1 2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
3 python: run the 'py-compile' script with $(SHELL)
4 * lib/python.am (install-%DIR%PYTHON): Run each instance of
5 py-compile using $(SHELL). Since we are at it, break overly
7 (am__py_compile): New variable, to reduce code duplication.
9 2011-06-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
11 maintcheck: fix some failures, extend some checks
12 * Makefile.am (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update, as we
13 now expect 9 lines, not 8, to be changed from `automake.in'
15 (sc_diff_aclocal_in_aclocal): New maintainer check, similar to
16 the above, and checking that only 10 lines are changed from
17 `aclocal.in' to `aclocal'.
18 (syntax_check_rules): Update.
19 (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Exempt self tests `self-check-*.test'
20 from this check, as they can legitimately use the bare `exit'
21 builtin in various places.
22 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Remove stray `@' from the end of
23 a line. Typo introduced in commit `v1.11-312-g5bf7af6'.
24 * tests/depcomp8a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS to make
25 from the environment rather than from the command line, to
26 pacify the `sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline' maintainer
28 * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
30 2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
32 remake: behave better with non-GNU make in subdirectories
33 Currently, with every decent make program, it is possible to
34 rebuild out-of-date autotools-generated files with a simple
35 "make Makefile" -- but for this to work reliably with non-GNU
36 make implementations, the command must be issued from the
37 top-level directory. This patch removes such limitation.
38 * lib/am/configure.am (am--refresh): Depend on `%MAKEFILE%'.
39 * tests/defs.in (using_gmake): New function, backported from the
40 `master' branch (and simplified).
41 * tests/remake-subdir.test: New test.
42 * tests/remake-subdir2.test: Likewise.
43 * tests/remake-subdir-gnu.test: Likewise.
44 * tests/remake-subdir-from-subdir.test: Likewise.
45 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
47 2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
49 automake, aclocal: honour configure-time AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE
50 Currently, the Automake's own configure script allow definition
51 of AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE, expected to point respectively to an
52 autoconf and autom4te programs. But while these definitions are
53 honoured in the Automake's build systems and test suite, they
54 were *not* honoured in the generated `automake' and `aclocal'
55 scripts. This behaviour, apart from being wrong in that it does
56 not allow the user enough freedom in choosing his tools, also
57 caused inconsistencies in the test suite, brining to spurious
59 Problem reported by Graham Reitz on the automake list; see thread:
60 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-05/msg00022.html>
61 * automake.in ($traces): Use `@am_AUTOCONF', not simply `autoconf'.
62 * aclocal.in ($traces): Use `@am_AUTOM4TE', not simply `autom4te'.
63 * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute also `@am_AUTOCONF' and
68 2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
70 build: the user can override AUTOM4TE, AUTORECONF and AUTOUPDATE too
71 Our build system allows the user to override AUTOCONF and AUTOHEADER
72 at configure time, and honours these overrides in our testsuite.
73 But it didn't do the same with AUTOM4TE, AUTORECONF and AUTOUPDATE.
74 This change fixes that inconsistency.
75 * configure.ac (am_AUTOM4TE, am_AUTOUPDATE, am_AUTORECONF): New
76 AC_SUBSTitutions. Update comments.
77 * tests/defs.in ($AUTOUPDATE): Default to `@am_AUTOUPDATE@' now.
78 ($AUTOM4TE): New variable, defaulting to `@am_AUTOM4TE@'.
79 ($AUTORECONF): New variable, defaulting to `@am_AUTORECONF@'.
80 * doc/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): Update.
82 2011-05-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
83 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
85 tests/README: fix example about `make -e' usage
86 * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"): When
87 some variable is never initialized in the Makefile, `-e' is not
88 necessary in order to override it. DESTDIR is such a variable: we
89 ensure that we do not ever initialize it. And as such, it is quite
91 $ make DESTDIR=/foo/bar install
92 and in fact, quite widely used.
93 So our example about when `make -e' is required, which references
94 the `DESTDIR' variable, is poorly chosen, if not downright wrong.
95 Rewrite it to use `prefix' as the overridden variable instead.
97 2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
99 testsuite: avoid re-running few tests with 'parallel-tests' option
100 Some tests in our testsuite use the 'simple-tests' driver only
101 marginally, or simply as a mean to conveniently check unrelated
102 invariants. It makes little sense to force these tests to also
103 run with the 'parallel-tests' Automake option active, as doing so
104 offers no real gain in coverage, while often causing a measurable
105 overhead in execution time (for an already too-slow testsuite).
106 * tests/pr401.test (parallel_tests): Define to "no", to prevent
107 the generation of a sibling test script using the 'parallel-tests'
109 * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
110 * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
112 2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
114 testsuite: allow tests to avoid the use of 'parallel-tests' option
115 * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Do not generate "siblings" for tests
116 that explicitly define the `parallel_tests', whether to "yes" or
117 to any other value. Extend heading comments to give a rationale
119 * tests/README: Update.
121 2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
123 tests/README: update obsoleted advice
124 * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
125 Do not suggest to use the `*-p.test' pattern for the names of
126 hand-written tests which use the `parallel-tests' Automake option.
127 Not only is this not respected by the existing tests, but it is
128 more likely to cause conflicts with auto-generated tests.
129 So, suggest to *avoid* using the `*-p.test' pattern in names
130 of hand-written tests instead.
131 (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do not"): When
132 suggesting not to override Makefile variables using command
133 line arguments, do not use the badly outdated variables `U'
134 and 'ANSI2KNR' in the example; instead, use the more common
135 and typical `DESTDIR'.
137 2011-05-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
139 test defs: rename requirement 'non-cross' -> 'native'
140 * tests/defs.in (non-cross): Rename requirement ...
141 (native): ... to this, which is clearer and fits the
142 existing lingo better.
143 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
145 2011-05-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
147 testsuite: be more cross-compile friendly
148 * tests/defs.in (cross_compiling): New subroutine.
149 (am__tool_prefix): New internal variable.
150 (gcc, g++, gcj): Force the use of the correct "tool prefix"
151 when cross compiling.
152 (gfortran, g77, non-cross): New requirements.
154 2011-05-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
156 tests: fix spurious failure of txinfo21.test on FreeBSD
157 * tests/txinfo21.test: Use the `is_newest' subroutine instead of
158 the `ls -t' hack to to determine whether a file has been updated.
159 This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do not sort files
160 with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when using the `-t'
163 2011-05-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
165 tests defs: allow requirements for compilers (mostly dummy)
166 Most of the new requirements that are now accepted in `$required'
167 as consequence of this patch are still dummy. They are planned
168 to be implemented only in master (or in some derived branch), but
169 having them here (even just as no-op) will allow for an easier
170 integration/backporting of potential new testcases.
171 * tests/defs.in (cc, c++, fortran, fortran77): New requirements,
173 (flex): New requirement, picking LEX for configure.
174 (lex): New requirement, alias for `flex'. A more appropriate
175 implementation, looking for a generic `lex' program, will follow
177 (yacc): New requirement, alias for `bison'. A more appropriate
178 implementation, looking for a generic `yacc' program, will follow
181 2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
183 tests: fix spurious failure in a test on TESTS (VPATH-related)
184 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: When not using the
185 parallel-tests option, do not check that VPATH components are
186 not present in the displayed test name, since the simple-tests
187 driver do not try to strip them.
189 2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
191 test: self check subroutines for skipping/failing of tests
192 * tests/self-check-report.test: New test.
193 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
195 2011-04-23 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
196 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
198 test defs: new subroutines for test skipping/failing
199 * tests/defs.in (Exit): Move definition of this function earlier.
