fixes automake bug#7828.
  70         * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake
  71         recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with
  72         other options.
  73         From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
  74
  75 2011-01-10   Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  76
  77         tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
  78         Related to automake bug#7819.
  79         * tests/autodist.test: New test.
  80         * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
  81         * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
  82         * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
  83         * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
  84         * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
  85         * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
  86         * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
  87         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
  88
  89 2011-01-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
  90
  91         tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL
  92         * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling
  93         automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug
  94         in the texinfo + cygnus interaction.
  95         * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments.
  96         * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated.
  97
  98 2011-01-09  Dave Hart  <davehart@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
  99
 100         Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
 101         * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
 102
 103 2011-01-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 104
 105         Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
 106         * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
 107         `make', for debugging.  When looking for required tools, do not
 108         redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
 109         uselessly run it in a subshell.
 110         * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
 111         make.  All checks moved into Makefile.am.
 112         * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
 113         configure.in.
 114         * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
 115         minor improvements.
 116         * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
 117         changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
 118         * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
 119         Makefile.in stricter.
 120         * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
 121         changes.  Add trailing `:' command.  Do not add unnecessary stuff
 122         to Makefile.am.
 123         * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
 124         to be generated only once really are.  Make grepping less strict,
 125         to avoid exposing too much internal details.  More minor changes.
 126         * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'.  Prefer cat over echo
 127         for appending to configure.in.  Updated/fixed heading comments.
 128         * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
 129         it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
 130         * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
 131         * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
 132         * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'.  Prefer cat over echo
 133         for appending to configure.in.  Also, check that index files are
 134         cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
 135         * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
 136         and added trailing `:' command.  This testcase also used to check
 137         that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
 138         preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
 139         "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
 140         so they have been moved ...
 141         * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
 142         * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps.  Add
 143         trailing `:' command.
 144         * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise.  Relax grepping of generated
 145         Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces.  Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
 146         append to configure.in.
 147         * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
 148         * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
 149         make it stricter, sometimes laxer).  Move `set -e' setting just
 150         after the inclusion of ./defs.  De-uglify a sed command.  Other
 151         minor cosmetic improvements.
 152         * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.  Add
 153         trailing `:' command.
 154         * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
 155         * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
 156         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 157
 158 2011-01-09  Peter Rosin  <peda@lysator.liu.se>
 159
 160         Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
 161         * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
 162
 163 2011-01-09   Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 164
 165         cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
 166         * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
 167         * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
 168         * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
 169         * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
 170         * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
 171         * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
 172         * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
 173
 174         automake: minor fixes in comments
 175         * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
 176
 177 2011-01-09  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 178
 179         Add test coverage for deleted header files.
 180         * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
 181         also check for the deleted header bug.  If no dependency
 182         tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
 183         successfully.  Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
 184
 185         Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
 186         * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
 187
 188         docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
 189         * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
 190         (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
 191         (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
 192         (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
 193         Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
 194
 195 2011-01-08  Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
 196             Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 197
 198         docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
 199         * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
 200         manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
 201         (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
 202
 203 2011-01-02   Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 204
 205         * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
 206
 207 2011-01-02   Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 208              Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 209
 210         docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
 211         * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
 212         be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory
 213         couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES').
 214
 215 2011-01-02  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 216
 217         Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
 218         * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
 219         Sync from upstream.
 220
 221         Fix maintainer-check regression.
 222         * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the
 223         environment.
 224
 225         Bump copyright years.
 226         * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
 227         * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
 228         * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
 229
 230 2010-12-23  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 231             Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 232
 233         Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make.
 234         * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the
 235         dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single
 236         one.
 237         * tests/subobj11a.test: New test.
 238         * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise.
 239         * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise.
 240         * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise.
 241         * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
 242         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 243         * NEWS: Updated.
 244         Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final
 245         patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini.
 246
 247 2010-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 248
 249         Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5.
 250         * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on
 251         weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5).
 252         * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related
 253         change.
 254         Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.  The bugs have been there from the
 255         first versions of the affected test scripts.
 256
 257 2010-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 258
 259         docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro.
 260         * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require
 261         the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at
 262         least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from
 263         Cygnus" of 1997-08-25).
 264
 265 2010-12-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 266
 267         distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
 268         * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
 269         its output each time for a single error message, rather than
 270         running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
 271         all the expected error messages.  This should work around make
 272         implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
 273         information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
 274           - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
 275             <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
 276           - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
 277             <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
 278
 279 2010-12-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 280
 281         Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
 282         * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
 283         `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
 284         in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
 285
 286 2010-12-18  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 287
 288         docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
 289         * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
 290         not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
 291         extension module `quaternion.la'.
 292
 293 2010-12-16  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 294
 295         docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
 296         * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
 297         the Automake primaries.
 298
 299 2010-12-14  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 300
 301         Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen.
 302         * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen
 303         relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in
 304         other respects.
 305         * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
 306         * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
 307         * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
 308         * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
 309         * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
 310         * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
 311         * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
 312         * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen
 313         tightened.
 314
 315 2010-12-10  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 316
 317         Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.
 318         * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE.
 319         Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not
 320         invoke installed automake.
 321
 322 2010-11-25  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 323
 324         Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc
 325         In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the
 326         use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has
 327         unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C
 328         compilers were used.  So we are now careful to require GCC in
 329         tests that force gcc depmode.
 330         From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
 331         * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
 332         * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new
 333         sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
 334         "gcc" in $required.
 335         * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
 336         * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new
 337         sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
 338         "gcc" in $required.
 339         * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
 340         * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new
 341         sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
 342         "gcc" in $required.
 343         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 344
 345 2010-11-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 346
 347         Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs".
 348         * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare
 349         `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests.
 350         * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise.
 351         * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise.
 352         * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise.
