-2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ py-compile: normalize error and help messages
+ * lib/py-compile: Now error messages do not begin with a capital
+ letter, nor end with a period, as per GNU standards. Prepend the
+ error messages with the name of the script, not with its path.
+ When an invalid usage is recognized, always display the customary
+ message "Try `py-compile --help' ..." on a line of its own.
+ ($me): New variable, containing the name of the
+ program, i.e., `py-compile'. Use it throughout.
+ (usage_error): New function, used to display error messages about
+ invalid usage.
+ * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Extend and tighten accordingly.
+
+2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ python tests: add "unit tests" on py-compile
+ * tests/py-compile-basic.test: New test.
+ * tests/py-compile-basic2.test: New test.
+ * tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-destdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-env.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Tested with python 2.0.1, 2.4.6, 2.6.6, 2.7.1, and 3.1.3.
+
+2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ py-compile: the '--destdir' option now accepts a blank argument
+ * lib/py-compile (Option parsing): Do not count an empty argument
+ to `--destdir' or `--basedir' as a missing argument.
+ * lib/python.am: Simplify accordingly, passing the `--destdir'
+ option to py-compile unconditionally, even if `$(DESTDIR)' is
+ empty.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ python: run the 'py-compile' script with $(SHELL)
+ * lib/python.am (install-%DIR%PYTHON): Run each instance of
+ py-compile using $(SHELL). Since we are at it, break overly
+ long lines.
+ (am__py_compile): New variable, to reduce code duplication.
+
+2011-06-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: fix some failures, extend some checks
+ * Makefile.am (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update, as we
+ now expect 9 lines, not 8, to be changed from `automake.in'
+ to `automake'.
+ (sc_diff_aclocal_in_aclocal): New maintainer check, similar to
+ the above, and checking that only 10 lines are changed from
+ `aclocal.in' to `aclocal'.
+ (syntax_check_rules): Update.
+ (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Exempt self tests `self-check-*.test'
+ from this check, as they can legitimately use the bare `exit'
+ builtin in various places.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Python): Remove stray `@' from the end of
+ a line. Typo introduced in commit `v1.11-312-g5bf7af6'.
+ * tests/depcomp8a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS to make
+ from the environment rather than from the command line, to
+ pacify the `sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline' maintainer
+ check.
+ * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ remake: behave better with non-GNU make in subdirectories
+ Currently, with every decent make program, it is possible to
+ rebuild out-of-date autotools-generated files with a simple
+ "make Makefile" -- but for this to work reliably with non-GNU
+ make implementations, the command must be issued from the
+ top-level directory. This patch removes such limitation.
+ * lib/am/configure.am (am--refresh): Depend on `%MAKEFILE%'.
+ * tests/defs.in (using_gmake): New function, backported from the
+ `master' branch (and simplified).
+ * tests/remake-subdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/remake-subdir2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-subdir-gnu.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-subdir-from-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ automake, aclocal: honour configure-time AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE
+ Currently, the Automake's own configure script allow definition
+ of AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE, expected to point respectively to an
+ autoconf and autom4te programs. But while these definitions are
+ honoured in the Automake's build systems and test suite, they
+ were *not* honoured in the generated `automake' and `aclocal'
+ scripts. This behaviour, apart from being wrong in that it does
+ not allow the user enough freedom in choosing his tools, also
+ caused inconsistencies in the test suite, brining to spurious
+ failures.
+ Problem reported by Graham Reitz on the automake list; see thread:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-05/msg00022.html>
+ * automake.in ($traces): Use `@am_AUTOCONF', not simply `autoconf'.
+ * aclocal.in ($traces): Use `@am_AUTOM4TE', not simply `autom4te'.
+ * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute also `@am_AUTOCONF' and
+ `@am_AUTOM4TE'.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+
+2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ build: the user can override AUTOM4TE, AUTORECONF and AUTOUPDATE too
+ Our build system allows the user to override AUTOCONF and AUTOHEADER
+ at configure time, and honours these overrides in our testsuite.
+ But it didn't do the same with AUTOM4TE, AUTORECONF and AUTOUPDATE.
+ This change fixes that inconsistency.
+ * configure.ac (am_AUTOM4TE, am_AUTOUPDATE, am_AUTORECONF): New
+ AC_SUBSTitutions. Update comments.