200 (warn_, skip_, fail_, framework_failure_): New functions, inspired
201 to the homonyms in gnulib's tests/init.sh.
202 ($stderr_fileno_): New global variable, used by the new functions
204 * tests/README: Updated.
205 From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
207 2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
209 tests: fix typo (copy & paste blunder) in heading comment
210 * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: Correctly refer to the sister test
211 as `maintclean.test', not as `maintclean-vpath.test'.
213 2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
215 tests: remove redundant test `mclean.test'
216 * tests/mclean.test: Remove, it's a weak grepping test completely
217 superseded by the much more complete `maintclean.test'.
218 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
220 2011-04-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
222 testsuite: more environment sanitization
223 * tests/defs.in: Sanity check: abort if any of `parallel_tests'
224 or `required' is in the environment.
225 ($sed_unindent_prog): Initialize to empty, to avoid interferences
226 from the environment.
227 * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: Renamed to ...
228 * tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: ... this, and extended.
229 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
230 (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset variables `parallel_tests' and
231 `required'. Adjust comments.
233 2011-04-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
235 tests: don't allow `$me' to be overridden from the environment
236 * tests/defs.in: Sanity check: abort if $me is in the environment.
237 * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: New test.
238 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset variable `me'.
240 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
242 2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
244 test defs: allow overriding of `$me'
245 * tests/defs.in ($me): Allow overriding by the including test
246 script. Add some explicative comments.
248 2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
250 depcomp tests: don't reject slower dependency extractors
251 * tests/depcomp8b.test: Add the `--enable-dependency-tracking'
252 option to `configure' invocations, so that slower dependency
253 extractors are not rejected.
254 * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise. Also ...
255 (foo.c): ... since we are at it, fix spacing to be consistent
256 with GNU coding standards.
258 2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
260 m4: add missing serial numbers to a few files
261 Related to automake bug#8483.
262 * m4/amversion.in: Add serial number.
263 * m4/auxdir.m4: Likewise.
264 * m4/gcj.m4: Likewise.
265 * m4/install-sh.m4: Likewise.
266 * m4/mkdirp.m4: Likewise.
267 * m4/python.m4: Likewise.
268 * m4/runlog.m4: Likewise.
269 * m4/strip.m4: Likewise.
270 * m4/upc.m4: Likewise.
272 2011-04-16 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
274 depcomp: correct invalid sed invocation
275 * lib/depcomp: Insert missing -e before '/:$/d'.
276 Otherwise, that use of sed would treat '/:$/d' as a file name.
278 2011-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
280 maintainer check: quote literal `$' in Makefile rule
281 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): Escape literal `$'
282 character in double-quoted string. Fix a bug in which the rule
283 emitted an erroneously empty substring in its error message.
285 2011-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
287 coverage: test for automake bug#8485 (known regression)
288 * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild-subdir.test: New test.
289 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update.
291 2011-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
293 test defs: define default $distdir (help reducing duplication)
294 * tests/defs.in ($distdir): New variable, might be used in
295 testcases checking distribution-related features.
296 * tests/pr9.test: Use it.
297 * tests/subdir9.test: Likewise.
298 * tests/vtexi3.test: Add comment explaining why we redefine
299 $distdir in this test.
301 2011-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
303 depcomp: fix bugs in tests and in the depcomp script
304 * lib/depcomp (gcc): Remove duplicated `-e' from sed invocation.
305 * tests/depcomp10.test: Make it executable. Fix a blunder that
306 has left part of an intended comment not prefixed by `#', thus
307 causing shell syntax errors. In this same comment, break a
308 too-long reported error message on multiple lines, for clarity.
309 Add reference to the relevant bug report. Add a comment which
310 explains why the test result 'skipped' if the first "make" call
311 fails. Add other useful comments.
312 * tests/depcomp9.test: Slightly improve comments.
314 2011-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
316 Fix hp depmode for VPATH builds with GNU make.
317 * lib/depcomp: Be sure to remove VPATH-prefixed object from
318 dependency output when creating stub rule.
319 * tests/depcomp10.test: New test.
320 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
322 Report by Bruno Haible.
324 2011-04-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
326 test defs: fix 'javac' requirement for older JDK versions
327 The Java compiler from JDK 1.5 (and presumably earlier versions)
328 cannot handle the `-version' option by itself; and while it does
329 print the version number, it then errors out with an usage error:
332 javac: no source files
333 Usage: javac <options> <source files>
335 Luckily, adding the `-help' option to the `javac' invocation
336 seems to fix this problem.
337 * tests/defs.in (javac): Pass also the `-help' option to the
338 `javac' program. Add a comment explaining why it is needed.
339 Report from Ralf Wildenhues.
341 2011-04-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
343 test defs: new requirement for the default java compiler
344 * tests/defs.in (for tool in $required): New requirement 'javac'.
345 * tests/java.test: Use it instead of ad-hoc configure check.
346 * tests/java-check.test: Likewise.
347 * tests/instfail-java.test: Likewise.
348 * tests/instdir-java.test: Likewise.
350 2011-04-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
352 java: check_JAVA does not cause compilation by "make all" anymore
353 Fixes automake bug#8234.
354 * automake.in (handle_java): Make stamp of class files built from
355 java sources in $(check_JAVA) a dependency of `check' target, not
357 * tests/java-check.test: New test.
358 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
361 Report from Petteri Räty.
363 2011-04-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
365 Clarify regex code in depcomp.
366 * lib/depcomp: Add comment why we don't need regex-escaping here.
367 Suggested by Stefano Lattarini.
369 2011-04-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
371 Fix makedepend depmode for VPATH builds.
372 * lib/depcomp [makedepend]: Remove any VPATH prefix from the
373 object file name, so a rebuild doesn't attempt to update the
374 .Po files in the source tree.
375 * tests/depcomp9.test: New test.
376 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
379 2011-04-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
381 tests: fix timestamp-related failures
382 Fixes automake bug#8365.
383 * tests/aclocal6.test: Sleep before modifying m4 files that should
384 trigger remake rules. Remove incorrect/obsoleted comments.
385 * tests/subdir5.test: Likewise, and extend a bit.
386 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise.
387 * tests/pr8365-remake-timing.test: New xfailing test.
388 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
389 Report from Sam Steingold.
391 2011-04-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
393 Create subdirs for generated sources even when not dep tracking.
394 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): If $object is derived
395 and lands in subdir, be sure to output a dirstamp dependency.
396 * tests/yacc5.test: Avoid falsely matching the dirstamp
397 dependency when grepping for a rule.
398 * tests/lex-subobj-nodep.test: New test.
399 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
401 Report by Ignacy Gawedzki.
403 Fix locale issue in check-exported-srcdir.test.
404 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Reformulate glob to not fail
405 in a locale that ignores or interleaves character case.
407 2011-04-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
409 docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index
410 * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure'
411 from "Scanning configure.ac or configure.in" to the more precise
412 "Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal".
413 (@detailmenu): Adjust.
414 (@node configure): Adjust, and extend @cindex calls accordingly.
416 From a report by Maynard Johnson.
418 2011-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
420 tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target
421 * tests/aclocal6.test: Move checks related to "maintainer-clean"
422 functionalities into ...
423 * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: ... this new test.
424 * tests/maintclean.test: Update heading comments. Extend to also
425 test subdirs. Remove useless disabling of YACC. Fix m4 quoting
426 in configure.in. Add a trailing `:' command. Remove extra blank
428 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
430 2011-03-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
432 tests: fix unindent to use printf not echo for script.