 353         * tests/cond23.test: Likewise.
 354         * tests/cond24.test: Likewise.
 355         * tests/cond25.test: Likewise.
 356         * tests/cond26.test: Likewise.
 357         * tests/cond27.test: Likewise.
 358         * tests/cond28.test: Likewise.
 359         * tests/cond29.test: Likewise.
 360         * tests/cond30.test: Likewise.
 361         * tests/cond31.test: Likewise.
 362         * tests/cond32.test: Likewise.
 363         * tests/cond33.test: Likewise.
 364         * tests/cond34.test: Likewise.
 365         * tests/cond35.test: Likewise.
 366         * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
 367         * tests/cond37.test: Likewise.
 368         * tests/cond38.test: Likewise.
 369         * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
 370         * tests/cond40.test: Likewise.
 371         * tests/cond41.test: Likewise.
 372         * tests/cond42.test: Likewise.
 373         * tests/cond43.test: Likewise.
 374         * tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
 375         * tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
 376         * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise.
 377         * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise.
 378         * tests/hfs.test: Likewise.
 379         * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise.
 380         * tests/percent.test: Likewise.
 381         * tests/percent2.test: Likewise.
 382         * tests/phony.test: Likewise.
 383         * tests/silent.test: Likewise.
 384         * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
 385         * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
 386         * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
 387         * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
 388         * tests/silent6.test: Likewise.
 389         * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
 390         * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
 391         * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise.
 392         * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise.
 393         * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
 394         * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise.
 395         * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise.
 396
 397         Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests.
 398         * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean"
 399         and "make maintainer-clean".
 400         * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
 401         * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean".
 402         * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
 403         * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
 404
 405 2010-11-19  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
 406
 407         Sync config-ml.in from GCC.
 408         * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other
 409         compiler/flag environment variables.
 410
 411 2010-11-19  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 412
 413         Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon.
 414         * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon.
 415
 416         help4.test: fix botched heading comment.
 417         * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it
 418         didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was
 419         supposed to perform.
 420
 421         help2.test: add checks on aclocal too.
 422         * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and
 423         `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both
 424         broken.
 425
 426 2010-11-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 427
 428         Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran.
 429         * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
 430         messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to
 431         avoid spurious failures.  Add a trailing `:' command.
 432         * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
 433
 434 2010-11-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 435
 436         Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran.
 437         * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
 438         messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers,
 439         to avoid spurious failures.  This bug has been there from the
 440         very first version of this test script.
 441
 442 2010-11-16  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 443
 444         Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
 445         * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
 446         post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
 447         of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
 448         on the commend line.  Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
 449         * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
 450         Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
 451         improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
 452         Wildenhues.
 453
 454 2010-11-16  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 455
 456         Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
 457         * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
 458         hand-postprocessed Makefile.in.  This check worked by setting
 459         the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
 460         not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
 461         This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
 462         commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
 463         tests".  Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
 464
 465 2010-11-16  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 466
 467         tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
 468         * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
 469         double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
 470         are not part of the Automake API.
 471
 472 2010-11-14  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 473
 474         tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
 475         * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
 476         pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
 477
 478 2010-11-14  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 479
 480         Rebuild menus in the manual.
 481         * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
 482         Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
 483
 484         Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
 485         * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment.  Use
 486         separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
 487         to fix quoting issues.
 488         * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
 489         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
 490
 491 2010-11-10  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 492
 493         Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
 494         * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
 495         Found by NixOS Hydra.
 496
 497 2010-11-07  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 498
 499         Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
 500         * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
 501         "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
 502         later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
 503         character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
 504         escaped newlines.  This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
 505         where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
 506         * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
 507         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 508         Reported by Andy Wingo.
 509
 510 2010-11-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 511
 512         Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
 513         * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
 514         if control structure in a generated make rules.  Bug introduced
 515         by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
 516         of test `vala2.test'.
 517
 518 2010-11-01  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 519
 520         Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
 521         * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
 522         modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
 523         * NEWS: Update.
 524         * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
 525         stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
 526         (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
 527         and header remaking.
 528         * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
 529         passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
 530         * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
 531         %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
 532         * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
 533         New tests.
 534         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 535
 536 2010-11-01  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 537
 538         Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
 539         * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
 540         (Introduction): Refer to it.
 541
 542 2010-10-04  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 543
 544         Add support for newer python versions.
 545         * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
 546         _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST.  Since we are at it, break a long
 547         line and fix indentation.
 548         * THANKS: Updated.
 549         From a report by Thomas Klausner.
 550
 551         Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
 552         * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
 553         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 554
 555         Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
 556         * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
 557         flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
 558         * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
 559         * tests/help.test: Likewise.  Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
 560         instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
 561         please maintainer-check.
 562         * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
 563
 564 2010-10-03  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 565             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 566
 567         Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
 568         * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
 569         flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
 570         to better honour user-overrides.  Similarly for aclocal.
 571         * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
 572         * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
 573         * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
 574
 575 2010-10-03  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 576
 577         Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
 578         * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
 579         are expanded before rules.
 580         * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
 581         get matched as a rule.
 582         Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
 583
 584 2010-10-02  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 585
 586         Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
 587         This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
 588         because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
 589
 590         2010-09-07  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 591
 592         parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
 593         * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
 594         substitution %MAKEFILE%.
 595         (generate_makefile): Adjust.
 596         * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
 597         sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
 598         input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
 599         w32 (MSYS).
 600         * NEWS: Update.
 601         Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
 602
 603 2010-09-26  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 604
 605         Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
 606         * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
 607         it, rather than removing already present files.  Run the aclocal
 608         and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
 609         $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL.  Be sure to correctly match literal dots
 610         in aclocal's and automake's stderr.  Add a trailing `:' command.
