1 2011-04-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
3 tests: fix timestamp-related failures
4 Fixes automake bug#8365.
5 * tests/aclocal6.test: Sleep before modifying m4 files that should
6 trigger remake rules. Remove incorrect/obsoleted comments.
7 * tests/subdir5.test: Likewise, and extend a bit.
8 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise.
9 * tests/pr8365-remake-timing.test: New xfailing test.
10 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
11 Report from Sam Steingold.
13 2011-04-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 Create subdirs for generated sources even when not dep tracking.
16 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): If $object is derived
17 and lands in subdir, be sure to output a dirstamp dependency.
18 * tests/yacc5.test: Avoid falsely matching the dirstamp
19 dependency when grepping for a rule.
20 * tests/lex-subobj-nodep.test: New test.
21 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
23 Report by Ignacy Gawedzki.
25 Fix locale issue in check-exported-srcdir.test.
26 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Reformulate glob to not fail
27 in a locale that ignores or interleaves character case.
29 2011-04-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
31 docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index
32 * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure'
33 from "Scanning configure.ac or configure.in" to the more precise
34 "Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal".
35 (@detailmenu): Adjust.
36 (@node configure): Adjust, and extend @cindex calls accordingly.
38 From a report by Maynard Johnson.
40 2011-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
42 tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target
43 * tests/aclocal6.test: Move checks related to "maintainer-clean"
44 functionalities into ...
45 * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: ... this new test.
46 * tests/maintclean.test: Update heading comments. Extend to also
47 test subdirs. Remove useless disabling of YACC. Fix m4 quoting
48 in configure.in. Add a trailing `:' command. Remove extra blank
50 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
52 2011-03-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
54 tests: fix unindent to use printf not echo for script.
55 * tests/defs.in: Use printf rather than echo, as the latter may
56 interpret the backslashes in the sed script. Fixes test
57 failures with dash as /bin/sh.
59 2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
60 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
62 maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases
63 The configure.in stub created by default by `tests/defs' obtains
64 the first argument of AC_INIT from the test name, and this can
65 cause some supported autoconf versions to fail with a spurious
66 error if that test name contains the name of an m4 or m4sugar
67 builtin or macro (e.g., `defn' or `m4_undefine').
68 See for example the bug fixed by commit v1.11-287-g1325a8a.
69 This change add a maintainer check that warns about test names
70 which are possibly problematic in this regard.
71 * Makefile.am (sc_test_names): New maintainer-check target.
72 (syntax_check_rules): Add it.
73 (m4_builtins): New helper variable.
74 (TESTS): Updated according to the following renamings.
75 * tests/include.test: Renamed ...
76 * tests/hdr-vars-defined-once.test: ... to this.
77 * tests/sinclude.test: Renamed ...
78 * tests/m4-inclusion.test: ... to this, and simplified
80 * tests/include2.test: Renamed ...
81 * tests/dist-included-parent-dir.test: ... to this, for
84 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
86 tests: fix bug in alloca*.test
87 * tests/alloca.test: Make grepping of automake stderr stricter,
88 add a trailing `:' command; also, add AC_PROG_CC to configure.in,
89 and create a dummy alloca.c file, to ensure that we fail for the
91 * tests/alloca2.test: Likewise. Also, look for LT_INIT, not
92 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, in the error message (bug introduced with commit
93 v1.11-315-gd51e7b7 "libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES
95 From a report by Patrick Welche.
97 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
99 tests: fix bug (comments-in-var-defn.test + autoconf 2.62)
100 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: The configure.in stub created
101 by default, which has the AC_INIT first argument obtained by the
102 test name, causes autoconf 2.62 to fail with a spurious error
103 message like: "configure.in:1: error: defn: undefined macro:".
104 Thus, to prevent this, the test is renamed to ...
105 * tests/comments-in-var-def.test: ... this.
106 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
108 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
110 cosmetics: convert encoding from ISO-8859 to UTF-8
111 * ChangeLog.03: Convert encoding to UTF-8.
112 * ChangeLog.96: Likewise.
113 * ChangeLog.98: Likewise.
117 2011-03-01 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
119 test defs: unindent without temporary file
120 * tests/defs.in (commented_sed_unindent_prog): Commented Sed program
121 that strips the "proper" amount of leading whitespace.
122 (unindent): Lazily strip comments from the above program and use it
123 to unindent without using a temporary file.
125 2011-02-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
127 libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES primary is used
128 When the LTLIBRARIES primary was used, but $(LIBTOOL) wasn't
129 defined, automake suggested to add a call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
130 in configure.ac. But that macro is deprecated since Libtool
131 version 1.9b (2004-08-29), in favor of the newer LT_INIT. So
132 suggest the use of this latter macro instead.
133 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_am_macro_for_var): Pair 'LIBTOOL'
134 with 'LT_INIT', not with 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'.
135 * libtool4.test: Adjust and extend. Also, add a call to macro
136 AC_PROG_CC in configure.in, to help ensuring that automake does
137 not fail for the wrong reasons.
138 * ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool support
139 works with LT_INIT-based interface.
140 Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion.
142 2011-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
144 tests: tempdirs with restrictive permissions are cleaned correctly
145 Before this change, the removal of a temporary test directory
146 containing subdirectories with restrictive permissions (such as
147 'r--r--r--') could fail.
148 * tests/defs: Ensure that all the subdirectories of a temporary
149 test directory have the 'read', 'write' and 'execute' bits set,
150 before trying to remove it with `rm -rf'.
151 * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Likewise.
153 2011-02-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
154 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
156 test defs: add subroutine for input unindenting
157 * tests/defs.in (unindent): New subroutine.
159 2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
161 python: report the 'PYTHON' influential environment variable
162 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Call AC_ARG_VAR on PYTHON.
