From: Ralf Wildenhues Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:03:08 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Merge branch 'tests-vartypo-fixes' X-Git-Tag: v1.11b~418 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=882972f8e2699b5dacc4892ecda43f17d8c1b558;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fautomake.git Merge branch 'tests-vartypo-fixes' * tests-vartypo-fixes: tests: avoid failing command substitution in errexit mode. --- 882972f8e2699b5dacc4892ecda43f17d8c1b558 diff --cc ChangeLog index 3c9e0e4,4df0806..0bb2f69 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@@ -1,1827 -1,10 +1,1834 @@@ 2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: avoid failing command substitution in errexit mode. + * tests/vartypo2.test, tests/vartypos.test: Rewrite to not use + a command substitution with a nonzero exit status, that causes + IRIX and Tru64/OSF sh to fail the whole test. + ++2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues + Stefano Lattarini + + parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs. + * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html): + Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid + exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin. + * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues + + * NEWS, README: Update copyright years. + +2011-01-15 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: hard error in case of internal failures or signal caught + * tests/defs: Exit with status 99 (hard error) rather than + 1 (failure) on unexpected/internal errors, or when a signal + is caught by the client script. + + Tests defs: don't let useless variables leak in test scripts. + * tests/defs ($priv_check_temp, $overwrite_status, $ro_dir_temp, + $create_status, $r2h, $libtool_found, $gettext_found, $aclocaldir, + $extra_includes): Unset once they've served their purpose. + +2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make. + * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs + are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make. + +2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues + + docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input + * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding) + (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty + lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info + output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored. + Report by Stefano Lattarini. + +2011-01-15 Jim Meyering + + tests: fix comment typo + * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment. + +2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests + * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'. + * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so + that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable) + to build it. + Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-01-15 Stefano Lattarini + + Update docs w.r.t. warning and strictness options. + * doc/automake.texi (Strictness): Document that some warnings are + turned off by default in `foreign' strictness. + (Options): Divide into new sections "Options generalities" and + "List of Automake options". Fix typo (colon instead of full + stop). Document option precedence (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS wins over + AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE which wins over command line). Also document + interactions between options specifying strictness and those + specifying warnings. + + More tests on warnings/strictness precedence. + * tests/warning-groups-win-over-strictness.test: New test, similar + to `warnings-win-over-strictness.test', but checking the explicit + catch-all warning flags (like `-Wall' and `-Wnone'). + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + + Update NEWS about the warnings-over-strictness precedence. + * NEWS: Automake explicit warning levels always take precedence + over the implicit warning levels implied by Automake strictness. + + For PR automake/547: + Warnings win over strictness in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS. + Ensure that, for what concerns the options specified in + AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS, explicitly-defined warnings always take + precedence over implicit strictness-implied warnings. + This finally fixes Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547. + * automake.in (handle_options): Call 'process_option_list' + only once per set of options. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (process_global_option_list, + process_option_list): Add sanity checks. + ($_options_processed, $_global_options_processed): New + internal variables, used by the sanity checks above. + * tests/warnings-win-over-strictness.test: Extend. + + For PR automake/547: + Change signature of 'Automake::Options::_process_option_list()'. + This only modifies internal details in the automake implementation, + bearing no externally visible effect, but preparing the way for the + final fix of Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Accept as + arguments a list of hash references with keys 'option' and 'where', + where 'option' is an option as might occur in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS or + AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and 'where' is the location where it occurred. + (process_option_list, process_global_option_list): Updated. + * automake.in (handle_options, scan_autoconf_traces): Update. + + Add more tests about AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS. + In view of soon-to-follow refactorings (still in the pursuit of a + fix for Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547), add some more tests on + AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS support, to prevent obvious regressions. + * tests/amopts-variable-expansion.test: New test. + * tests/amopts-location.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + + For PR automake/547: + Warnings win over strictness in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE. + This change ensures that, for what concerns the options specified + in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, explicitly-defined warnings always take + precedence over implicit strictness-implied warnings. Related to + Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Parse explicit + warnings only after the strictness level has been set. Fix POD + documentation. + * tests/warnings-win-over-strictness.test: Extend. + + For PR automake/547: + Warnings win over strictness on command line. + Ensure that, on the command line at least, explicitly defined + warnings always take precedence over implicit strictness-implied + warnings. Related to Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547. + * automake.in (parse_arguments): Parse warnings only after the + strictness level has been processed. + * tests/gnuwarn.test: Update, plus miscellaneous improvements. + * tests/warnings-win-over-strictness.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + + More tests on warnings and strictness. + * tests/warnings-strictness-interactions.test: New test. + * tests/warnings-unknown.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + + New test on silent-rules mode and portability warnings. + * tests/silent-nowarn.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + + Add new tests on strictness and warnings precedence and overriding. + * tests/strictness-override.test: New test. + * tests/strictness-precedence.test: New test. + * tests/warnings-override.test: New test. + * tests/warnings-precedence.