+ 2011-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: fix typo in 'prove-runner' script
+ * tests/prove-runner: Remove erroneously-repeated word.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Reported by Dave Hart.
+
+2011-11-05 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Merge branch 'master' into testsuite-work
+ * tests/extra-portability.test: Use `$am_original_AUTOMAKE'
+ instead of the obsolete `$original_AUTOMAKE'.
+ * tests/extra-portability3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Update.
+
+2011-11-05 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Merge branch 'msvc' into master
+ * tests/extra-portability3.test: Use `$original_AUTOMAKE' instead
+ of hackishly extracting the first component of `$AUTOMAKE'.
+ * tests/extra-portability.test: Likewise. Also, since we are at
+ it, throw in a couple of small extensions and tweakings (suggested
+ by the minor merge conflicts).
+
+2011-11-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ warnings: fix buglets for portability warnings
+ * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (switch_warning): Ensure the
+ correct implications and inter-dependencies between warnings
+ in the categories `portability', `extra-portability' and
+ `recursive-portability' are respected. Also add detailed
+ explicative comments, and references to the relevant tests.
+ * tests/dollarvar2.test: Update and extend. Also, remove
+ some unnecessary uses of `--force' option in automake calls.
+ * tests/extra-portability3.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+
+2011-11-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: extend tests on 'extra-portability' warning category
+ * tests/extra-portability.test: Redefine `$AUTOMAKE' to ensure we
+ have complete control over the automake options. Extend by using
+ also a setup where no `portability' warning is present (only an
+ `extra-portability' warning is). Other minor extensions. Remove
+ some redundant, verbose comments about the expected diagnostic.
+
+2011-11-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: new functions to analyze configure help screen
+ * tests/defs (extract_configure_help, grep_configure_help): New
+ functions.
+ * tests/maintmode-configure-msg.test: Use them, reducing code
+ duplication and test brittleness.
+ * tests/help-depend.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-python.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-init.test: Make grepping of configure help screen
+ slightly stricter.
+ * tests/self-check-configure-help.test: New self test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+ From a report by Jim Meyering.
+
+2011-11-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Merge branch 'master' into testsuite-work
+
+ * tests/instspc.tap: Adjust to new portability requirements
+ due to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.
+ * tests/lex-lib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/extra-portability2.test: Use `$am_original_AUTOMAKE'
+ instead of the obsolete `$original_AUTOMAKE'.
+ * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Update.
+
+2011-11-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: various minor tweakings, mostly related to AM_PROG_AR
+ * tests/alloca.test: Adjust to new portability requirements due
+ to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.
+ * tests/discover.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pluseq7.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of automake
+ expected error message stricter.
+ * tests/stdlib.test: Likewise, and extend the test a bit.
+ * tests/parse.test (configure.in): Remove redundant call to
+ AC_PROG_RANLIB.
+ * tests/library2.test: Adjust to new portability requirements
+ due to the new AM_PROG_AR macro. Also ...
+ (configure.in): ... add call to AC_PROG_CC, to ensure automake
+ really fails for the expected reason.
+
+2011-11-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Merge branch 'msvc' into master
+
+ * tests/instspc-tests.sh: Adjust to new portability requirements
+ due to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.
+ * tests/libobj-basic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj15a.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj15b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj15c.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj16a.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj16b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj17.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj18.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj19.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj20a.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj20b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj20c.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/canon6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/canon6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/canon7.tests: Likewise.
+ * tests/extra9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/extradep.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/extradep2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-ldadd.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-libraries.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-ltlibraries.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python-virtualenv.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vartypos.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vartypo2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix.test: Update to take into account previous
+ master-only changes.
+ * tests/suffix2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj7.test: Call automake with the `--add-missing'
+ option, instead of creating a dummy `ar-lib' file, since this
+ test now also runs "./configure" and "make".
+ * tests/suffix5.test: Copy the real `ar-lib' script file,
+ instead of creating a dummy one, since this test now also
+ runs "./configure" and "make".
+ * tests/extra-portability2.test: Fix this test not to rely
+ on the older, faulty semantics of "strictness specification
+ always reset warning level", which has been fixed in commit
+ v1.11-623-g1609491 (see also automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547).
+ Since we are at it, throw inf few other minor unrelated
+ improvements.
+ * tests/extra-portability.test: Explicitly pass `-Wall' to
+ automake calls, for clarity.
+
+2011-10-21 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ warnings: new 'extra-portability' category, for AM_PROG_AR
+ * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Register new extra-portability
+ warning channel.
+ (switch_warning): Turn off extra-portability if portability is
+ turned off, and turn on portability if extra-portability is
+ turned on.
+ (set_strictness): Silence extra-portability for --gnits, --gnu
+ and --foreign.
+ * tests/extra-portability2.test: New test, checking that the
+ extra-portability channel is silenced by --gnits, --gnu and
+ --foreign.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake): Document the new warning
+ category and its interaction with the portability category.
+ * tests/extra-portability.test: New test, checking the interaction
+ between the portability and extra-portability warning categories.
+ * automake.in (handle_libraries, handle_ltlibraries): Move the
+ AM_PROG_AR warnings to the new extra-portability channel.
+ * tests/ar2.test: Adjust to the new warning channel.
+ * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr307.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
+ * NEWS: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-10-21 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Add new 'AM_PROG_AR' macro, triggering the 'ar-lib' script.