163 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Update and extend.
164 * tests/help-python.test: New test.
165 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
166 * THANKS (Jack Kelly): Update e-mail address.
167 Suggestion by Jack Kelly.
169 2011-02-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
171 tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable
172 * tests/defs.in (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset it, so that values
173 from environment won't interfere with the testcases.
174 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
176 2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
178 tests: tweak few tests on simple and parallel test drivers
179 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Improve heading comments.
180 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. Also, unset the
181 `FOO_EXIT_STATUS' variable, so that any pre-existing value in the
182 environment won't risk to interfere with the test.
183 Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
185 2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
187 coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers
188 * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test.
189 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
190 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
191 * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
192 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
194 2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
196 tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test
197 * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so
198 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
199 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
201 2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
203 docs: color-tests issues with parallel make
204 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic
205 recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail
206 with some make implementation when running in parallel mode,
207 thus causing colored test output not to be automatically
208 activated when it should.
210 2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
212 tests: avoid instspc.test failures due to make's whitespace trimming
213 * tests/instspc.test: Prepend './' when passing the test
214 characters, to avoid leading whitespace characters to be trimmed
215 from macros set from environment variables. Fixes testsuite
216 failures with HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64/OSF make.
218 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
220 coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags
221 * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy"
222 per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects.
223 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
224 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
226 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
228 tests defs: sanitize IFS
229 * tests/defs.in ($IFS): Define to <space>, <tab>, <newline>.
230 ($sp): New variable, holding a single whitespace character.
231 ($tab): New variable, holding a tabulation character.
232 ($nl): New variable, holding a newline character.
234 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
236 tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds.
237 * tests/parallel-tests8.test, tests/suffix13.test:
238 Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris
239 make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion.
241 2011-01-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
243 tests: fix spurious failures in yflags*.test
244 * tests/yflags.test: Remove 'YACC' from the environment, so
245 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
246 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
248 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
250 tests: avoid fn99*.test failures due to buggy AIX 5.3 cp -R.
251 * tests/fn99.test, tests/fn99subdir.test: Skip if an initial
252 `cp -R' of the subdir tree already fails; AIX 5.3 cp messes
253 up its internal memory when copying this tree.
255 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
256 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
258 Add comment to check-TESTS rule working around make 3.80 bug.
259 * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Update comment.
261 2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
263 tests: less strict double-colon spy.test again.
264 * tests/spy.test: We know BSD make doesn't invoke more than one
265 double-colon rule, so no need to expose that failure.
267 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
269 install-sh: avoid Tru64 sh `test' operator precedence issues.
270 * lib/install-sh: Protect file names and directory components
271 that consist of `=', `(', `)', or `!'. Move protection as early
272 as possible, to avoid errors such as with Tru64 sh `test -z ='.
273 * tests/instsh2.test: Extend test to cover more possibilities.
274 Fixes 1.12 instspc-equal-install.test failure on Tru64/OSF 5.1.
276 2011-01-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
277 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
279 docs: automake testsuite doesn't use TESTS_ENVIRONMENT anymore
280 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Do not claim Automake uses
281 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT for the perl driver. Instead, point to the
282 parallel-tests driver.
284 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
286 Allow _AM_DEPENDENCIES to be used later in configure.
287 * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Remove a previously existing
288 conftest.dir before recreating it.
290 Report by Eric Blake, from report by Scott McCreary against M4.
292 2011-01-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
294 tests: avoid failure on w32 file systems.
295 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: SKIP if file cannot
296 be turned unreadable.
298 2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
300 tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make.
301 * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos. Ensure prerequisites we
302 do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target.
303 Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule.
305 2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
307 tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
308 * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
309 Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
311 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
312 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
314 parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs.
315 * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
316 Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
317 exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
318 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
319 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
322 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
324 * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
326 Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
327 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
328 are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
330 2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
332 docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
333 * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
334 (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
335 lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
336 output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
337 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
339 2011-01-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
341 tests: fix comment typo
342 * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
344 2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
346 tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
347 * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'.
348 * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so
349 that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable)
351 Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
353 2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
355 Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change.
356 Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to
357 require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess
358 and config.sub files are present for respective checks.
359 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files.
360 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
361 * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
363 2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
365 docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
366 This change fixes automake bug#7828.
367 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake
368 recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with
370 From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
372 2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
374 tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
375 Related to automake bug#7819.
376 * tests/autodist.test: New test.
377 * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
378 * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
379 * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
380 * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
381 * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
382 * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
383 * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
384 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
386 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
388 tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL
389 * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling
390 automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug
391 in the texinfo + cygnus interaction.
392 * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments.
393 * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated.
395 2011-01-09 Dave Hart <davehart@gmail.com> (tiny change)
397 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
398 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
400 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
402 Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
403 * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
404 `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not
405 redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
406 uselessly run it in a subshell.
407 * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
408 make. All checks moved into Makefile.am.
409 * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
411 * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
413 * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
414 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
415 * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
416 Makefile.in stricter.
417 * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
418 changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff
420 * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
421 to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict,
422 to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes.
423 * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
424 for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments.
425 * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
426 it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
427 * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
428 * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
429 * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
430 for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are
431 cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
432 * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
433 and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check
434 that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
435 preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
436 "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
437 so they have been moved ...
438 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
439 * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add
440 trailing `:' command.
441 * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated
442 Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
443 append to configure.in.
444 * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
445 * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
446 make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just
447 after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other
448 minor cosmetic improvements.
449 * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add
450 trailing `:' command.
