1 2011-04-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
3 Create subdirs for generated sources even when not dep tracking.
4 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): If $object is derived
5 and lands in subdir, be sure to output a dirstamp dependency.
6 * tests/yacc5.test: Avoid falsely matching the dirstamp
7 dependency when grepping for a rule.
8 * tests/lex-subobj-nodep.test: New test.
9 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
11 Report by Ignacy Gawedzki.
13 Fix locale issue in check-exported-srcdir.test.
14 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Reformulate glob to not fail
15 in a locale that ignores or interleaves character case.
17 2011-04-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
19 docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index
20 * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure'
21 from "Scanning configure.ac or configure.in" to the more precise
22 "Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal".
23 (@detailmenu): Adjust.
24 (@node configure): Adjust, and extend @cindex calls accordingly.
26 From a report by Maynard Johnson.
28 2011-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
30 tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target
31 * tests/aclocal6.test: Move checks related to "maintainer-clean"
32 functionalities into ...
33 * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: ... this new test.
34 * tests/maintclean.test: Update heading comments. Extend to also
35 test subdirs. Remove useless disabling of YACC. Fix m4 quoting
36 in configure.in. Add a trailing `:' command. Remove extra blank
38 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
40 2011-03-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
42 tests: fix unindent to use printf not echo for script.
43 * tests/defs.in: Use printf rather than echo, as the latter may
44 interpret the backslashes in the sed script. Fixes test
45 failures with dash as /bin/sh.
47 2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
48 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
50 maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases
51 The configure.in stub created by default by `tests/defs' obtains
52 the first argument of AC_INIT from the test name, and this can
53 cause some supported autoconf versions to fail with a spurious
54 error if that test name contains the name of an m4 or m4sugar
55 builtin or macro (e.g., `defn' or `m4_undefine').
56 See for example the bug fixed by commit v1.11-287-g1325a8a.
57 This change add a maintainer check that warns about test names
58 which are possibly problematic in this regard.
59 * Makefile.am (sc_test_names): New maintainer-check target.
60 (syntax_check_rules): Add it.
61 (m4_builtins): New helper variable.
62 (TESTS): Updated according to the following renamings.
63 * tests/include.test: Renamed ...
64 * tests/hdr-vars-defined-once.test: ... to this.
65 * tests/sinclude.test: Renamed ...
66 * tests/m4-inclusion.test: ... to this, and simplified
68 * tests/include2.test: Renamed ...
69 * tests/dist-included-parent-dir.test: ... to this, for
72 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
74 tests: fix bug in alloca*.test
75 * tests/alloca.test: Make grepping of automake stderr stricter,
76 add a trailing `:' command; also, add AC_PROG_CC to configure.in,
77 and create a dummy alloca.c file, to ensure that we fail for the
79 * tests/alloca2.test: Likewise. Also, look for LT_INIT, not
80 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, in the error message (bug introduced with commit
81 v1.11-315-gd51e7b7 "libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES
83 From a report by Patrick Welche.
85 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
87 tests: fix bug (comments-in-var-defn.test + autoconf 2.62)
88 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: The configure.in stub created
89 by default, which has the AC_INIT first argument obtained by the
90 test name, causes autoconf 2.62 to fail with a spurious error
91 message like: "configure.in:1: error: defn: undefined macro:".
92 Thus, to prevent this, the test is renamed to ...
93 * tests/comments-in-var-def.test: ... this.
94 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
96 2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
98 cosmetics: convert encoding from ISO-8859 to UTF-8
99 * ChangeLog.03: Convert encoding to UTF-8.
100 * ChangeLog.96: Likewise.
101 * ChangeLog.98: Likewise.
105 2011-03-01 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
107 test defs: unindent without temporary file
108 * tests/defs.in (commented_sed_unindent_prog): Commented Sed program
109 that strips the "proper" amount of leading whitespace.
110 (unindent): Lazily strip comments from the above program and use it
111 to unindent without using a temporary file.
113 2011-02-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
115 libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES primary is used
116 When the LTLIBRARIES primary was used, but $(LIBTOOL) wasn't
117 defined, automake suggested to add a call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
118 in configure.ac. But that macro is deprecated since Libtool
119 version 1.9b (2004-08-29), in favor of the newer LT_INIT. So
120 suggest the use of this latter macro instead.
121 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_am_macro_for_var): Pair 'LIBTOOL'
122 with 'LT_INIT', not with 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'.
123 * libtool4.test: Adjust and extend. Also, add a call to macro
124 AC_PROG_CC in configure.in, to help ensuring that automake does
125 not fail for the wrong reasons.
126 * ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool support
127 works with LT_INIT-based interface.
128 Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion.
130 2011-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
132 tests: tempdirs with restrictive permissions are cleaned correctly
133 Before this change, the removal of a temporary test directory
134 containing subdirectories with restrictive permissions (such as
135 'r--r--r--') could fail.
136 * tests/defs: Ensure that all the subdirectories of a temporary
137 test directory have the 'read', 'write' and 'execute' bits set,
138 before trying to remove it with `rm -rf'.
139 * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Likewise.
141 2011-02-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
142 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
144 test defs: add subroutine for input unindenting
145 * tests/defs.in (unindent): New subroutine.
147 2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
149 python: report the 'PYTHON' influential environment variable
150 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Call AC_ARG_VAR on PYTHON.
151 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Update and extend.
152 * tests/help-python.test: New test.
153 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
154 * THANKS (Jack Kelly): Update e-mail address.
155 Suggestion by Jack Kelly.
157 2011-02-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
159 tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable
160 * tests/defs.in (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset it, so that values
161 from environment won't interfere with the testcases.
162 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
164 2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
166 tests: tweak few tests on simple and parallel test drivers
167 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Improve heading comments.
168 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. Also, unset the
169 `FOO_EXIT_STATUS' variable, so that any pre-existing value in the
170 environment won't risk to interfere with the test.
171 Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
173 2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
175 coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers
176 * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test.