+ * m4/ar-lib.m4: New macro AM_PROG_AR, which locates an
+ archiver and triggers the auxiliary 'ar-lib' script if needed.
+ * m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Update.
+ * automake.in ($seen_ar): New variable.
+ (scan_autoconf_traces): Set it.
+ (handle_libraries, handle_ltlibraries): Require AM_PROG_AR for
+ portability.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros): Mention the new
+ 'AM_PROG_AR' macro.
+ (Subpackages): Add AM_PROG_AR to the example.
+ (A Library): Adjust recommendations for AR given the new
+ AM_PROG_AR macro.
+ * All relevant tests: Adjust to new portability requirements due
+ to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.
+ * tests/ar-lib2.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers
+ install of ar-lib.
+ * tests/ar-lib3.test: New test, checking that lib_LIBRARIES
+ requires AM_PROG_AR.
+ * tests/ar-lib4.test: New test, checking that lib_LTLIBRARIES
+ requires AM_PROG_AR.
+ * tests/ar-lib5a.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers
+ use of ar-lib when the archiver is Microsoft lib.
+ * tests/ar-lib5b.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers
+ use of ar-lib when the archiver is a faked lib.
+ * tests/ar-lib6a.test: New test, checking the ordering of
+ AM_PROG_AR and LT_INIT.
+ * tests/ar-lib6b.test: New test, checking the ordering of
+ AM_PROG_AR and AC_PROG_LIBTOOL.
+ * tests/ar-lib7.test: New test, checking that automake warns
+ if ar-lib is missing.
+ * tests/ar3.test: New test, checking that AR and ARFLAGS may
+ be overridden by the user even if AM_PROG_AR is used.
+ * tests/ar4.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR bails out
+ if it cannot determine the archiver interface.
+ * tests/ar5.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR runs its
+ optional argument if it cannot determine the archiver interface.
+ * tests/defs.in: New required entry 'lib'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-11-03 Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> (tiny change)
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maint-mode: fix botched configure messages
+ This change fixes automake bug#9890.
+ * m4/maintainer.m4 (AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Fix the "checking ..."
+ configure message related to the enabling/disabling of maintainer
+ mode.
+ * tests/help-maintainer.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/maintmode-configure-msg.test: ... to this, and extended
+ to cover the fixed bug. Also, since we are at it, make grepping
+ of configure help screens stricter, and throw in some few other
+ changes to reduce code duplication and enhance readability.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * THANKS: Update with Zack's new e-mail address.
+ Report and initial patch by Zack Weinberg, test cases added by
+ Stefano Lattarini.
+
+2011-10-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ info: allow user to inhibit creation/update of '${infodir}/dir'
+ With this change, we allow the user to request the install-info
+ rules not to update the `${infodir}/dir' file, by exporting the
+ environment variable `AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR' to the value "no".
+ This is especially useful to distro packagers, and is a definite
+ improvement over our previous hack of looking whether the
+ `install-info' program was the Debian or GNU version -- hack
+ which had been silently broken with recent versions of debian
+ install-info BTW (probably since dpkg 1.15.4, 2009-09-06).
+ This change fixes automake bug#9773. See also Debian Bug#543992.
+ * lib/am/texinfos.am: Don't look anymore at the output of
+ `install-info --version' to decide whether to use it to update
+ the `${infodir}/dir' or not; instead, honour the environment
+ variable `AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR'.
+ * tests/install-info-dir.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+ * tests/defs: Also unset `AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR', to avoid unwanted
+ interferences from the environment.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Update.
+ * NEWS: Likewise.
+ * THANKS: Likewise.
+ Report by Jonathan Nieder.
+
+2011-10-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: new function 'am_keeping_testdirs', for better APIs
+
+ This change is meant to make it easier for TAP-based test scripts
+ to remove files left over by completed (sub)tests, while still
+ honoring the user-provided `$keep_testdirs' setting.
+
+ * tests/defs (am_keeping_testdirs): New function, telling whether
+ we should keep the test directories around, even in case of
+ success (by default, we don't).
+ (exit trap): Use it.
+ * tests/depmod.tap: Likewise.
+ * tests/instspc.tap: Likewise. Also, fix some pre-existing
+ "copy & paste" bugs, and a typo in comments.
+
+2011-10-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove redundant `set -e', and other minor improvements
+ * tests/dejagnu-absolute-builddir.test: Do not set the `errexit'
+ shell flag, as it is already set by `tests/defs'.
+ * tests/dejagnu-relative-srcdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-append.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-useredit.test: Likewise, and fix a typo
+ in comments.
+ * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-extend.test: Likewise, and prefer the
+ use of `$distdir' over hard-coded `$me-1.0'. Also ...
+ (write_check_for): ... use `unindent' when writing from an
+ here-doc, for better code indentation.
+
+2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ deps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551'
+ This change partly reverts commit "Create subdirs for generated
+ sources even when not dep tracking", of 2011-04-02.
+ That commit had caused the bugs #8485 and #8526. Since we are
+ nearing the bug-fixing automake release 1.11.2, the safest policy
+ at the moment is to just revert the problematic hunks: an older,
+ known bug is better than a regression.
+ * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Don't add a dirstamp
+ dependency, even when $object is derived and lands in a subdir.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Add lex-subobj-nodep.test,
+ remove yacc-dist-nobuild-subdir.test.
