+ 2011-06-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: explain why AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT must be semicolon-terminated
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Ditto, and
+ related adjustments.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+ 2011-06-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: fix unportable example of AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT usage
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): The
+ old example on AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT relied on unportable shell
+ features, and in particular didn't work with various Korn
+ Shells (see also commit `v1.11-925-g29ca903'). Give another
+ example, simpler this time, but still inspired to real-world
+ usage (the GNU coreutils testsuite).
+
+2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: avoid a footnote, some related rewordings and improvements
+ * doc/automake.texi (Dist): Reword the part about automatically
+ distributed files to avoid a footnote. Since we are at it, extend
+ a bit, and add an example and a reference to a relevant test case.
+
+2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: minor cosmetic fixes
+ * doc/automake.texi: Break few overly long lines, throughout the
+ file.
+ ("Simple Tests"): Move @vindex for XFAIL_TESTS to the correct
+ position, i.e., before and not after the paragraph where it is
+ introduced.
+ ("Options" @item ansi2knr): Use @pxref instead of @xref. This
+ fixes a texinfo warning.
+ ("Other things Automake recognizes" @item AM_C_PROTOTYPES): Use
+ @pxref instead of @ref.
+
+2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ help: improve text about automatically-distributed files
+ This change fixes automake bug#7819.
+ * automake.in (usage): Distinguish between files that are always
+ automatically distributed when found, and those which are only
+ "under certain conditions".
+ * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Update accordingly.
+ * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Update.
+ * tests/autodist-no-duplicate.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist.test: Likewise.
+ (configure.in): Remove useless call to AM_MAINTAINER_MODE.
+
+2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ refactor: split 'usage' subroutine in automake
+ This change is related to automake bug#7819.
+ * automake.in (print_autodist_files): New subroutine,
+ extracted from ...
+ (usage): ... this, which now uses it.
+ * tests/autodist-no-duplicate.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix bug in 'autodist.test'
+ * tests/autodist.test: Avoid spurious failure due to no
+ `defs-static' file being found in the parent directory.
+
+2011-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: extend 'sc_tests_plain_*' checks
+ * Makefile.am (sc_tests_plain_autom4te): New check.
+ (sc_tests_plain_autoreconf): Likewise.
+ (sc_tests_plain_autoheader): Likewise.
+ (syntax_check_rules): Update.
+
+2011-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: interactions between TESTS_ENVIRONMENT and LOG_COMPILER
+ * tests/tests-environment-and-log-compiler.test: New test,
+ checking that we can use variables and functions set by
+ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT and AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT in LOG_COMPILER
+ and LOG_FLAGS (for tests both with and without registered
+ extensions).
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-06-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: avoid few spurious failures
+ * Makefile.am (sc_tests_plain_aclocal, sc_tests_plain_perl,
+ sc_tests_plain_autoconf, sc_tests_plain_automake,
+ sc_tests_plain_autoupate): Be stricter in matching an erroneous
+ literal command, i.e., `aclocal', `automake', `perl', etc.
+
+2011-06-20 Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> (tiny change)
+
+ check: don't use multi-line coloring for the report
+ "less -R" can't handle multi-line coloring as it is done for the
+ check reports of the serial and parallel testsuite, because of
+ performance reasons. Thus, color each line of the check report
+ by its own.
+ * lib/am/check.am (am__text_box): Accept colors for lines, and
+ color each line by its own.
+ [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] $(TEST_SUITE_LOG): Let am__text_box handle
+ the line coloring.
+ [!%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] $(check-TESTS): Color each report line by
+ its own.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+
+2011-06-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS is for corner cases
+ * doc/automake.texi (Checking the Distribution): Explain that the
+ developers should take care of making their code buildable without
+ requiring any special configure options, so that in general
+ AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS shouldn't be used. Give an example
+ of where its use is legitimate.
+ Suggestions from Ralf Wildenhues and Eric Blake.
+
+2011-06-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ ansi2knr: deprecate, it will go away in the next major release
+ * doc/automake.texi: Loudly and repeatedly state that the old
+ de-ANSI-fication features are now deprecated and will be removed
+ in the next major Automake release. Other related adjustments.
+ * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list ): Give a warning
+ in the `obsolete' category when the `ansi2knr' option is used.
+ * m4/protos.m4 (AM_C_PROTOTYPES): Deprecate this macro: a warning
+ in the `obsolete' category will be emitted it if is used.
+ * tests/ansi2knr-deprecation.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * tests/ansi.test: Adjust, by calling autoconf and/or automake
+ with the `-Wno-obsolete' flag.
+ * tests/ansi10.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi5.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi8.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj8.test: Likewise.
+ * NEWS: Update about the future planned backward-incompatibility
+ due to the removal of de-ANSI-fication feature.
+
+2011-06-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: primary/prefix combination "pkglib_PROGRAMS" is now invalid
+ * doc/automake.texi (Program Sources): pkglib_PROGRAMS is not a
+ valid combination anymore, so don't document it. Inconsistency
+ introduced in commit `v1.11-373-g9ca6326'.