177 * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
178 * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
179 * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
180 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
182 2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
184 tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test
185 * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so
186 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
187 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
189 2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
191 docs: color-tests issues with parallel make
192 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic
193 recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail
194 with some make implementation when running in parallel mode,
195 thus causing colored test output not to be automatically
196 activated when it should.
198 2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
200 tests: avoid instspc.test failures due to make's whitespace trimming
201 * tests/instspc.test: Prepend './' when passing the test
202 characters, to avoid leading whitespace characters to be trimmed
203 from macros set from environment variables. Fixes testsuite
204 failures with HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64/OSF make.
206 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
208 coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags
209 * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy"
210 per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects.
211 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
212 Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
214 2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
216 tests defs: sanitize IFS
217 * tests/defs.in ($IFS): Define to <space>, <tab>, <newline>.
218 ($sp): New variable, holding a single whitespace character.
219 ($tab): New variable, holding a tabulation character.
220 ($nl): New variable, holding a newline character.
222 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
224 tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds.
225 * tests/parallel-tests8.test, tests/suffix13.test:
226 Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris
227 make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion.
229 2011-01-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
231 tests: fix spurious failures in yflags*.test
232 * tests/yflags.test: Remove 'YACC' from the environment, so
233 that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
234 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
236 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
238 tests: avoid fn99*.test failures due to buggy AIX 5.3 cp -R.
239 * tests/fn99.test, tests/fn99subdir.test: Skip if an initial
240 `cp -R' of the subdir tree already fails; AIX 5.3 cp messes
241 up its internal memory when copying this tree.
243 2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
244 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
246 Add comment to check-TESTS rule working around make 3.80 bug.
247 * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Update comment.
249 2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
251 tests: less strict double-colon spy.test again.
252 * tests/spy.test: We know BSD make doesn't invoke more than one
253 double-colon rule, so no need to expose that failure.
255 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
257 install-sh: avoid Tru64 sh `test' operator precedence issues.
258 * lib/install-sh: Protect file names and directory components
259 that consist of `=', `(', `)', or `!'. Move protection as early
260 as possible, to avoid errors such as with Tru64 sh `test -z ='.
261 * tests/instsh2.test: Extend test to cover more possibilities.
262 Fixes 1.12 instspc-equal-install.test failure on Tru64/OSF 5.1.
264 2011-01-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
265 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
267 docs: automake testsuite doesn't use TESTS_ENVIRONMENT anymore
268 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Do not claim Automake uses
269 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT for the perl driver. Instead, point to the
270 parallel-tests driver.
272 2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
274 Allow _AM_DEPENDENCIES to be used later in configure.
275 * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Remove a previously existing
276 conftest.dir before recreating it.
278 Report by Eric Blake, from report by Scott McCreary against M4.
280 2011-01-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
282 tests: avoid failure on w32 file systems.
283 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: SKIP if file cannot
284 be turned unreadable.
286 2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
288 tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make.
289 * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos. Ensure prerequisites we
290 do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target.
291 Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule.
293 2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
295 tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
296 * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
297 Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
299 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
300 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
302 parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs.
303 * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
304 Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
305 exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
306 * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
307 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
310 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
312 * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
314 Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
315 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
316 are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
318 2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
320 docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
321 * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
322 (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
323 lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
324 output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
325 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
327 2011-01-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
329 tests: fix comment typo
330 * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
332 2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
334 tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
335 * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'.
336 * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so
337 that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable)
339 Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
341 2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
343 Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change.
344 Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to
345 require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess
346 and config.sub files are present for respective checks.
347 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files.
348 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
349 * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
351 2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
353 docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
354 This change fixes automake bug#7828.
355 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake
356 recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with
358 From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
360 2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
362 tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
363 Related to automake bug#7819.
364 * tests/autodist.test: New test.
365 * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
366 * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
367 * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
368 * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
369 * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
370 * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
371 * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
372 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
374 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
376 tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL
377 * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling
378 automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug
379 in the texinfo + cygnus interaction.
380 * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments.
381 * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated.
383 2011-01-09 Dave Hart <davehart@gmail.com> (tiny change)
385 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
386 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
388 2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
390 Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
391 * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
392 `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not
393 redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
394 uselessly run it in a subshell.
395 * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
396 make. All checks moved into Makefile.am.
397 * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
399 * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
401 * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
402 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
403 * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
404 Makefile.in stricter.
405 * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
406 changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff
408 * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
409 to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict,
410 to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes.
411 * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
412 for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments.
413 * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
414 it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
415 * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
416 * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
417 * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
418 for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are
419 cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
420 * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
421 and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check
422 that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
423 preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
424 "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
425 so they have been moved ...
426 * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
427 * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add
428 trailing `:' command.
429 * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated
430 Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
431 append to configure.in.
432 * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
433 * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
434 make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just
435 after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other
436 minor cosmetic improvements.
437 * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add
438 trailing `:' command.
439 * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
440 * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
441 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
443 2011-01-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
445 Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
446 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
448 2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
450 cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
451 * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
452 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
453 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
454 * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
455 * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
456 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
457 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
459 automake: minor fixes in comments
460 * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
462 2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
464 Add test coverage for deleted header files.
465 * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
466 also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency
467 tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
468 successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
470 Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
471 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
473 docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
474 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
475 (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
476 (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
477 (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
478 Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
480 2011-01-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
481 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
483 docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
484 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
485 manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
486 (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
488 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
490 * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
492 2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
493 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
495 docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
496 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
497 be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory
498 couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES').
500 2011-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
502 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
503 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
506 Fix maintainer-check regression.
507 * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the
510 Bump copyright years.
511 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
512 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
513 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
515 2010-12-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
516 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
518 Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make.
519 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the
520 dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single
522 * tests/subobj11a.test: New test.
523 * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise.
524 * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise.
525 * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise.
526 * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
527 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
529 Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final
530 patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini.