 611         * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
 612         `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
 613         * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
 614         `--version' take precedence on the other options.
 615         * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
 616         `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
 617         line wins.
 618         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 619
 620 2010-09-25  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 621
 622         Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.
 623         * tests/compile2.test: Do no uselessly (implicitly) repeat the
 624         computation of PATH_SEPARATOR again.
 625         * tests/instmany-mans.test: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when
 626         extending/redefining PATH.
 627         * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
 628         * tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
 629         * tests/man4.test: Likewise.
 630         * tests/mkinst3.test: Likewise.
 631         * tests/mmodely.test: Likewise.
 632         * tests/multlib.test: Likewise.
 633         * tests/txinfo30.test: Likewise.
 634         * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
 635         Updated.
 636         * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): New maintainer check.
 637         (syntax_check_rules): Updated.
 638
 639         Testsuite: new variables `$PATH_SEPARATOR' and `$APIVERSION'.
 640         * tests/defs.in ($APIVERSION):  New AC_SUBST'd variable.
 641         ($ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE): Use it.
 642         ($PATH_SEPARATOR):  New AC_SUBST'd variables.
 643         ($PATH): Use it.
 644
 645 2010-09-22  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 646
 647         Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used.
 648         * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn'
 649         directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied
 650         regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST.
 651         (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion
 652         `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private
 653         directories.
 654         (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t.
 655         the version control system used.
 656
 657         Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist".
 658         * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard
 659         example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under
 660         the "cvs-dist" one.
 661
 662         Perl modules: remove references to "Automake CVS repository".
 663         * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Update comments to refer to "Automke's
 664         git repository" rather than to "Automake's CVS repository".
 665         * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
 666         * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
 667         * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise.
 668         * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise.
 669         * lib/Automake/Version.pm (=head1 DESCRIPTION): Refer to "git
 670         branches" rather than "CVS branches".
 671
 672         Remove obsolete .cvsignore files.
 673         * .cvsignore, doc/.cvsignore, lib/.cvsignore, lib/am/.cvsignore,
 674         lib/Automake/.cvsignore, lib/Automake/tests/.cvsignore,
 675         m4/.cvsignore, tests/.cvsignore: Files deleted.  Even when using
 676         savannah's CVS readonly mirror there's no way to commit back to
 677         the real repository, so this files are not worth maintaining or
 678         keeping around.
 679
 680 2010-09-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 681
 682         * m4/dmalloc.m4: Bump serial number and copyright years.
 683
 684 2010-09-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 685
 686         Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
 687         * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
 688         `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
 689         seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
 690         tarballs now).
 691
 692 2010-09-17  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 693
 694         Avoid triple-space after period.
 695         * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
 696         sentence end.
 697         * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
 698         * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
 699         * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
 700         * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
 701         * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
 702         * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
 703         * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
 704
 705 2010-09-15  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 706
 707         Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
 708         * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
 709         * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
 710         * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
 711         * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
 712         * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
 713         * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
 714         * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
 715         * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
 716         * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
 717         * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
 718         * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
 719         they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
 720         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
 721
 722 2010-09-14  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 723
 724         * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
 725
 726 2010-09-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 727
 728         * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
 729
 730 2010-09-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 731
 732         Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
 733         * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
 734         that made the test useless.  Since we are at it, improve
 735         comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
 736         stricter.
 737         Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
 738         extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
 739
 740 2010-09-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 741
 742         Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
 743         The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
 744         target system for Automake.  So it's pointless to put it in
 745         $required.
 746         * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
 747         * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
 748         * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
 749         From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
 750
 751         Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
 752         * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
 753         instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
 754         * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
 755         white spaces.  Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
 756         and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
 757         (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
 758         * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
 759         * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
 760         * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
 761         of `confh7.test'.
 762         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 763         Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
 764
 765         Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
 766         * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
 767
 768 2010-09-07  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 769
 770         parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
 771         * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
 772         substitution %MAKEFILE%.
 773         (generate_makefile): Adjust.
 774         * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
 775         sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
 776         input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
 777         w32 (MSYS).
 778         * NEWS: Update.
 779         Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
 780
 781         Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
 782         * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
 783
 784 2010-08-27  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 785
 786         Fix bug in test missing6.test.
 787         * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
 788         to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
 789         that do not support $LINENO.  Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
 790         changes.
 791
 792 2010-08-21  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 793
 794         Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
 795         * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
 796         $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
 797         (error): New function.
 798         (main): Use it.  Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
 799         in case $ls_command gave bogus output.  Fix eval quotation.
 800         * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
 801         * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
 802
 803 2010-08-18  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 804
 805         Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
 806         * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
 807         in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
 808         * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
 809
 810 2010-08-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 811             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 812
 813         Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
 814         * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
 815         automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
 816         the package developer can disable it altogether.  Add a reference
 817         to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
 818
 819         Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
 820         * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
 821
 822 2010-08-16  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 823
 824         Don't hide the table of contents.
 825         * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
 826
 827 2010-08-10  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 828
 829         Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
 830         * tests/aclocal8.test:  Ensure verbose printing of captured
 831         output.
 832         * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise.  Also, add trailing `:'
 833         command.
 834         * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
 835         * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
 836         `$me' over hard-coded test name.
 837         * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
 838         * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
 839         some grepping slightly stricter.
 840         * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise.  Also, prefer `diff' over
 841         `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
 842
 843 2010-08-09  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 844
 845         Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
 846         * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
 847         * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
 848         Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
 849         * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
 850         * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
 851         changes.  Add a trailing `:' command.
 852         * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
 853
 854         Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
 855         * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
 856         * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
 857         * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
 858         * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
 859         * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
 860         * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
 861         spacing.
 862         * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
 863         * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
 864         of captured make stdout.
 865         * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Also, use the
 866         `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
 867         from scratch.