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix remake rule-induced test failures with HP-UX make. + * tests/remake1a.test: Require GNU make. + +2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix remake rule-induced test failures with HP-UX make. + * tests/colon6.test: Update timestamp of subdir Makefile, so we + do not spuriously invoke the nonexistent toplevel am--refresh + rule. + + tests: fix typos in colon6.test + * tests/colon6.test: Fix typos. + +2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues + Stefano Lattarini + + tests: explain MSYS setup failure issue, improve test. + * tests/defs: Add comment and failure message, improve fail + logic. + +2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix libobj2.test failure with non-GNU make: define $(AR). + * tests/libobj2.test: Ensure $(AR) is suitably defined. + +2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: avoid spurious failures due to fork failure in test setup + * tests/defs: Ensure $me is always nonempty, to avoid spurious + failures on MinGW/MSYS in case the preceding sed command could + not be spawned. + + Avoid configure warnings from wait about reused PIDs. + * m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Hide wait stderr output. + Fixes spurious failure of depcomp2.test. + +2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues + + Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change. + Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to + require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess + and config.sub files are present for respective checks. + * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files. + * tests/flibs.test: Likewise. + * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files. + +2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS + This change fixes automake bug#7828. + * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake + recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with + other options. + From a report by Юрий Пухальский. + +2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files + Related to automake bug#7819. + * tests/autodist.test: New test. + * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: do not force yacc-requiring tests to use bison + * tests/defs.in: New required entry 'yacc'. Remove old + required entry 'bison'. + * tests/cond35.test ($required): Require yacc, not bison. + * tests/cond36.test: Likewise. + * tests/pr204.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent-many-gcc.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent-many-generic.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent-yacc-gcc.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent-yacc-generic.test: Likewise. + * tests/subpkg.test: Likewise. + * tests/suffix10.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc-basic.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc-clean.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc-d-basic.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc-d-vpath.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc-nodist.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc4.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc6.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc7.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc8.test: Likewise. + * tests/yaccdry.test: Likewise. + * tests/yaccvpath.test: Likewise. + +2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: more consistent checks about invalid options + * tests/aclocal.test: Grepping of automake stderr for messages + reporting invalid options made stricter. + * tests/no-outdir-option.test: Likewise. Also, create a dummy + `Makefile.am', to ensure that the automake failures are really + caused only by unrecognized options. + * tests/automake.test: Added trailing `:' command. Removed + redundant checks on `--help' and `--version' option (already + performed in the test `help*.test'). + +2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: enable 'errexit' shell flag by default. + * tests/defs: Enable `errexit' shell flag (near the end). + Removed redundant comment about the enabling of shell traces. + * tests/README (Writing test cases): Update, and use nicer + formatting in a couple of places. + * All tests: Adjusted by removing now-redundant calls to + 'set -e'. + +2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL + * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling + automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug + in the texinfo + cygnus interaction. + * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments. + * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated. + +2011-01-09 Dave Hart (tiny change) + + Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment. + * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo. + +2011-01-09 Peter Rosin + + Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment. + * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo. + +2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: texinfo unrecognized extensions + * tests/txinfo-unrecognized-extension.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + + Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support. + * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to + `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not + redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not + uselessly run it in a subshell. + * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and + make. All checks moved into Makefile.am. + * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated + configure.in. + * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other + minor improvements. + * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated + Makefile.in stricter. + * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff + to Makefile.am. + * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected + to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict, + to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes. + * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo + for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments. + * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making + it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir). + * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo + for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are + cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean". + * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name, + and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check + that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but + preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit + "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test, + so they have been moved ... + * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test. + * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add + trailing `:' command. + * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated + Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to + append to configure.in. + * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise. + * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes + make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just + after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other + minor cosmetic improvements. + * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add + trailing `:' command. + * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support. + * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure in 'tests/yflags-conditional.test' + * tests/yflags-conditional.test: Filter out message "warnings are + treated as errors" from automake stderr, to avoid a false positive + when grepping for extraneous warning messages. + +2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini + + yacc: warn about conditional content in *YFLAGS variables + This change fixes automake bug#7804. + * automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Warn if any of the relevant + *YFLAGS variables has conditional contents (not only a conditional + definition). Related refactoring. + * NEWS: Updated. + * tests/yflags-conditional.test: Updated and extended. + * tests/yflags-conditional-force.