433 * tests/defs.in: Use printf rather than echo, as the latter may
434 interpret the backslashes in the sed script. Fixes test
435 failures with dash as /bin/sh.
437 2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
438 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
440 maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases
441 The configure.in stub created by default by `tests/defs' obtains
442 the first argument of AC_INIT from the test name, and this can
443 cause some supported autoconf versions to fail with a spurious
444 error if that test name contains the name of an m4 or m4sugar
445 builtin or macro (e.g., `defn' or `m4_undefine').
446 See for example the bug fixed by commit v1.11-287-g1325a8a.
447 This change add a maintainer check that warns about test names
448 which are possibly problematic in this regard.
449 * Makefile.am (sc_test_names): New maintainer-check target.
450 (syntax_check_rules): Add it.
451 (m4_builtins): New helper variable.
452 (TESTS): Updated according to the following renamings.
453 * tests/include.test: Renamed ...
454 * tests/hdr-vars-defined-once.test: ... to this.
455 * tests/sinclude.test: Renamed ...
456 * tests/m4-inclusion.test: ... to this, and simplified
458 * tests/include2.test: Renamed ...
459 * tests/dist-included-parent-dir.test: ... to this, for
462 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
464 tests: fix bug in alloca*.test
465 * tests/alloca.test: Make grepping of automake stderr stricter,
466 add a trailing `:' command; also, add AC_PROG_CC to configure.in,
467 and create a dummy alloca.c file, to ensure that we fail for the
469 * tests/alloca2.test: Likewise. Also, look for LT_INIT, not
470 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, in the error message (bug introduced with commit
471 v1.11-315-gd51e7b7 "libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES
473 From a report by Patrick Welche.
475 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
477 tests: fix bug (comments-in-var-defn.test + autoconf 2.62)
478 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: The configure.in stub created
479 by default, which has the AC_INIT first argument obtained by the
480 test name, causes autoconf 2.62 to fail with a spurious error
481 message like: "configure.in:1: error: defn: undefined macro:".
482 Thus, to prevent this, the test is renamed to ...
483 * tests/comments-in-var-def.test: ... this.
484 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
486 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
488 cosmetics: convert encoding from ISO-8859 to UTF-8
489 * ChangeLog.03: Convert encoding to UTF-8.
490 * ChangeLog.96: Likewise.
491 * ChangeLog.98: Likewise.
495 2011-03-01 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
497 test defs: unindent without temporary file
498 * tests/defs.in (commented_sed_unindent_prog): Commented Sed program
499 that strips the "proper" amount of leading whitespace.
500 (unindent): Lazily strip comments from the above program and use it
501 to unindent without using a temporary file.
503 2011-02-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
505 libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES primary is used
506 When the LTLIBRARIES primary was used, but $(LIBTOOL) wasn't
507 defined, automake suggested to add a call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
508 in configure.ac. But that macro is deprecated since Libtool
509 version 1.9b (2004-08-29), in favor of the newer LT_INIT. So
510 suggest the use of this latter macro instead.
511 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_am_macro_for_var): Pair 'LIBTOOL'
512 with 'LT_INIT', not with 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'.
513 * tests/libtool4.test: Adjust and extend. Also, add a call to
514 macro AC_PROG_CC in configure.in, to help ensuring that automake
515 does not fail for the wrong reasons.
516 * tests/ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool
517 support works with LT_INIT-based interface.
518 Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion.
520 2011-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
522 tests: tempdirs with restrictive permissions are cleaned correctly
523 Before this change, the removal of a temporary test directory
524 containing subdirectories with restrictive permissions (such as
525 'r--r--r--') could fail.
526 * tests/defs: Ensure that all the subdirectories of a temporary
527 test directory have the 'read', 'write' and 'execute' bits set,
528 before trying to remove it with `rm -rf'.
529 * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Likewise.
531 2011-02-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
532 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
534 test defs: add subroutine for input unindenting
535 * tests/defs.in (unindent): New subroutine.
537 2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
539 python: report the 'PYTHON' influential environment variable
540 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Call AC_ARG_VAR on PYTHON.
541 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Update and extend.
542 * tests/help-python.test: New test.
543 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
544 * THANKS (Jack Kelly): Update e-mail address.
545 Suggestion by Jack Kelly.
547 2011-02-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
549 tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable
550 * tests/defs.in (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset it, so that values
551 from environment won't interfere with the testcases.
552 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
554 2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
556 tests: tweak few tests on simple and parallel test drivers
557 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Improve heading comments.
558 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. Also, unset the
559 `FOO_EXIT_STATUS' variable, so that any pre-existing value in the
560 environment won't risk to interfere with the test.
561 Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
563 2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
565 coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers
566 * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test.
567 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
568 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
569 * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
570 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
572 2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
574 tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test
575 * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so
576 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
577 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
579 2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
581 docs: color-tests issues with parallel make
582 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic
583 recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail
584 with some make implementation when running in parallel mode,
585 thus causing colored test output not to be automatically
586 activated when it should.
588 2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
590 tests: avoid instspc.test failures due to make's whitespace trimming
591 * tests/instspc.test: Prepend './' when passing the test
592 characters, to avoid leading whitespace characters to be trimmed
593 from macros set from environment variables. Fixes testsuite
594 failures with HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64/OSF make.
596 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
598 coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags
599 * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy"
600 per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects.
601 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
602 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
604 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
606 tests defs: sanitize IFS
607 * tests/defs.in ($IFS): Define to <space>, <tab>, <newline>.
608 ($sp): New variable, holding a single whitespace character.
609 ($tab): New variable, holding a tabulation character.
610 ($nl): New variable, holding a newline character.
612 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
614 tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds.
615 * tests/parallel-tests8.test, tests/suffix13.test:
616 Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris
617 make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion.
619 2011-01-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
621 tests: fix spurious failures in yflags*.test
622 * tests/yflags.test: Remove 'YACC' from the environment, so
623 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
624 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
626 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
628 tests: avoid fn99*.test failures due to buggy AIX 5.3 cp -R.
629 * tests/fn99.test, tests/fn99subdir.test: Skip if an initial
630 `cp -R' of the subdir tree already fails; AIX 5.3 cp messes
631 up its internal memory when copying this tree.
633 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
634 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
636 Add comment to check-TESTS rule working around make 3.80 bug.
637 * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Update comment.
639 2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
641 tests: less strict double-colon spy.test again.
642 * tests/spy.test: We know BSD make doesn't invoke more than one
643 double-colon rule, so no need to expose that failure.
645 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
647 install-sh: avoid Tru64 sh `test' operator precedence issues.
648 * lib/install-sh: Protect file names and directory components
649 that consist of `=', `(', `)', or `!'. Move protection as early
650 as possible, to avoid errors such as with Tru64 sh `test -z ='.
651 * tests/instsh2.test: Extend test to cover more possibilities.
652 Fixes 1.12 instspc-equal-install.test failure on Tru64/OSF 5.1.
654 2011-01-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
655 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
657 docs: automake testsuite doesn't use TESTS_ENVIRONMENT anymore
658 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Do not claim Automake uses
659 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT for the perl driver. Instead, point to the
660 parallel-tests driver.
662 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
664 Allow _AM_DEPENDENCIES to be used later in configure.
665 * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Remove a previously existing
666 conftest.dir before recreating it.
668 Report by Eric Blake, from report by Scott McCreary against M4.
670 2011-01-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
672 tests: avoid failure on w32 file systems.
673 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: SKIP if file cannot
674 be turned unreadable.
676 2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
678 tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make.