+
+2011-10-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: few improvements to some `ar-lib' related tests
+
+ * tests/ar-lib5a.test (Makefile.am): Also check that the target
+ library has truly been created.
+ (ar-lib): Use the real `ar-lib' script (mildly patched) rather
+ than a dummy one, to ensure better "real-life coverage". Fix
+ botched shebang line.
+ * tests/ar-lib5b.test: Extend the PATH variable to make the dummy
+ `lib' script accessible, instead of explicitly calling it by its
+ relative/absolute path.
+ (ar-lib): Fix botched shebang line.
+ (bin/lib): Likewise. Also, add explicative comments, and make
+ slightly stricter.
+
+2011-10-24 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ Merge branch 'maint' into msvc
+
+ * tests/subpkg-yacc.test: Adjust to new portability requirements due
+ to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.
+
+2011-10-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ dejagnu: allow the package developer to extend site.exp
+ Fixes automake bug#7873.
+ * lib/am/dejagnu.am (site.exp): Depend from the files listed in
+ $(EXTRA_DEJAGNU_SITE_CONFIG), if any. Append their contents to
+ the generated site.exp (still preserving user edits).
+ * doc/automake.texi (Dejagnu Tests): Update.
+ * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-append.test: New test.
+ * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-extend.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-useredit.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ Suggestion by Rainer Orth.
+
+2011-10-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ dejagnu: ensure 'srcdir' is defined as a relative directory
+ This change fixes automake bug#7833.
+ * lib/am/dejagnu.am (check-DEJAGNU): Prefer using plain $(srcdir)
+ over calculating and using the absolute path of $(srcdir).
+ * tests/dejagnu-relative-srcdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/dejagnu-absolute-builddir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Report by Ian Lance Taylor. Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2010-12-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix testsuite failure of check12.test without DejaGNU.
+ * tests/check12.test: Require runtest.
+
+2010-12-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Extend and improve tests on DejaGnu support.
+ * tests/dejagnu.test: Do not create useless dummy test script.
+ Add trailing `:' command. In heading comments, add reference
+ to ...
+ * tests/check12.test: ... this new "semantic" test, covering
+ concurrent use of dejagnu tests, simple tests and `check-local'
+ target.
+ * tests/dejagnu2.test: Make test more reliable, by avoid weak
+ grepping of make output. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append
+ to configure.in. Quote literal dots in grep regexps. Prefer
+ `grep -c ...' over `grep ... | wc -l'. Make grepping of
+ automake stderr slightly stricter. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/dejagnu3.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to
+ configure.in. Check stderr of expected-to-fail "make" call.
+ Remove extra blank lines from Makefile.am.
+ * tests/dejagnu4.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to
+ configure.in. Prefer `mv -f' over plain `mv' when the target
+ file already exists. Avoid extra mkdir calls by creating more
+ directories at once. Better use of blank lines. Check that
+ the `*.log' and `*.sum' files are created by runtest also when
+ "make check" fails.
+ * tests/dejagnu7.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to
+ configure.in. Better use of blank lines. Add a trailing `:'
+ command.
+ * tests/dejagnu6.test: Likewise, and give the dejagnu test a
+ more descriptive name.
+ * tests/dejagnu5.test: Likewise. Also, simply define package
+ name to `$me' rather than using a non-obvious sed script to
+ extract it from `AC_INIT', and write the Makefile.am with only
+ one command.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2011-10-21 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ * THANKS: Fix whitespace issue.
+
+2011-10-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures due to missing 'yywrap()' function
+
+ The AC_PROG_LEX Autoconf macro does not diagnose a failure to find
+ the "lex library" expected to provide a `yywrap' function (function
+ which is required to link most lex-generated programs). On the
+ contrary, when all the link attempts (i.e., with `-ll' and `-lfl')
+ fail, configure declares that no lex library is needed, and simply
+ proceeds with the configuration process -- only for the build to
+ possibly fail later, at make time.
+
+ This behaviour is intended; the Autoconf manual reads:
+ ``You are encouraged to use Flex in your sources, since it is
+ both more pleasant to use than plain Lex and the C source it
+ produces is portable. In order to ensure portability, however,
+ you must either provide a function `yywrap' or, if you don't use
+ it (e.g., your scanner has no `#include'-like feature), simply
+ include a `%noyywrap' statement in the scanner's source.''
+
+ This AC_PROG_LEX behaviour is causing some spurious failures of
+ the Automake testsuite in environments which lack a proper library
+ providing `yywrap' (this happens for example on Fedora-based
+ systems). The proper workaround is to simply provide a fall-back
+ implementation of `yywrap' in our lexers.
+
+ See also partially-overlapping commit `v1.11-871-geb147a1' (from
+ the 'testsuite-work' branch), which was motivated by similar
+ spurious failures experienced when cross-compiling.
+
+ Reported by Jim Meyering:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-10/msg00092.html>
+
+ * tests/cond35.test: Provide a dummy `yywrap' function.
+ * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/lexvpath.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent-lex-generic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent-lex-gcc.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-10-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: more faithful 'installcheck' support in few tests
+ * tests/test-driver-acsubst.test: Use the `$am_scriptdir'
+ variable instead of `$testsrcdir/../lib', to test more
+ faithfully under "make installcheck".
+ * tests/test-driver-cond.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dist-auxfile.test: Likewise, and add one more use
+ of `fatal_' to report hard errors.