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2011-01-08 Stefano Lattarini + + yacc: support variable expansions in *YFLAGS definition. + This change fixes automake bug#7800. + * automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Use 'value_as_list_recursive' + instead of 'variable_value' to get the value of *YFLAGS variables. + Related changes. + ($DASH_D_PATTERN): Removed. + * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove yflags-var-expand.test. + * tests/yacc-clean.test: Remove workaround for now-fixed bug. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-01-08 Stefano Lattarini + + yacc: more tests on *YFLAGS support + * tests/yflags-var-expand.test: New test, still xfailing. It + exposes automake bug#7800 -- "automake fails to honor `-d' in + AM_YFLAGS when variable expansions are involved". + * tests/yflags-d-false-positive.test: New test, checking that + automake do not spuriously see `-d' in *YFLAGS when that isn't + really there. + * tests/yflags-force-override.test: New test, checking that + automake can cope with definition of the YFLAGS variable in + Makefile.am (even if that is an extremely bad practice, as that + variable is user-reserved). + * tests/yflags-cmdline-override.test: New test, checking that + automake can cope with user-redefinition of YFLAGS at configure + time and/or at make time. + * tests/yflags-conditional.test: New test, checks that automake + warns on conditionally-defined *YFLAGS variables. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update. + +2011-01-08 Stefano Lattarini + + yacc: extend and improve tests + * tests/yacc-basic.test: Also check that the intermediate C file + is mentioned in the generated Makefile.in, and that it is created + by the first make invocation. + * tests/yacc3.test: Test removed, superseded by ... + * tests/yacc-d-basic.test: ... this new test. + * tests/yacc2.test: Add reference to that new test in the heading + comments. + * tests/yacc-d-vpath.test: New test. + * tests/yaccvpath.test: Updated heading comments. Do not require + gcc anymore, as any working C compiler should be enough. Remove + redundant comments. + * tests/yacc-nodist.test: New test. + * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2010-12-13 Stefano Lattarini + + Extend, fix and improve tests on Lex and Yacc support. + * tests/lexcpp.test: New test script, on support for Lex + C++. + * tests/lexvpath.test: New test script, test build and rebuild + rules for lexers in VPATH setup. + * tests/yacc-basic.test: New test script, run simple "semantic" + checks on basic Yacc support (similarly to what lex3.test does + for Lex support). + * tests/lex.test: Don't create useless dummy source file joe.l. + Remove extra blank lines. + * tests/lex4.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not create dummy + useless lex source file. + * tests/lex2.test: Likewise. Call automake with the `-a' option, + so that it doesn't fail for the absence of `ylwrap' script. Make + grepping of automake stderr stricter. + * tests/yacc7.test: Add trailing `:' command. Enable `errexit' + shell flag earlier (just after having sourced ./defs). + * tests/yacc4.test: Likewise. Also ... + (configure.in): Use pre-populated skeleton set up by ./defs, + instead of writing one from scratch. + Other minor cosmetic changes. + * tests/yacc5.test: Likewise. + * tests/yaccvpath.test: Likewise. Also ... + ($distdir): New variable. + Use it throughout. + * tests/lex5.test: Likewise. + * tests/lex3.test: Likewise. Check the distdir, rather than + grepping the distribution tarball. Extend the test on the + created binary, and be sure to avoid hangs. Add some comments. + * tests/yacc.test: Use stricter grepping. Add trailing `:'. + * tests/yacc6.test: Likewise. + * tests/yacc3.test: Likewise. Do not create the unused file + `Makefile.sed'. Remove useless rules from Makefile.am. Other + minor cosmetic changes. + * tests/yacc2.test: Make grepping of generated `Makefile.in' and + of automake error messages stricter. Do not redirect output of + grep to /dev/null. Move call to aclocal earlier. Reduce the + number of empty blank lines. Fix a typo in comments. + * tests/yacc8.test: Fixed bugs that reduced the completeness of + the tests. Added trailing `:' command. + (configure.in): Use pre-populated skeleton set up by ./defs, + instead of writing one from scratch. + * tests/yaccpp.test: Test also extensions `.y++', `.ypp', and + `.yxx', rather than only `.yy'. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini + + cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces + * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces. + * tests/cond13.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond14.test: Likewise. + * tests/fort4.test: Likewise. + * tests/fort5.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj17.test: Likewise. + * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise. + * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise. + + automake: minor fixes in comments + * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments. + +2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues + + Add test coverage for deleted header files. + * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to + also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency + tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit + successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes. + + Fix typos in Rule.pm comments. + * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments. + + docs: split 'amhello Explained' node. + * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ... + (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained) + (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two. + (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links. + Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766. + +2011-01-08 Karl Berry + Eric Blake + + docs: reference defining directories in amhello node. + * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf + manual for how to convert directory values into macros. + (Optional): Fix grammar nit. + +2011-01-07 Stefano Lattarini + + yacc: "make clean" removes .c and .h files from non-distributed .y + Previously, while automake did *not* distribute C source and header + files derived from non-distributed Yacc sources, it still caused + them to be removed only by "make maintainer-clean" only, and not by + simply "make clean" or "make distclean". + This caused "make distcheck" to fail, unless the developer put + those generated .c and .h files in CLEANFILES or in DISTCLEANFILES + by hand. + This change fixes this issue, by making non-distributed `.c' and + `.h' files generated by non-distributed Yacc sources cleaned by + "make clean". + * tests/automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Make C source and + header files derived from non-distributed Yacc files cleaned by + "make clean", not only by "make maintainer-clean". + * tests/yacc-clean.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini + + * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word). + +2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples + * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can + be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory + couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES'). + +2010-01-03 Stefano Lattarini + + Tests: normalize use of the 'errexit' shell flag. + * tests/maken3.test (check_targets): Remove redundant call to + 'set -e'. + * tests/maken4.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi5.test: Call 'set -e' just after './defs' has been + sourced. + * tests/ansi6.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi7.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond16.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond17.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond18.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond19.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond20.