532 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
534 Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5.
535 * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on
536 weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5).
537 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related
539 Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. The bugs have been there from the
540 first versions of the affected test scripts.
542 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
544 docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro.
545 * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require
546 the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at
547 least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from
548 Cygnus" of 1997-08-25).
550 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
552 distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
553 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
554 its output each time for a single error message, rather than
555 running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
556 all the expected error messages. This should work around make
557 implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
558 information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
559 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
560 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
561 - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
562 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
564 2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
566 Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
567 * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
568 `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
569 in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
571 2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
573 docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
574 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
575 not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
576 extension module `quaternion.la'.
578 2010-12-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
580 docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
581 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
582 the Automake primaries.
584 2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
586 Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen.
587 * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen
588 relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in
590 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
591 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
592 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
593 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
594 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
595 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
596 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
597 * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen
600 2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
602 Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.
603 * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE.
604 Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not
605 invoke installed automake.
607 2010-11-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
609 Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc
610 In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the
611 use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has
612 unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C
613 compilers were used. So we are now careful to require GCC in
614 tests that force gcc depmode.
615 From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
616 * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
617 * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new
618 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
620 * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
621 * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new
622 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
624 * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
625 * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new
626 sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
628 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
630 2010-11-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
632 Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs".
633 * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare
634 `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests.
635 * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise.
636 * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise.
637 * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise.
638 * tests/cond23.test: Likewise.
639 * tests/cond24.test: Likewise.
640 * tests/cond25.test: Likewise.
641 * tests/cond26.test: Likewise.
642 * tests/cond27.test: Likewise.
643 * tests/cond28.test: Likewise.
644 * tests/cond29.test: Likewise.
645 * tests/cond30.test: Likewise.
646 * tests/cond31.test: Likewise.
647 * tests/cond32.test: Likewise.
648 * tests/cond33.test: Likewise.
649 * tests/cond34.test: Likewise.
650 * tests/cond35.test: Likewise.
651 * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
652 * tests/cond37.test: Likewise.
653 * tests/cond38.test: Likewise.
654 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
655 * tests/cond40.test: Likewise.
656 * tests/cond41.test: Likewise.
657 * tests/cond42.test: Likewise.
658 * tests/cond43.test: Likewise.
659 * tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
660 * tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
661 * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise.
662 * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise.
663 * tests/hfs.test: Likewise.
664 * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise.
665 * tests/percent.test: Likewise.
666 * tests/percent2.test: Likewise.
667 * tests/phony.test: Likewise.
668 * tests/silent.test: Likewise.
669 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
670 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
671 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
672 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
673 * tests/silent6.test: Likewise.
674 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
675 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
676 * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise.
677 * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise.
678 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
679 * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise.
680 * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise.
682 Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests.
683 * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean"
684 and "make maintainer-clean".
685 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
686 * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean".
687 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
688 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
690 2010-11-19 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
692 Sync config-ml.in from GCC.
693 * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other
694 compiler/flag environment variables.
696 2010-11-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
698 Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon.
699 * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon.
701 help4.test: fix botched heading comment.
702 * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it
703 didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was
706 help2.test: add checks on aclocal too.
707 * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and
708 `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both
711 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
713 Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran.
714 * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
715 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to
716 avoid spurious failures. Add a trailing `:' command.
717 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
719 2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
721 Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran.
722 * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
723 messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers,
724 to avoid spurious failures. This bug has been there from the
725 very first version of this test script.
727 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
729 Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
730 * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
731 post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
732 of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
733 on the commend line. Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
734 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
735 Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
736 improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
739 2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
741 Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
742 * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
743 hand-postprocessed Makefile.in. This check worked by setting
744 the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
745 not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
746 This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
747 commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
748 tests". Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
750 2010-11-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
752 tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
753 * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
754 double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
755 are not part of the Automake API.
757 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
759 tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
760 * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
761 pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
763 2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
765 Rebuild menus in the manual.
766 * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
767 Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
769 Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
770 * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment. Use
771 separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
772 to fix quoting issues.
773 * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
774 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
776 2010-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
778 Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
779 * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
780 Found by NixOS Hydra.
782 2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
784 Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
785 * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
786 "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
787 later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
788 character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
789 escaped newlines. This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
790 where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
791 * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
792 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
793 Reported by Andy Wingo.
795 2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
797 Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
798 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
799 if control structure in a generated make rules. Bug introduced
800 by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
801 of test `vala2.test'.
803 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
805 Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
806 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
807 modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
809 * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
810 stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
811 (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
813 * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
814 passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
815 * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
816 %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
817 * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
819 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
821 2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
823 Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
824 * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
825 (Introduction): Refer to it.
827 2010-10-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
829 Add support for newer python versions.
830 * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
831 _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST. Since we are at it, break a long
832 line and fix indentation.
834 From a report by Thomas Klausner.
836 Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
837 * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
838 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
840 Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
841 * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
842 flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
843 * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
844 * tests/help.test: Likewise. Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
845 instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
846 please maintainer-check.
847 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
849 2010-10-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
850 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
852 Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
853 * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
854 flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
855 to better honour user-overrides. Similarly for aclocal.
856 * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
857 * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
858 * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
860 2010-10-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
862 Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
863 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
864 are expanded before rules.
865 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
866 get matched as a rule.
867 Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
869 2010-10-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
871 Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
872 This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
873 because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
875 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
877 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
878 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
879 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
880 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
881 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
882 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
883 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
886 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
888 2010-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
890 Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
891 * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
892 it, rather than removing already present files. Run the aclocal
893 and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
894 $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL. Be sure to correctly match literal dots
895 in aclocal's and automake's stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
896 * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
897 `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
898 * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
899 `--version' take precedence on the other options.
900 * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
901 `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
903 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
905 2010-09-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
907 Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.
908 * tests/compile2.test: Do no uselessly (implicitly) repeat the
909 computation of PATH_SEPARATOR again.
910 * tests/instmany-mans.test: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when
911 extending/redefining PATH.