+
+2011-06-19 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ docs: replace obsolete @vindex entry with a useful one
+ * doc/automake.texi (Program Sources): Do not index obsolete
+ pkglib_PROGRAMS here. Do index pkglibexec_PROGRAMS.
+
+2011-06-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: more checks on portable fd redirection in TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
+ * tests/tests-environment-fd-redirect.test: Extend by also using
+ a perl script among the tests. Run the test shell script with
+ the `errexit' flag active. Export `VERBOSE' to yes when running
+ "make check", to give more debugging information in case of
+ failures. Look for a Korn Shell also in `/usr/bin', not on only
+ in `/bin'.
+
+2011-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: optimize tests on primary/prefix mismatch for speed
+ * tests/primary-prefix-invalid-couples.test: Partial rewrite, in
+ order to use just a single automake invocation rather than one
+ invocation for each invalid primary/prefix couple. This improves
+ the test script execution time by an order of magnitude.
+ Since we are at it, throw in some other improvements to avoid
+ unrelated automake warnings and failures that could potentially
+ cause false positives w.r.t. the automake exit status.
+
+2011-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ news: update w.r.t. introduction of AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS
+ * NEWS (Miscellaneous changes): Update.
+
+2011-06-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS can be defined on make cmdline
+ * Makefile.am (sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline): It's now
+ acceptable that the test scripts override DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS
+ on the make command line. Update comments accordingly. Since we
+ are at it, make the relevant grepping rules slightly tighter.
+
+2011-06-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS
+ * doc/automake.texi (Checking the Distribution): Suggest to use
+ AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, not DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, to
+ define (in the top-level Makefile.am) extra flags to be passed
+ to configure at "make distcheck" time; DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS
+ should be reserved for the user. Add proper `@vindex' directive.
+ Document that AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS is not honoured in a
+ subpackage Makefile.am, but the flags in it are passed down to
+ the configure script of the subpackage.
+ * lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): Also pass the flags in
+ $(AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS) to the configure invocation.
+ Update comments.
+ * tests/defs.in.test (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS,
+ DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Unset in case they are exported in
+ the environment, they might improperly influence our testsuite.
+ * tests/distcheck-configure-flags.test: New test.
+ * tests/distcheck-configure-flags-am.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/distcheck-configure-flags-subpkg.test: Likewise.
+ * distcheck-hook.test: Likewise.
+ * distcheck-hook2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Closes automake bug#8784.
+
+2010-06-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: better documentation for silent make rules
+ * doc/automake.texi (Options): Detailed description of the
+ automake option `silent-rules' moved from here ...
+ (Silent Make): ... into this new chapter, expanded, improved,
+ and subdivided into ...
+ (Make verbosity, Tricks For Silencing Make,
+ Automake silent-rules Option): ... these new sections.
+ (@menu, @detailmenu): Update.
+ * tests/silent-configsite.test: New test, checking that the
+ user can control default mode of silent-rules from config.site,
+ as is documented in the manual.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2011-06-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Warnings about primary/prefix mismatch fixed and extended.
+ * automake.in (%standard_prefix): Add `doc' and `locale'.
+ Rename `pkgdatadir' to `pkgdata'. Similarly for`pkglibdir',
+ `pkgincludedir' and `pkglibexecdir'.
+ (handle_programs): List `pkglibexec', not `pkglib', among the
+ prefixes valid for the `PROGRAMS' primary.
+ (handle_data): List also `doc' among the prefixes valid for
+ the `DATA' primary. This is required by automake's own build
+ system.
+ * tests/dirforbid.test: Test removed, superseded by ...
+ * tests/primary-prefix-invalid-couples.test: ... this new test.
+ * tests/primary-prefix-valid-couples.test: New test.
+ * tests/primary-prefix-couples-documented-valid.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java3.test: Adjusted, and extended a bit.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+ * NEWS: Updated.
+ From a report by Eric Blake.
+
+2011-06-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: check portable fd redirection in TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
+ * tests/tests-environment-fd-redirect.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Motivated by coreutils bug#8846:
+ <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8846>
+ See also following CC:ed thread on bug-autoconf list:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2011-06/msg00002.html>
+
+2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: new function 'fatal_', for hard errors
+ Before this patch, the only way offered by tests/defs to
+ properly signal a hard error was the `framework_failure_'
+ function. But the error message issued by that function,
+ as its name would suggest, refers to a set-up failure in the
+ testsuite, while hard errors can obviously also be due to
+ other reasons. The best way to fix this inconsistency is to
+ introduce a new function with a more general error message.
+ Inspired by a recent similar change to Gnulib's tests/init.sh.
+ * tests/defs.in (fatal_): New function.
+ * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
+ Suggest the use of `fatal_', not of `framework_failure_', for
+ generic hard errors. The latter should be reserved for "real"
+ set-up failures.