451 * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
452 * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
453 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
455 2011-01-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
457 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
458 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
460 2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
462 cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
463 * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
464 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
465 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
466 * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
467 * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
468 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
469 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
471 automake: minor fixes in comments
472 * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
474 2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
476 Add test coverage for deleted header files.
477 * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
478 also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency
479 tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
480 successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
482 Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
483 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
485 docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
486 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
487 (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
488 (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
489 (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
490 Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
492 2011-01-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
493 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
495 docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
496 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
497 manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
498 (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
500 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
502 * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
504 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
505 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
507 docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
508 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
509 be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory
510 couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES').
512 2011-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
514 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
515 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
518 Fix maintainer-check regression.
519 * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the
522 Bump copyright years.
523 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
524 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
525 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
527 2010-12-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
528 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
530 Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make.
531 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the
532 dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single
534 * tests/subobj11a.test: New test.
535 * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise.
536 * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise.
537 * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise.
538 * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
539 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
541 Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final
542 patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini.
544 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
546 Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5.
547 * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on
548 weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5).
549 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related
551 Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. The bugs have been there from the
552 first versions of the affected test scripts.
554 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
556 docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro.
557 * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require
558 the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at
559 least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from
560 Cygnus" of 1997-08-25).
562 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
564 distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
565 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
566 its output each time for a single error message, rather than
567 running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
568 all the expected error messages. This should work around make
569 implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
570 information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
571 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
572 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
573 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
574 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
576 2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
578 Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
579 * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
580 `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
581 in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
583 2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
585 docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
586 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
587 not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
588 extension module `quaternion.la'.
590 2010-12-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
592 docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
593 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
594 the Automake primaries.
596 2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
598 Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen.
599 * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen
600 relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in
602 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
603 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
604 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
605 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
606 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
607 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
608 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
609 * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen
612 2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
614 Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.
615 * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE.
616 Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not
617 invoke installed automake.
619 2010-11-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
621 Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc
622 In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the
623 use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has
624 unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C
625 compilers were used. So we are now careful to require GCC in
626 tests that force gcc depmode.
627 From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
628 * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
629 * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new
630 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
632 * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
633 * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new
634 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
636 * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
637 * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new
638 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
640 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
642 2010-11-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
644 Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs".
645 * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare
646 `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests.
647 * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise.
648 * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise.
649 * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise.
650 * tests/cond23.test: Likewise.
651 * tests/cond24.test: Likewise.
652 * tests/cond25.test: Likewise.
653 * tests/cond26.test: Likewise.
654 * tests/cond27.test: Likewise.
655 * tests/cond28.test: Likewise.
656 * tests/cond29.test: Likewise.
657 * tests/cond30.test: Likewise.
658 * tests/cond31.test: Likewise.
659 * tests/cond32.test: Likewise.
660 * tests/cond33.test: Likewise.
661 * tests/cond34.test: Likewise.
662 * tests/cond35.test: Likewise.
663 * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
664 * tests/cond37.test: Likewise.
665 * tests/cond38.test: Likewise.
666 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
667 * tests/cond40.test: Likewise.
668 * tests/cond41.test: Likewise.
669 * tests/cond42.test: Likewise.
670 * tests/cond43.test: Likewise.
671 * tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
672 * tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
673 * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise.
674 * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise.
675 * tests/hfs.test: Likewise.
676 * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise.
677 * tests/percent.test: Likewise.
678 * tests/percent2.test: Likewise.
679 * tests/phony.test: Likewise.
680 * tests/silent.test: Likewise.
681 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
682 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
683 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
684 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
685 * tests/silent6.test: Likewise.
686 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
687 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
688 * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise.
689 * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise.
690 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
691 * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise.
692 * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise.
694 Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests.
695 * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean"
696 and "make maintainer-clean".
697 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
698 * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean".
699 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
700 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
702 2010-11-19 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
704 Sync config-ml.in from GCC.
705 * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other
706 compiler/flag environment variables.
708 2010-11-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
710 Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon.
711 * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon.
713 help4.test: fix botched heading comment.
714 * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it
715 didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was
718 help2.test: add checks on aclocal too.
719 * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and
720 `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both
723 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
725 Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran.
726 * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
727 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to
728 avoid spurious failures. Add a trailing `:' command.
729 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
731 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
733 Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran.
734 * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
735 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers,
736 to avoid spurious failures. This bug has been there from the
737 very first version of this test script.
739 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
741 Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
742 * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
743 post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
744 of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
745 on the commend line. Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
746 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
747 Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
748 improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
751 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
753 Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
754 * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
755 hand-postprocessed Makefile.in. This check worked by setting
756 the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
757 not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
758 This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
759 commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
760 tests". Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
762 2010-11-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
764 tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
765 * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
766 double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
767 are not part of the Automake API.
769 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
771 tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
772 * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
773 pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
775 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
777 Rebuild menus in the manual.
778 * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
779 Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
781 Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
782 * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment. Use
783 separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
784 to fix quoting issues.
785 * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
786 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
788 2010-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
790 Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
791 * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
792 Found by NixOS Hydra.
794 2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
796 Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
797 * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
798 "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
799 later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
800 character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
801 escaped newlines. This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
802 where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
803 * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
804 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
805 Reported by Andy Wingo.
807 2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
809 Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
810 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
811 if control structure in a generated make rules. Bug introduced
812 by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
813 of test `vala2.test'.
815 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
817 Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
818 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
819 modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
821 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
822 stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
823 (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
825 * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
826 passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
827 * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
828 %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
829 * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
831 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
833 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
835 Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
836 * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
837 (Introduction): Refer to it.
839 2010-10-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
841 Add support for newer python versions.
842 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
843 _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST. Since we are at it, break a long
844 line and fix indentation.
846 From a report by Thomas Klausner.
848 Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
849 * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
850 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
852 Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
853 * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
854 flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
855 * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
856 * tests/help.test: Likewise. Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
857 instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
858 please maintainer-check.