 868         * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
 869         * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
 870         flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
 871         * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
 872         Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
 873         * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
 874         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Do not export
 875         `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
 876         in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required).  Use the stub for
 877         `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
 878         scratch.  Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
 879         README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
 880         * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
 881         changes.  Extend existing checks a bit.
 882         * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.  Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
 883         the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
 884         generated tarball a bit.
 885         * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
 886         changes.  Add a trailing `:' command.  Also, do not create dummy
 887         files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
 888         automake in foreign mode anyway.
 889         * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
 890         `configure.in'.  Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
 891         changes.  Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
 892         and add a "FIXME" comment.
 893         * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
 894         `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
 895         * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
 896         `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
 897         ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch.  Enable `errexit'
 898         shell flag, and related changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
 899         * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
 900         stricter.
 901         * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
 902         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Escape literal
 903         dots in grep regular expressions.  Also, add a trailing `:'
 904         command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
 905
 906         Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
 907         * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
 908         * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
 909         * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
 910         * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
 911         * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
 912         * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
 913         * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
 914         * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
 915         * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
 916         * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
 917         * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
 918         with its sister test.
 919         * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
 920
 921 2010-08-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
 922
 923         Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
 924         * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Typofix in
 925         comment.
 926         * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
 927         not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
 928         Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
 929         * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
 930         inverted semantic.
 931         * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
 932         Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
 933         * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
 934         changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
 935         * tests/condman.test: Likewise.  Also, do not create useless
 936         dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
 937         * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
 938         it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
 939         installed files.
 940         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
 941
 942         Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
 943         * tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
 944         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.  Do not create
 945         a useless dummy file.  Add trailing `:' command.
 946         * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
 947         related changes.  Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
 948         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
 949         * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
 950         changes.  Improve the generated `configure.in' file.  Add
 951         trailing `:' command.
 952         * tests/colon2.test: Likewise.  Also, add some new checks.
 953         * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
 954         Add new, much deeper checks.  Add trailing `:' command.
 955         * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
 956         * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Remove useless
 957         comments and echos.  Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
 958         make some grepping tests stricter.  Add a "FIXME" comments about
 959         planned improvements.
 960
 961         Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
 962         * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
 963         and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs.  Make grepping of
 964         Automake stderr stricter.  Do not create useless source file.
 965         Improve verbose messages.  Minor cosmetic changes.  Tell to
 966         keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
 967         * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
 968         * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
 969
 970         Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
 971         * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
 972         * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
 973         * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
 974         * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
 975         * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
 976         * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
 977         * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
 978         stricter.
 979         * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
 980         * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes.  Re-enable a temporarily
 981         disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
 982         are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
 983         * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
 984         accordingly to "TODO" comments.
 985         * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
 986         Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
 987         stub preset be ./defs.
 988         * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
 989         rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
 990         Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes.  Prefer diff over
 991         cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
 992         of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in.  Make grepping of the contents
 993         of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
 994         * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
 995         rather than writing one from scratch.  Make grepping of Makefile.in
 996         stricter.
 997         * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter.  Add a
 998         comment.
 999         * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
1000         `configure.ac'.  Do not write `configure.in' two times.  Escape
1001         literal dots in grep regular expressions.
1002         * tests/confincl.test:  Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1003         changes.  Prefer fgrep over grep.  Other cosmetic changes.
1004         * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
1005         * tests/confh6.test: ... this.  Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
1006         and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
1007         * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
1008         * tests/confh7.test: ... to this.  Use the `configure.in' stub
1009         created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch.  Try to
1010         run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
1011         `configure.in'.
1012         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1013
1014         Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
1015         * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
1016         Add a trailing `:' command.
1017         * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
1018         it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
1019         empty value.  Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
1020         done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required.  Ensure verbose
1021         printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking.  Add a
1022         trailing `:' command.
1023         * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1024         grep regexps.  Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
1025         files.  Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
1026         Makefile.am.  Add a trailing `:' command.
1027         * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1028         grep regexp.  Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
1029         created Makefile.am.  Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
1030         stoud/stderr.  Add a trailing `:' command.
1031         * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1032         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Quote literal dots
1033         and dollar characters in grep regexps.  Explicitly declare phony
1034         targets as such in the created Makefile.am.  Add a trailing `:'
1035         command.
1036         * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
1037         configure.in.  Cosmetic fixes to spacing.  Make the "dummy" `if'
1038         statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
1039         explanatory comments to it.
1040         * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add  a trailing `:' command.
1041
1042         Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
1043         * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test.  Working
1044         checks moved out to ...
1045         * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
1046         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1047
1048         Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
1049         * tests/subobjname.test:  Add trailing `:' command.
1050         * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
1051         Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
1052         * tests/subobj2.test:  Add trailing `:' command.  Do not use the
1053         unportable fgrep option `-e'.
1054         * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1055         (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
1056         constructs.
1057         * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise.  Also, enable `errexit' shell
1058         flag, with related changes
1059         * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise.  Also, make grepping of
1060         `Makefile.in' stricter.
1061         * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Move setting of
1062         `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1063         of ./defs).
1064         (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1065         writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1066         * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command.  Move setting of
1067         `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1068         of ./defs).  Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
1069         * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
1070         `f'.
1071         (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1072         writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1073         * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1074         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Fail the test if
1075         `make distcheck' fails.  Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1076         stdout.  Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
1077         test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
1078         (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1079         (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
1080         * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'.  Add
1081         trailing `:' command.
1082         (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1083
1084         Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
1085         * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
1086         * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
1087         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1088
1089         Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
1090         * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
1091         autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
1092
1093         Bootstrap: fixlet.
1094         * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
1095         since we don't generate it.  Correctly quote arguments of
1096         `eval' builtin.  Fixed a botched error message.  Removed an
1097         extra blank line.
