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