912 * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
913 * tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
914 * tests/man4.test: Likewise.
915 * tests/mkinst3.test: Likewise.
916 * tests/mmodely.test: Likewise.
917 * tests/multlib.test: Likewise.
918 * tests/txinfo30.test: Likewise.
919 * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
921 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): New maintainer check.
922 (syntax_check_rules): Updated.
924 Testsuite: new variables `$PATH_SEPARATOR' and `$APIVERSION'.
925 * tests/defs.in ($APIVERSION): New AC_SUBST'd variable.
926 ($ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE): Use it.
927 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): New AC_SUBST'd variables.
930 2010-09-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
932 Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used.
933 * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn'
934 directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied
935 regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST.
936 (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion
937 `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private
939 (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t.
940 the version control system used.
942 Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist".
943 * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard
944 example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under
947 Perl modules: remove references to "Automake CVS repository".
948 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Update comments to refer to "Automke's
949 git repository" rather than to "Automake's CVS repository".
950 * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
951 * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
952 * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise.
953 * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise.
954 * lib/Automake/Version.pm (=head1 DESCRIPTION): Refer to "git
955 branches" rather than "CVS branches".
957 Remove obsolete .cvsignore files.
958 * .cvsignore, doc/.cvsignore, lib/.cvsignore, lib/am/.cvsignore,
959 lib/Automake/.cvsignore, lib/Automake/tests/.cvsignore,
960 m4/.cvsignore, tests/.cvsignore: Files deleted. Even when using
961 savannah's CVS readonly mirror there's no way to commit back to
962 the real repository, so this files are not worth maintaining or
965 2010-09-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
967 * m4/dmalloc.m4: Bump serial number and copyright years.
969 2010-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
971 Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
972 * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
973 `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
974 seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
977 2010-09-17 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
979 Avoid triple-space after period.
980 * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
982 * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
983 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
984 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
985 * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
986 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
987 * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
988 * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
990 2010-09-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
992 Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
993 * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
994 * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
995 * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
996 * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
997 * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
998 * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
999 * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
1000 * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
1001 * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
1002 * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
1003 * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
1004 they are superseded by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
1005 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
1007 2010-09-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1009 * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
1011 2010-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1013 * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
1015 2010-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1017 Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
1018 * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
1019 that made the test useless. Since we are at it, improve
1020 comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly
1022 Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
1023 extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
1025 2010-09-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1027 Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
1028 The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
1029 target system for Automake. So it's pointless to put it in
1031 * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
1032 * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
1033 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1034 From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
1036 Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
1037 * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
1038 instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
1039 * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
1040 white spaces. Do not create useless dummy source file `foo.c'
1041 and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
1042 (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
1043 * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1044 * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
1045 * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
1047 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1048 Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
1050 Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
1051 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
1053 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1055 parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
1056 * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
1057 substitution %MAKEFILE%.
1058 (generate_makefile): Adjust.
1059 * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
1060 sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
1061 input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
1064 Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
1066 Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
1067 * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
1069 2010-08-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1071 Fix bug in test missing6.test.
1072 * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
1073 to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
1074 that do not support $LINENO. Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
1077 2010-08-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1079 Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
1080 * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
1081 $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
1082 (error): New function.
1083 (main): Use it. Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
1084 in case $ls_command gave bogus output. Fix eval quotation.
1085 * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
1086 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1088 2010-08-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1090 Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
1091 * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
1092 in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
1093 * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
1095 2010-08-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1096 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1098 Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
1099 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
1100 automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
1101 the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference
1102 to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
1104 Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
1105 * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
1107 2010-08-16 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
1109 Don't hide the table of contents.
1110 * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
1112 2010-08-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1114 Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
1115 * tests/aclocal8.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
1117 * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise. Also, add trailing `:'
1119 * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
1120 * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
1121 `$me' over hard-coded test name.
1122 * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
1123 * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
1124 some grepping slightly stricter.
1125 * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `diff' over
1126 `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
1128 2010-08-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1130 Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
1131 * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1132 * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1133 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1134 * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
1135 * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1136 changes. Add a trailing `:' command.
1137 * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
1139 Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
1140 * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1141 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1142 * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
1143 * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
1144 * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
1145 * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
1147 * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
1148 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
1149 of captured make stdout.
1150 * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command. Also, use the
1151 `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
1153 * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
1154 * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
1155 flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
1156 * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1157 Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
1158 * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1159 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Do not export
1160 `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
1161 in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required). Use the stub for
1162 `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
1163 scratch. Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
1164 README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
1165 * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1166 changes. Extend existing checks a bit.
1167 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise. Also, avoid obsolescent constructs in
1168 the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
1169 generated tarball a bit.
1170 * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
1171 changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Also, do not create dummy
1172 files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
1173 automake in foreign mode anyway.
1174 * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1175 `configure.in'. Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1176 changes. Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
1177 and add a "FIXME" comment.
1178 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
1179 `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
1180 * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in the generated
1181 `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
1182 ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. Enable `errexit'
1183 shell flag, and related changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1184 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1186 * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1187 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Escape literal
1188 dots in grep regular expressions. Also, add a trailing `:'
1189 command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
1191 Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
1192 * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
1193 * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
1194 * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
1195 * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
1196 * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
1197 * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
1198 * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
1199 * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
1200 * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
1201 * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
1202 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
1203 with its sister test.
1204 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1206 2010-08-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1208 Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
1209 * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command. Typofix in
1211 * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
1212 not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
1213 Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
1214 * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
1216 * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1217 Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
1218 * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
1219 changes. Add trailing `:' command.
1220 * tests/condman.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless
1221 dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
1222 * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
1223 it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
1225 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1227 Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
1228 * tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1229 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Do not create
1230 a useless dummy file. Add trailing `:' command.
1231 * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1232 related changes. Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1233 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1234 * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1235 changes. Improve the generated `configure.in' file. Add
1236 trailing `:' command.
1237 * tests/colon2.test: Likewise. Also, add some new checks.