1098
1099         Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
1100         * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
1101         ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
1102
1103         Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
1104         * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
1105         ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
1106         Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
1107
1108         Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
1109         * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1110         * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
1111         Makefile.in stricter.
1112
1113 2010-08-08  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1114
1115         Fix maintainer-check failure.
1116         * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
1117         time stamp differences.
1118
1119         Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1120         * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
1121         Sync from upstream.
1122
1123 2010-08-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1124
1125         Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
1126         * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
1127         from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
1128         on Solaris make.
1129
1130 2010-08-06  Peter Rosin  <peda@lysator.liu.se>
1131
1132         Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
1133         * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
1134         cater for problems with MSYS bash.
1135
1136 2010-07-31  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1137
1138         Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
1139         * HACKING: Update.
1140         Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
1141
1142         Add more hints for debugging make rules.
1143         * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
1144         out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
1145         * THANKS: Update.
1146         Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
1147
1148 2010-07-27  Patrick Welche  <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>  (tiny change)
1149
1150         Fix typo in the manual.
1151         * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
1152
1153 2010-07-27  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1154
1155         Document current policy for development with git.
1156         * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
1157         Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
1158
1159         Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
1160         * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
1161         variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
1162         the condition.
1163         * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
1164         * NEWS: Update.
1165
1166         Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
1167         * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
1168         to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
1169         * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
1170
1171         Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
1172         * tests/init2.test: New test.
1173         * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1174
1175 2010-07-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1176
1177         Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
1178         * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1179         changes.  Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
1180         rather than writing one from scratch.
1181         * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
1182         * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
1183         * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1184         changes.  Do not create useless dummy source files.
1185         * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
1186         and in subdirs) stricter.  Some minor changes to keep it more
1187         in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
1188         * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
1189         `subdir5.test' here).
1190         * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
1191         * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'.  Add
1192         trailing `:' command.
1193         * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
1194         * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
1195         (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
1196         it from scratch.  Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
1197         autoconf/automake macros.
1198
1199         Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
1200         * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
1201         a $MAKE call.  Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
1202         * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
1203         Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
1204         instead.  Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
1205         Display the content of more files, to ease debugging.  Add a
1206         trailing `:' command.  Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
1207         test(s).
1208         * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
1209         autoconf.
1210         * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
1211         and stderr.  Make grepping of captured stderr stricter.  Also,
1212         add trailing `:' command.
1213         * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
1214         Makefile.am as `.PHONY'.  Display content of more files, to ease
1215         debugging.  Add trailing `:' command.
1216         * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise.  Also, factor out common sed
1217         script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
1218         * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
1219         test Makefile.am files.  Add a trailing `:' command.
1220         * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'.  Move the
1221         call to `set -e' earlier.  Be stricter and more verbose in the
1222         checking of the generated tarball.
1223         (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
1224         writing it from scratch.  Avoid obsoleted constructs.  Remove
1225         useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
1226         * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
1227         * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
1228
1229 2010-07-18  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1230
1231         Improve and extend test cond5.test.
1232         * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
1233         the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
1234         at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
1235         and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
1236         priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
1237         Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
1238         standard error.
1239         Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
1240         Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
1241         writing one from scratch.
1242
1243 2010-06-26  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1244
1245         Update program --help output to match current GCS.
1246         * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
1247         is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
1248         * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
1249         PACKAGE_URL.
1250         (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
1251         additional substitutions.
1252         * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT.  Point to Automake
1253         home page and GNU general help page.
1254         * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
1255         * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
1256         address.
1257         (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
1258         Use it throughout.
1259         * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
1260         PACKAGE_BUGREPORT.
1261         * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
1262         * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
1263         messages.
1264
1265         Clean up @var handling in the manual.
1266         * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
1267         names, replace a few one-character names.
1268
1269 2010-06-26  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1270
1271         Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
1272         * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
1273         defined).
1274
1275         Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
1276         * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
1277         `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
1278         already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
1279         * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
1280         * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
1281         * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
1282         of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
1283         * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
1284         * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
1285         * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1286         * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
1287         * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
1288
1289         Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
1290         * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
1291         never used.
1292
1293 2010-06-24  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1294
1295         Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
1296         * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
1297         instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
1298
1299 2010-06-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1300
1301         Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
1302         `make dist' to fail.
1303         * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
1304         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1305
1306 2010-06-21  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1307
1308         Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
1309         * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
1310         and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
1311         the rules.
1312         * NEWS: Update.
1313         * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
1314         tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
1315         please maintainer-check.  Ensure generated C files contain a
1316         declaration, to please compilers.
1317
1318 2010-06-21  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1319
1320         Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
1321         $(FLAGS) precedence.
1322         * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
1323         "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
1324         $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
1325         * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1326         * NEWS: Updated.
1327
1328         New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
1329         $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
1330         * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
1331         precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS).  Still
1332         xfailing.
1333         * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
1334         * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
1335         precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS).  Still
1336         xfailing.
1337         * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
1338         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1339
1340 2010-06-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1341
1342         Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
1343         * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1344         changes.
1345         * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
1346         * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
1347         source file.
1348         * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
1349         * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1350         changes.  Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
1351         * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1352         changes.  Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
1353         might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
1354         * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1355         in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).  Use a more
1356         idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
1357         grep.  Do not create useless dummy source files.
1358         * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1359         stdout.  Minor cosmetic changes.
1360         * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise.  Also, drop useless call to the
1361         env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
1362         $FGREP rather than plain grep.
1363         * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
1364         * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
1365         * tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
1366         the `configure.in' stub.  Cosmetic changes.
1367         * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
1368
1369 2010-06-13  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1370
1371         Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
1372         * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
1373         useless `if' statement is indeed required.
1374
1375         Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
1376         * tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
1377         an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
1378
1379         Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
1380         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
1381         definition of this variable.
1382
1383 2010-06-12  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1384
1385         Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
1386         * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
1387         for the FOOTEST conditional.