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond21.test: Likewise. + * tests/instdat2.test: Likewise. + * tests/instdir-texi.test: Likewise. + * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake1a.test: Likewise. + * tests/ccnoco.test: Likewise, and add trailing `:' command. + * tests/comment4.test: Likewise. + * tests/gcj4.test: Likewise. + * tests/nodist2.test: Likewise. + * tests/nodist3.test: Enable 'errexit' shell flag (this should + have been done in commit v1.11-248-g317e17b, but the relevant + hunk has been forgotten somehow). + * tests/output.test: Likewise. + * tests/gnits2.test: Likewise, and display captured stderr to + script's stderr, not to script's stdout. + * tests/gnits3.test: Likewise. Also, prefer 'cat' over 'echo' + to append to Makefile.am, and really check that the exit status + of "make installcheck" indicates failure. + +2011-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues + + Sync auxiliary files from upstream. + * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: + Sync from upstream. + + Avoid caching bug in cygnus mode test. + * tests/cygnus-requires-maintainer-mode.test: Remove + autom4te.cache directory before rerunning aclocal, to + remove trace caches. + + Fix maintainer-check regression. + * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the + environment. + + Bump copyright years. + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years. + * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise. + * doc/automake.texi: Likewise. + +2010-12-23 Stefano Lattarini + + * NEWS: Add missing blank line between two entries. + +2010-12-23 Stefano Lattarini + + Improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'. + * tests/suffix.test: Check that suffix rules for C compilation are + only included once. Try also with a static library. + * tests/suffix2.test: Add a new grep to help potential debugging. + Do not run automake with the `--add-missing' options, since we + already create all the needed auxiliary files. Try also *without* + the `no-dependencies' automake option. + * tests/suffix4.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. + * tests/suffix3.test: Rewritten to run also autoconf, ./configure + and make. + * tests/suffix5.test: Likewise. + * tests/suffix6.test: Fix botched recipe indentation (eight spaces + were used instead of a tabulation character). Extend to check + that `.obj' is handled like `.$(OBJEXT)' (as is done for `.o'). + Improved parsing & grepping of generated Makefile.in. Other minor + fixes and improvements. + * tests/suffix10.test: Move some checks in Makefile.am. Also run + "make all". + * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise, and account for VPATH issues in + weaker make implementations. + * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise. Also, run "make distcheck", for + completeness, and related changes. + * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, do not put `gcc' anymore + in $required. + * tests/suffix13.test: Do not use the `--force-missing' automake + option unnecessarily. + * tests/suffix6b.test: New test, semantic sister of `suffix6.test'. + * tests/suffix6c.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-12-23 Ralf Wildenhues + Stefano Lattarini + + Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make. + * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the + dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single + one. + * tests/subobj11a.test: New test. + * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise. + * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise. + * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise. + * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + * NEWS: Updated. + Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final + patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini. + +2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5. + * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on + weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5). + * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related + change. + Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. The bugs have been there from the + first versions of the affected test scripts. + +2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro. + * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require + the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at + least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from + Cygnus" of 1997-08-25). + +2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini + + Add some tests on 'cygnus' mode. + * tests/clean2.test: Extend. + * tests/cygnus-check-without-all.test: New test. + * tests/cygnus-dependency-tracking.test: Likewise. + * tests/cygnus-distclean.test: Likewise. + * tests/cygnus-imply-foreign.test: Likewise. + * tests/cygnus-no-dist.test: Likewise. + * tests/cygnus-no-installinfo.test: Likewise. + * tests/cygnus-requires-maintainer-mode.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini + + 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: + + 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 + + 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 + + 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", + + - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5", + + +2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini + + 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 + + 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 + + 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 + + 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 + + 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 + + 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 + + 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 + + docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries + * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among + the Automake primaries. + +2010-12-13 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + Tests defs: requirement 'xsi-shell' must be synced with libtool. + * tests/defs (xsi-shell): Add comment telling to keep the + XSI-conformance checks in sync with libtool. + +2010-12-17 Stefano Lattarini + + Minor cleanups in canon7.test. + * tests/canon7.test (_foo_bar_SOURCES): Remove libs.c. + (configure.in): Remove AC_PROG_CXX. + +2010-12-16 Ralf Wildenhues + + Avoid false positive in sc_tests_plain_make maintainer-check. + * Makefile.am (sc_tests_plain_make): Ensure to only match full + `make' words. Avoid false positive with remake11.test. + +2010-12-16 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix canon7.test failure. + * tests/canon7.test (_foo_bar_SOURCES): Add foobar.c. + (lib.h, libd.c, libs.c): Use const for constant strings. + +2010-12-16 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix typos in test comments. + * tests/posixsubst-data.test, tests/posixsubst-extradist.test, + tests/posixsubst-ldadd.test, tests/posixsubst-libraries.test, + tests/posixsubst-ltlibraries.test, tests/posixsubst-programs.test, + tests/posixsubst-scripts.test, tests/posixsubst-sources.test, + tests/posixsubst-tests.test: Fix typos. + +2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini + + More uses of AS_HELP_STRING in automake macros. + * m4/depend.m4 (AM_DEP_TRACK): Use `AS_HELP_STRING' to format + the help message added to the generated configure. + * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Likewise. + * m4/lispdir.m4 (AM_PATH_LISPDIR): Likewise. + * m4/maintainer.m4 (AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Likewise. + * m4/multi.m4 (AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB): Likewise. + Also, bumped all serial numbers of the modified m4 files. + +2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini + + Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen. + * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen + relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in + other respects. + * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen + tightened. + +2010-12-15 Stefano Lattarini + + Extended tests on AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. + * tests/auxdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Prefer `$me' + over hard-coded test name. Use proper m4 quoting. Add trailing + `:' command. + * tests/auxdir2.test: Likewise. Try to call automake also with + the `-a' option, so that it will not fail for spurious reasons. + * tests/auxdir3.test: Add an explanatory comment and a trailing + `:' command. + * tests/auxdir4.