1238 * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1239 Add new, much deeper checks. Add trailing `:' command.
1240 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1241 * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command. Remove useless
1242 comments and echos. Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
1243 make some grepping tests stricter. Add a "FIXME" comments about
1244 planned improvements.
1246 Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
1247 * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
1248 and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs. Make grepping of
1249 Automake stderr stricter. Do not create useless source file.
1250 Improve verbose messages. Minor cosmetic changes. Tell to
1251 keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
1252 * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
1253 * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
1255 Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
1256 * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
1257 * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
1258 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
1259 * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
1260 * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
1261 * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
1262 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
1264 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1265 * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes. Re-enable a temporarily
1266 disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
1267 are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
1268 * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
1269 accordingly to "TODO" comments.
1270 * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
1271 Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
1272 stub preset be ./defs.
1273 * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1274 rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
1275 Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes. Prefer diff over
1276 cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
1277 of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in. Make grepping of the contents
1278 of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
1279 * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
1280 rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping of Makefile.in
1282 * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter. Add a
1284 * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
1285 `configure.ac'. Do not write `configure.in' two times. Escape
1286 literal dots in grep regular expressions.
1287 * tests/confincl.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1288 changes. Prefer fgrep over grep. Other cosmetic changes.
1289 * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
1290 * tests/confh6.test: ... this. Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
1291 and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
1292 * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
1293 * tests/confh7.test: ... to this. Use the `configure.in' stub
1294 created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch. Try to
1295 run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
1297 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1299 Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
1300 * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
1301 Add a trailing `:' command.
1302 * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
1303 it's not in in the environment, rather than exporting it with an
1304 empty value. Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
1305 done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required. Ensure verbose
1306 printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking. Add a
1307 trailing `:' command.
1308 * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1309 grep regexps. Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
1310 files. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
1311 Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:' command.
1312 * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
1313 grep regexp. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
1314 created Makefile.am. Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
1315 stoud/stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
1316 * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1317 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Quote literal dots
1318 and dollar characters in grep regexps. Explicitly declare phony
1319 targets as such in the created Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:'
1321 * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistently use m4 quoting in the generated
1322 configure.in. Cosmetic fixes to spacing. Make the "dummy" `if'
1323 statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
1324 explanatory comments to it.
1325 * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add a trailing `:' command.
1327 Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
1328 * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test. Working
1329 checks moved out to ...
1330 * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
1331 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1333 Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
1334 * tests/subobjname.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1335 * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
1336 Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
1337 * tests/subobj2.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not use the
1338 unportable fgrep option `-e'.
1339 * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1340 (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
1342 * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise. Also, enable `errexit' shell
1343 flag, with related changes
1344 * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of
1345 `Makefile.in' stricter.
1346 * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1347 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1349 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1350 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1351 * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
1352 `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
1353 of ./defs). Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
1354 * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
1356 (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
1357 writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
1358 * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1359 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Fail the test if
1360 `make distcheck' fails. Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1361 stdout. Avoid useless fork by doing simple grep instead of using
1362 test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
1363 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1364 (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
1365 * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'. Add
1366 trailing `:' command.
1367 (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
1369 Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
1370 * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
1371 * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
1372 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1374 Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
1375 * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
1376 autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
1379 * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
1380 since we don't generate it. Correctly quote arguments of
1381 `eval' builtin. Fixed a botched error message. Removed an
1384 Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
1385 * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
1386 ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
1388 Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
1389 * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
1390 ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
1391 Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
1393 Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
1394 * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
1395 * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
1396 Makefile.in stricter.
1398 2010-08-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1400 Fix maintainer-check failure.
1401 * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
1402 time stamp differences.
1404 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
1405 * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
1408 2010-08-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1410 Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
1411 * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
1412 from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
1415 2010-08-06 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
1417 Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
1418 * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
1419 cater for problems with MSYS bash.
1421 2010-07-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1423 Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
1425 Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
1427 Add more hints for debugging make rules.
1428 * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
1429 out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
1431 Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
1433 2010-07-27 Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk> (tiny change)
1435 Fix typo in the manual.
1436 * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
1438 2010-07-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1440 Document current policy for development with git.
1441 * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
1442 Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
1444 Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
1445 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
1446 variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
1448 * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
1451 Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
1452 * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
1453 to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
1454 * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
1456 Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
1457 * tests/init2.test: New test.
1458 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
1460 2010-07-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1462 Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
1463 * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1464 changes. Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
1465 rather than writing one from scratch.
1466 * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
1467 * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
1468 * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1469 changes. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1470 * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
1471 and in subdirs) stricter. Some minor changes to keep it more
1472 in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
1473 * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
1474 `subdir5.test' here).
1475 * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
1476 * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'. Add
1477 trailing `:' command.
1478 * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
1479 * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
1480 (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
1481 it from scratch. Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
1482 autoconf/automake macros.
1484 Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
1485 * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
1486 a $MAKE call. Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
1487 * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
1488 Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
1489 instead. Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
1490 Display the content of more files, to ease debugging. Add a
1491 trailing `:' command. Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
1493 * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
1495 * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
1496 and stderr. Make grepping of captured stderr stricter. Also,
1497 add trailing `:' command.
1498 * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
1499 Makefile.am as `.PHONY'. Display content of more files, to ease
1500 debugging. Add trailing `:' command.
1501 * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise. Also, factor out common sed
1502 script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
1503 * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
1504 test Makefile.am files. Add a trailing `:' command.
1505 * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'. Move the
1506 call to `set -e' earlier. Be stricter and more verbose in the
1507 checking of the generated tarball.
1508 (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
1509 writing it from scratch. Avoid obsoleted constructs. Remove
1510 useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
1511 * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
1512 * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
1514 2010-07-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1516 Improve and extend test cond5.test.
1517 * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
1518 the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
1519 at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
1520 and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
1521 priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
1522 Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
1524 Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
1525 Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
1526 writing one from scratch.
1528 2010-06-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1530 Update program --help output to match current GCS.
