2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
+ * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
+ post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
+ of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
+ on the commend line. Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
+ * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
+ Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
+ improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
+ Wildenhues.
+
++2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
++
+ Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
+ * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
+ hand-postprocessed Makefile.in. This checs worked by setting
+ the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
+ not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
+ This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
+ commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
+ tests". Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2010-11-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
+ * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
+ double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
+ are not part of the Automake API.
+
+2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
+ * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
+ pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
+
+2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Rebuild menus in the manual.
+ * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
+ Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
+
+ Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
+ * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment. Use
+ separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
+ to fix quoting issues.
+ * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
+
+2010-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
+ * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
+ Found by NixOS Hydra.
+
+2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix a bug in variable concatanation with `+='.
+ * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
+ "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
+ later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
+ character, instead of trying to be uselesssly smarter by using
+ escaped newlines. This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
+ where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
+ * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Reported by Andy Wingo.
+
+2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
+ * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
+ if control structure in a generated make rules. Bug introduced
+ by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
+ of test `vala2.test'.
+
+2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
+ modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
+ stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
+ (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
+ and header remaking.
+ * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
+ passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
+ * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
+ %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
+ * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
+ New tests.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
+ (Introduction): Refer to it.
+
+2010-10-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Add support for newer python versions.
+ * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
+ _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST. Since we are at it, break a long
+ line and fix indentation.
+ * THANKS: Updated.
+ From a report by Thomas Klausner.
+
+ Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
+ * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+ Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
+ * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
+ flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
+ * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
+ * tests/help.test: Likewise. Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
+ instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
+ please maintainet-check.
+ * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-10-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
+ * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
+ flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
+ to better honour user-overrides. Similarly for aclocal.
+ * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-10-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
+ * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
+ are expanded before rules.
+ * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
+ get matched as a rule.
+ Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
+
+2010-10-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
+ This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
+ because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
+
+ 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
+ * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
+ substitution %MAKEFILE%.
+ (generate_makefile): Adjust.
+ * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
+ sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
+ input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
+ w32 (MSYS).
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
+
+2010-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
+ * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
+ it, rather than removing already present files. Run the aclocal
+ and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
+ $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL. Be sure to correctly match literal dots
+ in aclocal's and automake's stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
+ `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
+ * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
+ `--version' take precedence on the other options.
+ * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
+ `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
+ line wins.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2010-09-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.
+ * tests/compile2.test: Do no uselessly (implicitly) repeat the
+ computation of PATH_SEPARATOR again.
+ * tests/instmany-mans.test: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when
+ extending/redefining PATH.
+ * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/man4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/mkinst3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/mmodely.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/multlib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/txinfo30.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
+ Updated.
+ * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): New maintainer check.
+ (syntax_check_rules): Updated.
+
+ Testsuite: new variables `$PATH_SEPARATOR' and `$APIVERSION'.
+ * tests/defs.in ($APIVERSION): New AC_SUBST'd variable.
+ ($ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE): Use it.
+ ($PATH_SEPARATOR): New AC_SUBST'd variables.
+ ($PATH): Use it.
+
+2010-09-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn'
+ directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied
+ regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST.
+ (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion
+ `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private
+ directories.
+ (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t.
+ the version control system used.
+
+ Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist".
+ * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard
+ example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under
+ the "cvs-dist" one.
+
+ Perl modules: remove references to "Automake CVS repository".
+ * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Update comments to refer to "Automke's
+ git repository" rather than to "Automake's CVS repository".
+ * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Automake/Version.pm (=head1 DESCRIPTION): Refer to "git
+ branches" rather than "CVS branches".
+
+ Remove obsolete .cvsignore files.
+ * .cvsignore, doc/.cvsignore, lib/.cvsignore, lib/am/.cvsignore,
+ lib/Automake/.cvsignore, lib/Automake/tests/.cvsignore,
+ m4/.cvsignore, tests/.cvsignore: Files deleted. Even when using
+ savannah's CVS readonly mirror there's no way to commit back to
+ the real repository, so this files are not worth maintaining or
+ keeping around.
