+ 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix parallel testsuite run with Zsh.
+ This change deals with a Zsh incompatibility in the handling
+ of the special shell variable `$0' in sourced files; this
+ incompatibility used to cause utter breakage when the
+ Automake testsuite was run in parallel mode with Zsh as
+ the $(TEST_LOG_COMPILER).
+ For more information, please refer to the thread "Fix parallel
+ testsuite run with zsh" on automake-patches, dated 2010-12-22:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-12/msg00135.html>
+ This change works around the problems described above for Zsh 4.3
+ or later, and offers better error messages (instead of random
+ failures) for earlier Zsh version.
+ * tests/README (Supported shells): When describing the manual
+ workaround about the Zsh incompatibility in the handling of `$0',
+ tell that it is now needed only with Zsh versions preceding 4.3.
+ Done also some minor rewordings.
+ * tests/defs-static.in ($argv0): New variable, offers a workaround
+ for the Zsh incompatibility in the handling of `$0'.
+ Abort if that variable cannot be correctly set (can happen only
+ in older Zsh version).
+ * tests/defs ($me): Define using `$argv0', not `$0'.
+
+ 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Tests defs: keep track of original $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL values.
+ This is especially useful for tests which might want to run
+ automake and aclocal without additional flags and warnings.
+ * tests/defs-static.in ($original_ACLOCAL): New variable.
+ ($original_AUTOMAKE): Likewise.
+ * tests/help.test: Use them.
+ * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
+ From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
+ * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
+ its output each time for a single error message, rather than
+ running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
+ all the expected error messages. This should work around make
+ implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
+ information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
+ - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
+ - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Minor improvements to test 'amopts.test'.
+ * tests/amopts.test: Remove botched comment. Make grepping of
+ automake stderr slighty stricter. Add trailing `:' command.
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ backcompat6.test: avoid comments inside recipe commands.
+ * tests/backcompat6.test: Remove shell comments from makefile rule
+ commands, as they are not portable to (at least) Tru64 make.
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ man8.test: avoid comments inside recipe commands.
+ * tests/man8.test: Remove shell comments from makefile rule
+ commands, as they are not portable to (at least) Tru64 make.
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
+ * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
+ `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
+ in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix spurious failures in tests on AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.
+ * tests/auxdir7.test: Do not try to needlessly overwrite the files
+ `install-sh' and `missing'. This avoid spurious failures in "make
+ distcheck", when those files might be copied as read-only from the
+ `lib' directory.
+ * tests/auxdir8.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Make test 'posixsubst-script' portable to MinGW/MSYS.
+ * tests/posixsubst-script.test: Ensure that the generated dummy
+ scripts really start with a shebang line, to work around a
+ limitation of 'test -x' on MinGW/MSYS.
+ Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+ Improve comments in tests `posixsubst*.test'.
+ * tests/posixsubst-data.test: Improve comment explaining why we
+ try also empty match suffix.
+ * tests/posixsubst-extradist.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-ldadd.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-libraries.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-ltlibraries.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-programs.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-scripts.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-sources.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-tests.test: Likewise.
+ Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
+ * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
+ not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
+ extension module `quaternion.la'.
+
+2010-12-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
+ * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
+ the Automake primaries.
+
2010-12-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>