1531 * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
1532 is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
1533 * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
1535 (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
1536 additional substitutions.
1537 * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. Point to Automake
1538 home page and GNU general help page.
1539 * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
1540 * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
1542 (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
1544 * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
1546 * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
1547 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
1550 Clean up @var handling in the manual.
1551 * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
1552 names, replace a few one-character names.
1554 2010-06-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1556 Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
1557 * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
1560 Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
1561 * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
1562 `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
1563 already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
1564 * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
1565 * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
1566 * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
1567 of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
1568 * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
1569 * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
1570 * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
1571 * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
1572 * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
1574 Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
1575 * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
1578 2010-06-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1580 Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
1581 * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
1582 instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
1584 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1586 Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
1587 `make dist' to fail.
1588 * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
1589 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1591 2010-06-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1593 Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
1594 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
1595 and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
1598 * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
1599 tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
1600 please maintainer-check. Ensure generated C files contain a
1601 declaration, to please compilers.
1603 2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1605 Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
1606 $(FLAGS) precedence.
1607 * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
1608 "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
1609 $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
1610 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
1613 New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
1614 $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
1615 * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
1616 precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS). Still
1618 * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
1619 * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
1620 precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS). Still
1622 * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
1623 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
1625 2010-06-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1627 Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
1628 * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1630 * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
1631 * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
1633 * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
1634 * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1635 changes. Make grepping of Makefile.in slightly stricter.
1636 * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1637 changes. Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
1638 might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
1639 * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
1640 in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use a more
1641 idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
1642 grep. Do not create useless dummy source files.
1643 * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
1644 stdout. Minor cosmetic changes.
1645 * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, drop useless call to the
1646 env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
1647 $FGREP rather than plain grep.
1648 * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
1649 * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
1650 * tests/suffix9.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to
1651 the `configure.in' stub. Cosmetic changes.
1652 * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
1654 2010-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1656 Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
1657 * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
1658 useless `if' statement is indeed required.
1660 Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
1661 * tests/obsolete.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
1662 an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
1664 Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
1665 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
1666 definition of this variable.
1668 2010-06-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1670 Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
1671 * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
1672 for the FOOTEST conditional.
1674 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1676 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1677 * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
1679 * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
1680 * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
1681 * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
1682 stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
1683 * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
1684 changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
1685 * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1686 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping
1687 of Automake stderr slightly stricter.
1688 * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
1689 * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
1690 earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
1691 that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
1693 * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
1694 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Move the call
1695 to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
1696 Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
1697 in ./defs). Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
1698 output. Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
1699 * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
1700 make's output, and make its grepping slightly stricter.
1701 * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1702 changes. Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
1703 * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
1704 * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise. Also, use the `configure.in'
1705 stub created by `./defs'.
1706 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
1708 Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
1709 * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
1710 here-doc, not using echo.
1711 * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
1712 `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
1713 instead of grep (this change makes some checks slightly stricter).
1714 * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1716 * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless dummy
1717 data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
1718 * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise. Also, append to configure.in
1719 using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
1720 * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
1721 * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
1722 * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
1723 * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
1724 * tests/pluseq9.test: Slightly extended w.r.t. the grepping of
1725 Automake stderr. Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
1727 Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
1728 * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
1729 or grepping it. Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
1731 * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
1732 * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
1733 * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
1734 * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
1735 * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
1736 * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
1737 * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
1738 * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
1739 * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
1740 * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
1741 * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
1742 * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
1743 * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
1744 * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
1746 * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
1747 created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1749 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1750 * tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
1752 * tests/backsl2.test: Likewise.
1753 * tests/block.test: Likewise.
1754 * tests/canon2.test: Likewise.
1755 * tests/canon4.test: Likewise.
1756 * tests/comment2.test: Likewise.
1757 * tests/condlib.test: Likewise.
1758 * tests/cond15.test: Likewise, and prefer $FGREP over grep.
1759 * tests/canon3.test: Likewise. Also, avoid to create an useless
1761 * tests/acoutpt2.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and some
1762 related changes. Do some cosmetic improvements in the generated
1763 `configure.in' file.
1764 * tests/cond4.test: Likewise.
1765 * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
1766 * tests/condinc.test: Likewise.
1767 * tests/cond7.test: Likewise. Also, remove useless setting of
1768 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am.
1769 * tests/ansi.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
1770 changes. Extended, esp. by running autoconf, ./configure and
1771 make, and by looking into the distdir.
1773 2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1774 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1776 Extend tests/README w.r.t. trailing `:' in test scripts.
1777 * tests/README (section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
1778 Explain why apparently redundant trailing `:' and `Exit 0' in
1779 test scripts can indeed be useful.
1781 2010-06-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1783 Improve determination of PATH separator in bootstrap script.
1784 * bootstrap: Determine what the PATH separator is the same way
1787 Minor improvements in bootstrap script.
1788 * bootstrap: Consistently use two-spaces indentation. Cosmetic
1789 improvement to comments.
1790 ($me): New variable, containing program basename.
1791 Prepend it to all error messages.
1793 Testsuite now works with BSD make in parallel mode.
1794 * tests/defs.in: Unset variables __MKLVL__ and MAKE_JOBS_FIFO,
1795 which are exported by BSD make when run in parallel mode, and
1796 which can confuse make processes spawned by our testsuite.
1797 This change fixes a lot of spurious failure when the testsuite
1798 is run with BSD make in parallel mode.
1800 2010-06-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1802 Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
1803 * tests/sanity.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
1804 `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1805 * tests/depend2.test: Likewise. Also, call `set -e' just after
1806 the inclusion of `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1807 * tests/canon5.test: Avoid a useless `|| Exit 1' after a call to
1808 $AUTOMAKE, and improve the positioning of an $ACLOCAL call.
1809 * tests/exeext4.test: Use $FGREP instead of grep, where possible.
1810 Make auxiliary rules in the generated Makefile more silent.
1811 These changes make some checks slightly stricter.
1812 * tests/ext2.test: Call `Exit 1' if inclusion of `./defs' fails.