679 * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos. Ensure prerequisites we
680 do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target.
681 Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule.
683 2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
685 tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
686 * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
687 Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
689 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
690 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
692 parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs.
693 * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
694 Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
695 exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
696 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
697 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
700 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
702 * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
704 Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
705 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
706 are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
708 2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
710 docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
711 * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
712 (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
713 lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
714 output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
715 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
717 2011-01-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
719 tests: fix comment typo
720 * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
722 2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
724 tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
725 * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'.
726 * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so
727 that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable)
729 Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
731 2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
733 Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change.
734 Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to
735 require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess
736 and config.sub files are present for respective checks.
737 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files.
738 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
739 * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
741 2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
743 docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
744 This change fixes automake bug#7828.
745 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake
746 recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with
748 From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
750 2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
752 tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
753 Related to automake bug#7819.
754 * tests/autodist.test: New test.
755 * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
756 * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
757 * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
758 * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
759 * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
760 * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
761 * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
762 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
764 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
766 tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL
767 * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling
768 automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug
769 in the texinfo + cygnus interaction.
770 * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments.
771 * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated.
773 2011-01-09 Dave Hart <davehart@gmail.com> (tiny change)
775 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
776 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
778 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
780 Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
781 * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
782 `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not
783 redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
784 uselessly run it in a subshell.
785 * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
786 make. All checks moved into Makefile.am.
787 * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
789 * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
791 * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
792 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
793 * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
794 Makefile.in stricter.
795 * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
796 changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff
798 * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
799 to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict,
800 to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes.
801 * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
802 for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments.
803 * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
804 it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
805 * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
806 * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
807 * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
808 for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are
809 cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
810 * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
811 and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check
812 that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
813 preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
814 "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
815 so they have been moved ...
816 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
817 * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add
818 trailing `:' command.
819 * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated
820 Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
821 append to configure.in.
822 * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
823 * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
824 make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just
825 after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other
826 minor cosmetic improvements.
827 * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add
828 trailing `:' command.
829 * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
830 * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
831 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
833 2011-01-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
835 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
836 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
838 2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
840 cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
841 * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
842 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
843 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
844 * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
845 * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
846 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
847 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
849 automake: minor fixes in comments
850 * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
852 2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
854 Add test coverage for deleted header files.
855 * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
856 also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency
857 tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
858 successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
860 Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
861 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
863 docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
864 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
865 (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
866 (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
867 (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
868 Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
870 2011-01-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
871 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
873 docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
874 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
875 manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
876 (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
878 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
880 * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
882 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
883 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
885 docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
886 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
887 be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory
888 couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES').
890 2011-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
892 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
893 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
896 Fix maintainer-check regression.
897 * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the
900 Bump copyright years.
901 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
902 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
903 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
905 2010-12-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
906 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
908 Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make.
909 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the
910 dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single
912 * tests/subobj11a.test: New test.
913 * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise.
914 * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise.
915 * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise.
916 * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
917 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
919 Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final
920 patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini.
922 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
924 Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5.
925 * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on
926 weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5).
927 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related
929 Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. The bugs have been there from the
930 first versions of the affected test scripts.
932 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
934 docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro.
935 * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require
936 the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at
937 least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from
938 Cygnus" of 1997-08-25).
940 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
942 distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
943 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
944 its output each time for a single error message, rather than
945 running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
946 all the expected error messages. This should work around make
947 implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
948 information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
949 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
950 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
951 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
952 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
954 2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
956 Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
957 * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
958 `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
959 in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
961 2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
963 docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
964 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
965 not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
966 extension module `quaternion.la'.
968 2010-12-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
970 docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
971 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
972 the Automake primaries.
974 2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
976 Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen.
977 * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen
978 relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in
980 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
981 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
982 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
983 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
984 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
985 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
986 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
987 * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen
990 2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
992 Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.
993 * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE.
994 Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not
995 invoke installed automake.
997 2010-11-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
999 Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc
1000 In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the
1001 use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has
1002 unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C
1003 compilers were used. So we are now careful to require GCC in
1004 tests that force gcc depmode.
1005 From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
1006 * tests/silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
1007 * tests/silent-many-generic.test, tests/silent-many-gcc.test: ...
1008 these new sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode
1009 and lists "gcc" in $required.
1010 * tests/silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
1011 * tests/silent-lex-generic.test, tests/silent-lex-gcc.test: ...
1012 these new sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode
1013 and lists "gcc" in $required.
1014 * tests/silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
1015 * tests/silent-yacc-generic.test, tests/silent-yacc-gcc.test: ...
1016 these new sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and
1017 lists "gcc" in $required.
1018 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1020 2010-11-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1022 Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs".
1023 * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare
1024 `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests.
1025 * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise.
1026 * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise.
1027 * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise.
1028 * tests/cond23.test: Likewise.
1029 * tests/cond24.test: Likewise.
1030 * tests/cond25.test: Likewise.
1031 * tests/cond26.test: Likewise.
1032 * tests/cond27.test: Likewise.
1033 * tests/cond28.test: Likewise.
1034 * tests/cond29.test: Likewise.
1035 * tests/cond30.test: Likewise.
1036 * tests/cond31.test: Likewise.
1037 * tests/cond32.test: Likewise.
1038 * tests/cond33.test: Likewise.
1039 * tests/cond34.test: Likewise.
1040 * tests/cond35.test: Likewise.
1041 * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
1042 * tests/cond37.test: Likewise.
1043 * tests/cond38.test: Likewise.
1044 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
1045 * tests/cond40.test: Likewise.
1046 * tests/cond41.test: Likewise.
1047 * tests/cond42.test: Likewise.
1048 * tests/cond43.test: Likewise.
1049 * tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
1050 * tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
1051 * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise.
1052 * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise.
1053 * tests/hfs.test: Likewise.
1054 * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise.
1055 * tests/percent.test: Likewise.
1056 * tests/percent2.test: Likewise.
1057 * tests/phony.test: Likewise.
1058 * tests/silent.test: Likewise.
1059 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1060 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
1061 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1062 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
1063 * tests/silent6.test: Likewise.
1064 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
1065 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1066 * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise.
1067 * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise.
1068 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
1069 * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise.
1070 * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise.
1072 Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests.
1073 * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean"
1074 and "make maintainer-clean".
1075 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
1076 * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean".
1077 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1078 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1080 2010-11-19 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
1082 Sync config-ml.in from GCC.
1083 * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other
1084 compiler/flag environment variables.
1086 2010-11-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1088 Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon.
1089 * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon.
1091 help4.test: fix botched heading comment.
1092 * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it
1093 didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was
1094 supposed to perform.
1096 help2.test: add checks on aclocal too.
1097 * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and
1098 `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both
1101 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1103 Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran.
1104 * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
1105 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to
1106 avoid spurious failures. Add a trailing `:' command.
1107 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
1109 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1111 Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran.
1112 * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
1113 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers,
1114 to avoid spurious failures. This bug has been there from the
1115 very first version of this test script.
1117 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1119 Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
1120 * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
1121 post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
1122 of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
1123 on the commend line. Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
1124 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1125 Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
1126 improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
1129 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1131 Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
1132 * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
1133 hand-postprocessed Makefile.in. This check worked by setting
1134 the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
1135 not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
1136 This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
1137 commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
1138 tests". Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
1140 2010-11-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1142 tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
1143 * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
1144 double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
1145 are not part of the Automake API.
1147 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1149 tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
1150 * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
1151 pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
1153 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1155 Rebuild menus in the manual.