+
+2010-09-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ * m4/dmalloc.m4: Bump serial number and copyright years.
+
+2010-09-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix broken link in `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' help screen.
+ * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Refer only to the dmalloc site
+ `http://www.dmalloc.com', not to the dmalloc tarball there (which
+ seems to have been removed, substituted by multiple release
+ tarballs now).
+
+2010-09-17 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ Avoid triple-space after period.
+ * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Avoid 3 spaces at
+ sentence end.
+ * ChangeLog.03: Likewise.
+ * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (_print_message): Likewise.
+ * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (rule): Likewise.
+ * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (var): Likewise.
+ * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise.
+ * tests/insthook.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-09-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Test automake-generated portions of configure help screen.
+ * tests/help-depend.test: New test.
+ * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-init.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-regex.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/mmode.test: Remove tests on `configure --help' output,
+ they are supersed by tests in `help-maintainer.test'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2010-09-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ * tests/README: Don't put GCS mandated tools in $required.
+
+2010-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ * HACKING: Hint at old commits with `git describe' output.
+
+2010-09-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix regression in test `colon4.test'.
+ * tests/colon4.test: Fix botched editing to `configure.in'
+ that made the test useless. Since we are at it, improve
+ comments and make grepping of generated Makefile.in slighty
+ stricter.
+ Regression introduced by change "Modernize, improve and/or
+ extend tests `colon*.test" (Stefano Lattarini, 2010-08-08).
+
+2010-09-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Do not require "gzip" explicitly in tests.
+ The gzip utility is simply expected to be present on any decent
+ target system for Automake. So it's pointless to put it in
+ $required.
+ * tests/install2.test ($required): Do not require "gzip".
+ * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
+ From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+ Make some `confh*.test' tests more "semantic" (plus tweakings).
+ * tests/confh.test: Run "autoconf", "configure" and "make check",
+ instead of munging/grepping the generated `Makefile.in'.
+ * tests/confh4.test: Relax the grepping of Makefile.in w.r.t.
+ white spaces. Do not create usless dummy source file `foo.c'
+ and useless dummy header file `acconfig.h'.
+ (configure.in): Remove superfluous call to `AC_OUTPUT'.
+ * tests/confh6.test: Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/confh7.test: In comments, add reference to ...
+ * tests/confh8.test: ... this new test, "semantic" sister
+ of `confh7.test'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+ Prompted by a report from Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+ Remove useless whitespace padding in XFAIL_TESTS definition.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove whitespace padding.
+
+2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
+ * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
+ substitution %MAKEFILE%.
+ (generate_makefile): Adjust.
+ * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
+ sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
+ input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
+ w32 (MSYS).
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
+
+ Posix 2008 requires make to set errexit.
+ * lib/am/check.am: Update comment.
+
+2010-08-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix bug in test missing6.test.
+ * tests/missing6.test: Fix the hack used to edit `configure.in',
+ to avoid producing a configure script that breaks with shells
+ that do not support $LINENO. Also throw in a couple of cosmetic
+ changes.
+
+2010-08-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Improve robustness of mdate-sh script.
+ * lib/mdate-sh: Sanitize zsh behavior on startup, to ensure
+ $ls_command is word-split properly upon invocation.
+ (error): New function.
+ (main): Use it. Improve error checking to avoid endless loop
+ in case $ls_command gave bogus output. Fix eval quotation.
+ * tests/mdate6.test: New test, to expose eval quotation error.
+ * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
+
+2010-08-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix potential regressions in depcomp{3,5}.test.
+ * tests/depcomp3.test: Do not uselessly escape the character `$'
+ in makefile rules, when it's used to expand a make macro.
+ * tests/depcomp5.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-08-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that
+ automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that
+ the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference
+ to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
+
+ Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am').
+ * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
+
+2010-08-16 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+ Don't hide the table of contents.
+ * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning.
+
+2010-08-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Tweak and/or extend some `acloca*.test' tests.
