generic hard errors. The latter should be reserved for "real"
set-up failures.
+ 2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ py-compile: '--' and non-option arguments terminate the option list
+ * lib/py-compile: Any non-option argument, or the special `--'
+ argument, now explicitly terminates the list of options.
+ * tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+ 2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ py-compile: complain on unrecognized options
+ * lib/py-compile: Complain on unrecognized options. Don't be too
+ lax in matching `--help' and `--version' options.
+ * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Extend accordingly.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+ 2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ py-compile: normalize error and help messages
+ * lib/py-compile: Now error messages do not begin with a capital
+ letter, nor end with a period, as per GNU standards. Prepend the
+ error messages with the name of the script, not with its path.
+ When an invalid usage is recognized, always display the customary
+ message "Try `py-compile --help' ..." on a line of its own.
+ ($me): New variable, containing the name of the
+ program, i.e., `py-compile'. Use it throughout.
+ (usage_error): New function, used to display error messages about
+ invalid usage.
+ * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Extend and tighten accordingly.
+
+ 2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ python tests: add "unit tests" on py-compile
+ * tests/py-compile-basic.test: New test.
+ * tests/py-compile-basic2.test: New test.
+ * tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-destdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-env.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Tested with python 2.0.1, 2.4.6, 2.6.6, 2.7.1, and 3.1.3.
+
+ 2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ py-compile: the '--destdir' option now accepts a blank argument
+ * lib/py-compile (Option parsing): Do not count an empty argument
+ to `--destdir' or `--basedir' as a missing argument.
+ * lib/python.am: Simplify accordingly, passing the `--destdir'
+ option to py-compile unconditionally, even if `$(DESTDIR)' is
+ empty.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+ 2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ python: run the 'py-compile' script with $(SHELL)
+ * lib/python.am (install-%DIR%PYTHON): Run each instance of
+ py-compile using $(SHELL). Since we are at it, break overly
+ long lines.
+ (am__py_compile): New variable, to reduce code duplication.
+
+2011-06-05 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix typo-related error in auxdir2.test
+ * tests/auxdir2.test (configure.in): Close m4 quoting in the
+ argument to AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. Without this, aclocal fails with
+ "ERROR: end of file in string". This problem hasn't been exposed
+ by the testsuite before because this test is in XFAIL_TESTS, so
+ its failure went unnoticed, even if it was due to a wrong cause.
+ Bug introduced in commit v1.11-249-g49ac3de.
+
+2011-06-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: fix some more failures
+ * tests/instdir-ltlib.test: Use creative quoting to avoid
+ spuriously triggering the `sc_rm_minus_f' maintainer check.
+ * tests/instdir-prog.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instspc-data.test: Use creative quoting to avoid
+ spuriously triggering the `sc_tests_Exit_not_exit' maintainer
+ check.
+
2011-06-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
maintcheck: fix some failures, extend some checks
- The `lzma' compression scheme and associated automake option `dist-lzma'
is obsoleted by `xz' and `dist-xz' due to upstream changes.
+ - "make dist" can now create lzip-compressed tarballs.
+
+ - You may adjust the compression options used in dist-xz and dist-bzip2.
+ The default is still -9 for each, but you may specify a different
+ level via the XZ_OPT and BZIP2 envvars respectively. E.g.,
+ "make dist-xz XZ_OPT=-7" or "make dist-xz BZIP2=-5"
+
+ - Messages of types warning or error from `automake' and `aclocal' are now
+ prefixed with the respective type, and presence of -Werror is noted.
+
+ - The `compile' script now converts some options for MSVC for a better
+ user experience. Similarly, the new `ar-lib' script wraps Microsoft lib.
+
+ - Automake's early configure-time sanity check now tries to avoid sleeping
+ for a second, which slowed down cached configure runs noticeably. In that
+ case, it will check back at the end of the configure script to ensure that
+ at least one second has passed, to avoid time stamp issues with makefile
+ rules rerunning autotools programs.
+
+ - For programs and libraries, automake now detects EXTRA_foo_DEPENDENCIES and
+ adds them to the normal list of dependencies, but without overwriting the
+ foo_DEPENDENCIES variable, which is normally computed by automake.
+
+ - C source and header files derived from non-distributed Yacc sources are
+ now removed by "make clean", not only by "make maintainer-clean".
+
+ - The py-compile script now accepts empty arguments passed to the options
+ `--destdir' and `--basedir', and complains about unrecognized options.
+ Moreover, a non-option argument or a special `--' argument terminates
+ the list of options.
+
- A developer that needs to pass specific flags to configure at "make
distcheck" time can now, and indeed he's advised to, do so by defining
the developer-reserved makefile variable AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS,
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