+ 2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in a test on TESTS (VPATH-related)
+ * 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+ superseded by the much more complete `maintclean.test'.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 ($me): Allow overriding by the including test
+ script. Add some explicative comments.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ depcomp tests: don't reject slower dependency extractors
+ * tests/depcomp8b.test: Add the `--enable-dependency-tracking'
+ option to `configure' invocations, so that slower dependency
+ extractors are not rejected.
+ * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise. Also ...
+ (foo.c): ... since we are at it, fix spacing to be consistent
+ with GNU coding standards.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ m4: add missing serial numbers to a few files
+ Related to automake bug#8483.
+ * m4/amversion.in: Add serial number.
+ * m4/auxdir.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/gcj.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/install-sh.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/mkdirp.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/python.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/runlog.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/strip.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/upc.m4: Likewise.
+
+2011-04-16 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ depcomp: correct invalid sed invocation
+ * lib/depcomp: Insert missing -e before '/:$/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'.
+ * 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.
+ * 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