+ * tests/tests/dist-auxdir-many-subdirs.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-10-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove redundant settings of `errexit' shell flag
+ * tests/aclocal-path-install-serial.test: Do not set the
+ `errexit' shell flag, as it is already set by `tests/defs'.
+ * tests/aclocal-path-install.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/aclocal-path-nonexistent.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/aclocal-path.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dist-auxfile-2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dist-auxfile.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/distcheck-pr9579.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/javadir-undefined.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/subpkg-yacc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/test-extensions-cond.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/test-extensions.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/uninstall-fail.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/uninstall-pr9578.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/distcheck-override-infodir.test: Likewise. Also,
+ fix typo in heading comments since we are at it.
+
+2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ fixup: add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS)
+ * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Add various test scripts that are in
+ the git repository but weren't correctly listed in $(TESTS).
+ The inconsistency had been caused by botched/incomplete merges,
+ and revealed by the "maintainer-check-list-of-tests" target.
+
+2011-10-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure with FreeBSD make and Yacc in VPATH
+ * tests/subpkg.test: Some cosmetic adjustments. Move the tests
+ checking that $(YLWRAP) is defined and installed properly when
+ ylwrap is in a default auxdir found in a parent package ...
+ * tests/subpkg-yacc.test: ... into this new test, which carefully
+ avoids to trigger the known bug#7884 (combo FreeBSD make plus Yacc
+ plus VPATH build).
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-10-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: avoid spurious failure in 'parallel-tests3.test'
+ This fixes automake bug#8788.
+ * tests/parallel-tests3.test: To ensure that the serial run of
+ the dummy testsuite is still ongoing when the parallel run has
+ terminated, use `kill -0', not a bare `kill'. This will prevent
+ a testsuite crash on NetBSD 5.1, and a testsuite hang on FreeBSD
+ 8.2. Also, since we are at it, try harder to avoid possible
+ hangs of the script in other unusual situations.
+
+2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures with "chatty" make implementations
+ * tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: On failure, some make
+ implementations (such as Solaris make) print the whole failed
+ recipe on standard output. This was causing a spurious failure
+ in the checks grepping the output from make. Work around this.
+ * tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines
+ * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Also remove the `configure'
+ script between different test runs, to ensure it is always remade
+ by autoconf. Add proper explicative comments.
+
+2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
+ * tests/uninstall-fail.test: All the Solaris 10 shells (/bin/sh,
+ /bin/ksh, and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh), upon failing to chdir to a
+ directory with the `cd' builtin, print a message like:
+ "sh: /root: permission denied"
+ which doesn't report the `cd' builtin anywhere. Relax the grepping
+ of the error message accordingly.
+
+2011-10-20 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ tests: fix aclocal-print-acdir.test
+ * tests/aclocal-print-acdir.test: Adjust to pass.
+
+2011-10-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Cygwin
+ * tests/uninstall-fail.test: Be sure to really skip this test
+ on systems that allows files to be removed from unwritable
+ directories. Motivated by a spurious failure on Cygwin 1.5.
+
+2011-10-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure with autoconf 2.62
+ * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Rewrite configure.in,
+ rather than appending to it, to avoid spurious failures (at
+ least with autoconf 2.62) due to repeated calls to AC_INIT.
+ Also, add package name and version arguments to AC_INIT, to
+ avoid spurious errors from automake.
+
+2011-10-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: avoid using colon character inside arguments of @pxref
+ Fixes automake bug#9753
+ * doc/automake.texi (VPATH Builds): Avoid using colon character
+ `:' inside arguments of @pxref, as this can cause problems in
+ the generated `.info' files, and such an usage will be explicitly
+ forbidden by future texinfo documentation.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Reported by Дилян Палаузов.
+
+2011-10-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ refactor: improve signature of 'check_directory' sub in automake
+ * automake.in (check_directory): Take the relative directory
+ the directory to be checked is expected to be found into as
+ an optional parameter, rather than reading it from the global
+ variable `$relative_dir'.
+ (scan_autoconf_traces, check_directories_in_var): Adjust.
+
+2011-10-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: remove obsolete comment
+ * automake.in (push_required_file): Remove "FIXME" comment stating
+ that the special handling of `$config_aux_dir' breaks threaded
+ automake: this is not true anymore after the recent commits (see
+ in particular commit `v1.11-1225-gf672944').
+
+2011-10-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure with Solaris /bin/sh
+ * tests/dist-auxfile.test: Don't use redirected `:' in a loop,
+ it hits a bug in Solaris 10 /bin/sh.
+
+2011-10-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ threaded-am: better serialization for required config files
+ With this change, we make serialization/de-serialization of
+ required config files installs more granular, and in the process
+ fix the bug introduced by commit `v1.11-1219-g326ecba'.
+ * automake.in ($required_conf_file_queue): Move its declaration
+ earlier.
+ (require_file_internal): Add a new argument telling whether the
+ function should act immediately or queue its action for the master
+ thread to handle.
+ (queue_required_conf_file): Renamed ...
+ (queue_required_file_check_or_copy): ... to this.
+ (require_queued_conf_file): Renamed ...
+ (require_queued_file_check_or_copy): ... to this, and make it call
+ `required_file_check_or_copy' instead of `require_file_internal'.
+ (require_conf_file, handle_makefiles_threaded): Adjust and simplify
+ accordingly.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove `parallel-am.test'.