1813 * tests/gettext2.test: Place final `:' at the end of the script,
1814 rather than in the middle.
1815 * tests/exeext.test: Call `set -e' just after the inclusion of
1816 `./defs', instead that later in the script.
1817 * tests/extra5.test: Likewise.
1818 * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `mv -f' over
1819 plain `mv', just to be sure.
1820 * tests/depcomp.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
1821 changes. Also, modernize the generated configure.in.
1822 * tests/cond9.test: Likewise. Also, rely on the `configure.in'
1823 stub created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
1824 * tests/cond10.test: Likewise.
1825 * tests/depcomp2.test: Likewise.
1826 * tests/depend3.test: Likewise.
1827 * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
1828 * tests/fortdep.test: Likewise. Also, remove definition of
1829 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS to `foreign' in the generated Makefile.am,
1830 since that flag is already provided by $AUTOMAKE.
1831 * tests/mdate.test: Made stricter, by checking that Automake
1832 actually failed, and by making a stricter grep on the error
1833 message. Also, set shell `errexit flag'.
1834 * tests/python2.test: Improved verbose messages.
1836 Make test `ammissing.test' stricter.
1837 * tests/ammissing.test: Fail if $ACLOCAL succeeds unexpectedly.
1838 Enable `errexit' shell flag.
1840 2010-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1842 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1843 * tests/subcond.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1845 * tests/subst.test: Likewise.
1846 * tests/vars.test: Likewise.
1847 * tests/version4.test: Likewise.
1848 * tests/vpath.test: Likewise.
1849 * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
1850 * tests/werror.test: Likewise.
1851 * tests/whoami.test: Likewise.
1852 * tests/tags.test: Likewise, and avoid to crate an useless dummy
1854 * tests/acsilent.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1855 command substitution.
1856 * tests/unused.test: Likewise, and don't use an easily-avoided
1857 command substitution.
1858 * tests/version.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1859 in the generated `configure.in'.
1860 * tests/version2.test: Likewise, and avoid deprecated constructs
1861 in the generated `configure.in'.
1863 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1865 Prefer AUTOMAKE_fails over `$AUTOMAKE | grep' in tests.
1866 * tests/ldadd.test: Enable errexit. Use AUTOMAKE_fails so
1867 the verbose log contains all output.
1868 * tests/mdate.test: Likewise.
1869 Prompted by Stefano Lattarini's change to discover.test.
1871 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1873 Improve tests link*.test (enable `errexit' shell flag).
1874 * tests/link_c_cxx.test: Enable `errexit shell flag, and related
1875 changes. Also, do not create useless source files.
1876 * tests/link_dist.test: Likewise.
1877 * tests/link_f90_only.test: Likewise.
1878 * tests/link_f_only.test: Likewise.
1879 * tests/link_fc.test: Likewise.
1880 * tests/link_fccxx.test: Likewise.
1881 * tests/link_fcxx.test: Likewise.
1883 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1885 Improve ext.test semantics, avoid OpenBSD sh errexit issue.
1886 * tests/ext.test: Inside shell compound command, use
1887 `if $cmd; then Exit 1; fi' rather than `$cmd && Exit 1', to
1888 fix failure with OpenBSD sh introduced with last patch.
1889 Actually ensure that a rule for .EXT.o is created for each
1890 known extension EXT.
1892 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1894 Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
1895 * tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
1897 * tests/defun.test: Likewise.
1898 * tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
1899 * tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
1900 * tests/double.test: Likewise.
1901 * tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
1902 * tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
1903 * tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
1904 * tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
1905 * tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
1906 * tests/ext.test: Likewise.
1907 * tests/extra.test: Likewise.
1908 * tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
1909 * tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
1910 * tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
1911 * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
1912 * tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
1913 * tests/fo.test: Likewise.
1914 * tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
1915 * tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
1916 * tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
1917 * tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
1918 * tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1919 comments and unnecessary commands.
1920 * tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
1921 comments and unnecessary commands.
1922 * tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.
1924 Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
1925 * tests/cxx.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1927 * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
1928 * tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
1929 * tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
1930 * tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
1931 * tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.
1933 Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
1934 * tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
1936 * tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
1937 * tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
1938 * tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
1939 * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
1940 * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
1941 * tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
1942 * tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
1943 * tests/clean.test: Likewise.
1944 * tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
1945 * tests/colon.test: Likewise.
1946 * tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
1947 * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
1948 * tests/comment.test: Likewise.
1949 * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1950 * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
1951 * tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
1952 * tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
1953 * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
1954 * tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
1955 * tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
1956 * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
1957 * tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
1958 * tests/confh4.test: Likewise. Also, add in the heading comments
1959 an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
1960 creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.
1962 2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
1964 Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
1965 * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
1966 (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
1967 (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
1968 Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
1969 speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
1970 or by addressing them as `you' instead.
1972 Report by Christina Gratorp.
1976 2010-06-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1978 Make tests on user extensibility of silent-rules mode stricter.
1979 * tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1980 output produced by `make'.
1981 * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
1983 Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
1984 * tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
1985 output produced by `make'.
1986 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
1987 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
1988 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
1989 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
1990 command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.
1992 Improved test silent5.test.
1993 * tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
1994 non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
1995 Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
1996 removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
1997 not trigger a different set of rules. Make grepping of make's
1998 output stricter. Improved/added some comments.
2000 New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
2001 * tests/silentf77.test: New test.
2002 * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
2003 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2005 New test `silentcxx.test' (Automake silent-mode with C++).
2006 * tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
2007 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2009 New test `silentyacc.test' (Automake silent-mode with Yacc).
2010 * tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
2011 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2013 New test `silentlex.test' (Automake silent-mode with Lex).
2014 * tests/silentlex.test: New test.
2015 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2017 Relax tests on silent-rules to cater to overly verbose makes.
