+ 2011-07-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ remake: add test ensuring that slower remakes don't hang
+ * tests/remake-subdir-long-time.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+ 2011-07-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ remake: fix outdated comment in configure.am
+ * lib/am/configure.am: Fix comment falsified by changes in
+ commit `v1.11-366-gbee9871'.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-07-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs, tests: synchronize examples from docs to tests
+ * tests/README (Writing test cases): Give suggestions on how to
+ keep test cases and examples in the documentation synchronized.
+ * doc/automake.texi: Improve or fix existing testcase-referencing
+ comments, and add many new ones.
+ * HACKING (Administrivia): Suggest to test complex examples and
+ idioms from the manual.
+ * tests/specflg8.test: Improve synchronization with the example
+ in the manual.
+ * tests/output11.test:Likewise.
+ * tests/txinfo21.test:Likewise.
+ * tests/interp.test: Likewise. Since we are at it, and enable
+ the `errexit' shell flag, do related changes, and add trailing
+ `:'command.
+ * tests/amhello-cflags.test: New test.
+ * tests/amhello-cross-compile.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/tests-environment-backcompat: Likewise.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-log-compiler-example.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+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.
+
+2011-06-20 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.
+
+2011-06-13 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.
+
+2011-06-08 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.
+
+2011-06-02 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.
+
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