859 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
861 2010-10-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
862 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
864 Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
865 * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
866 flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
867 to better honour user-overrides. Similarly for aclocal.
868 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
869 * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
870 * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
872 2010-10-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
874 Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
875 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
876 are expanded before rules.
877 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
878 get matched as a rule.
879 Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
881 2010-10-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
883 Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
884 This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
885 because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
887 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
889 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
890 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
891 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
892 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
893 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
894 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
895 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
898 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
900 2010-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
902 Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
903 * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
904 it, rather than removing already present files. Run the aclocal
905 and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
906 $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL. Be sure to correctly match literal dots
907 in aclocal's and automake's stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
908 * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
909 `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
910 * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
911 `--version' take precedence on the other options.
912 * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
913 `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
915 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
917 2010-09-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
919 Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.
920 * tests/compile2.test: Do no uselessly (implicitly) repeat the
921 computation of PATH_SEPARATOR again.
922 * tests/instmany-mans.test: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when
923 extending/redefining PATH.
924 * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
925 * tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
926 * tests/man4.test: Likewise.
927 * tests/mkinst3.test: Likewise.
928 * tests/mmodely.test: Likewise.
929 * tests/multlib.test: Likewise.
930 * tests/txinfo30.test: Likewise.
931 * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
933 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): New maintainer check.
934 (syntax_check_rules): Updated.
936 Testsuite: new variables `$PATH_SEPARATOR' and `$APIVERSION'.
937 * tests/defs.in ($APIVERSION): New AC_SUBST'd variable.
938 ($ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE): Use it.
939 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): New AC_SUBST'd variables.
942 2010-09-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
944 Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used.
945 * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn'
946 directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied
947 regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST.
948 (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion
949 `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private
951 (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t.
952 the version control system used.
954 Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist".
955 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard
956 example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under
959 Perl modules: remove references to "Automake CVS repository".
960 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Update comments to refer to "Automke's
961 git repository" rather than to "Automake's CVS repository".
962 * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
963 * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
964 * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise.
965 * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise.
966 * lib/Automake/Version.pm (=head1 DESCRIPTION): Refer to "git
967 branches" rather than "CVS branches".
969 Remove obsolete .cvsignore files.
970 * .cvsignore, doc/.cvsignore, lib/.cvsignore, lib/am/.cvsignore,
971 lib/Automake/.cvsignore, lib/Automake/tests/.cvsignore,
972 m4/.cvsignore, tests/.cvsignore: Files deleted. Even when using
973 savannah's CVS readonly mirror there's no way to commit back to
974 the real repository, so this files are not worth maintaining or
977 2010-09-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
979 * m4/dmalloc.m4: Bump serial number and copyright years.
981 2010-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
983 Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
984 * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
985 `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
986 seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
989 2010-09-17 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
991 Avoid triple-space after period.
992 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
994 * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
995 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
996 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
997 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
998 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
999 * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
1000 * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
1002 2010-09-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1004 Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
1005 * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
1006 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
1007 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
1008 * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
1009 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
1010 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
1011 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
1012 * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
1013 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
1014 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
1015 * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
1016 they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
1017 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
1019 2010-09-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1021 * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
1023 2010-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1025 * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
1027 2010-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1029 Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
1030 * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
1031 that made the test useless. Since we are at it, improve
1032 comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
1034 Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
1035 extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
1037 2010-09-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1039 Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
1040 The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
1041 target system for Automake. So it's pointless to put it in
1043 * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
1044 * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
1045 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1046 From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
1048 Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
1049 * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
1050 instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
1051 * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
1052 white spaces. Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
1053 and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
1054 (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
1055 * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1056 * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
1057 * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
1059 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1060 Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
1062 Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
1063 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
1065 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1067 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
1068 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
1069 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
1070 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
1071 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
1072 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
1073 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
1076 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
1078 Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
1079 * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
1081 2010-08-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1083 Fix bug in test missing6.test.
1084 * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
1085 to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
1086 that do not support $LINENO. Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
1089 2010-08-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1091 Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
1092 * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
1093 $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
1094 (error): New function.
1095 (main): Use it. Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
1096 in case $ls_command gave bogus output. Fix eval quotation.
1097 * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
1098 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1100 2010-08-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1102 Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
1103 * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
1104 in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
1105 * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
1107 2010-08-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1108 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1110 Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
1111 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
1112 automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
1113 the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference
1114 to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
1116 Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
1117 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
1119 2010-08-16 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
1121 Don't hide the table of contents.
1122 * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
1124 2010-08-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1126 Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
1127 * tests/aclocal8.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
1129 * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise. Also, add trailing `:'
1131 * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
1132 * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
1133 `$me' over hard-coded test name.
1134 * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
1135 * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
1136 some grepping slightly stricter.
1137 * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `diff' over
1138 `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
1140 2010-08-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1142 Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
1143 * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1144 * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1145 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1146 * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
1147 * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1148 changes. Add a trailing `:' command.
1149 * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
1151 Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
1152 * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1153 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1154 * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
1155 * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
1156 * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
1157 * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
1159 * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
1160 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
1161 of captured make stdout.
1162 * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command. Also, use the
1163 `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
1165 * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
1166 * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
1167 flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
1168 * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1169 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1170 * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1171 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Do not export
1172 `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
1173 in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required). Use the stub for
1174 `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
1175 scratch. Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
1176 README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
1177 * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1178 changes. Extend existing checks a bit.
1179 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise. Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
1180 the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
1181 generated tarball a bit.
1182 * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1183 changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Also, do not create dummy
1184 files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
1185 automake in foreign mode anyway.
1186 * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1187 `configure.in'. Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1188 changes. Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
1189 and add a "FIXME" comment.