1388
1389 2010-06-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1390
1391         Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1392         * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
1393         complete tests ...
1394         * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
1395         * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
1396         * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
1397         stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
1398         * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
1399         changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
1400         * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1401         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.  Make grepping
1402         of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
1403         * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
1404         * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
1405         earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
1406         that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
1407         the original one.
1408         * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1409         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.  Move the call
1410         to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
1411         Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
1412         in ./defs).  Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
1413         output.  Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
1414         * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
1415         make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
1416         * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1417         changes.  Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
1418         * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
1419         * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise.  Also, use the `configure.in'
1420         stub created by `./defs'.
1421         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1422
1423         Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
1424         * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
1425         here-doc, not using echo.
1426         * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
1427         `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
1428         instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
1429         * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1430         changes.
1431         * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise.  Also, do not create useless dummy
1432         data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
1433         * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise.  Also, append to configure.in
1434         using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
1435         * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
1436         * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
1437         * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
1438         * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
1439         * tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
1440         Automake stderr.  Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
1441
1442         Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
1443         * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
1444         or grepping it.  Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
1445         stdout.
1446         * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
1447         * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
1448         * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
1449         * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
1450         * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
1451         * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
1452         * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
1453         * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
1454         * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
1455         * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
1456         * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
1457         * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
1458         * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
1459         * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
1460         the `-c' flag.
1461         * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
1462         created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1463
1464         Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1465         * tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1466         related changes.
1467         * tests/backsl2.test: Likewise.
1468         * tests/block.test: Likewise.
1469         * tests/canon2.test: Likewise.
1470         * tests/canon4.test: Likewise.
1471         * tests/comment2.test: Likewise.
1472         * tests/condlib.test: Likewise.
1473         * tests/cond15.test: Likewise, and prefer $FGREP over grep.
1474         * tests/canon3.test: Likewise.  Also, avoid to create an useless
1475         dummy source file.
1476         * tests/acoutpt2.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and some
1477         related changes.  Do some cosmetic improvements in the generated
1478         `configure.in' file.
1479         * tests/cond4.test: Likewise.
1480         * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
1481         * tests/condinc.test: Likewise.
1482         * tests/cond7.test: Likewise.  Also, remove useless setting of
1483         AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am.
1484         * tests/ansi.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1485         changes.  Extended, esp. by running autoconf, ./configure and
1486         make, and by looking into the distdir.
1487
1488 2010-06-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1489             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1490
1491         Extend tests/README w.r.t. trailing `:' in test scripts.
1492         * tests/README (section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
1493         Explain why apparently redundant trailing `:' and `Exit 0' in
1494         test scripts can indeed be useful.
1495
1496 2010-06-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1497
1498         Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
1499         * bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
1500         autoconf does.
1501
1502         Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
1503         * bootstrap: Consistently use two-spaces indentation.  Cosmetic
1504         improvement to comments.
1505         ($me): New variable, containing program basename.
1506         Prepend it to all error messages.
1507
1508         Testsuite now works with BSD make in parallel mode.
1509         * tests/defs.in: Unset variables __MKLVL__ and MAKE_JOBS_FIFO,
1510         which are exported by BSD make when run in parallel mode, and
1511         which can confuse make processes spawned by our testsuite.
1512         This change fixes a lot of spurious failure when the testsuite
1513         is run with BSD make in parallel mode.
1514
1515 2010-06-09  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1516
1517         Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1518         * tests/sanity.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1519         `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1520         * tests/depend2.test: Likewise.  Also, call `set -e' just after
1521         the inclusion of `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1522         * tests/canon5.test: Avoid a useless `|| Exit 1' after a call to
1523         $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
1524         * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
1525         Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
1526         These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
1527         * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
1528         * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
1529         rather than in the middle.
1530         * tests/exeext.test: Call `set -e' just after the inclusion of
1531         `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1532         * tests/extra5.test: Likewise.
1533         * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.  Also, prefer `mv -f' over
1534         plain `mv', just to be sure.
1535         * tests/depcomp.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1536         changes.  Also, modernize the generated configure.in.
1537         * tests/cond9.test: Likewise.  Also, rely on the `configure.in'
1538         stub created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1539         * tests/cond10.test: Likewise.
1540         * tests/depcomp2.test: Likewise.
1541         * tests/depend3.test: Likewise.
1542         * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
1543         * tests/fortdep.test: Likewise.  Also, remove definition of
1544         AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am,
1545         since that flag is already provided by $AUTOMAKE.
1546         * tests/mdate.test: Made stricter, by checking that Automake
1547         actually failed, and by making a stricter grep on the error
1548         message.  Also, set shell `errexit flag'.
1549         * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
1550
1551         Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
1552         * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
1553         Enable `errexit' shell flag.
1554
1555 2010-06-08  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1556
1557         Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1558         * tests/subcond.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1559         minor changes.
1560         * tests/subst.test: Likewise.
1561         * tests/vars.test: Likewise.
1562         * tests/version4.test: Likewise.
1563         * tests/vpath.test: Likewise.
1564         * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
1565         * tests/werror.test: Likewise.
1566         * tests/whoami.test: Likewise.
1567         * tests/tags.test: Likewise, and avoid to crate an useless dummy
1568         header file.
1569         * tests/acsilent.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1570         command substitution.
1571         * tests/unused.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1572         command substitution.
1573         * tests/version.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1574         in the generated `configure.in'.
1575         * tests/version2.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1576         in the generated `configure.in'.
1577
1578 2010-06-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1579
1580         Prefer AUTOMAKE_fails over `$AUTOMAKE | grep' in tests.
1581         * tests/ldadd.test: Enable errexit.  Use AUTOMAKE_fails so
1582         the verbose log contains all output.
1583         * tests/mdate.test: Likewise.