1156 * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
1157 Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
1159 Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
1160 * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment. Use
1161 separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
1162 to fix quoting issues.
1163 * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
1164 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
1166 2010-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1168 Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
1169 * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
1170 Found by NixOS Hydra.
1172 2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1174 Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
1175 * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
1176 "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
1177 later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
1178 character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
1179 escaped newlines. This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
1180 where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
1181 * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
1182 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
1183 Reported by Andy Wingo.
1185 2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1187 Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
1188 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
1189 if control structure in a generated make rules. Bug introduced
1190 by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
1191 of test `vala2.test'.
1193 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1195 Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
1196 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
1197 modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
1199 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
1200 stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
1201 (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
1202 and header remaking.
1203 * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
1204 passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
1205 * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
1206 %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
1207 * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
1209 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
1211 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1213 Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
1214 * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
1215 (Introduction): Refer to it.
1217 2010-10-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1219 Add support for newer python versions.
1220 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
1221 _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST. Since we are at it, break a long
1222 line and fix indentation.
1224 From a report by Thomas Klausner.
1226 Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
1227 * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
1228 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
1230 Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
1231 * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
1232 flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
1233 * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
1234 * tests/help.test: Likewise. Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
1235 instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
1236 please maintainer-check.
1237 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
1239 2010-10-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1240 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1242 Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
1243 * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
1244 flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
1245 to better honour user-overrides. Similarly for aclocal.
1246 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
1247 * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
1248 * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
1250 2010-10-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1252 Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
1253 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
1254 are expanded before rules.
1255 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
1256 get matched as a rule.
1257 Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
1259 2010-10-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1261 Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
1262 This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
1263 because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
1265 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1267 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
1268 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
1269 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
1270 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
1271 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
1272 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
1273 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
1276 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
1278 2010-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1280 Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
1281 * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
1282 it, rather than removing already present files. Run the aclocal
1283 and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
1284 $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL. Be sure to correctly match literal dots
1285 in aclocal's and automake's stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
1286 * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
1287 `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
1288 * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
1289 `--version' take precedence on the other options.
1290 * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
1291 `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
1293 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1295 2010-09-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1297 Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.
1298 * tests/compile2.test: Do no uselessly (implicitly) repeat the
1299 computation of PATH_SEPARATOR again.
1300 * tests/instmany-mans.test: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when
1301 extending/redefining PATH.
1302 * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
1303 * tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
1304 * tests/man4.test: Likewise.
1305 * tests/mkinst3.test: Likewise.
1306 * tests/mmodely.test: Likewise.
1307 * tests/multlib.test: Likewise.
1308 * tests/txinfo30.test: Likewise.
1309 * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
1311 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): New maintainer check.
1312 (syntax_check_rules): Updated.
1314 Testsuite: new variables `$PATH_SEPARATOR' and `$APIVERSION'.
1315 * tests/defs.in ($APIVERSION): New AC_SUBST'd variable.
1316 ($ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE): Use it.
1317 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): New AC_SUBST'd variables.
1320 2010-09-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1322 Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used.
1323 * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn'
1324 directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied
1325 regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST.
1326 (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion
1327 `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private
1329 (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t.
1330 the version control system used.
1332 Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist".
1333 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard
1334 example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under
1337 Perl modules: remove references to "Automake CVS repository".
1338 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Update comments to refer to "Automke's
1339 git repository" rather than to "Automake's CVS repository".
1340 * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
1341 * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
1342 * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise.
1343 * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise.
1344 * lib/Automake/Version.pm (=head1 DESCRIPTION): Refer to "git
1345 branches" rather than "CVS branches".
1347 Remove obsolete .cvsignore files.
1348 * .cvsignore, doc/.cvsignore, lib/.cvsignore, lib/am/.cvsignore,
1349 lib/Automake/.cvsignore, lib/Automake/tests/.cvsignore,
1350 m4/.cvsignore, tests/.cvsignore: Files deleted. Even when using
1351 savannah's CVS readonly mirror there's no way to commit back to
1352 the real repository, so this files are not worth maintaining or
1355 2010-09-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1357 * m4/dmalloc.m4: Bump serial number and copyright years.
1359 2010-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1361 Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
1362 * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
1363 `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
1364 seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
1367 2010-09-17 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
1369 Avoid triple-space after period.
1370 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
1372 * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
1373 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
1374 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
1375 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
1376 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
1377 * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
1378 * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
1380 2010-09-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1382 Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
1383 * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
1384 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
1385 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
1386 * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
1387 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
1388 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
1389 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
1390 * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
1391 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
1392 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
1393 * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
1394 they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
1395 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
1397 2010-09-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1399 * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
1401 2010-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1403 * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
1405 2010-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1407 Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
1408 * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
1409 that made the test useless. Since we are at it, improve
1410 comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
1412 Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
1413 extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
1415 2010-09-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1417 Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
1418 The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
1419 target system for Automake. So it's pointless to put it in
1421 * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
1422 * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
1423 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1424 From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
1426 Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
1427 * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
1428 instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
1429 * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
1430 white spaces. Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
1431 and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
1432 (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
1433 * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1434 * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
1435 * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
1437 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1438 Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
1440 Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
1441 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
1443 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1445 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
1446 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
1447 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
1448 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
1449 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
1450 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
1451 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
1454 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
1456 Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
1457 * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
1459 2010-08-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1461 Fix bug in test missing6.test.
1462 * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
1463 to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
1464 that do not support $LINENO. Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
1467 2010-08-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1469 Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
1470 * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
1471 $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
1472 (error): New function.
1473 (main): Use it. Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
1474 in case $ls_command gave bogus output. Fix eval quotation.
1475 * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
1476 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1478 2010-08-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1480 Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
1481 * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
1482 in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
1483 * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
1485 2010-08-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1486 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1488 Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
1489 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
1490 automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
1491 the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference
1492 to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
1494 Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
1495 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
1497 2010-08-16 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
1499 Don't hide the table of contents.
1500 * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
1502 2010-08-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1504 Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
1505 * tests/aclocal8.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
1507 * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise. Also, add trailing `:'
1509 * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
1510 * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
1511 `$me' over hard-coded test name.
1512 * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
1513 * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
1514 some grepping slightly stricter.
1515 * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `diff' over
1516 `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
1518 2010-08-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1520 Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
1521 * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1522 * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1523 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1524 * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
1525 * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1526 changes. Add a trailing `:' command.
1527 * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
1529 Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
1530 * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1531 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1532 * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
1533 * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
1534 * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
1535 * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
1537 * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
1538 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
1539 of captured make stdout.
1540 * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command. Also, use the
1541 `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
1543 * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
1544 * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
1545 flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
1546 * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1547 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1548 * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1549 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Do not export
1550 `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
1551 in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required). Use the stub for
1552 `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
1553 scratch. Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
1554 README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
1555 * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1556 changes. Extend existing checks a bit.
1557 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise. Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
1558 the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
1559 generated tarball a bit.
1560 * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1561 changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Also, do not create dummy
1562 files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
1563 automake in foreign mode anyway.
1564 * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1565 `configure.in'. Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1566 changes. Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
1567 and add a "FIXME" comment.
1568 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
1569 `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
1570 * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1571 `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
1572 ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. Enable `errexit'
1573 shell flag, and related changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1574 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1576 * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1577 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Escape literal
1578 dots in grep regular expressions. Also, add a trailing `:'
1579 command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
1581 Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
1582 * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
1583 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1584 * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
1585 * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
1586 * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
1587 * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
1588 * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
1589 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1590 * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
1591 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
1592 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
1593 with its sister test.