+ * tests/defs.in ($AUTOUPDATE): Default to `@am_AUTOUPDATE@' now.
+ ($AUTOM4TE): New variable, defaulting to `@am_AUTOM4TE@'.
+ ($AUTORECONF): New variable, defaulting to `@am_AUTORECONF@'.
+ * doc/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): Update.
+
+2011-05-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests/README: fix example about `make -e' usage
+ * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"): When
+ some variable is never initialized in the Makefile, `-e' is not
+ necessary in order to override it. DESTDIR is such a variable: we
+ ensure that we do not ever initialize it. And as such, it is quite
+ portable to use:
+ $ make DESTDIR=/foo/bar install
+ and in fact, quite widely used.
+ So our example about when `make -e' is required, which references
+ the `DESTDIR' variable, is poorly chosen, if not downright wrong.
+ Rewrite it to use `prefix' as the overridden variable instead.
+
+2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: avoid re-running few tests with 'parallel-tests' option
+ Some tests in our testsuite use the 'simple-tests' driver only
+ marginally, or simply as a mean to conveniently check unrelated
+ invariants. It makes little sense to force these tests to also
+ run with the 'parallel-tests' Automake option active, as doing so
+ offers no real gain in coverage, while often causing a measurable
+ overhead in execution time (for an already too-slow testsuite).
+ * tests/pr401.test (parallel_tests): Define to "no", to prevent
+ the generation of a sibling test script using the 'parallel-tests'
+ driver.
+ * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: allow tests to avoid the use of 'parallel-tests' option
+ * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Do not generate "siblings" for tests
+ that explicitly define the `parallel_tests', whether to "yes" or
+ to any other value. Extend heading comments to give a rationale
+ for this behaviour.
+ * tests/README: Update.
+
+2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests/README: update obsoleted advice
+ * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
+ Do not suggest to use the `*-p.test' pattern for the names of
+ hand-written tests which use the `parallel-tests' Automake option.
+ Not only is this not respected by the existing tests, but it is
+ more likely to cause conflicts with auto-generated tests.
+ So, suggest to *avoid* using the `*-p.test' pattern in names
+ of hand-written tests instead.
+ (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do not"): When
+ suggesting not to override Makefile variables using command
+ line arguments, do not use the badly outdated variables `U'
+ and 'ANSI2KNR' in the example; instead, use the more common
+ and typical `DESTDIR'.
+
+2011-05-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: rename requirement 'non-cross' -> 'native'
+ * tests/defs.in (non-cross): Rename requirement ...
+ (native): ... to this, which is clearer and fits the
+ existing lingo better.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-05-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: be more cross-compile friendly
+ * tests/defs.in (cross_compiling): New subroutine.
+ (am__tool_prefix): New internal variable.
+ (gcc, g++, gcj): Force the use of the correct "tool prefix"
+ when cross compiling.
+ (gfortran, g77, non-cross): New requirements.
+
+2011-05-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure of txinfo21.test on FreeBSD
+ * tests/txinfo21.test: Use the `is_newest' subroutine instead of
+ the `ls -t' hack to to determine whether a file has been updated.
+ This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do not sort files
+ with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when using the `-t'
+ option.
+
+2011-05-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests defs: allow requirements for compilers (mostly dummy)
+ Most of the new requirements that are now accepted in `$required'
+ as consequence of this patch are still dummy. They are planned
+ to be implemented only in master (or in some derived branch), but
+ having them here (even just as no-op) will allow for an easier
+ integration/backporting of potential new testcases.
+ * tests/defs.in (cc, c++, fortran, fortran77): New requirements,
+ still dummy.
+ (flex): New requirement, picking LEX for configure.
+ (lex): New requirement, alias for `flex'. A more appropriate
+ implementation, looking for a generic `lex' program, will follow
+ in the future.
+ (yacc): New requirement, alias for `bison'. A more appropriate
+ implementation, looking for a generic `yacc' program, will follow
+ in the future.
+
+2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in a test on TESTS (VPATH-related)
+ * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: When not using the
+ parallel-tests option, do not check that VPATH components are
+ not present in the displayed test name, since the simple-tests
+ driver do not try to strip them.