1190 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
1191 `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
1192 * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1193 `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
1194 ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. Enable `errexit'
1195 shell flag, and related changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1196 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1198 * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1199 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Escape literal
1200 dots in grep regular expressions. Also, add a trailing `:'
1201 command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
1203 Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
1204 * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
1205 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1206 * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
1207 * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
1208 * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
1209 * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
1210 * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
1211 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1212 * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
1213 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
1214 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
1215 with its sister test.
1216 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1218 2010-08-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1220 Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
1221 * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command. Typofix in
1223 * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
1224 not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
1225 Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
1226 * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
1228 * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1229 Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
1230 * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
1231 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1232 * tests/condman.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless
1233 dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1234 * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
1235 it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
1237 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1239 Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
1240 * tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1241 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Do not create
1242 a useless dummy file. Add trailing `:' command.
1243 * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1244 related changes. Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1245 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1246 * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1247 changes. Improve the generated `configure.in' file. Add
1248 trailing `:' command.
1249 * tests/colon2.test: Likewise. Also, add some new checks.
1250 * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1251 Add new, much deeper checks. Add trailing `:' command.
1252 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1253 * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command. Remove useless
1254 comments and echos. Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1255 make some grepping tests stricter. Add a "FIXME" comments about
1256 planned improvements.
1258 Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
1259 * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
1260 and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs. Make grepping of
1261 Automake stderr stricter. Do not create useless source file.
1262 Improve verbose messages. Minor cosmetic changes. Tell to
1263 keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
1264 * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
1265 * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
1267 Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
1268 * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
1269 * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
1270 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
1271 * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
1272 * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
1273 * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
1274 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1276 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1277 * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes. Re-enable a temporarily
1278 disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
1279 are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
1280 * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
1281 accordingly to "TODO" comments.
1282 * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1283 Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
1284 stub preset be ./defs.
1285 * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1286 rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
1287 Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes. Prefer diff over
1288 cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
1289 of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in. Make grepping of the contents
1290 of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
1291 * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1292 rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping of Makefile.in
1294 * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter. Add a
1296 * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
1297 `configure.ac'. Do not write `configure.in' two times. Escape
1298 literal dots in grep regular expressions.
1299 * tests/confincl.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1300 changes. Prefer fgrep over grep. Other cosmetic changes.
1301 * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
1302 * tests/confh6.test: ... this. Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
1303 and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
1304 * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
1305 * tests/confh7.test: ... to this. Use the `configure.in' stub
1306 created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch. Try to
1307 run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
1309 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1311 Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
1312 * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
1313 Add a trailing `:' command.
1314 * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
1315 it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
1316 empty value. Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
1317 done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required. Ensure verbose
1318 printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking. Add a
1319 trailing `:' command.
1320 * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1321 grep regexps. Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
1322 files. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
1323 Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:' command.
1324 * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1325 grep regexp. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
1326 created Makefile.am. Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
1327 stoud/stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
1328 * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1329 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Quote literal dots
1330 and dollar characters in grep regexps. Explicitly declare phony
1331 targets as such in the created Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:'
1333 * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
1334 configure.in. Cosmetic fixes to spacing. Make the "dummy" `if'
1335 statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
1336 explanatory comments to it.
1337 * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add a trailing `:' command.
1339 Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
1340 * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test. Working
1341 checks moved out to ...
1342 * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
1343 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1345 Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
1346 * tests/subobjname.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1347 * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
1348 Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
1349 * tests/subobj2.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not use the
1350 unportable fgrep option `-e'.
1351 * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1352 (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
1354 * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise. Also, enable `errexit' shell
1355 flag, with related changes
1356 * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of
1357 `Makefile.in' stricter.
1358 * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1359 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1361 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1362 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1363 * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1364 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1365 of ./defs). Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
1366 * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
1368 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1369 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1370 * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1371 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Fail the test if
1372 `make distcheck' fails. Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1373 stdout. Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
1374 test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
1375 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1376 (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
1377 * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'. Add
1378 trailing `:' command.
1379 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1381 Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
1382 * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
1383 * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
1384 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1386 Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
1387 * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
1388 autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
1391 * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
1392 since we don't generate it. Correctly quote arguments of
1393 `eval' builtin. Fixed a botched error message. Removed an
1396 Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
1397 * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
1398 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
1400 Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
1401 * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
1402 ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
1403 Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
1405 Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
1406 * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1407 * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
1408 Makefile.in stricter.
1410 2010-08-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1412 Fix maintainer-check failure.
1413 * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
1414 time stamp differences.
1416 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1417 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
1420 2010-08-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1422 Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
1423 * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
1424 from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
1427 2010-08-06 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
1429 Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
1430 * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
1431 cater for problems with MSYS bash.
1433 2010-07-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1435 Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
1437 Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
1439 Add more hints for debugging make rules.
1440 * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
1441 out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
1443 Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
1445 2010-07-27 Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk> (tiny change)
1447 Fix typo in the manual.
1448 * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
1450 2010-07-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1452 Document current policy for development with git.
1453 * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
1454 Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
1456 Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
1457 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
1458 variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
1460 * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
1463 Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
1464 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
1465 to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
1466 * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
1468 Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
1469 * tests/init2.test: New test.
1470 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1472 2010-07-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1474 Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
1475 * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1476 changes. Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
1477 rather than writing one from scratch.
1478 * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
1479 * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
1480 * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1481 changes. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1482 * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
1483 and in subdirs) stricter. Some minor changes to keep it more
1484 in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
1485 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
1486 `subdir5.test' here).
1487 * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
1488 * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'. Add
1489 trailing `:' command.
1490 * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
1491 * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
1492 (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
1493 it from scratch. Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
1494 autoconf/automake macros.
1496 Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
1497 * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
1498 a $MAKE call. Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
1499 * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
1500 Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
1501 instead. Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
1502 Display the content of more files, to ease debugging. Add a
1503 trailing `:' command. Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
1505 * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
1507 * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
1508 and stderr. Make grepping of captured stderr stricter. Also,
1509 add trailing `:' command.