1594 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1596 2010-08-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1598 Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
1599 * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command. Typofix in
1601 * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
1602 not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
1603 Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
1604 * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
1606 * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1607 Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
1608 * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
1609 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1610 * tests/condman.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless
1611 dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1612 * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
1613 it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
1615 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1617 Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
1618 * tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1619 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Do not create
1620 a useless dummy file. Add trailing `:' command.
1621 * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1622 related changes. Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1623 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1624 * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1625 changes. Improve the generated `configure.in' file. Add
1626 trailing `:' command.
1627 * tests/colon2.test: Likewise. Also, add some new checks.
1628 * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1629 Add new, much deeper checks. Add trailing `:' command.
1630 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1631 * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command. Remove useless
1632 comments and echos. Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1633 make some grepping tests stricter. Add a "FIXME" comments about
1634 planned improvements.
1636 Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
1637 * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
1638 and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs. Make grepping of
1639 Automake stderr stricter. Do not create useless source file.
1640 Improve verbose messages. Minor cosmetic changes. Tell to
1641 keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
1642 * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
1643 * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
1645 Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
1646 * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
1647 * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
1648 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
1649 * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
1650 * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
1651 * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
1652 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1654 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1655 * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes. Re-enable a temporarily
1656 disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
1657 are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
1658 * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
1659 accordingly to "TODO" comments.
1660 * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1661 Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
1662 stub preset be ./defs.
1663 * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1664 rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
1665 Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes. Prefer diff over
1666 cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
1667 of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in. Make grepping of the contents
1668 of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
1669 * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1670 rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping of Makefile.in
1672 * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter. Add a
1674 * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
1675 `configure.ac'. Do not write `configure.in' two times. Escape
1676 literal dots in grep regular expressions.
1677 * tests/confincl.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1678 changes. Prefer fgrep over grep. Other cosmetic changes.
1679 * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
1680 * tests/confh6.test: ... this. Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
1681 and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
1682 * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
1683 * tests/confh7.test: ... to this. Use the `configure.in' stub
1684 created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch. Try to
1685 run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
1687 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1689 Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
1690 * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
1691 Add a trailing `:' command.
1692 * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
1693 it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
1694 empty value. Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
1695 done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required. Ensure verbose
1696 printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking. Add a
1697 trailing `:' command.
1698 * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1699 grep regexps. Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
1700 files. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
1701 Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:' command.
1702 * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1703 grep regexp. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
1704 created Makefile.am. Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
1705 stoud/stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
1706 * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1707 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Quote literal dots
1708 and dollar characters in grep regexps. Explicitly declare phony
1709 targets as such in the created Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:'
1711 * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
1712 configure.in. Cosmetic fixes to spacing. Make the "dummy" `if'
1713 statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
1714 explanatory comments to it.
1715 * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add a trailing `:' command.
1717 Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
1718 * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test. Working
1719 checks moved out to ...
1720 * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
1721 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1723 Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
1724 * tests/subobjname.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1725 * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
1726 Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
1727 * tests/subobj2.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not use the
1728 unportable fgrep option `-e'.
1729 * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1730 (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
1732 * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise. Also, enable `errexit' shell
1733 flag, with related changes
1734 * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of
1735 `Makefile.in' stricter.
1736 * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1737 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1739 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1740 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1741 * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1742 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1743 of ./defs). Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
1744 * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
1746 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1747 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1748 * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1749 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Fail the test if
1750 `make distcheck' fails. Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1751 stdout. Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
1752 test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
1753 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1754 (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
1755 * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'. Add
1756 trailing `:' command.
1757 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1759 Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
1760 * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
1761 * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
1762 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1764 Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
1765 * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
1766 autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
1769 * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
1770 since we don't generate it. Correctly quote arguments of
1771 `eval' builtin. Fixed a botched error message. Removed an
1774 Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
1775 * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
1776 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
1778 Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
1779 * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
1780 ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
1781 Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
1783 Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
1784 * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1785 * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
1786 Makefile.in stricter.
1788 2010-08-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1790 Fix maintainer-check failure.
1791 * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
1792 time stamp differences.
1794 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1795 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
1798 2010-08-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1800 Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
1801 * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
1802 from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
1805 2010-08-06 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
1807 Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
1808 * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
1809 cater for problems with MSYS bash.
1811 2010-07-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1813 Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
1815 Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
1817 Add more hints for debugging make rules.
1818 * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
1819 out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
1821 Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
1823 2010-07-27 Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk> (tiny change)
1825 Fix typo in the manual.
1826 * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
1828 2010-07-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1830 Document current policy for development with git.
1831 * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
1832 Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
1834 Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
1835 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
1836 variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
1838 * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
1841 Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
1842 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
1843 to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
1844 * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
1846 Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
1847 * tests/init2.test: New test.
1848 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1850 2010-07-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1852 Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
1853 * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1854 changes. Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
1855 rather than writing one from scratch.
1856 * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
1857 * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
1858 * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1859 changes. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1860 * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
1861 and in subdirs) stricter. Some minor changes to keep it more
1862 in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
1863 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
1864 `subdir5.test' here).
1865 * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
1866 * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'. Add
1867 trailing `:' command.
1868 * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
1869 * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
1870 (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
1871 it from scratch. Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
1872 autoconf/automake macros.
1874 Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
1875 * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
1876 a $MAKE call. Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
1877 * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
1878 Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
1879 instead. Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
1880 Display the content of more files, to ease debugging. Add a
1881 trailing `:' command. Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
1883 * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
1885 * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
1886 and stderr. Make grepping of captured stderr stricter. Also,
1887 add trailing `:' command.
1888 * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
1889 Makefile.am as `.PHONY'. Display content of more files, to ease
1890 debugging. Add trailing `:' command.
1891 * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise. Also, factor out common sed
1892 script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
1893 * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
1894 test Makefile.am files. Add a trailing `:' command.
1895 * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'. Move the
1896 call to `set -e' earlier. Be stricter and more verbose in the
1897 checking of the generated tarball.
1898 (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
1899 writing it from scratch. Avoid obsoleted constructs. Remove
1900 useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
1901 * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
1902 * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
1904 2010-07-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1906 Improve and extend test cond5.test.
1907 * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
1908 the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
1909 at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
1910 and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
1911 priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
1912 Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
1914 Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
1915 Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
1916 writing one from scratch.
1918 2010-06-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1920 Update program --help output to match current GCS.
1921 * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
1922 is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
1923 * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
1925 (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
1926 additional substitutions.
1927 * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. Point to Automake
1928 home page and GNU general help page.
1929 * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
1930 * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
1932 (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
1934 * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
1936 * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
1937 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
1940 Clean up @var handling in the manual.
1941 * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
1942 names, replace a few one-character names.
1944 2010-06-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1946 Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
1947 * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
1950 Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
1951 * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
1952 `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
1953 already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
1954 * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
1955 * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
1956 * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
1957 of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
1958 * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
1959 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
1960 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1961 * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
1962 * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
1964 Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
1965 * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
1968 2010-06-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1970 Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
1971 * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
1972 instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
1974 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1976 Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
1977 `make dist' to fail.
1978 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
1979 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1981 2010-06-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1983 Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
1984 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
1985 and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
1988 * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
1989 tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
1990 please maintainer-check. Ensure generated C files contain a
1991 declaration, to please compilers.
1993 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1995 Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
1996 $(FLAGS) precedence.
1997 * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
1998 "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
1999 $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
2000 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2003 New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
2004 $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
2005 * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
2006 precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS). Still
2008 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
2009 * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
2010 precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS). Still
2012 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
2013 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
2015 2010-06-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2017 Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
2018 * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
2020 * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
2021 * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
2023 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
2024 * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
2025 changes. Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
2026 * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
2027 changes. Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
2028 might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
2029 * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
2030 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use a more
2031 idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
2032 grep. Do not create useless dummy source files.