+
+2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test: self check subroutines for skipping/failing of tests
+ * tests/self-check-report.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-04-23 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: new subroutines for test skipping/failing
+ * tests/defs.in (Exit): Move definition of this function earlier.
+ (warn_, skip_, fail_, framework_failure_): New functions, inspired
+ to the homonyms in gnulib's tests/init.sh.
+ ($stderr_fileno_): New global variable, used by the new functions
+ above.
+ * tests/README: Updated.
+ From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix typo (copy & paste blunder) in heading comment
+ * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: Correctly refer to the sister test
+ as `maintclean.test', not as `maintclean-vpath.test'.
+
+2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove redundant test `mclean.test'
+ * tests/mclean.test: Remove, it's a weak grepping test completely
+ superseded by the much more complete `maintclean.test'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-04-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: more environment sanitization
+ * tests/defs.in: Sanity check: abort if any of `parallel_tests'
+ or `required' is in the environment.
+ ($sed_unindent_prog): Initialize to empty, to avoid interferences
+ from the environment.
+ * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: Renamed to ...
+ * tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: ... this, and extended.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset variables `parallel_tests' and
+ `required'. Adjust comments.
+
+2011-04-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: don't allow `$me' to be overridden from the environment
+ * tests/defs.in: Sanity check: abort if $me is in the environment.
+ * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset variable `me'.
+ (TESTS): Update.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: allow overriding of `$me'
+ * tests/defs.in ($me): Allow overriding by the including test
+ script. Add some explicative comments.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ depcomp tests: don't reject slower dependency extractors
+ * tests/depcomp8b.test: Add the `--enable-dependency-tracking'
+ option to `configure' invocations, so that slower dependency
+ extractors are not rejected.
+ * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise. Also ...
+ (foo.c): ... since we are at it, fix spacing to be consistent
+ with GNU coding standards.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ m4: add missing serial numbers to a few files
+ Related to automake bug#8483.
+ * m4/amversion.in: Add serial number.
+ * m4/auxdir.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/gcj.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/install-sh.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/mkdirp.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/python.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/runlog.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/strip.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/upc.m4: Likewise.
+
+2011-04-16 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ depcomp: correct invalid sed invocation
+ * lib/depcomp: Insert missing -e before '/:$/d'.
+ Otherwise, that use of sed would treat '/:$/d' as a file name.
+
+2011-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintainer check: quote literal `$' in Makefile rule
+ * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): Escape literal `$'
+ character in double-quoted string. Fix a bug in which the rule
+ emitted an erroneously empty substring in its error message.
+
+2011-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: test for automake bug#8485 (known regression)
+ * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild-subdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: define default $distdir (help reducing duplication)
+ * tests/defs.in ($distdir): New variable, might be used in
+ testcases checking distribution-related features.
+ * tests/pr9.test: Use it.
+ * tests/subdir9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vtexi3.test: Add comment explaining why we redefine
+ $distdir in this test.
+
+2011-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ depcomp: fix bugs in tests and in the depcomp script
+ * lib/depcomp (gcc): Remove duplicated `-e' from sed invocation.
+ * tests/depcomp10.test: Make it executable. Fix a blunder that
+ has left part of an intended comment not prefixed by `#', thus
+ causing shell syntax errors. In this same comment, break a
+ too-long reported error message on multiple lines, for clarity.
+ Add reference to the relevant bug report. Add a comment which
+ explains why the test result 'skipped' if the first "make" call
+ fails. Add other useful comments.
+ * tests/depcomp9.test: Slightly improve comments.
+
+2011-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix hp depmode for VPATH builds with GNU make.
+ * lib/depcomp: Be sure to remove VPATH-prefixed object from
+ dependency output when creating stub rule.
+ * tests/depcomp10.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ Report by Bruno Haible.
+
+2011-04-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: fix 'javac' requirement for older JDK versions
+ The Java compiler from JDK 1.5 (and presumably earlier versions)
+ cannot handle the `-version' option by itself; and while it does
+ print the version number, it then errors out with an usage error:
+ $ javac -version
+ javac 1.5.0_22
+ javac: no source files
+ Usage: javac <options> <source files>
+ ...
+ Luckily, adding the `-help' option to the `javac' invocation
+ seems to fix this problem.
+ * tests/defs.in (javac): Pass also the `-help' option to the
+ `javac' program. Add a comment explaining why it is needed.