+
+2011-06-05 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix typo-related error in auxdir2.test
+ * tests/auxdir2.test (configure.in): Close m4 quoting in the
+ argument to AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. Without this, aclocal fails with
+ "ERROR: end of file in string". This problem hasn't been exposed
+ by the testsuite before because this test is in XFAIL_TESTS, so
+ its failure went unnoticed, even if it was due to a wrong cause.
+ Bug introduced in commit v1.11-249-g49ac3de.
+
+2011-06-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: fix some more failures
+ * tests/instdir-ltlib.test: Use creative quoting to avoid
+ spuriously triggering the `sc_rm_minus_f' maintainer check.
+ * tests/instdir-prog.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instspc-data.test: Use creative quoting to avoid
+ spuriously triggering the `sc_tests_Exit_not_exit' maintainer
+ check.
+
+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/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 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ parallel-tests: stricter checks on DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS support
+ * tests/parallel-tests-harderror.test: New test, doing more
+ in-depth checks on DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS.
+ * tests/parallel-tests.test: Remove tests on DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS,
+ now redundant.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): 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.
+
+2011-05-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: each test case depends on `defs-static'
+ * tests/Makefile.am ($(TEST_LOGS)): Depends on `defs-static' too.
+ Simplify comments.
+
+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.
+
+2011-05-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix portability issues in 'repeated-options.test'
+ * tests/repeated-options.test: Do not assume that object files
+ have `.o' suffix and executables have no default suffix; instead,
+ use `$(OBJEXT)' and `$(EXEEXT)'.
+
+2011-05-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ check: document and test $(TEST_SUITE_LOG) overriding
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Explain
+ how and why TEST_SUITE_LOG can be overridden at runtime.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-log-override-1.test: New test, check that
+ the newly documented idiom and similar usages are truly supported.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-log-override-2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-log-override-recheck.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-05-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure of txinfo21.test on FreeBSD
+ * tests/txinfo21.test: Use the `is_newest' subroutine instead of
+ the `ls -t' hack to to determine whether a file has been updated.
+ This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do not sort files
+ with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when using the `-t'
+ option.
+
+2011-05-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure of extradep.test on FreeBSD
+ * tests/extradep.test: When using `ls -t' to determine whether a
+ file has been updated, make sure to use as reference a file whose
+ timestamp is expected to be *strictly* older that that of the file
+ being checked. This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do
+ not sort files with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when
+ using the `-t' option.
+ * tests/extradep2.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-05-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests defs: allow requirements for compilers (mostly dummy)
+ Most of the new requirements that are now accepted in `$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.
+
+2011-05-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS)
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts man[678].test,
+ which have been present on the filesystem and in the repository,
+ but which had erroneously been left out from $(TESTS).
+
+2011-05-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: ensure verbose printing of captured make output
+ * tests/libtool7.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
+ make output.
+ * tests/libtool9.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-05-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in 'color2.test'
+ * tests/color2.test: If $MAKE contains command-line arguments (as
+ in e.g., "make -j2"), expect's directive "spawn $env(MAKE)" fails
+ spuriously, because it tries to run "$MAKE" as a single command.
+ Fix this with proper uses of the TCL `eval' builtin.
+
+2011-05-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix self check spurious failure with older bash versions
+ * tests/self-check-cleanup.test: Add trailing `:' to the test code
+ passed to $SHELL, otherwise older versions of bash (at least 2.05
+ and 3.2.39) fail to correctly remove the temporary directory in
+ the exit trap.
+
+2011-04-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: more environment sanitization
+ * tests/defs: Move the checks verifying that the variables `me',
+ `parallel_tests' and `required' aren't set in the environment ...
+ * tests/defs-static.in: ... in here, with some optimizations to
+ avoid useless forks. Also, do the same checks for the variables
+ `original_AUTOMAKE' and `original_ACLOCAL' too.
+ * tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: Update.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset also variables
+ `original_AUTOMAKE' and `original_ACLOCAL'.
+
+2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure (non-renamed AM_TESTS_SETUP usage)
+ * tests/parallel-tests-reset-term.test: Use AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
+ instead of AM_TESTS_SETUP (which has been removed in commit
+ v1.11-349-g12f48fa).
+ Fix spurious failure introduced by merge `v1.11-781-gfeed175'.
+
+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.
+
+2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in self-check-env-sanitize.test
+ * tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: Open file descriptor `5'
+ to stdout.
+ Fix spurious failure introduced by merge `v1.11-788-g3b0c8d5'.
+
+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.
+
+2011-04-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: in self-checks, use $SHELL, not /bin/sh
+ * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: Include `./defs-static' to get
+ the definition of `$SHELL'. Use `$SHELL' instead of `/bin/sh' to
+ execute the tests.
+
+2011-04-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: prefer AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT to TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Renamed to ...
+ (AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): ... this.
+
+2011-04-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: don't allow `$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.
+
2011-04-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
check: rename AM_TESTS_SETUP -> AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
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