1584         Prompted by Stefano Lattarini's change to discover.test.
1585
1586 2010-06-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1587
1588         Improve tests link*.test (enable `errexit' shell flag).
1589         * tests/link_c_cxx.test: Enable `errexit shell flag, and related
1590         changes.  Also, do not create useless source files.
1591         * tests/link_dist.test: Likewise.
1592         * tests/link_f90_only.test: Likewise.
1593         * tests/link_f_only.test: Likewise.
1594         * tests/link_fc.test: Likewise.
1595         * tests/link_fccxx.test: Likewise.
1596         * tests/link_fcxx.test: Likewise.
1597
1598 2010-06-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1599
1600         Improve ext.test semantics, avoid OpenBSD sh errexit issue.
1601         * tests/ext.test: Inside shell compound command, use
1602         `if $cmd; then Exit 1; fi' rather than `$cmd && Exit 1', to
1603         fix failure with OpenBSD sh introduced with last patch.
1604         Actually ensure that a rule for .EXT.o is created for each
1605         known extension EXT.
1606
1607 2010-06-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1608
1609         Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1610         * tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1611         changes.
1612         * tests/defun.test: Likewise.
1613         * tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
1614         * tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
1615         * tests/double.test: Likewise.
1616         * tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
1617         * tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
1618         * tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
1619         * tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
1620         * tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
1621         * tests/ext.test: Likewise.
1622         * tests/extra.test: Likewise.
1623         * tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
1624         * tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
1625         * tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
1626         * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
1627         * tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
1628         * tests/fo.test: Likewise.
1629         * tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
1630         * tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
1631         * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
1632         * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
1633         * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1634         comments and unnecessary commands.
1635         * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1636         comments and unnecessary commands.
1637         * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
1638
1639         Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
1640         * tests/cxx.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1641         minor changes.
1642         * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
1643         * tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
1644         * tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
1645         * tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
1646         * tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.
1647
1648         Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1649         * tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1650         minor changes.
1651         * tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
1652         * tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
1653         * tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
1654         * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
1655         * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
1656         * tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
1657         * tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
1658         * tests/clean.test: Likewise.
1659         * tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
1660         * tests/colon.test: Likewise.
1661         * tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
1662         * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1663         * tests/comment.test: Likewise.
1664         * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1665         * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1666         * tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
1667         * tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
1668         * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
1669         * tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
1670         * tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
1671         * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1672         * tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
1673         * tests/confh4.test: Likewise.  Also, add in the heading comments
1674         an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
1675         creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.
1676
1677 2010-06-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1678
1679         Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
1680         * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
1681         (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
1682         (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
1683         Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
1684         speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
1685         or by addressing them as `you' instead.
1686         * THANKS: Update.
1687         Report by Christina Gratorp.
1688
1689         * AUTHORS: Update.
1690
1691 2010-06-06  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1692
1693         Make tests on user extensibility of silent-rules mode stricter.
1694         * tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1695         output produced by `make'.
1696         * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
1697
1698         Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
1699         * tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1700         output produced by `make'.
1701         * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1702         * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1703         * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1704         * tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
1705         command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.
1706
1707         Improved test silent5.test.
1708         * tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
1709         non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
1710         Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
1711         removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
1712         not trigger a different set of rules.  Make grepping of make's
1713         output stricter.  Improved/added some comments.
1714
1715         New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
1716         * tests/silentf77.test: New test.
1717         * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
1718         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1719
1720         New test `silentcxx.test' (Automake silent-mode with C++).
1721         * tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
1722         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1723
1724         New test `silentyacc.test' (Automake silent-mode with Yacc).
1725         * tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
1726         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1727
1728         New test `silentlex.test' (Automake silent-mode with Lex).
1729         * tests/silentlex.test: New test.
1730         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1731
1732         Relax tests on silent-rules to cater to overly verbose makes.
1733         * tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
1734         make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
1735         it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
1736         * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1737         * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
1738         * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1739         * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
1740         * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1741
1742 2010-01-24  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1743
1744         Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
1745         * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
1746         expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
1747         to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
1748         %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
1749         * automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
1750         `@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
1751         (handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
1752         set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
1753         * m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
1754         verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
1755         dependencies are enabled.
1756         * tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
1757         also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
1758         * tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
1759         dependency tracking.
1760         * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
1761         * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
1762         Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.
1763
1764 2010-05-23  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1765
1766         Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
1767         * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag.  Related and
1768         unrelated minor changes.  Make the grepping of the generated
1769         Makefile.in slightly stricter.  Generate and run configure, so that
1770         the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
1771
1772 2010-05-23  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1773
1774         Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
1775         * lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
1776         than \015, for EBCDIC hosts.  Also, avoid unportable nested
1777         double-quotes and backquotes.
1778         * THANKS: Update.
1779         Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.
1780
1781 2010-05-23  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1782
1783         Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
1784         Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
1785         autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
1786         and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
1787         required configure 2.61a-341 or later.  This change should
1788         eliminate such inconsistencies.
1789         * configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
1790         Use it throughout.
1791
1792 2010-05-23  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1793
1794         Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
1795         * Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
1796         not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.
1797
1798         Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
1799         * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
1800         * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
1801         Require GNU make.
1802
1803 2010-05-23  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1804
1805         Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
1806         * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
1807         an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
1808
1809         Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
1810         * tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag.  Also, avoid
1811         unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.
1812
1813         Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1814         * tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
1815         instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
1816         since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter.  Do not SKIP the test
1817         if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.
1818
1819 2010-04-25  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1820
1821         Fix typo in manual.
1822         * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
1823         missing closing parenthesis.
1824
1825         Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
1826         * automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
1827         macros_dump.  Print actual error before list of variables.
1828
1829 2010-04-25  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1830
1831         Minor improvements in comments of test `silent3.test'.
1832         * tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
1833         too.