+ Report from Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-04-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: new requirement for the default java compiler
+ * tests/defs.in (for tool in $required): New requirement 'javac'.
+ * tests/java.test: Use it instead of ad-hoc configure check.
+ * tests/java-check.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instfail-java.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instdir-java.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-04-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ java: check_JAVA does not cause compilation by "make all" anymore
+ Fixes automake bug#8234.
+ * automake.in (handle_java): Make stamp of class files built from
+ java sources in $(check_JAVA) a dependency of `check' target, not
+ `all' target.
+ * tests/java-check.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Report from Petteri Räty.
+
+2011-04-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Clarify regex code in depcomp.
+ * lib/depcomp: Add comment why we don't need regex-escaping here.
+ Suggested by Stefano Lattarini.
+
+2011-04-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix makedepend depmode for VPATH builds.
+ * lib/depcomp [makedepend]: Remove any VPATH prefix from the
+ object file name, so a rebuild doesn't attempt to update the
+ .Po files in the source tree.
+ * tests/depcomp9.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-04-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix timestamp-related failures
+ Fixes automake bug#8365.
+ * tests/aclocal6.test: Sleep before modifying m4 files that should
+ trigger remake rules. Remove incorrect/obsoleted comments.
+ * tests/subdir5.test: Likewise, and extend a bit.
+ * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr8365-remake-timing.test: New xfailing test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Report from Sam Steingold.
+
+2011-04-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Create subdirs for generated sources even when not dep tracking.
+ * automake.in (handle_single_transform): If $object is derived
+ and lands in subdir, be sure to output a dirstamp dependency.
+ * tests/yacc5.test: Avoid falsely matching the dirstamp
+ dependency when grepping for a rule.
+ * tests/lex-subobj-nodep.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Report by Ignacy Gawedzki.
+
+ Fix locale issue in check-exported-srcdir.test.
+ * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Reformulate glob to not fail
+ in a locale that ignores or interleaves character case.
+
+2011-04-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index
+ * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure'
+ from "Scanning configure.ac or configure.in" to the more precise
+ "Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal".
+ (@detailmenu): Adjust.
+ (@node configure): Adjust, and extend @cindex calls accordingly.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ From a report by Maynard Johnson.
+
+2011-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target
+ * tests/aclocal6.test: Move checks related to "maintainer-clean"
+ functionalities into ...
+ * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: ... this new test.
+ * tests/maintclean.test: Update heading comments. Extend to also
+ test subdirs. Remove useless disabling of YACC. Fix m4 quoting
+ in configure.in. Add a trailing `:' command. Remove extra blank
+ lines.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-03-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: fix unindent to use printf not echo for script.
+ * tests/defs.in: Use printf rather than echo, as the latter may
+ interpret the backslashes in the sed script. Fixes test
+ failures with dash as /bin/sh.
+
+2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases
+ The configure.in stub created by default by `tests/defs' obtains
+ the first argument of AC_INIT from the test name, and this can
+ cause some supported autoconf versions to fail with a spurious
+ error if that test name contains the name of an m4 or m4sugar
+ builtin or macro (e.g., `defn' or `m4_undefine').
+ See for example the bug fixed by commit v1.11-287-g1325a8a.
+ This change add a maintainer check that warns about test names
+ which are possibly problematic in this regard.
+ * Makefile.am (sc_test_names): New maintainer-check target.
+ (syntax_check_rules): Add it.
+ (m4_builtins): New helper variable.
+ (TESTS): Updated according to the following renamings.
+ * tests/include.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/hdr-vars-defined-once.test: ... to this.
+ * tests/sinclude.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/m4-inclusion.test: ... to this, and simplified
+ accordingly.
+ * tests/include2.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/dist-included-parent-dir.test: ... to this, for
+ consistency.
+
+2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix bug in alloca*.test
+ * tests/alloca.test: Make grepping of automake stderr stricter,
+ add a trailing `:' command; also, add AC_PROG_CC to configure.in,
+ and create a dummy alloca.c file, to ensure that we fail for the
+ proper reason.
+ * tests/alloca2.test: Likewise. Also, look for LT_INIT, not
+ AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, in the error message (bug introduced with commit
+ v1.11-315-gd51e7b7 "libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES
+ primary is used").