2018 * tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
2019 make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
2020 it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
2021 * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
2022 * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
2023 * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
2024 * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
2025 * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
2027 2010-01-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2029 Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
2030 * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
2031 expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
2032 to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
2034 * automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
2035 `@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
2036 (handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
2037 set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
2038 * m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
2039 verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
2040 dependencies are enabled.
2041 * tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
2042 also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
2043 * tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
2044 dependency tracking.
2045 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2046 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2047 Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.
2049 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2051 Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
2052 * tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Related and
2053 unrelated minor changes. Make the grepping of the generated
2054 Makefile.in slightly stricter. Generate and run configure, so that
2055 the generated Makefile can be grepped too.
2057 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2059 Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
2060 * lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
2061 than \015, for EBCDIC hosts. Also, avoid unportable nested
2062 double-quotes and backquotes.
2064 Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.
2066 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2068 Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
2069 Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
2070 autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
2071 and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
2072 required configure 2.61a-341 or later. This change should
2073 eliminate such inconsistencies.
2074 * configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
2077 2010-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2079 Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
2080 * Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
2081 not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.
2083 Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
2084 * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
2085 * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
2088 2010-05-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2090 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2091 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2092 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2094 Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
2095 * tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Also, avoid
2096 unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.
2098 Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2099 * tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
2100 instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
2101 since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter. Do not SKIP the test
2102 if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.
2104 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2107 * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
2108 missing closing parenthesis.
2110 Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
2111 * automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
2112 macros_dump. Print actual error before list of variables.
2114 2010-04-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2116 Minor improvements in comments of test `silent3.test'.
2117 * tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
2120 2010-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2122 testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
2123 * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
2124 tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
2125 tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
2128 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2130 Make test badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
2131 * tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'. Due to this change,
2132 an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
2133 was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
2134 Also, bumped the copyright years.
2136 Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
2137 * tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
2138 an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.
2140 Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoids possible false negatives).
2141 * tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
2142 changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
2143 Also, bumped copyright years.
2145 2010-04-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2147 Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
2148 * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
2149 $configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
2151 (require_variables): Initialize it here.
2152 * tests/configure.test: New test.
2153 * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
2154 Report by Stefano Lattarini.
2156 2010-04-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2158 Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
2159 * tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
2160 copyright years. Due to this change, any unexpected failure
2161 in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
2162 a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
2163 cause the whole test to fail.
2165 2010-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2167 Fixed typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
2168 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
2169 @<...> was used instead of C<...>.
2171 2010-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2173 Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
2174 * tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
2175 * tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
2176 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.
2178 2010-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2180 Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test
2181 * tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.
2183 Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
2184 * tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag. Improve
2187 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2189 Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
2190 Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
2191 Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
2192 treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
2193 and unstable exit status values.
2194 * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
2195 (drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
2196 $warnings_are_errors.
2197 * tests/werror3.test: New test.
2198 * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
2201 2010-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2203 Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2204 * tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
2205 `test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
2206 that is not supported by Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
2208 Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
2209 * tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'. Fail if $ACLOCAL
2210 succeds unexpectedly.
2212 Add tests checking that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
2213 * tests/distlinks.test: New test.
2214 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2215 Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.
2217 2010-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2219 Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
2220 * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
2221 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2222 Report by Pavel Sanda.
2224 2010-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2226 Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
2227 * Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
2228 in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
2231 Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.
2232 * Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
2233 $(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
2234 symlink targets). Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
2237 2010-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2239 Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.
2240 * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
2241 Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
2242 Suggested by Karl Berry.
2244 2010-03-13 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
2246 GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
2247 * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
2250 2010-03-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2252 Formatting cleanups in macro comments.
2253 * automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
2254 lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
2255 lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
2256 m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.
2258 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2259 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2261 Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file.
2262 * tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
2263 `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
2264 variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
2265 * tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
2266 (check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
2267 (clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
2268 ($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
2270 * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
2272 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
2273 then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
2274 * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
2275 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2276 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2277 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2278 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2279 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2280 * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
2281 * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
2282 * tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
2283 * tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases" subsection "Do"):
2284 Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
2285 behaviour. Some other minor related improvements.
2286 * tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.
2288 2010-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2290 Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
2291 * tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
2292 already unset in the `defs' file.
2293 * tests/check5.test: Likewise.
2294 * tests/check8.test: Likewise.
2295 * tests/check9.test: Likewise.
2296 * tests/check10.test: Likewise.
2297 * tests/check11.test: Likewise.
2298 * tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
2299 * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
2300 * tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
2301 * tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
2302 * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
2303 * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
2305 2010-02-22 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2307 Improve help message of mdate-sh.
2308 * mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.
2310 2010-02-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2312 Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
2313 * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
2314 Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
2316 Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.
2318 2010-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2320 Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2321 * tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
2323 * tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
2324 wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
2325 * tests/extra12.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
2326 EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
2327 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
2328 Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
2329 and Ralf Wildenhues.
2331 2010-02-08 Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
2333 Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.
2334 * lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.
2336 2010-02-06 Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> (tiny change)
2337 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2339 Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
2340 The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
2341 cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
2343 * lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
2344 * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
2345 * lib/install-sh: Likewise.
2346 * lib/ylwrap: Likewise. Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
2347 * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
2348 Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.
2350 2010-02-06 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
2352 Improve gnupload usage text.
2353 * gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
2354 line. Mention CMD in the synopsis. With ..., plural is implied.
2356 2010-01-28 Christos Kontas <xakon@yahoo.com> (tiny change)
2358 Fix some typos in the manual
2359 * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.
2361 2010-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2363 Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
2364 * tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Check that
2365 autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
2366 configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
2368 * tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.
2370 Fix test acoutbs2.test.
2371 * tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
2372 to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
2373 PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
2374 Updated copyright years.
2375 * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.
2377 Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
2378 * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
2379 filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
2380 acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
2381 (XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.
2383 2010-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2385 Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
2386 * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub:
2389 Bump copyright years.
2390 * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
2391 * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
2392 * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
2395 * ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
2396 * ChangeLog: ... here.
2397 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.
2401 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2403 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
2404 permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.