2033 * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
2034 stdout. Minor cosmetic changes.
2035 * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, drop useless call to the
2036 env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
2037 $FGREP rather than plain grep.
2038 * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
2039 * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
2040 * tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
2041 the `configure.in' stub. Cosmetic changes.
2042 * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
2044 2010-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2046 Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
2047 * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
2048 useless `if' statement is indeed required.
2050 Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
2051 * tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
2052 an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
2054 Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
2055 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
2056 definition of this variable.
2058 2010-06-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2060 Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
2061 * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
2062 for the FOOTEST conditional.
2064 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2066 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
2067 * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
2069 * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
2070 * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
2071 * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
2072 stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
2073 * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
2074 changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
2075 * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
2076 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping
2077 of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
2078 * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
2079 * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
2080 earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
2081 that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
2083 * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
2084 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Move the call
2085 to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
2086 Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
2087 in ./defs). Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
2088 output. Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
2089 * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
2090 make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
2091 * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
2092 changes. Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
2093 * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
2094 * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise. Also, use the `configure.in'
2095 stub created by `./defs'.
2096 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
2098 Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
2099 * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
2100 here-doc, not using echo.
2101 * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
2102 `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
2103 instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
2104 * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
2106 * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless dummy
2107 data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
2108 * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise. Also, append to configure.in
2109 using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
2110 * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
2111 * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
2112 * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
2113 * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
2114 * tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
2115 Automake stderr. Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
2117 Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
2118 * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
2119 or grepping it. Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
2121 * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
2122 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
2123 * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
2124 * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
2125 * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
2126 * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
2127 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
2128 * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
2129 * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
2130 * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
2131 * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
2132 * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
2133 * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
2134 * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
2136 * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
2137 created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
2139 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
2140 * tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
2142 * tests/backsl2.test: Likewise.
2143 * tests/block.test: Likewise.
2144 * tests/canon2.test: Likewise.
2145 * tests/canon4.test: Likewise.
2146 * tests/comment2.test: Likewise.
2147 * tests/condlib.test: Likewise.
2148 * tests/cond15.test: Likewise, and prefer $FGREP over grep.
2149 * tests/canon3.test: Likewise. Also, avoid to create an useless
2151 * tests/acoutpt2.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and some
2152 related changes. Do some cosmetic improvements in the generated
2153 `configure.in' file.
2154 * tests/cond4.test: Likewise.
2155 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
2156 * tests/condinc.test: Likewise.
2157 * tests/cond7.test: Likewise. Also, remove useless setting of
2158 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am.
2159 * tests/ansi.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
2160 changes. Extended, esp. by running autoconf, ./configure and
2161 make, and by looking into the distdir.
2163 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2164 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2166 Extend tests/README w.r.t. trailing `:' in test scripts.
2167 * tests/README (section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
2168 Explain why apparently redundant trailing `:' and `Exit 0' in
2169 test scripts can indeed be useful.
2171 2010-06-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2173 Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
2174 * bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
2177 Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
2178 * bootstrap: Consistently use two-spaces indentation. Cosmetic
2179 improvement to comments.
2180 ($me): New variable, containing program basename.
2181 Prepend it to all error messages.
2183 Testsuite now works with BSD make in parallel mode.
2184 * tests/defs.in: Unset variables __MKLVL__ and MAKE_JOBS_FIFO,
2185 which are exported by BSD make when run in parallel mode, and
2186 which can confuse make processes spawned by our testsuite.
2187 This change fixes a lot of spurious failure when the testsuite
2188 is run with BSD make in parallel mode.
2190 2010-06-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2192 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
2193 * tests/sanity.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
2194 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
2195 * tests/depend2.test: Likewise. Also, call `set -e' just after
2196 the inclusion of `./defs', instead that later in the script.
2197 * tests/canon5.test: Avoid a useless `|| Exit 1' after a call to
2198 $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
2199 * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
2200 Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
2201 These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
2202 * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
2203 * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
2204 rather than in the middle.
2205 * tests/exeext.test: Call `set -e' just after the inclusion of
2206 `./defs', instead that later in the script.
2207 * tests/extra5.test: Likewise.
2208 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `mv -f' over
2209 plain `mv', just to be sure.
2210 * tests/depcomp.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
2211 changes. Also, modernize the generated configure.in.
2212 * tests/cond9.test: Likewise. Also, rely on the `configure.in'
2213 stub created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
2214 * tests/cond10.test: Likewise.
2215 * tests/depcomp2.test: Likewise.
2216 * tests/depend3.test: Likewise.
2217 * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
2218 * tests/fortdep.test: Likewise. Also, remove definition of
2219 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am,
2220 since that flag is already provided by $AUTOMAKE.
2221 * tests/mdate.test: Made stricter, by checking that Automake
2222 actually failed, and by making a stricter grep on the error
2223 message. Also, set shell `errexit flag'.
2224 * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
2226 Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
2227 * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
2228 Enable `errexit' shell flag.
2230 2010-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2232 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
2233 * tests/subcond.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
2235 * tests/subst.test: Likewise.
2236 * tests/vars.test: Likewise.
2237 * tests/version4.test: Likewise.
2238 * tests/vpath.test: Likewise.
2239 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
2240 * tests/werror.test: Likewise.
2241 * tests/whoami.test: Likewise.
2242 * tests/tags.test: Likewise, and avoid to crate an useless dummy
2244 * tests/acsilent.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
2245 command substitution.
2246 * tests/unused.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
2247 command substitution.
2248 * tests/version.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
2249 in the generated `configure.in'.
2250 * tests/version2.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
2251 in the generated `configure.in'.
2253 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2255 Prefer AUTOMAKE_fails over `$AUTOMAKE | grep' in tests.
2256 * tests/ldadd.test: Enable errexit. Use AUTOMAKE_fails so
2257 the verbose log contains all output.
2258 * tests/mdate.test: Likewise.
2259 Prompted by Stefano Lattarini's change to discover.test.
2261 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2263 Improve tests link*.test (enable `errexit' shell flag).
2264 * tests/link_c_cxx.test: Enable `errexit shell flag, and related
2265 changes. Also, do not create useless source files.
2266 * tests/link_dist.test: Likewise.
2267 * tests/link_f90_only.test: Likewise.
2268 * tests/link_f_only.test: Likewise.
2269 * tests/link_fc.test: Likewise.
2270 * tests/link_fccxx.test: Likewise.
2271 * tests/link_fcxx.test: Likewise.
2273 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2275 Improve ext.test semantics, avoid OpenBSD sh errexit issue.
2276 * tests/ext.test: Inside shell compound command, use
2277 `if $cmd; then Exit 1; fi' rather than `$cmd && Exit 1', to
2278 fix failure with OpenBSD sh introduced with last patch.
2279 Actually ensure that a rule for .EXT.o is created for each
2280 known extension EXT.
2282 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2284 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
2285 * tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
2287 * tests/defun.test: Likewise.
2288 * tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
2289 * tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
2290 * tests/double.test: Likewise.
2291 * tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
2292 * tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
2293 * tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
2294 * tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
2295 * tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
2296 * tests/ext.test: Likewise.
2297 * tests/extra.test: Likewise.
2298 * tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
2299 * tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
2300 * tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
2301 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
2302 * tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
2303 * tests/fo.test: Likewise.
2304 * tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
2305 * tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
2306 * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
2307 * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
2308 * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
2309 comments and unnecessary commands.
2310 * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
2311 comments and unnecessary commands.