1510 * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
1511 Makefile.am as `.PHONY'. Display content of more files, to ease
1512 debugging. Add trailing `:' command.
1513 * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise. Also, factor out common sed
1514 script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
1515 * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
1516 test Makefile.am files. Add a trailing `:' command.
1517 * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'. Move the
1518 call to `set -e' earlier. Be stricter and more verbose in the
1519 checking of the generated tarball.
1520 (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
1521 writing it from scratch. Avoid obsoleted constructs. Remove
1522 useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
1523 * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
1524 * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
1526 2010-07-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1528 Improve and extend test cond5.test.
1529 * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
1530 the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
1531 at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
1532 and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
1533 priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
1534 Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
1536 Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
1537 Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
1538 writing one from scratch.
1540 2010-06-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1542 Update program --help output to match current GCS.
1543 * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
1544 is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
1545 * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
1547 (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
1548 additional substitutions.
1549 * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. Point to Automake
1550 home page and GNU general help page.
1551 * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
1552 * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
1554 (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
1556 * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
1558 * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
1559 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
1562 Clean up @var handling in the manual.
1563 * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
1564 names, replace a few one-character names.
1566 2010-06-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1568 Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
1569 * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
1572 Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
1573 * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
1574 `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
1575 already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
1576 * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
1577 * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
1578 * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
1579 of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
1580 * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
1581 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
1582 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1583 * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
1584 * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
1586 Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
1587 * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
1590 2010-06-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1592 Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
1593 * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
1594 instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
1596 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1598 Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
1599 `make dist' to fail.
1600 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
1601 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1603 2010-06-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1605 Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
1606 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
1607 and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
1610 * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
1611 tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
1612 please maintainer-check. Ensure generated C files contain a
1613 declaration, to please compilers.
1615 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1617 Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
1618 $(FLAGS) precedence.
1619 * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
1620 "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
1621 $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
1622 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1625 New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
1626 $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
1627 * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
1628 precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS). Still
1630 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
1631 * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
1632 precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS). Still
1634 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
1635 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1637 2010-06-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1639 Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
1640 * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1642 * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
1643 * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
1645 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
1646 * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1647 changes. Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
1648 * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1649 changes. Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
1650 might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
1651 * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1652 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use a more
1653 idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
1654 grep. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1655 * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1656 stdout. Minor cosmetic changes.
1657 * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, drop useless call to the
1658 env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
1659 $FGREP rather than plain grep.
1660 * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
1661 * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
1662 * tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
1663 the `configure.in' stub. Cosmetic changes.
1664 * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
1666 2010-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1668 Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
1669 * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
1670 useless `if' statement is indeed required.
1672 Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
1673 * tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
1674 an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
1676 Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
1677 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
1678 definition of this variable.
1680 2010-06-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1682 Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
1683 * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
1684 for the FOOTEST conditional.
1686 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1688 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1689 * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
1691 * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
1692 * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
1693 * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
1694 stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
1695 * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
1696 changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
1697 * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1698 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping
1699 of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
1700 * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
1701 * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
1702 earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
1703 that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
1705 * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1706 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Move the call
1707 to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
1708 Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
1709 in ./defs). Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
1710 output. Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
1711 * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
1712 make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
1713 * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1714 changes. Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
1715 * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
1716 * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise. Also, use the `configure.in'
1717 stub created by `./defs'.
1718 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1720 Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
1721 * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
1722 here-doc, not using echo.
1723 * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
1724 `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
1725 instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
1726 * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1728 * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless dummy
1729 data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
1730 * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise. Also, append to configure.in
1731 using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
1732 * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
1733 * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
1734 * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
1735 * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
1736 * tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
1737 Automake stderr. Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
1739 Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
1740 * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
1741 or grepping it. Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
1743 * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
1744 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
1745 * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
1746 * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
1747 * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
1748 * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
1749 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
1750 * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
1751 * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
1752 * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
1753 * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
1754 * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
1755 * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
1756 * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
1758 * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
1759 created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1761 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1762 * tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1764 * tests/backsl2.test: Likewise.
1765 * tests/block.test: Likewise.
1766 * tests/canon2.test: Likewise.
1767 * tests/canon4.test: Likewise.
1768 * tests/comment2.test: Likewise.
1769 * tests/condlib.test: Likewise.
1770 * tests/cond15.test: Likewise, and prefer $FGREP over grep.
1771 * tests/canon3.test: Likewise. Also, avoid to create an useless
1773 * tests/acoutpt2.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and some
1774 related changes. Do some cosmetic improvements in the generated
1775 `configure.in' file.
1776 * tests/cond4.test: Likewise.
1777 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
1778 * tests/condinc.test: Likewise.
1779 * tests/cond7.test: Likewise. Also, remove useless setting of
1780 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am.
1781 * tests/ansi.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1782 changes. Extended, esp. by running autoconf, ./configure and
1783 make, and by looking into the distdir.
1785 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1786 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1788 Extend tests/README w.r.t. trailing `:' in test scripts.
1789 * tests/README (section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
1790 Explain why apparently redundant trailing `:' and `Exit 0' in
1791 test scripts can indeed be useful.
1793 2010-06-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1795 Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
1796 * bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
1799 Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
1800 * bootstrap: Consistently use two-spaces indentation. Cosmetic
1801 improvement to comments.
1802 ($me): New variable, containing program basename.
1803 Prepend it to all error messages.
1805 Testsuite now works with BSD make in parallel mode.
1806 * tests/defs.in: Unset variables __MKLVL__ and MAKE_JOBS_FIFO,
1807 which are exported by BSD make when run in parallel mode, and
1808 which can confuse make processes spawned by our testsuite.
1809 This change fixes a lot of spurious failure when the testsuite
1810 is run with BSD make in parallel mode.