1834
1835 2010-04-25  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1836
1837         testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
1838         * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
1839         tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
1840         tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
1841         grepping it.
1842
1843 2010-04-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1844
1845         Make test badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
1846         * tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'.  Due to this change,
1847         an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
1848         was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
1849         Also, bumped the copyright years.
1850
1851         Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
1852         * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
1853         an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
1854
1855         Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoids possible false negatives).
1856         * tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
1857         changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
1858         Also, bumped copyright years.
1859
1860 2010-04-20  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1861
1862         Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
1863         * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
1864         $configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
1865         have been parsed.
1866         (require_variables): Initialize it here.
1867         * tests/configure.test: New test.
1868         * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1869         Report by Stefano Lattarini.
1870
1871 2010-04-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1872
1873         Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
1874         * tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
1875         copyright years.  Due to this change, any unexpected failure
1876         in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
1877         a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
1878         cause the whole test to fail.
1879
1880 2010-04-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1881
1882         Fixed typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
1883         * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
1884         @<...> was used instead of C<...>.
1885
1886 2010-04-14  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1887
1888         Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
1889         * tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
1890         * tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
1891         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1892
1893 2010-04-12  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1894
1895         Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test
1896         * tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.
1897
1898         Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
1899         * tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag.  Improve
1900         test description.
1901
1902 2010-04-11  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1903
1904         Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
1905         Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
1906         Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
1907         treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
1908         and unstable exit status values.
1909         * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
1910         (drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
1911         $warnings_are_errors.
1912         * tests/werror3.test: New test.
1913         * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
1914         * NEWS: Update.
1915
1916 2010-04-11  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1917
1918         Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1919         * tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
1920         `test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
1921         that is not supported by Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
1922
1923         Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
1924         * tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'.  Fail if $ACLOCAL
1925         succeds unexpectedly.
1926
1927         Add tests checking that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
1928         * tests/distlinks.test: New test.
1929         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1930         Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.
1931
1932 2010-04-11  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1933
1934         Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
1935         * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
1936         * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
1937         Report by Pavel Sanda.
1938
1939 2010-03-30  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1940
1941         Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
1942         * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
1943         in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
1944         and readonly).
1945
1946         Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.
1947         * Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
1948         $(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
1949         symlink targets).  Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
1950         distdir.am.
1951
1952 2010-03-28  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1953
1954         Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.
1955         * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
1956         Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
1957         Suggested by Karl Berry.
1958
1959 2010-03-13  Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
1960
1961         GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
1962         * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
1963         change.
1964
1965 2010-03-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1966
1967         Formatting cleanups in macro comments.
1968         * automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
1969         lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
1970         lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
1971         m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.
1972
1973 2010-03-04  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1974             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1975
1976         Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file.
1977         * tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
1978         `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
1979         variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
1980         * tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
1981         (check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
1982         (clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
1983         ($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
1984         adjusted.
1985         * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
1986         scripts adjusted.
1987         * tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
1988         then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
1989         * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
1990         * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
1991         * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
1992         * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
1993         * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
1994         * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
1995         * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
1996         * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
1997         * tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
1998         * tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases" subsection "Do"):
1999         Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
2000         behaviour.  Some other minor related improvements.
2001         * tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.
2002
2003 2010-03-04  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2004
2005         Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
2006         * tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
2007         already unset in the `defs' file.
2008         * tests/check5.test: Likewise.
2009         * tests/check8.test: Likewise.
2010         * tests/check9.test: Likewise.
2011         * tests/check10.test: Likewise.
2012         * tests/check11.test: Likewise.
2013         * tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
2014         * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2015         * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2016         * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2017         * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2018         * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2019
2020 2010-02-22  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
2021
2022         Improve help message of mdate-sh.
2023         * mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.
2024
2025 2010-02-22  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2026
2027         Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
2028         * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
2029         Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
2030         * NEWS: Update.
2031         Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.
2032
2033 2010-02-20  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2034
2035         Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2036         * tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
2037         in EXTRA_DIST.
2038         * tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
2039         wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2040         * tests/extra12.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
2041         EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
2042         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2043         Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
2044         and Ralf Wildenhues.
2045
2046 2010-02-08  Simon Josefsson  <simon@josefsson.org>
2047
2048         Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.
2049         * lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.
2050
2051 2010-02-06  Dmitry V. Levin  <ldv@altlinux.org>  (tiny change)
2052             Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2053
2054         Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
2055         The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
2056         cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
2057         128 + SIG<SIGNAL>.
2058         * lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
2059         * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
2060         * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
2061         * lib/ylwrap: Likewise.  Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
2062         * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2063         Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
2064
2065 2010-02-06  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
2066
2067         Improve gnupload usage text.
2068         * gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
2069         line.  Mention CMD in the synopsis.  With ..., plural is implied.
2070
2071 2010-01-28  Christos Kontas  <xakon@yahoo.com>  (tiny change)
2072
2073         Fix some typos in the manual
2074         * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.
2075
2076 2010-01-17  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2077
2078         Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
2079         * tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag.  Check that
2080         autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
2081         configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
2082         created.
2083         * tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.
2084
2085         Fix test acoutbs2.test.
2086         * tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
2087         to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
2088         PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
2089         Updated copyright years.
2090         * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.
2091
2092         Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
2093         * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
2094         filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
2095         acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
2096         (XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.
2097
2098 2010-01-17  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2099
2100         Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
2101         * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub:
2102         Sync from upstream.
2103
2104         Bump copyright years.
2105         * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
2106         * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
2107         * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
2108
2109         Rotate ChangeLog.
2110         * ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
2111         * ChangeLog: ... here.
2112         * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.
2113
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2115
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2117
2118 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
2119 permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
2120
2121 ;; Variables:
2122 ;; coding: utf-8
2123 ;; End: