+ 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
+ a useless dummy file. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/colon4.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
+ related changes. Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by
+ `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
+ * tests/colon7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Improve the generated `configure.in' file. Add
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/colon2.test: Likewise. Also, add some new checks.
+ * tests/colon5.test: Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
+ Add new, much deeper checks. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/colon3.test: Add trailing `:' command. Remove useless
+ comments and echos. Improve the generated `configure.in' file.
+ make some grepping tests stricter. Add a "FIXME" comments about
+ planned improvements.
+
+ Improve and extend tests `asm*.test'.
+ * tests/asm.test: Use configure.in stub generated by ./defs,
+ and avoid obsoleted autoconf constructs. Make grepping of
+ Automake stderr stricter. Do not create useless source file.
+ Improve verbose messages. Minor cosmetic changes. Tell to
+ keep it in sync with other sister tests asm*.test.
+ * tests/asm2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/asm3.test: Likewise.
+
+ Modernize, improve and/or extend test scripts `conf*.test'.
+ * tests/confh5.test: Cosmetic changes.
+ * tests/conff.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/confdeps.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/conflnk.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/conflnk2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/confsub.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/confvar.test: Likewise, and make grepping of Makefile.in
+ stricter.
+ * tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/conflnk3.test: Cosmetic changes, and re-enable a temporarly
+ disabled test (which didn't work with autoconf <= 2.59, but now we
+ are requiring autoconf 2.62, so...)
+ * tests/conflnk4.test: Cosmetic changes, and extend existing tests
+ accordingly to "TODO" comments.
+ * tests/conff2.test: Make grepping of Automake's stderr stricter.
+ Add some comments explaining why we don't use the `configure.in'
+ stub preset be ./defs.
+ * tests/confh.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
+ rather than writing one from scratch, and do not call AC_OUTPUT.
+ Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes. Prefer diff over
+ cmp to compare text files. Prefer perl over sed to fetch the value
+ of $(DIST_COMMON) from Makefile.in. Make grepping of the contents
+ of $(DIST_COMMON) stricter.
+ * tests/confh4.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by ./defs,
+ rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping of Makefile.in
+ stricter.
+ * tests/confh5.test: Make grepping of `config.h' stricter. Add a
+ comment.
+ * tests/configure.test: Avoid obsolescent constructs in generated
+ `configure.ac'. Do not write `configure.in' two times. Escape
+ literal dots in grep regular expressions.
+ * tests/confincl.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Prefer fgrep over grep. Other cosmetic changes.
+ * tests/config.test: Renamed to ...
+ * tests/confh6.test: ... this. Fix m4 quoting in `configure.in',
+ and make grepping of `config.h' and `config.h.in' stricter.
+ * tests/conf2.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/confh7.test: ... to this. Use the `configure.in' stub
+ created by ./defs, rather than writing one from scratch. Try to
+ run the checks both with and without AC_PROG_CC and AC_OUTPUT in
+ `configure.in'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+ Minor improvements and fixes in tests `depcomp*.test'.
+ * tests/depcomp.test: Do not create useless dummy source files.
+ Add a trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/depcomp2.test: Use `unset' on the CFLAG variable to ensure
+ it's not in in the environment, rather tthan exporting it with an
+ empty value. Do not pass CC=gcc to configure, as that's already
+ done in ./defs since we have gcc in $required. Ensure verbose
+ printing of captured stderr, and normalize its checking. Add a
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/depcomp3.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
+ grep regexps. Always use `: >' rather than `touch' to create empty
+ files. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the created
+ Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/depcomp4.test: Quote literal dots and dollar characters in
+ grep regexp. Explicitly declare phony targets as such in the
+ created Makefile.am. Ensure verbose printing of captured makes'
+ stoud/stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/depcomp5.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
+ in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Quote literal dots
+ and dollar characters in grep regexps. Explicitly declare phony
+ targets as such in the created Makefile.am. Add a trailing `:'
+ command.
+ * tests/depcomp6.test: Consistenty use m4 quoting in the generated
+ configure.in. Cosmetic fixes to spacing. Make the "dummy" `if'
+ statement required by OpenBSD's sh `set -e' more robust, and add
+ explanatory comments to it.
+ * tests/depcomp7.test: Likewise, and add a trailing `:' command.
+
+ Separate failing part of test `all.test'.
+ * tests/all.test: Keep only (x)failing part of the test. Working
+ checks moved out to ...
+ * tests/all2.test: ... this new test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+ Modernize, improve and extend tests `subobj*.test'.
+ * tests/subobjname.test: Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/subobj.test: Make grepping of `Makefile.in' stricter.
+ Escape literal dots in grep regexps.
+ * tests/subobj2.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not use the
+ unportable fgrep option `-e'.
+ * tests/subobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
+ (configure.in): Use proper m4 quoting, and avoid obsolescent
+ constructs.
+ * tests/subobj8.test: Likewise. Also, enable `errexit' shell
+ flag, with related changes
+ * tests/subobj4.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of
+ `Makefile.in' stricter.
+ * tests/subobj5.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
+ `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
+ of ./defs).
+ (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
+ writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
+ * tests/subobj6.test: Add trailing `:' command. Move setting of
+ `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just after inclusion
+ of ./defs). Do not create useless dummy ac-init file `f'.
+ * tests/subobj7.test: Do not create useless dummy ac-init file
+ `f'.
+ (configure.in): Use the stub created by `./defs', rather than
+ writing it from scratch, and avoid obsolescent constructs.
+ * tests/subobj9.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
+ in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Fail the test if
+ `make distcheck' fails. Ensure verbose printing of captured make
+ stdout. Avoid uselsss fork by doing simple grep instead of using
+ test -n "`COMMAND | grep ...`".
+ (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
+ (Makefile.am): Explicitly mark target "print" as phony.
+ * tests/subobj10.test: Removed duplicated call to `set -e'. Add
+ trailing `:' command.
+ (configure.in): Normalize the call to AC_INIT w.r.t. other tests.
+
+ Remove a couple of obsoleted tests.
+ * tests/fpinstall.test: Removed.
+ * tests/fpinst2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+ Bootstrap: updated HACKING entry.
+ * HACKING ("Working with git"): Explain how to override the
+ autoconf and autom4te programs used by the bootstrap process.
+
+ Bootstrap: fixlet.
+ * bootstrap: Do not remove `lib/Automake/Config.pm' anymore,
+ since we don't generate it. Correctly quote arguments of
+ `eval' builtin. Fixed a botched error message. Removed an
+ extra blank line.
+
+ Bootstrap: don't search perl in $PATH.
+ * bootstrap: Do not explicitly search perl in $PATH anymore.
+ ($PATH_SEPARATOR): Removed, it's no more needed.
+
+ Bootstrap: let the user choose which autoconf to use.
+ * bootstrap ($AUTOCONF): New variable, from the environment.
+ ($AUTOM4TE): Likewise, for clarity.
+ Use "$AUTOCONF" instead of calling "autoconf" directly.
+
+ Minor improvements to tests ar*.test.
+ * tests/ar.test: Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/ar2.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
+ Makefile.in stricter.
+
+2010-08-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix maintainer-check failure.
+ * tests/cond5.test: Quote sleep argument, this isn't about
+ time stamp differences.
+
+ Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
+ * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
+ Sync from upstream.
+
+2010-08-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Work around a nasty bug (segfault) of Solaris make.
+ * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Trim trailing spaces
+ from $list, to avoid triggering a nasty bug (potential segfault)
+ on Solaris make.
+
+2010-08-06 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ Make cond5.test more robust on MSYS.
+ * tests/cond5.test: Add delay before the first kill attempt to
+ cater for problems with MSYS bash.
+
+2010-07-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Add example git work flow; discuss merge --log in HACKING.
+ * HACKING: Update.
+ Suggestion by Stefano Lattarini.
+
+ Add more hints for debugging make rules.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find
+ out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo.
+
+2010-07-27 Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk> (tiny change)
+
+ Fix typo in the manual.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo.
+
+2010-07-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Document current policy for development with git.
+ * HACKING (Working with git): Overhaul.
+ Prompted by suggestion from Stefano Lattarini.
+
+ Fix AM_COND_IF for gone-invalid condition shell expression.
+ * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): test contents of $COND_TRUE
+ variable, rather than re-evaluating the shell expression for
+ the condition.
+ * tests/cond40.test: Extend test.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+ Avoid syntax error if IF-TRUE part of AM_COND_IF expands empty.
+ * m4/cond-if.m4 (AM_COND_IF): Ensure IF-TRUE part is never empty
+ to avoid shell syntax error if the m4 expansion is empty.
+ * tests/cond40.test: Enhance test.
+
+ Coverage: bogus option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
+ * tests/init2.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
+
+2010-07-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Modernize and improve test scripts `subdir*.test'.
+ * tests/subdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Use the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs',
+ rather than writing one from scratch.
+ * tests/subdir2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/subdir4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/subdir3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Do not create useless dummy source files.
+ * tests/subdir5.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in (in topdir
+ and in subdirs) stricter. Some minor changes to keep it more
+ in sync with the related test `subdir8.test'.
+ * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise (but with the related test being
+ `subdir5.test' here).
+ * tests/subdir6.test: Cosmetic change in spacing.
+ * tests/subdir9.test: Define and use new variable `$distdir'. Add
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/subdir10.test: Cosmetic consistency-related change.