1812 2010-06-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1814 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1815 * tests/sanity.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1816 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1817 * tests/depend2.test: Likewise. Also, call `set -e' just after
1818 the inclusion of `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1819 * tests/canon5.test: Avoid a useless `|| Exit 1' after a call to
1820 $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
1821 * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
1822 Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
1823 These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
1824 * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
1825 * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
1826 rather than in the middle.
1827 * tests/exeext.test: Call `set -e' just after the inclusion of
1828 `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1829 * tests/extra5.test: Likewise.
1830 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `mv -f' over
1831 plain `mv', just to be sure.
1832 * tests/depcomp.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1833 changes. Also, modernize the generated configure.in.
1834 * tests/cond9.test: Likewise. Also, rely on the `configure.in'
1835 stub created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1836 * tests/cond10.test: Likewise.
1837 * tests/depcomp2.test: Likewise.
1838 * tests/depend3.test: Likewise.
1839 * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
1840 * tests/fortdep.test: Likewise. Also, remove definition of
1841 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am,
1842 since that flag is already provided by $AUTOMAKE.
1843 * tests/mdate.test: Made stricter, by checking that Automake
1844 actually failed, and by making a stricter grep on the error
1845 message. Also, set shell `errexit flag'.
1846 * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
1848 Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
1849 * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
1850 Enable `errexit' shell flag.
1852 2010-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1854 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1855 * tests/subcond.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1857 * tests/subst.test: Likewise.
1858 * tests/vars.test: Likewise.
1859 * tests/version4.test: Likewise.
1860 * tests/vpath.test: Likewise.
1861 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
1862 * tests/werror.test: Likewise.
1863 * tests/whoami.test: Likewise.
1864 * tests/tags.test: Likewise, and avoid to crate an useless dummy
1866 * tests/acsilent.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1867 command substitution.
1868 * tests/unused.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1869 command substitution.
1870 * tests/version.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1871 in the generated `configure.in'.
1872 * tests/version2.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1873 in the generated `configure.in'.
1875 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1877 Prefer AUTOMAKE_fails over `$AUTOMAKE | grep' in tests.
1878 * tests/ldadd.test: Enable errexit. Use AUTOMAKE_fails so
1879 the verbose log contains all output.
1880 * tests/mdate.test: Likewise.
1881 Prompted by Stefano Lattarini's change to discover.test.
1883 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1885 Improve tests link*.test (enable `errexit' shell flag).
1886 * tests/link_c_cxx.test: Enable `errexit shell flag, and related
1887 changes. Also, do not create useless source files.
1888 * tests/link_dist.test: Likewise.
1889 * tests/link_f90_only.test: Likewise.
1890 * tests/link_f_only.test: Likewise.
1891 * tests/link_fc.test: Likewise.
1892 * tests/link_fccxx.test: Likewise.
1893 * tests/link_fcxx.test: Likewise.
1895 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1897 Improve ext.test semantics, avoid OpenBSD sh errexit issue.
1898 * tests/ext.test: Inside shell compound command, use
1899 `if $cmd; then Exit 1; fi' rather than `$cmd && Exit 1', to
1900 fix failure with OpenBSD sh introduced with last patch.
1901 Actually ensure that a rule for .EXT.o is created for each
1902 known extension EXT.
1904 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1906 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1907 * tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1909 * tests/defun.test: Likewise.
1910 * tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
1911 * tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
1912 * tests/double.test: Likewise.
1913 * tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
1914 * tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
1915 * tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
1916 * tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
1917 * tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
1918 * tests/ext.test: Likewise.
1919 * tests/extra.test: Likewise.
1920 * tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
1921 * tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
1922 * tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
1923 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
1924 * tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
1925 * tests/fo.test: Likewise.
1926 * tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
1927 * tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
1928 * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
1929 * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
1930 * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1931 comments and unnecessary commands.
1932 * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1933 comments and unnecessary commands.
1934 * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
1936 Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
1937 * tests/cxx.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1939 * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
1940 * tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
1941 * tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
1942 * tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
1943 * tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.
1945 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1946 * tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1948 * tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
1949 * tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
1950 * tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
1951 * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
1952 * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
1953 * tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
1954 * tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
1955 * tests/clean.test: Likewise.
1956 * tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
1957 * tests/colon.test: Likewise.
1958 * tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
1959 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1960 * tests/comment.test: Likewise.
1961 * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1962 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1963 * tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
1964 * tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
1965 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
1966 * tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
1967 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
1968 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1969 * tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
1970 * tests/confh4.test: Likewise. Also, add in the heading comments
1971 an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
1972 creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.
1974 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1976 Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
1977 * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
1978 (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
1979 (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
1980 Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
1981 speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
1982 or by addressing them as `you' instead.
1984 Report by Christina Gratorp.
1988 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1990 Make tests on user extensibility of silent-rules mode stricter.
1991 * tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1992 output produced by `make'.
1993 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
1995 Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
1996 * tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1997 output produced by `make'.
1998 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1999 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
2000 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
2001 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
2002 command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.
2004 Improved test silent5.test.
2005 * tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
2006 non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
2007 Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
2008 removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
2009 not trigger a different set of rules. Make grepping of make's
2010 output stricter. Improved/added some comments.
2012 New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
2013 * tests/silentf77.test: New test.
2014 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
2015 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2017 New test `silentcxx.test' (Automake silent-mode with C++).
2018 * tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
2019 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2021 New test `silentyacc.test' (Automake silent-mode with Yacc).
2022 * tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
2023 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2025 New test `silentlex.test' (Automake silent-mode with Lex).
2026 * tests/silentlex.test: New test.
2027 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2029 Relax tests on silent-rules to cater to overly verbose makes.