+
+2011-10-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ automake: refactor, break up 'require_file_internal'
+ This refactoring is only required in view of future changes.
+ * automake.in (require_file_internal): Move the guts of this
+ function ...
+ (required_file_check_or_copy): ... into this new function. This
+ ensures that calls to `push_required_file' and code that copies
+ required files are placed in separate functions; this will be
+ very useful for reorganizing de-serialization of file installs
+ in future changes.
+
+2011-10-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ dist: separate auxiliary file instantiation from DIST_COMMON update
+ This change simplifies the automake internals dealing with the
+ checking, copying and distributing of required auxiliary files.
+ With this change, a required auxiliary file is *unconditionally*
+ added to the contents of the DIST_COMMON variable in the generated
+ Makefile.in, before checking whether it exists, or trying to copy
+ it (if `--add-missing' is in use). This shouldn't be a problem,
+ since if the checking or copying of the file fails, automake will
+ bail out, the Makefile.in won't be created, and thus its content
+ will not matter. OK, this is not completely true when threaded
+ automake is in use, but then, such a situation was also possible
+ before this patch, so no regression here, which is enough for us.
+ This change is the first of a series of steps aimed at fixing
+ the regression introduced in threaded automake usage by commit
+ `v1.11-1219-g326ecba'.
+ * automake.in (require_file_internal): Add the required file to
+ DIST_COMMON unconditionally.
+ * tests/missing-auxfile-stops-makefiles-creation.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+
+2011-10-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ refactor: rename a subroutine to a more proper name
+ * automake.in (maybe_push_require_file): Renamed ...
+ (push_required_file): ... to this.
+ All callers adjusted.
+
+2011-10-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ dist: truly always distribute files in AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE
+ This change fixes automake bug#9651.
+ * automake.in (handle_dist): Files whose distribution is required
+ by configure.ac are now correctly distributed even if the build-aux
+ directory coincides with the top-level directory.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove `dist-auxfile.test'.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-10-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ dist: simplify automake code accordingly to the previous changes
+ After the previous change `v1.11-1219-g326ecba', every Makefile.am
+ requiring a file in the "config auxdir" will cause it to be listed
+ in the DIST_COMMON variable of the corresponding generated
+ Makefile.in, not only of the top-level Makefile.in. Thus we don't
+ need to worry anymore about trying to distribute files in the
+ config auxdir from the top-level Makefile or the Makefile in
+ config auxdir (if any). This allows us to carry out some useful
+ simplifications in the automake script.
+ This will however cause some changes in the generated Makefile;
+ for example, if the `PROGRAMS' primary is used only in a subdir
+ Makefile.am, the `depcomp' script will be distributed only by
+ `subdir/Makefile', not by the top-level Makefile. This change
+ can be seen as an internal detail though, and definitely warranted
+ by the nice simplifications the current commit provides.
+ * automake.in ($automake_will_process_aux_dir): Variable removed.
+ (scan_autoconf_files): Adjust and simplify.
+ (handle_makefiles_threaded): Likewise.
+ (get_number_of_threads): Likewise.
+ (require_file_internal): Likewise.
+ (maybe_push_required_file): Its return value is not used anymore,
+ so return nothing. Add special handling for distributed files from
+ `$config_libobj_dir'. Also, catch "this can't happen" situations,
+ and abort accordingly. Fix function description to better fit its
+ new role.
+ * tests/libobj19.test: Extend to also check situations where the
+ Makefile.am using $(LIBOBJS) is not the top-level one.
+ * tests/distcom6.test: Delete, merged into ...
+ * tests/distcom2.test: ... this test, which has been update to
+ account for the changed automake semantics.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-10-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ dist: auxiliary files can be distributed from subdir Makefiles
+ With this change, we make it possible for a subdir Makefile.am
+ to distribute files in the config auxdir; while this means that
+ some files might be copied multiple times, it simplify some logic
+ in the automake script, and fix at least one important bug. In
+ fact, before this change, the auxiliary script `test-driver' was
+ not being distributed as expected when TESTS was defined only in
+ a subdir Makefile (which is a pretty common setup indeed). Now
+ this does not happen anymore: so the present change fixes automake
+ bug#9546.
+ Another welcome collateral effect is that `dist-auxfile-2.test'
+ now passes.
+ OTOH, the present changes *breaks threaded automake*. The reason
+ is that automake needs to serialize file installations spawned
+ by `--add-missing' (this isn't for cosmetic reasons, but is
+ really needed to avoid possible race conditions and botched output
+ files). Currently the code that installs required files is
+ intertwined with the code that declares the DIST_COMMON variables;
+ so, upon de-serialization, the definition of DIST_COMMON might get
+ emitted in the wrong Makefile.in.
+ Some follow-up refactoring in automake will soon take care of
+ remedying this situation. For the moment, we just declare some
+ "parallel-am" tests as xfailing.
+ * automake.in (maybe_push_required_file): Add ad-hoc handling for
+ the case where the directory part of the required file is different
+ from the subdir where the current Makefile.am resides, but is equal
+ to the "config-aux directory" ($config_auxdir). This is needed to
+ allow a construct in a non-top-level Makefile.am to require a file
+ in the config-aux directory.
+ * tests/test-driver-is-distributed.test: Extend and adjust. This
+ test now passes.
+ * tests/java-compile-run-nested.test: Call automake with the `-a'
+ option to ensure that the `test-driver' auxiliary script gets
+ correctly installed. This test now passes.
+ * tests/distcom-subdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/dist-readonly.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dist-repeated.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dist-auxdir-many-subdirs.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/distcom7.test: Removed, it's obsolete now.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-10-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: conditional contents in LOG_DRIVER variables
+ * tests/test-driver-cond.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+
+2011-10-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: LOG_DRIVER variables can be defined through AC_SUBST
+ * tests/test-driver-acsubst.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+
+2011-10-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ parallel-tests: warn on conditional TEST_EXTENSIONS definition
+ Before this change, automake would have still bailed out, but
+ with a confusing error message (about an invalid redefinition
+ of TEST_EXTENSIONS).
+ * automake.in (handle_tests): Warn explicitly if TEST_EXTENSIONS
+ has conditional contents.
+ * tests/test-extensions-con.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ parallel-tests: don't allow @substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS
+ Even after the last commit `v1.11-476-g90bea64', the checks
+ performed by automake on entries in $(TEST_EXTENSIONS) tried to
+ allow for @substitited@ stuff. This however ends up allowing
+ quite brittle setups, which, most importantly, are of no real
+ practical usefulness anyway. So it's better to just disallow
+ @substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS altogether, offering a clear
+ error message, instead of risking weird bugs and unexpected
+ behaviors in the generated Makefile.in.
+ * automake.in ($TEST_EXTENSION_PATTERN): Turned from a regular
+ expression ...
+ (is_valid_test_extension): ... into this subroutine. Don't allow
+ generic @substitutions@ anymore (possibly making an exception for
+ `@EXEEXT@' under the proper circumstances).
+ * tests/test-extensions.test: Adjust and extend. This test does
+ not cause any internal error in automake anymore now.
+
+2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in 'insthook.test'
+ * tests/insthook.test (Makefile.am): Add a proper `uninstall-hook'
+ target to remove the symlink created by the `install-exec-hook'
+ target; this prevents "make distcheck" from failing spuriously.
+ Since we are at it, delete an extra blank line, and add a trailing
+ `:' command.
+
+2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: fix spurious failure
+ * lib/am/distdir.am: Use `$(infodir)', not `${infodir}', to avoid
+ complaints from the `sc_no_brace_variable_expansions' maintainer
+ check.
+
+2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious error in 'test-extensions.test'
+ * tests/test-extensions.test: Call automake with the option
+ `--add-missing', to ensure the required script `test-driver'
+ gets installed. Note that the test still fails due to an
+ internal error in automake, though.
+
+2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: avoid few useless uses of the `-e' make option
+ * tests/python12.test: Using `make -e' is not required to override
+ the DESTDIR variable, since this variable shouldn't be defined in
+ any automake-generated Makefile.in file.
+ * tests/man2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/man5.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ fix: make a test script executable
+ * tests/nobase-nodist.test: Make executable.
+
+2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: expose automake bug#9651
+ * tests/dist-auxfile.test: New test, xfailing.
+ * tests/dist-auxfile-2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Add them.
+
+2011-10-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ parallel-tests: automake error our on invalid TEST_EXTENSIONS
+ This change fixes automake bug#9400.
+ * automake.in (handle_tests): Bail out if a suffix specified in
+ TEST_EXTENSIONS would produce an invalid `xxx_LOG_COMPILER'
+ variable or an invalid suffix rule. Before this change, automake
+ would have issued a confusing error messages (about invalid or
+ non-POSIX variables being defined), and in some situations would
+ have even produced a broken `Makefile.in' file.
+ ($TEST_EXTENSION_PATTERN): New helper variable.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Document
+ the limitations on TEST_EXTENSIONS explicitly.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * tests/test-extensions.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: don't suggest installing `.m4' files in hard-coded location
+ This change fixes automake bug#7988.
+ * doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options): State that the use of
+ the `--print-ac-dir' option to determine the directory where
+ third-party packages can install their `.m4' files is discouraged
+ now.
+ (Extending aclocal): Suggest telling the user about ACLOCAL_PATH.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Report by Peter Johansson.
+
+2011-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ distuninstallcheck: fail also when only one file is left installed
+ This change fixes automake bug#9579.
+ * lib/am/distdir.am (distuninstallcheck): Be stricter in ignoring
+ a potential `dir' file created by install-info and left installed.
+ Also, be more careful about "this can't happen" kind of errors.
+ (am__distuninstallcheck_listfiles): New internal helper macro.
+ * tests/distcheck-pr9579.test: New test.
+ * tests/distcheck-override-infodir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
+ * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
+ Report by Nick Bowler.
+
+2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tap/awk: improve comments about Korn shell signal handling issues
+ * lib/tap-driver.sh: Link an Austin Group discussion about how
+ shells are allowed, and even encouraged, to set the special
+ variable `$?' to values greater than 256 to report termination
+ of a child by a signal. Improve and extend comments about our
+ workarounds for unusual korn shell signals' propagation.
+ Thanks to Eric Blake for the pointers.
+
+2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: fix usage of `cd' instead of `$(am__cd)'
+ * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__uninstall_files_from_dir): Use
+ `$(am__cd)', not plain `cd'.
+
+2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tap/awk: account for unusual korn shell signal handling behaviour
+ This change has been motivated by a testsuite failure on Debian
+ with the AT&T Korn Shell version 93u-1.