+ From a report by Patrick Welche.
+
+2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix bug (comments-in-var-defn.test + autoconf 2.62)
+ * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: The configure.in stub created
+ by default, which has the AC_INIT first argument obtained by the
+ test name, causes autoconf 2.62 to fail with a spurious error
+ message like: "configure.in:1: error: defn: undefined macro:".
+ Thus, to prevent this, the test is renamed to ...
+ * tests/comments-in-var-def.test: ... this.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: convert encoding from ISO-8859 to UTF-8
+ * ChangeLog.03: Convert encoding to UTF-8.
+ * ChangeLog.96: Likewise.
+ * ChangeLog.98: Likewise.
+ * NEWS: Likewise.
+ * TODO: Likewise.
+
+2011-03-01 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ test defs: unindent without temporary file
+ * tests/defs.in (commented_sed_unindent_prog): Commented Sed program
+ that strips the "proper" amount of leading whitespace.
+ (unindent): Lazily strip comments from the above program and use it
+ to unindent without using a temporary file.
+
+2011-02-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES primary is used
+ When the LTLIBRARIES primary was used, but $(LIBTOOL) wasn't
+ defined, automake suggested to add a call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+ in configure.ac. But that macro is deprecated since Libtool
+ version 1.9b (2004-08-29), in favor of the newer LT_INIT. So
+ suggest the use of this latter macro instead.
+ * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_am_macro_for_var): Pair 'LIBTOOL'
+ with 'LT_INIT', not with 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'.
+ * tests/libtool4.test: Adjust and extend. Also, add a call to
+ macro AC_PROG_CC in configure.in, to help ensuring that automake
+ does not fail for the wrong reasons.
+ * tests/ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool
+ support works with LT_INIT-based interface.
+ Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion.
+
+2011-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: tempdirs with restrictive permissions are cleaned correctly
+ Before this change, the removal of a temporary test directory
+ containing subdirectories with restrictive permissions (such as
+ 'r--r--r--') could fail.
+ * tests/defs: Ensure that all the subdirectories of a temporary
+ test directory have the 'read', 'write' and 'execute' bits set,
+ before trying to remove it with `rm -rf'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Likewise.
+
+2011-02-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ test defs: add subroutine for input unindenting
+ * tests/defs.in (unindent): New subroutine.
+
+2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ python: report the 'PYTHON' influential environment variable
+ * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Call AC_ARG_VAR on PYTHON.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Python): Update and extend.
+ * tests/help-python.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * THANKS (Jack Kelly): Update e-mail address.
+ Suggestion by Jack Kelly.
+
+2011-02-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable
+ * tests/defs.in (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset it, so that values
+ from environment won't interfere with the testcases.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: tweak few tests on simple and parallel test drivers
+ * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Improve heading comments.
+ * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. Also, unset the
+ `FOO_EXIT_STATUS' variable, so that any pre-existing value in the
+ environment won't risk to interfere with the test.
+ Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers
+ * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test
+ * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so
+ that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
+ * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: color-tests issues with parallel make
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic
+ recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail
+ with some make implementation when running in parallel mode,
+ thus causing colored test output not to be automatically
+ activated when it should.
+
+2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid instspc.test failures due to make's whitespace trimming
+ * tests/instspc.test: Prepend './' when passing the test
+ characters, to avoid leading whitespace characters to be trimmed
+ from macros set from environment variables. Fixes testsuite
+ failures with HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64/OSF make.
+
+2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags
+ * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy"
+ per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests defs: sanitize IFS
+ * tests/defs.in ($IFS): Define to <space>, <tab>, <newline>.
+ ($sp): New variable, holding a single whitespace character.
+ ($tab): New variable, holding a tabulation character.
+ ($nl): New variable, holding a newline character.
+
+2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds.
+ * tests/parallel-tests8.test, tests/suffix13.test:
+ Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris
+ make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion.
+
+2011-01-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in yflags*.test
+ * tests/yflags.test: Remove 'YACC' from the environment, so
+ that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
+ * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid fn99*.test failures due to buggy AIX 5.3 cp -R.
+ * tests/fn99.test, tests/fn99subdir.test: Skip if an initial
+ `cp -R' of the subdir tree already fails; AIX 5.3 cp messes
+ up its internal memory when copying this tree.