2030 * tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
2031 make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
2032 it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
2033 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
2034 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
2035 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
2036 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
2037 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
2039 2010-01-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2041 Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
2042 * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
2043 expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
2044 to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
2046 * automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
2047 `@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
2048 (handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
2049 set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
2050 * m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
2051 verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
2052 dependencies are enabled.
2053 * tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
2054 also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
2055 * tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
2056 dependency tracking.
2057 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2058 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2059 Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.
2061 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2063 Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
2064 * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Related and
2065 unrelated minor changes. Make the grepping of the generated
2066 Makefile.in slightly stricter. Generate and run configure, so that
2067 the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
2069 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2071 Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
2072 * lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
2073 than \015, for EBCDIC hosts. Also, avoid unportable nested
2074 double-quotes and backquotes.
2076 Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.
2078 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2080 Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
2081 Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
2082 autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
2083 and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
2084 required configure 2.61a-341 or later. This change should
2085 eliminate such inconsistencies.
2086 * configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
2089 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2091 Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
2092 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
2093 not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.
2095 Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
2096 * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
2097 * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
2100 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2102 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2103 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2104 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2106 Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
2107 * tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Also, avoid
2108 unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.
2110 Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2111 * tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
2112 instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
2113 since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter. Do not SKIP the test
2114 if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.
2116 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2119 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
2120 missing closing parenthesis.
2122 Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
2123 * automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
2124 macros_dump. Print actual error before list of variables.
2126 2010-04-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2128 Minor improvements in comments of test `silent3.test'.
2129 * tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
2132 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2134 testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
2135 * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
2136 tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
2137 tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
2140 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2142 Make test badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
2143 * tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'. Due to this change,
2144 an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
2145 was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
2146 Also, bumped the copyright years.
2148 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2149 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2150 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2152 Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoids possible false negatives).
2153 * tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
2154 changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
2155 Also, bumped copyright years.
2157 2010-04-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2159 Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
2160 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
2161 $configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
2163 (require_variables): Initialize it here.
2164 * tests/configure.test: New test.
2165 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
2166 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
2168 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2170 Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
2171 * tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
2172 copyright years. Due to this change, any unexpected failure
2173 in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
2174 a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
2175 cause the whole test to fail.
2177 2010-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2179 Fixed typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
2180 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
2181 @<...> was used instead of C<...>.
2183 2010-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2185 Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
2186 * tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
2187 * tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
2188 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.
2190 2010-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2192 Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test
2193 * tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.
2195 Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
2196 * tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Improve
2199 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2201 Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
2202 Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
2203 Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
2204 treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
2205 and unstable exit status values.
2206 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
2207 (drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
2208 $warnings_are_errors.
2209 * tests/werror3.test: New test.
2210 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2213 2010-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2215 Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2216 * tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
2217 `test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
2218 that is not supported by Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2220 Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
2221 * tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'. Fail if $ACLOCAL
2222 succeds unexpectedly.
2224 Add tests checking that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
2225 * tests/distlinks.test: New test.
2226 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2227 Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.
2229 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2231 Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
2232 * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
2233 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2234 Report by Pavel Sanda.
2236 2010-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2238 Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
2239 * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
2240 in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
2243 Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.
2244 * Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
2245 $(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
2246 symlink targets). Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
2249 2010-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2251 Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.
2252 * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
2253 Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
2254 Suggested by Karl Berry.
2256 2010-03-13 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
2258 GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
2259 * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
2262 2010-03-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2264 Formatting cleanups in macro comments.
2265 * automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
2266 lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
2267 lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
2268 m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.
2270 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2271 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2273 Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file.
2274 * tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
2275 `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
2276 variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
2277 * tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
2278 (check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
2279 (clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
2280 ($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
2282 * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
2284 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
2285 then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
2286 * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
2287 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2288 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2289 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2290 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2291 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2292 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
2293 * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
2294 * tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
2295 * tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases" subsection "Do"):
2296 Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
2297 behaviour. Some other minor related improvements.
2298 * tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.
2300 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2302 Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
2303 * tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
2304 already unset in the `defs' file.
2305 * tests/check5.test: Likewise.
2306 * tests/check8.test: Likewise.
2307 * tests/check9.test: Likewise.
2308 * tests/check10.test: Likewise.
2309 * tests/check11.test: Likewise.
2310 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
2311 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2312 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2313 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2314 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2315 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2317 2010-02-22 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2319 Improve help message of mdate-sh.
2320 * mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.
2322 2010-02-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2324 Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
2325 * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
2326 Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
2328 Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.
2330 2010-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2332 Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2333 * tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
2335 * tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
2336 wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2337 * tests/extra12.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
2338 EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
2339 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2340 Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
2341 and Ralf Wildenhues.
2343 2010-02-08 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
2345 Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.
2346 * lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.
2348 2010-02-06 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> (tiny change)
2349 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2351 Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
2352 The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
2353 cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
2355 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
2356 * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
2357 * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
2358 * lib/ylwrap: Likewise. Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
2359 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2360 Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
2362 2010-02-06 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2364 Improve gnupload usage text.
2365 * gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
2366 line. Mention CMD in the synopsis. With ..., plural is implied.
2368 2010-01-28 Christos Kontas <xakon@yahoo.com> (tiny change)
2370 Fix some typos in the manual
2371 * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.
2373 2010-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2375 Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
2376 * tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Check that
2377 autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
2378 configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
2380 * tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.
2382 Fix test acoutbs2.test.
2383 * tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
2384 to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
2385 PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
2386 Updated copyright years.
2387 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.
2389 Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
2390 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
2391 filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
2392 acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
2393 (XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.
2395 2010-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2397 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
2398 * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub:
2401 Bump copyright years.
2402 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
2403 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
2404 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
2407 * ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
2408 * ChangeLog: ... here.
2409 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.
2413 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2415 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
2416 permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.