+ * tests/subdirbuiltsources.test: Cosmetic changes in spacings.
+ (configure.in): Use stub created by `./defs', rather than writing
+ it from scratch. Do not use obsoleted and/or deprecated forms of
+ autoconf/automake macros.
+
+ Modernize and improve test scripts `dist*.test'.
+ * tests/distcleancheck.test: Do not add useless `-e' option to
+ a $MAKE call. Extend test by grepping stderr of make.
+ * tests/distcom2.test: Do not run the same test script on the
+ Makefile.in twice, but save its output in an intermediate file
+ instead. Make grepping of DIST_COMMON definition stricter.
+ Display the content of more files, to ease debugging. Add a
+ trailing `:' command. Improved heading comments w.r.t. sister
+ test(s).
+ * tests/distcom6.test: Likewise, and avoid to uselessly run
+ autoconf.
+ * tests/distcom3.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured stdout
+ and stderr. Make grepping of captured stderr stricter. Also,
+ add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/distcom4.test: Declare the target `test' in the generated
+ Makefile.am as `.PHONY'. Display content of more files, to ease
+ debugging. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/distcom5.test: Likewise. Also, factor out common sed
+ script in subroutine `extract_distcommon'.
+ * tests/distcom7.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to write
+ test Makefile.am files. Add a trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/distname.test: Prefer `gzip -d' over `gunzip'. Move the
+ call to `set -e' earlier. Be stricter and more verbose in the
+ checking of the generated tarball.
+ (configure.in): Use the stub provided by ./defs, instead of
+ writing it from scratch. Avoid obsoleted constructs. Remove
+ useless call to `AM_PROG_CC_C_O'.
+ * tests/distdir.test: Various minor improvements/normalizations.
+ * tests/distlinks.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-07-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Improve and extend test cond5.test.
+ * tests/cond5.test: Do not blindly sleep 60 seconds before polling
+ the background automake process, but poll it every 10 seconds for
+ at most 30 times (this makes the test both faster on good machines,
+ and more resilient to spurious timeout-due failures when in low
+ priority or on heavily-loaded systems).
+ Check also that automake writes the expected error messages on the
+ standard error.
+ Enable `errexit' flag, and related changes.
+ Rely on the `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than
+ writing one from scratch.
+
+2010-06-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Update program --help output to match current GCS.
+ * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL
+ is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64.
+ * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and
+ PACKAGE_URL.
+ (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for
+ additional substitutions.
+ * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. Point to Automake
+ home page and GNU general help page.
+ * automake.in (usage): Likewise.
+ * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email
+ address.
+ (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options):
+ Use it throughout.
+ * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute
+ PACKAGE_BUGREPORT.
+ * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global.
+ * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal
+ messages.
+
+ Clean up @var handling in the manual.
+ * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var
+ names, replace a few one-character names.
+
+2010-06-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix typo-related bug in test script silent5.test.
+ * tests/silent5.test: Use $EGREP, not $GREP (which is not even
+ defined).
+
+ Tests: remove useless repetitions of `foreign' automake option.
+ * tests/multlib.test (configure.in): Remove useless use of
+ `foreign' option in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (the `--foreign' option is
+ already in $AUTOMAKE by default, so no point in repeating it).
+ * tests/subobj10.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/subobj9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/lex3.test (Makefile.am): Similarly, remove useless use
+ of `foreign' option in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
+ * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr279.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr279-2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/specflg3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/target-cflags.test: Likewise.
+
+ Drop useless requirement "gzip" in lex5.test.
+ * tests/lex5.test ($required): Do not list "gzip", as it's
+ never used.
+
+2010-06-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix bugs in test script silent5.test.
+ * tests/silent5.test: Fixed a nasty bug (due to the use of grep
+ instead of egrep) that could have led to false negatives.
+
+2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Add a test checking that distributed broken symlinks cause
+ `make dist' to fail.
+ * tests/distlinksbrk.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2010-06-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS
+ and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in
+ the rules.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test,
+ tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to
+ please maintainer-check. Ensure generated C files contain a
+ declaration, to please compilers.
+
+2010-06-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t. $(AM_FLAGS) and
+ $(FLAGS) precedence.
+ * automake.in: Fix registration of languages "Lex", "Lex (C++)",
+ "Yacc" and "Yacc (C++)", so that $(LFLAGS) has precedence over
+ $(AM_LFLAGS) and $(YFLAGS) has precedence over $(AM_YFLAGS).
+ * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Updated accordingly.
+ * NEWS: Updated.
+
+ New tests, exposing bugs in Automake Yacc/Lex support w.r.t.
+ $(AM_FLAGS) and $(FLAGS) precedence.