+ * tests/aclocal8.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
+ output.
+ * tests/aclocal.test: Likewise. Also, add trailing `:'
+ command.
+ * tests/acloca19.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/aclocal5.test: Add trailing `:' command, and prefer
+ `$me' over hard-coded test name.
+ * tests/aclocal6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/aclocal18.test: Add trailing `:' command, and make
+ some grepping slighty stricter.
+ * tests/acloca14.test: Likewise. Also, prefer `diff' over
+ `cmp', and add some "cosmetic" blank lines.
+
+2010-08-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Tweak and extend tests `pr[!0-9]*.test'.
+ * tests/primary3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/primary.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
+ Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
+ * tests/primary2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/prefix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
+ changes. Add a trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/proginst.test: Likewise.
+
+ Modernize, improve and extend tests for PR (`pr[0-9]*.test').
+ * tests/pr2.test: Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr300-prog.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic changes in
+ spacing.
+ * tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise, and ensure verbose printing
+ of captured make stdout.
+ * tests/pr211.test: Add trailing `:' command. Also, use the
+ `configure.in' stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it
+ from scratch.
+ * tests/pr204.test: Likewise, plus cosmetic spacing changes.
+ * tests/pr287.test: Likewise, and move setting of `errexit' shell
+ flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs).
+ * tests/pr220.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
+ Also, add trailing `:' command, and cosmetic changes in spacing.
+ * tests/pr224.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
+ in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Do not export
+ `CC=gcc' to configure explicitly (it's already exported globally
+ in ./defs, since we have "gcc" in $required). Use the stub for
+ `configure.in' created by ./defs, rather than writing it from
+ scratch. Do not create dummy files required by "gnu" mode (e.g.
+ README, NEWS), since we run automake in foreign mode anyway.
+ * tests/pr72.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
+ changes. Extend existing checks a bit.
+ * tests/pr9.test: Likewise. Also, avoid obolescent constructs in
+ the generated `configure.in', and extend existing checks over the
+ generated tarball a bit.
+ * tests/pr87.test: Enable `errexit' shell flags, and related
+ changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Also, do not create dummy
+ files required by "gnu" mode (e.g. README, NEWS), since we run
+ automake in foreign mode anyway.
+ * tests/pr243.test: Avoid obolescent constructs in the generated
+ `configure.in'. Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Cosmetic changes to spacing, add trailing `:' command,
+ and add a "FIXME" comment.
+ * tests/pr266.test: Likewise, and add explicit command line switch
+ `--enable-dependecy-tracking' to the ./configure call.
+ * tests/pr279.test: Avoid obolescent constructs in the generated
+ `configure.in'; also, use the `configure.in' stub created by
+ ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. Enable `errexit'
+ shell flag, and related changes. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
+ stricter.
+ * tests/pr307.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
+ in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Escape literal
+ dots in grep regular expressions. Also, add a trailing `:'
+ command, and cosmetic changes to spacing.
+
+ Tests for PR: add excerpts from original bug report, for clarity.
+ * tests/pr2.test: Ditto.
+ * tests/pr9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr87.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr211.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr220.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr224.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr229.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr243.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr266.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr279.test: Likewise, and tell to keep it in sync
+ with its sister test.
+ * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
+
2010-08-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Tweak, extend and improve tests `cond[a-z]*.test'.
+ * tests/condd.test: Add trailing `:' command. Typofix in
+ comment.
+ * tests/condhook.test: Make sure target `install-data-hook' is
+ not called by `make install', but that data files are installed.
+ Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/condhook2.test: New test, sister test of condhook, with
+ inverted semantic.
+ * tests/condinc2.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
+ Prefer trailing `:' command over trailing `Exit 0'.
+ * tests/condman2.test: Enable errexit shell flag, and related
+ changes. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/condman.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless
+ dummy manpages, and use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.
+ * tests/condman3.test: New test, similar to condman.test, but
+ it also runs ./configure and "make install", and check the
+ installed files.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
Modernize, improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test.
* tests/colon.test: Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
`./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Do not create
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