+
+2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Add comment to check-TESTS rule working around make 3.80 bug.
+ * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Update comment.
+
+2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: less strict double-colon spy.test again.
+ * tests/spy.test: We know BSD make doesn't invoke more than one
+ double-colon rule, so no need to expose that failure.
+
+2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ install-sh: avoid Tru64 sh `test' operator precedence issues.
+ * lib/install-sh: Protect file names and directory components
+ that consist of `=', `(', `)', or `!'. Move protection as early
+ as possible, to avoid errors such as with Tru64 sh `test -z ='.
+ * tests/instsh2.test: Extend test to cover more possibilities.
+ Fixes 1.12 instspc-equal-install.test failure on Tru64/OSF 5.1.
+
+2011-01-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ docs: automake testsuite doesn't use TESTS_ENVIRONMENT anymore
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Do not claim Automake uses
+ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT for the perl driver. Instead, point to the
+ parallel-tests driver.
+
+2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Allow _AM_DEPENDENCIES to be used later in configure.
+ * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Remove a previously existing
+ conftest.dir before recreating it.
+ Fixes bug#7864.
+ Report by Eric Blake, from report by Scott McCreary against M4.
+
+2011-01-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid failure on w32 file systems.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: SKIP if file cannot
+ be turned unreadable.
+
+2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make.
+ * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos. Ensure prerequisites we
+ do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target.
+ Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule.
+
+2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
+ * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
+ Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
+
+2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs.
+ * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
+ Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
+ exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
+
+ Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
+ * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
+ are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
+
+2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
+ * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
+ (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
+ lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
+ output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
+ Report by Stefano Lattarini.
+
+2011-01-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ tests: fix comment typo
+ * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
+
+2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
+ * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'.
+ * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so
+ that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable)
+ to build it.
+ Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change.
+ Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to
+ require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess
+ and config.sub files are present for respective checks.
+ * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files.
+ * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
+
+2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
This change fixes automake bug#7828.
other options.
From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
-2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
+ Related to automake bug#7819.
+ * tests/autodist.test: New test.
+ * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL
+ * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling
+ automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug
+ in the texinfo + cygnus interaction.
+ * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated.
+
+2011-01-09 Dave Hart <davehart@gmail.com> (tiny change)
+
+ Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
+ * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
+ * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
+ `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not
+ redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
+ uselessly run it in a subshell.
+ * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
+ make. All checks moved into Makefile.am.
+ * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
+ configure.in.
+ * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
+ minor improvements.
+ * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
+ Makefile.in stricter.
+ * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff
+ to Makefile.am.
+ * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
+ to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict,
+ to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes.
+ * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
+ for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments.
+ * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
+ it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
+ * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
+ for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are
+ cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
+ * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
+ and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check
+ that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
+ preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
+ "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
+ so they have been moved ...
+ * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
+ * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated
+ Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
+ append to configure.in.
+ * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
+ make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just
+ after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other
+ minor cosmetic improvements.
+ * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
+ * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2011-01-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
+ * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
+
+2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
+ * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
+ * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
+
+ automake: minor fixes in comments
+ * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
+
+2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Add test coverage for deleted header files.
+ * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
+ also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency
+ tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
+ successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
+
+ Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
+ * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
+
+ docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
+ * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
+ (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
+ (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
+ (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
+ Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
+
+2011-01-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
+ Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
+ * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
+ manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
+ (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
+
+2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
-2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
- Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
* doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
compilers were used. So we are now careful to require GCC in
tests that force gcc depmode.
From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
- * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
- * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new
- sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
- "gcc" in $required.
- * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
- * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new
- sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
- "gcc" in $required.
- * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
- * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new
- sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
- "gcc" in $required.
+ * tests/silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
+ * tests/silent-many-generic.test, tests/silent-many-gcc.test: ...
+ these new sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode
+ and lists "gcc" in $required.
+ * tests/silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
+ * tests/silent-lex-generic.test, tests/silent-lex-gcc.test: ...
+ these new sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode
+ and lists "gcc" in $required.
+ * tests/silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
+ * tests/silent-yacc-generic.test, tests/silent-yacc-gcc.test: ...
+ these new sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and
+ lists "gcc" in $required.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
2010-11-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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