+ * tests/lflags.test: New test, check that user $(LFLAGS) takes
+ precedence over automake (AM_LFLAGS) and (foo_LFLAGS). Still
+ xfailing.
+ * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yflags.test: New test, check that user $(YFLAGS) takes
+ precedence over automake (AM_YFLAGS) and (foo_YFLAGS). Still
+ xfailing.
+ * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Extended accordingly.
+
+2010-06-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Modernize, improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
+ * tests/suffix3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes.
+ * tests/suffix4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix6.test: Likewise, and do not create a useless dummy
+ source file.
+ * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Make grepping of Makefile.in slighty stricter.
+ * tests/suffix.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Also, do not redirect grep output to /dev/null, as this
+ might unmotivatedly hide useful information.
+ * tests/suffix2.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier
+ in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use a more
+ idiomatic way to count text occurrences in Makefile.in with
+ grep. Do not create useless dummy source files.
+ * tests/suffix10.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
+ stdout. Minor cosmetic changes.
+ * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, drop useless call to the
+ env(1) utility, and make grepping of make output stricter by using
+ $FGREP rather than plain grep.
+ * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix9.test: Prefet cat + here-doc over echo to append to
+ the `configure.in' stub. Cosmetic changes.
+ * tests/suffix13.test: Cosmetic spacing change.
+
+2010-06-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Add useful comment in test script ext.test.
+ * tests/ext.test: Add a comment explaining why an apparently
+ useless `if' statement is indeed required.
+
+ Add useful comment in test script obsolete.test.
+ * tests/obsolte.test: Add a comment explaining why we need
+ an indirection in adding $AUTOUPDATE to $required.
+
+ Normalize whitespaces in 'tests/Makefile.am'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Use only spaces, not tabs, in the
+ definition of this variable.
+
+2010-06-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Remove a couple of unneeded conditionals from tests.
+ * tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/strip.test: No need
+ for the FOOTEST conditional.
+
2010-06-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Modernize, improve and/or fix various test scripts.
+ * tests/symlink3.test: Deleted, separated into two new, more
+ complete tests ...
+ * tests/forcemiss.test: ... this one ...
+ * tests/forcemiss2.test: ... and this one.
+ * tests/symlink2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, make test
+ stricter, and skip it if symlink creation is not supported.
+ * tests/postproc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, related
+ changes, and a couple of unrelated cosmetic changes.
+ * tests/recurs.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
+ `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Make grepping
+ of Automake stderr slighty stricter.
+ * tests/substtarg.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/strip.test: Likewise, and move the call to `set -e'
+ earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs'). Also, make sure
+ that the script installed by `make install-script' is equal to
+ the original one.
+ * tests/substref.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by
+ `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch. Move the call
+ to `set -e' earlier (just after the inclusion of `./defs').
+ Avoid to explicitly export CC for configure (that's already done
+ in ./defs). Avoid potential problems with unpredictable make
+ output. Finally, make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
+ * tests/substre2.test: Ensure verbose printing of the captured
+ make's output, and make its grepping slighty stricter.
+ * tests/cygwin32.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Also, do not create useless dummy source/data files.
+ * tests/scripts.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/recurs2.test: Likewise. Also, use the `configure.in'
+ stub created by `./defs'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+ Modernize, improve and/or fix tests `pluseq*.test.
+ * tests/pluseq5.test: Append to configure.in using cat with an
+ here-doc, not using echo.
+ * tests/pluseq10.test: Make sure that the captured output of
+ `make' command is always displayed. Where possible, use $FGREP
+ instead of grep (this change makes some checks slighty stricter).
+ * tests/pluseq8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related
+ changes.
+ * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise. Also, do not create useless dummy
+ data files, and use better m4 quoting in generated configure.in.
+ * tests/pluseq2.test: Likewise. Also, append to configure.in
+ using cat with an here-doc, not using echo.
+ * tests/pluseq3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pluseq4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pluseq6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pluseq7.test: Do not create useless dummy source file.
+ * tests/pluseq9.test: Slighty extended w.r.t. the grepping of
+ Automake stderr. Some unrelated cosmetic changes.
+
+ Testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured stderr.
+ * tests/acloca18.test: Print captured stderr before either failing
+ or grepping it. Be sure to send captured stderr to stderr, not to
+ stdout.
+ * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/configure.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/missing3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/missing6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/output-order.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python8.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/subobj.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vars3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/missing4.test: Likewise, and fix a call to grep not to use
+ the `-c' flag.
+ * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise, and rely on the `configure.in' stub
+ created by `./defs', rather than writing one from scratch.
+
Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
* tests/backsl.test: Enable the `errexit' shell flag, and
related changes.