+ * lib/tap-driver.sh: Temporarily ignore some common signals when
+ waiting for the test command to complete, to avoid premature exit
+ in Korn shells that propagate to themselves signals that have
+ killed a child process.
+ See also related commit `v1.11-1342-g6321ad3'.
+
+2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tap/awk: handle exit statuses > 256 (seen on few korn shells)
+ Some Korn shells, when a child process die due to signal number
+ n, can leave in $? an exit status of 256+n instead of the more
+ standard 128+n. Apparently, both behaviours are allowed by
+ POSIX, so be prepared to handle them both.
+ This change has been motivated by a testsuite failure on Debian
+ with the AT&T Korn Shell version 93u-1.
+ * lib/tap-driver.sh (get_test_exit_message): Handle the described
+ Korn Shell behaviour too.
+ ($scriptversion): Update.
+
+2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove redundant workaround for Solaris /bin/sh
+ After previous commit `v1.11-1424-g27a399a', some workarounds for
+ Solaris 10 /bin/sh are no more required, and in fact they have
+ started causing XPASS results on Solaris.
+ * tests/tap-signal.tap: Remove unneeded workarounds for Solaris 10
+ /bin/sh. Some related minor code reorganizations.
+
+2011-09-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ uninstall: "make uninstall" before "make install" works
+ This change fixes automake bug#9578.
+ * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__uninstall_files_from_dir): New internal
+ macro, that defines a shell code fragment to uninstall files from
+ a given directory.
+ * lib/am/data.am (uninstall-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): Use it, to reduce code
+ duplication and improve consistency and correctness.
+ * lib/am/libs.am (uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise.
+ * lib/am/lisp.am (uninstall-%DIR%LISP): Likewise.
+ * lib/am/mans.am (uninstall-man%SECTION%): Likewise.
+ * lib/am/python.am (uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise.
+ * lib/am/scripts.am (uninstall-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Likewise.
+ * tests/uninstall-pr9578.test: New test.
+ * tests/uninstall-fail.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
+ * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
+ Report by Nick Bowler.
+
+2011-09-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix tests on aclocal search path precedences
+ * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Call `$ACLOCAL' with the
+ proper overridden system acdir.
+
+2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in tests on TAP + signals
+ * tests/tap-signal.tap: Write the dummy test scripts as perl
+ scripts, not as shell scripts, to work around unportabilities
+ in the handling of signals. In fact, even with bash, the older
+ script were unable to properly deliver a SIGQUIT to themselves
+ consistently.
+
+2011-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in test on ACLOCAL_PATH precedences
+ * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Do not merely append to
+ `configure.in', it should be created from scratch. Pass package
+ name and version to AC_INIT as arguments, otherwise autoconf will
+ complain.
+
+2011-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: remove mention of deprecated option `--acdir'
+ * doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options): Remove mention of
+ deprecated `--acdir' option.
+
+2011-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Cleanup after botched merges.
+
+2011-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Fix typo.
+
+2011-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: document planned precedence changes in aclocal search path
+ * doc/automake.texi (Macro Search Path): Explicitly state that the
+ lookup order for extra directories of `.m4' files will be changed
+ in the next major release.
+ * NEWS: Likewise.
+
+2011-09-19 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable
+ * aclocal.in (parse_ACLOCAL_PATH): New function, parse ACLOCAL_PATH
+ as a colon-separated list of directories to be included in the
+ search path.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Macro Search Path): Document new behavior and
+ the precedence rules for various elements of the search path.
+ * tests/aclocal-path.test: New test.
+ * tests/aclocal-path-install.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/aclocal-path-install-serial.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/aclocal-path-nonexistent.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: Extend by also checking
+ interactions with ACLOCAL_PATH.
+ * tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise, and fix a couple
+ of botched comments since we are at it.
+
+2011-09-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in 'primary-prefix-valid-couples.test'
+ * tests/primary-prefix-valid-couples.test: After commit
+ v1.11-464-gc9dfc36, `java_JAVA' is not a valid prefix/primary
+ combination by default anymore: one has to explicitly define
+ $(javadir) to make it so. So just drop `java_JAVA' from our
+ Makefile.am Also, since we are at it, ...
+ (configure.in): ... remove AM_PROG_GCJ from here, as it's not
+ really required.
+
+2011-09-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: deprecate JAVA primary
+ * doc/automake.texi (Java): Deprecate the JAVA primary, stating
+ that it will become obsolete in automake 1.12 and probably removed
+ altogether in automake 1.13. Reflect this in the section title,
+ by appending the string "(deprecated feature)".
+ (@menu, @detailmenu): Update.
+ (Java Support with gcj): The cross-referenced support for bytecode
+ compilation with the JAVA primary is rudimentary and deprecated.
+ State that explicitly.
+
+2011-09-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: clearer distinction between `.java' with javac and with gcj
+ * doc/automake.texi (Java support): Rename this node ...
+ (Java support with gcj): ... to this, and change its title from
+ "Compiling Java sources" to "Compiling Java sources using gcj".
+ (@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise.
+ (Java): Change the title of this node from simply "Java" to
+ "Java bytecode compilation".
+ (@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise.
+
+2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ java: complain if java_JAVA is used but $(javadir) is undefined
+ Fixes automake bug#8461.
+ * automake.in (handle_java): Remove inappropriate "java" argument
+ from the calls to `&am_install_var' and `&am_primary_prefixes'.
+ * tests/instdir-java.test (Makefile.am): Define `$(javadir)'.
+ * tests/javadir-undefined.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ parallel-tests: expose automake bug#9546
+ * tests/test-driver-is-distributed.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Add it.
+
+2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ py-compile tests: more faithful 'installcheck' support
+ * tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Use the `$am_scriptsdir' variable
+ instead of `$testsrcdir/../lib', to test more faithfully under
+ "make installcheck". More uses of the `fatal_' subroutine to
+ diagnose hard errors.
+ * tests/py-compile-basic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-basic2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-destdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-env.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove redundant settings of `errexit' shell flag
+ * tests/aclocal-acdir.test: Do not set the `errexit' shell
+ flag, as it is already set by `tests/defs'.
+ * tests/aclocal-print-acdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-clean.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-compile-install.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-compile-run-flat.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-compile-run-nested.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-mix.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-no-duplicate.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-nobase.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-rebuild.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-sources.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-uninstall.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/javaflags.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/nobase-nodist.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-basic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-basic2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-destdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-env.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Likewise. Since we are at it,
+ add an extra blank line, for clarity.
+
+2011-09-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ automake: remove special handling of `ANSI2KNR' make variable
+ * automake.in (define_configure_variable): Remove special-cased
+ handling of `ANSI2KNR' variable. Related minor simplifications.
+
+2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: test interactions of `nobase_' and `nodist_'
+ * tests/nobase-nodist.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
+
+2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ java: fix various blunders in test 'java-mix.test'
+ * tests/java-mix.test: Add missing call to `set -e'. Fix inverted
+ semantics (`.java' files are expected *not* to be distributed by
+ default, not the other way round). Fix various typos in the name
+ of the `.java' files. Correct other minor blunders. Improve some
+ comments.
+
+2011-09-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ automake: remove code duplication in 'handle_tests'
+ * automake.in (handle_tests): Factor out some code dealing with
+ test extensions and rules for generation of `.log' files into ...
+ (handle_per_suffix_test): ... this new subroutine.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-exeext.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-09-13 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ * tests/defs [$sh_errexit_works = yes]: Output 'SIGINT' for signal 2.
+
+2011-09-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ self tests: work around 'unset' spurious non-zero return value
+ * tests/self-check-exit.tap ($init): Unset the possibly already
+ unset variable `am_explicit_skips' when the `errexit' shell flag
+ is not yet active, for the benefit of shell that return a non-zero
+ status when unsetting an already-unset variable.
+
+2011-09-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: an explicative comment on signal-related woes
+ * tests/self-check-exit.tap: Add pointer to a bug-autoconf
+ discussion explaining why this test needs to temporarily block
+ SIGINT.
+
+2011-09-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: also trap SIGQUIT; other fixes
+ Some shells seems to just ignore SIGQUIT under some circumstances,
+ even when it is not blocked; however, if the signal it trapped,
+ the trap gets correctly executed.
+ * tests/defs [$sh_errexit_works = yes]: Also trap SIGQUIT. Add
+ extensive explanation of why we do so.
+ * tests/self-check-cleanup.tap: Improve and fix to ensure that an
+ earlier failure does not prevent the rest of the test to execute.
+ Problem revealed by a failure in `self-check-cleanup.tap'.
+
+2011-09-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: work around weird ksh behaviour w.r.t. signal handling
+ * tests/defs (is_blocked_signal): Use perl to determine whether a
+ signal is trapped, since trying to do it portably within the shell
+ means opening a nasty can of worms.
+ For more information and background, see:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2011-09/msg00004.html>
+ <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ksh93-integration-discuss/2009-February/004121.html>
+ <http://www.cons.org/cracauer/sigint.html>
+
+2011-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: fix various typos and grammaros
+ * NEWS: Fix typos.
+ * tests/py-compile-basic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Fix botched wording in comments.
+ * tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: Fix typo and incomplete
+ comment.
+ Suggestions by Peter Rosin.
+
+2011-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove redundant line from a test script
+ * tests/test-log.test (fail.test): Remove extra `echo' command,
+ probably due to a past copy&paste blunder.
+
+2011-09-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: convert another test to TAP
+ * tests/primary-prefix-invalid-couples.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/primary-prefix-invalid-couples.tap: ... to this, and
+ converted to the use of the TAP protocols (this requires only
+ very minimal changes this time).
+ * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Update.
+
+2011-09-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines
+ * tests/aclocal-acdir.test: Avoid spurious failures due to caching
+ issues, by cleaning the autom4te cache between all the aclocal
+ invocations, and by always calling autoconf with the `--force'
+ flag.
+
+2011-09-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: minor optimizations/simplifications in some aclocal tests
+ * acloca11.test: Instead of running ./configure and then grepping
+ the file it has produced, directly grep configure. Add trailing
+ `:' command.
+ * acloca12.test: Likewise.
+ * acloca10.test: Likewise. Also, remove the autom4te caches
+ by hand, instead of sleeping to ensure they get outdated and
+ ignored.
+ * aclocal9.test: Likewise.
+ * acloca18.test: Likewise. Also, do not remove file `foo',
+ which is not being created anymore.
+ * acloca20.test: The test makes sense only if the system support
+ real symlinks, so skip it if this is not the case. This allows
+ for various simplifications.
+
2011-09-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
prove: avoid weird signal-related bug
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