2312 * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
2314 Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
2315 * tests/cxx.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
2317 * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
2318 * tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
2319 * tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
2320 * tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
2321 * tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.
2323 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
2324 * tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
2326 * tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
2327 * tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
2328 * tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
2329 * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
2330 * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
2331 * tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
2332 * tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
2333 * tests/clean.test: Likewise.
2334 * tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
2335 * tests/colon.test: Likewise.
2336 * tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
2337 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
2338 * tests/comment.test: Likewise.
2339 * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
2340 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
2341 * tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
2342 * tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
2343 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
2344 * tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
2345 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
2346 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
2347 * tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
2348 * tests/confh4.test: Likewise. Also, add in the heading comments
2349 an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
2350 creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.
2352 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2354 Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
2355 * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
2356 (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
2357 (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
2358 Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
2359 speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
2360 or by addressing them as `you' instead.
2362 Report by Christina Gratorp.
2366 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2368 Make tests on user extensibility of silent-rules mode stricter.
2369 * tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
2370 output produced by `make'.
2371 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
2373 Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
2374 * tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
2375 output produced by `make'.
2376 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
2377 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
2378 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
2379 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
2380 command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.
2382 Improved test silent5.test.
2383 * tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
2384 non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
2385 Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
2386 removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
2387 not trigger a different set of rules. Make grepping of make's
2388 output stricter. Improved/added some comments.
2390 New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
2391 * tests/silentf77.test: New test.
2392 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
2393 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2395 New test `silentcxx.test' (Automake silent-mode with C++).
2396 * tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
2397 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2399 New test `silentyacc.test' (Automake silent-mode with Yacc).
2400 * tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
2401 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2403 New test `silentlex.test' (Automake silent-mode with Lex).
2404 * tests/silentlex.test: New test.
2405 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2407 Relax tests on silent-rules to cater to overly verbose makes.
2408 * tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
2409 make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
2410 it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
2411 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
2412 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
2413 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
2414 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
2415 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
2417 2010-01-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2419 Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
2420 * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
2421 expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
2422 to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
2424 * automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
2425 `@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
2426 (handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
2427 set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
2428 * m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
2429 verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
2430 dependencies are enabled.
2431 * tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
2432 also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
2433 * tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
2434 dependency tracking.
2435 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2436 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2437 Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.
2439 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2441 Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
2442 * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Related and
2443 unrelated minor changes. Make the grepping of the generated
2444 Makefile.in slightly stricter. Generate and run configure, so that
2445 the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
2447 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2449 Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
2450 * lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
2451 than \015, for EBCDIC hosts. Also, avoid unportable nested
2452 double-quotes and backquotes.
2454 Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.
2456 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2458 Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
2459 Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
2460 autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
2461 and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
2462 required configure 2.61a-341 or later. This change should
2463 eliminate such inconsistencies.
2464 * configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
2467 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2469 Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
2470 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
2471 not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.
2473 Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
2474 * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
2475 * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
2478 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2480 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2481 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2482 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2484 Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
2485 * tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Also, avoid
2486 unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.
2488 Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2489 * tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
2490 instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
2491 since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter. Do not SKIP the test
2492 if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.
2494 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2497 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
2498 missing closing parenthesis.
2500 Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
2501 * automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
2502 macros_dump. Print actual error before list of variables.
2504 2010-04-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2506 Minor improvements in comments of test `silent3.test'.
2507 * tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
2510 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2512 testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
2513 * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
2514 tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
2515 tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
2518 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2520 Make test badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
2521 * tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'. Due to this change,
2522 an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
2523 was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
2524 Also, bumped the copyright years.
2526 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2527 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2528 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2530 Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoids possible false negatives).
2531 * tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
2532 changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
2533 Also, bumped copyright years.
2535 2010-04-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2537 Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
2538 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
2539 $configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
2541 (require_variables): Initialize it here.
2542 * tests/configure.test: New test.
2543 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
2544 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
2546 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2548 Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
2549 * tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
2550 copyright years. Due to this change, any unexpected failure
2551 in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
2552 a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
2553 cause the whole test to fail.
2555 2010-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2557 Fixed typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
2558 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
2559 @<...> was used instead of C<...>.
2561 2010-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2563 Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
2564 * tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
2565 * tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
2566 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.
2568 2010-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2570 Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test
2571 * tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.
2573 Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
2574 * tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Improve
2577 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2579 Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
2580 Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
2581 Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
2582 treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
2583 and unstable exit status values.
2584 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
2585 (drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
2586 $warnings_are_errors.
2587 * tests/werror3.test: New test.
2588 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2591 2010-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2593 Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2594 * tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
2595 `test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
2596 that is not supported by Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2598 Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
2599 * tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'. Fail if $ACLOCAL
2600 succeds unexpectedly.
2602 Add tests checking that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
2603 * tests/distlinks.test: New test.
2604 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2605 Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.
2607 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2609 Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
2610 * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
2611 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2612 Report by Pavel Sanda.
2614 2010-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2616 Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
2617 * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
2618 in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
2621 Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.
2622 * Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
2623 $(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
2624 symlink targets). Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
2627 2010-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2629 Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.
2630 * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
2631 Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
2632 Suggested by Karl Berry.
2634 2010-03-13 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
2636 GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
2637 * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
2640 2010-03-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2642 Formatting cleanups in macro comments.
2643 * automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
2644 lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
2645 lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
2646 m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.
2648 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2649 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2651 Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file.
2652 * tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
2653 `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
2654 variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
2655 * tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
2656 (check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
2657 (clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
2658 ($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
2660 * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
2662 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
2663 then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
2664 * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
2665 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2666 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2667 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2668 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2669 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2670 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
2671 * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
2672 * tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
2673 * tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases" subsection "Do"):
2674 Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
2675 behaviour. Some other minor related improvements.
2676 * tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.
2678 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2680 Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
2681 * tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
2682 already unset in the `defs' file.
2683 * tests/check5.test: Likewise.
2684 * tests/check8.test: Likewise.
2685 * tests/check9.test: Likewise.
2686 * tests/check10.test: Likewise.
2687 * tests/check11.test: Likewise.
2688 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
2689 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2690 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2691 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2692 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2693 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2695 2010-02-22 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2697 Improve help message of mdate-sh.
2698 * mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.
2700 2010-02-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2702 Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
2703 * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
2704 Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
2706 Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.
2708 2010-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2710 Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2711 * tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
2713 * tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
2714 wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2715 * tests/extra12.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
2716 EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
2717 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2718 Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
2719 and Ralf Wildenhues.
2721 2010-02-08 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
2723 Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.
2724 * lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.
2726 2010-02-06 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> (tiny change)
2727 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2729 Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
2730 The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
2731 cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
2733 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
2734 * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
2735 * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
2736 * lib/ylwrap: Likewise. Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
2737 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2738 Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
2740 2010-02-06 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2742 Improve gnupload usage text.
2743 * gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
2744 line. Mention CMD in the synopsis. With ..., plural is implied.
2746 2010-01-28 Christos Kontas <xakon@yahoo.com> (tiny change)
2748 Fix some typos in the manual
2749 * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.
2751 2010-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2753 Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
2754 * tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Check that
2755 autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
2756 configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
2758 * tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.
2760 Fix test acoutbs2.test.
2761 * tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
2762 to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
2763 PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
2764 Updated copyright years.
2765 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.
2767 Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
2768 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
2769 filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
2770 acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
2771 (XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.
2773 2010-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2775 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
2776 * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub:
2779 Bump copyright years.
2780 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
2781 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
2782 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
2785 * ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
2786 * ChangeLog: ... here.
2787 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.
2791 Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2793 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
2794 permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.