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name. + Make grepping of automake stderr slightly stricter. Also, now + this test just checks about Automake's reaction to unportable + auxiliary directory names (and it has been extended in this + respect). Moved the checks about non-existent auxiliary + directories to ... + * tests/auxdir5.test: ... this new test. + * tests/auxdir6.test: New test. + * tests/auxdir7.test: Likewise. + * tests/auxdir8.test: Likewise. + * tests/auxdir9.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-12-06 Stefano Lattarini + + Tests: extend checks on remake rules. + This adds proper semantical tests (i.e. run make to check the + rebuild rules are correctly triggered) in addition to tentative + grepping of the generated Makefile.in(s). + * tests/remake.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Modernize `configure.in'. Add trailing `:' command. + Improve heading comments, and add a reference to new sister test + remake1a.test. + * tests/remake3.test: Likewise (but with sister test being + remake3a.test). + * tests/remake2.test: Improve heading comments. Enable `errexit' + shell flag, and related changes. Modernize `configure.in'. Make + grepping of `Makefile.in' slightly stricter. Add trailing `:' + command. + * tests/remake5.test: Also run the `distcheck' target. Add + trailing `:' command. Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in. + * tests/remake4.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name. + * tests/remake7.test: Use the `configure.in' stub created by + ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. + * tests/remake6.test: Likewise. Also, add trailing `:' command, + and ensure verbose printing of captured make output. + * tests/remake1a.test: New test, sister of remake.test. + * tests/remake3a.test: New test, sister of remake3.test. + * tests/remake8a.test: New test. + * tests/remake8b.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake9a.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake9b.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake9c.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake9d.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake10a.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake10b.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake10c.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake11.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake12.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-12-11 Stefano Lattarini + + Improve and extend tests on canonicalization. + * tests/canon-name.test: Add trailing `:' command. When writing + configure.in, prefer to use $me instead of hard-coding the test + name. + * tests/canon3.test: Prefer trailing `:' over trailing `Exit 0'. + * tests/canon4.test: Likewise. Make grepping of Makefile.in + stricter. Improve heading comment, and add reference to ... + * tests/canon6.test: ... this new test (sister test of the + previous one). + * tests/canon.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append + text to configure.in. Extend grepping of Automake stderr. Add + trailing `:' command. + * tests/canon5.test: Likewise. + * tests/canon7.test: New file, stress test on canonicalization. + * tests/canon8.test: New test, for better coverage (check that + the `@' character is not transliterated in canonicalizations). + * tests/Makefile.am: Updated. + +2010-12-13 Stefano Lattarini + + Libobj tests: refer to automake bug tracker for limitations. + * tests/libobj15b.test (configure.in): In the comment explaining + why an apparently redundant AC_OUTPUT is indeed needed, refer + to the relevant entry in the Automake bug tracker rather than + describing the bug in detail with a FIXME-style comment. + * tests/libobj15c.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj20b.test: Likewise. + + Libobj tests: do not use `##' automake comments in-line. + * tests/libobj19.test (Makefile.am): Do not use inline `##' + comments in the definition of AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS. + * tests/libobj20c.test: Likewise. + Report by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2010-12-13 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix testsuite failure of check12.test without DejaGNU. + * tests/check12.test: Require runtest. + +2010-12-12 Stefano Lattarini + + Tests defs: more uses of $top_testsrcdir. + * tests/compile6.test: Use `$top_testsrcdir' instead of + `$testsrcdir/..'. + +2010-11-12 Stefano Lattarini + + Tests required tools: also try `-v' option for GNU compilers. + * tests/defs.in: In the loop on "$required" tools, for gcc + and g++, also run "gcc -v" (resp. "g++ -v"), to get more + information, and for consistency with gcj. + +2010-11-12 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + Tests defs: avoid some useless subshells. + * tests/defs: In the loop on "$required" tools: avoid subshells + where not needed. + +2010-12-09 Stefano Lattarini + + Extend tests on AC_LIBOBJ and friends. + * tests/aclibobj.test: Removed, superseded by ... + * tests/libobj-basic.test: ... this new test, which runs autoconf, + ./configure and make, to ensure everything really works. + * tests/libobj3.test: Add trailing `:' command. Escape literal + dot in grep regexp. + * tests/libobj4.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. Use proper m4 quoting. + * tests/ltlibobjs.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. Make more robust by using + longer filenames to be grepped. + * tests/libobj8.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. Use the configure.in + stub provided by ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. + * tests/libobj2.test: Likewise. Also, add calls to autoconf, + ./configure and make, to ensure everything really works. + * tests/libobj7.test: Likewise, and ensure that at least one + function listed in AC_REPLACE_FUNCTIONS is truly replaced. + * tests/libobj13.test: Make grepping of Automake stderr slightly + stricter. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/libobj12.test: Likewise. Also, prefer "cat + here-doc" + over "echo" to append to Makefile.am, and some cosmetic changes + in spacing. + * tests/libobj14.test: Call `Exit 1' if sourcing of ./defs fails. + Slighty improve m4 quoting. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/libobj10.test: Add calls to autoconf, ./configure and + make, to ensure everything really works. Also, remove tests that + nonexistent source for AC_LIBOBJ cause an Automake failure: this + is already checked by ... + * tests/libobj15a.test: ... this new test. + * tests/libobj15b.test: New test, sister test of libobj15a.test, + checks AC_LIBSOURCE instead of AC_LIBOBJ. + * tests/libobj15c.test: New test, sister test of libobj15a.test, + checks AC_LIBSOURCES instead of AC_LIBOBJ. + * tests/libobj11.test: Removed, superseded by ... + * tests/libobj16a.test: ... this new test. + * tests/libobj16b.test: New test, sister test of libobj16a.test, + but using oldish/deprecated idioms. + * tests/libobj17.test: New test. + * tests/libobj18.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj19.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj20a.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj20b.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj20c.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-12-08 Stefano Lattarini + + Test `$(var:suf=rpl)' expansion in special automake variables. + * tests/posixsubst-data.test: New test. + * 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. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2010-12-07 Stefano Lattarini + + Make tests `colon*.test' more "semantic". + Prefer running configure and make over grepping the generated + files; this is both more correct and less fragile. + * tests/colon.test: Made more "semantic", as described above. + * tests/colon5.test: Likewise. + * tests/colon6.test: Likewise. + * tests/colon7.test: Likewise. + * tests/colon2.test: Likewise, and improve syncing with sister + test `colon3.test'. + * tests/colon3.test: Likewise (but with the sister test being + `colon2.test' here). + +2010-12-10 Stefano Lattarini + + Extend and improve tests on DejaGnu support. + * tests/dejagnu.test: Do not create useless dummy test script. + Add trailing `:' command. In heading comments, add reference + to ... + * tests/check12.test: ... this new "semantic" test, covering + concurrent use of dejagnu tests, simple tests and `check-local' + target. + * tests/dejagnu2.test: Make test more reliable, by avoid weak + grepping of make output. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append + to configure.in. Quote literal dots in grep regexps. Prefer + `grep -c ...' over `grep ... | wc -l'. Make grepping of + automake stderr slightly stricter. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/dejagnu3.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Check stderr of expected-to-fail "make" call. + Remove extra blank lines from Makefile.am. + * tests/dejagnu4.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Prefer `mv -f' over plain `mv' when the target + file already exists. Avoid extra mkdir calls by creating more + directories at once. Better use of blank lines. Check that + the `*.log' and `*.sum' files are created by runtest also when + "make check" fails. + * tests/dejagnu7.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Better use of blank lines. Add a trailing `:' + command. + * tests/dejagnu6.test: Likewise, and give the dejagnu test a + more descriptive name. + * tests/dejagnu5.test: Likewise. Also, simply define package + name to `$me' rather than using a non-obvious sed script to + extract it from `AC_INIT', and write the Makefile.am with only + one command. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues + + Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'. + * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE. + Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not + invoke installed automake. + +2010-12-06 Stefano Lattarini + + Separate checks on target overriding into multiple test scripts. + * tests/overrid.test: Deleted, its contents separated into ... + * tests/override-suggest-local.test: ... this new test ... + * tests/override-html.test: ... and this new test ... + * tests/override-conditional-1.test: ... and this new test ... + * tests/override-conditional-2.test: ... and this new test (still + xfailing). + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Updated. + + Enable `set -e' in more tests (plus some tweakings). + * tests/implicit.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/insh2.test: Likewise. + * tests/instman2.test: Likewise. + * tests/interp.test: Likewise. + * tests/interp2.test: Likewise. + * tests/library.test: Likewise. + * tests/mclean.test: Likewise. + * tests/info.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. Remove useless chaff from + generated Makefile.am. Add a "FIXME" comment. + * tests/include.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. Prefer cat + here-doc over + echo to append to configure.in. Make tests more robust by using + longer and less common names to grep. Remove an useless call to + echo. Remove an useless subshell. + * tests/header.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Use proper m4 quoting. Add excerpts from the original + report of the bug tested for by this script. + * tests/gcj.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Use proper m4 quoting. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/gcj3.test: Likewise. + * tests/ldflags.test: Likewise. + * tests/libtool.test: Likewise. + * tests/listval.test: Likewise. + * tests/javaprim.test: Likewise, and prefer cat + here-doc over + echo to append to configure.in. + * tests/javasubst.test: Likewise. + * tests/discorver.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Prefer + trailing `:' over trailing `Exit 0'. + * tests/instdat.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Use proper m4 quoting. Avoid usless subshell. Prefer + cat + here-doc over echo to append to configure.in. + * tests/libtool2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. Use the configure.in + stub provided by ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. + + Modernize, improve and/or tweak some test scripts. + * tests/maintclean.test: Use proper m4 quoting. Add trailing `:' + command. + * tests/sinclude.test: Likewise, and add a couple of blank lines, + for clarity. + * tests/make.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier in + the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use the configure.in + stub created by ./defs, rather than writing it from scratch. Some + cosmetic changes in spacing. Ensure we wait enough time before + touching configure.in to trigger the rebuild rules. + * tests/makej.test: Use `$me' instead of hard-coding the test + name. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/version7.test: Likewise. + * tests/space.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. + * tests/makevars.test: Likewise. Also, prefer trailing `:' over + trailing `Exit 0', and be more tolerant of white spaces when + grepping Makefile.in. + +2010-12-02 Stefano Lattarini + + * tests/silent8.test: Use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs". + + Enable `set -e' in more tests (plus some tweakings). + * tests/mkinstall.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add a trailing `:' command, if needed. + * tests/mdate2.test: Likewise. + * tests/objc.test: Likewise. + * tests/noinst.test: Likewise. + * tests/outdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/number.test: Likewise. + * tests/pluseq.test: Likewise. + * tests/req.test: Likewise. + * tests/rulepat.test: Likewise. + * tests/specflg6.test: Likewise. + * tests/spell3.test: Likewise. + * tests/parse.test: Likewise, and ... + (configure.in): Use the stub created by ./defs, rather than + writing it from scratch. Remove useless calls to AC_PROG_RANLIB + and AC_OUTPUT. + * tests/mdate4.test: Likewise. + * tests/mkinstall.test: Likewise, and ... + (configure.in): ... drop useless call to `AC_OUTPUT'. + * tests/output.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add a trailing `:' command. + (configure.in): Modernize. + * tests/output2.test: Likewise. + * tests/output3.test: Likewise. + * tests/output4.test: Likewise. + * tests/mdate3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name. Do not move + non-existent or useless files in the build auxiliary directory. + * tests/nodistdir.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Prefer trailing `:' over trailing `Exit 0'. + * tests/nodist.test: Likewise. Also, prefer cat + here-doc over + echo to create input test files, and do not create useless dummy + C source files. + * tests/nodist2.test: Likewise. + * tests/ppf77.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related + changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Do not create useless + dummy source files. + * tests/spelling.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related + changes. Add a trailing `:' command. Also, grep Automake error + message. + * tests/specflg3.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related + changes. Avoid unportable use of `-e' option of fgrep. Prefer + trailing `:' over trailing `Exit 0'. Remove extra empty lines, + and cosmetic changes to whitespaces. + * tests/obsolete.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, with related + changes. Improve verbosity. Other miscellanous changes. + +2010-11-30 Stefano Lattarini + + Improve and extend tests on `:=' variable assignments. + * tests/colneq.test: Avoid redundant use of variable assignments + in Makefile.am. Use command-line automake options instead of + editing AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in Makefile.am. Make grepping of the + generated Makefile.in slightly stricter. Add a trailing `:' + command. + * tests/colneq2.test: Do not create unneeded dummy files. Run + also autoconf, ./configure and make. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/colneq3.test: New test, similar to colneq.test, but + running also autoconf, ./configure and make. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2010-11-26 Stefano Lattarini + + Remove long-deprecated options --Werror and --Wno-error. + These options has been deprecated at least since commit + "Release-1-6-1b-35-gc037f20", dated 2002-07-06. + * automake.in (parse_arguments): Do not recognize anymore options + `--Werror' and `--Wno-error' as synonyms of respectively `-Werror' + and `-Wno-error'. + * tests/werror.test: Update: use `-Werror' instead of `--Werror'. + * NEWS: Update. + +2010-11-25 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc + In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the + use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has + unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C + compilers were used. So we are now careful to require GCC in + tests that force gcc depmode. + From reports by Ralf Wildenhues. + * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ... + * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new + sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists + "gcc" in $required. + * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ... + * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new + sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists + "gcc" in $required. + * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ... + * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new + sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists + "gcc" in $required. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-11-21 Stefano Lattarini + + Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs". + * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare + `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests. + * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise. + * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise. + * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond23.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond24.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond25.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond26.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond27.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond28.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond29.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond30.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond31.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond32.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond33.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond34.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond35.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond36.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond37.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond38.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond39.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond40.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond41.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond42.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond43.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond44.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond45.test: Likewise. + * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise. + * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise. + * tests/hfs.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise. + * tests/percent.test: Likewise. + * tests/percent2.test: Likewise. + * tests/phony.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent2.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent3.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent4.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent5.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent6.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent7.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent9.test: Likewise. + * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise. + * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise. + * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise. + * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise. + * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise. + + Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests. + * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean" + and "make maintainer-clean". + * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean". + * tests/silent4.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent9.test: Likewise. + +2010-11-19 Ian Lance Taylor + + Sync config-ml.in from GCC. + * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other + compiler/flag environment variables. + +2010-11-20 Stefano Lattarini + + release-stats: account for more generated tests. + * Makefile.am (release-stats): Be sure to take into account all + the generated tests, by grepping the test scripts to decide which + ones of them are automatically generated. + +2010-11-20 Stefano Lattarini + + Code cleanup after removal of option `--output-directory'. + * automake.in ($output_directory): Remove, it's unconditionally + defined to `.' and used only ... + (generate_makefile): ... in this subroutine, which now has been + edited and simplified accordingly. + + Remove obsolete automake option `--output-directory'. + This option has been deprecated since version 1.7 (2002/2003). + * automake.in ($output_directory): Define to `.' unconditionally. + (parse_arguments): Remove handling of equivalent options `-o' and + `--output-directory'. + * tests/outdir.test: Removed. + * tests/no-outdir-option.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + * NEWS: Updated. + +2010-11-19 Stefano Lattarini + + Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon. + * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon. + + help4.test: fix botched heading comment. + * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it + didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was + supposed to perform. + + help2.test: add checks on aclocal too. + * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and + `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both + broken. + +2010-11-19 Stefano Lattarini + + New test on repeated automake options. + * tests/repeated-options.test: New test, check that automake + does not complain on repeated options, nor generate broken or + incorrect makefiles. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran. + * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose + messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to + avoid spurious failures. Add a trailing `:' command. + * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise. + +2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran. + * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose + messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, + to avoid spurious failures. This bug has been there from the + very first version of this test script. + +2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3). + * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$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 + + 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 check worked by setting + the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is + not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation. + This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by + commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various + tests". Report by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2010-11-16 Ralf Wildenhues + + backcompat5.test: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands. + * tests/backcompat5.test: Remove double-hash comments + from makefile rule commands, they are not part of the + Automake API. Fixes testsuite failure with Tru64 make. + + tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands. + * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove + double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they + are not part of the Automake API. + +2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements. + * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case + pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1. + +2010-11-16 Peter Rosin + + Skip MSVC oriented tests if the shell is not capable. + * tests/defs: New required entry 'xsi-shell'. + * tests/ar-lib.test, tests/compile3.test, tests/compile6.test: + Require a XSI capable shell. + Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2010-11-15 Peter Rosin + + compile: clear the `eat' variable earlier. + * lib/compile: Clear the `eat' variable earlier. + ($scriptversion): Update. + * tests/compile3.test: Prevent regressions. + +2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues + + More stable configure output from sanity check. + * m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Always print check line + about ensuring newer files, even if we don't actually need + to wait any more. + +2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues + + 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 + + Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison. + * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison. + Found by NixOS Hydra. + +2010-11-12 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix bug in test `backcompat6.test' (MSYS portability). + * tests/backcompat6.test (Makefile.am): Grep the output from the + test program, rather than diffing it, to avoid spurious failures + on MinGW/MSYS due to LF vs. CRLF line endings. + Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2010-11-13 Stefano Lattarini + + Deprecate obsolete macro AM_WITH_REGEX. + * m4/regex.m4: Document the `AM_WITH_REGEX' macro as obsolete, + and state that it should be removed two years from now. + (AM_WITH_REGEX): Raise an m4-time warning of the "obsolete" + category when this macro is used. + * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros): Move description of + `AM_WITH_REGEX' from here ... + (Obsolete Macros): ... to here, and declare it as obsolete + and "to be removed in a future version". + * tests/regex-obsolete.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2010-11-08 Stefano Lattarini + + Improve and extend tests on man pages support. + * tests/man.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related changes. + Make grepping of generated Makefile.in slightly stricter. + * tests/man3.test: Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/man5.test: Prefer cat + here-doc over echo to append to + configure.in. + * tests/man2.test: Likewise, and add trailing `:' command. + * tests/man4.test: More thorough and consistent checking of make + error messages. Place fake `help2man' program in a new `bin' + directory rather than in `.'. Move the checks using the real + `help2man' program to ... + * tests/man6.test: ... this new test, and extend them. This test + passes with GNU make and Solaris make, still fails with BSD make. + * tests/man7.test: New test, extracted from old man4.test, which + checks for a bug in maintainer-clean w.r.t. generated manpages. + * tests/man8.test: New test, extracted from old man4.test, which + checks for a bug in distcheck w.r.t. generated manpages. Passes + with GNU make and Solaris make, still fails with BSD make. + +2010-11-08 Stefano Lattarini + + Minor improvements and extensions to various tests. + * tests/defun.test: Also run autoconf and grep the generated + configure to make sure that aclocal truly picks up all the + required macros. + * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Prefer trailing `:' over trailing + `Exit 0'. Do not create useless dummy source files. Do not set + useless `$(foo_LDADD)' variable in `Makefile.am'. Do not call + useless macro `AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS' in `configure.in'. + * tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise. + * tests/suffix10.test: Slightly stricter grepping of make output. + * tests/compile.test: Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/defun2.test: Likewise. + * tests/vars3.test: Likewise. + * tests/vartar.test: Likewise. + * tests/vars.test: Likewise. Also, extend test by checking + that the definition of `MY_FLAGS*' variables is preserved in + the generated `Makefile.in'. + * tests/stamph2.test: Prefer trailing `:' over trailing `Exit 0'. + Use proper m4 quoting in `configure.in'. + +2010-11-11 Stefano Lattarini + + Tests defs: improve messages for skipped tests. + * tests/defs: Give meaningful messages about the reasons of a + test skip; this is especially useful as this file is run without + verbose xtraces on. Related reorderings in the code and new + comments. + +2010-11-10 Stefano Lattarini + + Tests defs: move static definitions in a new file `defs-static'. + The new file is meant to be idempotent w.r.t. multiple inclusions. + * tests/defs.in: Removed, its contents split among ... + * tests/defs-static.in: ... this new file ... + * tests/defs: ... and this new file, including the former. + * configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_FILES): Remove `tests/defs', add + `tests/defs-static'. + (AC_CONFIG_LINKS): Add `tests/defs'. + * tests/Makefile.am ($(parallel_tests)): Update. + ($(instspc_tests)): Likewise. + * tests/.gitignore: Update. + + Tests defs: $testsbuilddir is now AC_SUBST'ed. + * tests/defs.in ($testsbuilddir): Substitute from @abs_builddir@. + Add sanity check on $testsbuilddir, similar to those on + $testsrcdir and $top_testsrcdir. + + Tests defs: do not print message "Running test $0" anymore. + * tests/defs.in: Printing the message "=== Running test $0" at + the beginning of each tests made sense when Automake used the old + test-driver, which sent all the output directly to stdout/stderr. + Now that the parallel test-driver is used, which saves output of + each test in its corresponding log file, that old message is just + useless noise. + + Tests defs: rename $curdir -> $testbuilddir + * tests/defs.in: Rename $curdir to $testbuildir, for clarity and + consistency with $testsrcdir and $top_testsrcdir. + + Tests defs: prefer "$curdir" over "`pwd`". + * tests/defs.in: We already save the value of `pwd` in $curdir + early in the file, so there no need to recalculate it later, when + the current working directory is not changed. + + Tests defs: use `$me' in more error messages. + * tests/defs.in: Also use `$me' in error messages referring to + missing `defs' or `defs.in', since that variable is now defined + before those checks. + + Tests defs: do not use `Exit' where plain `exit' suffices. + * tests/defs.in: Use "exit 77" rather than "Exit 77" to skip the + test when required libtool/gettext macros are not found, since + such skips would take place before the exit trap is installed. + + Tests defs: improve and extends comments. + * tests/defs.in: Improve and extends some comments, especially in + relation with the changes introduced by the previous reordering. + + Tests defs: various reorderings. + * tests/defs.in: Reordered various snippets of code in a + clearer way. + +2010-11-09 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix bug in test `backcompat4.test' (stale autom4te cache). + * tests/backcompat4.test: Remove stale autom4te cache directory + before re-running aclocal and automake. Also, since we are at + it, be more verbose in displaying contents of generated files, + to ease debuggability. + Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix a bug in variable concatenation 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 uselessly 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. + +2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini + + Modernize, improve and/or tweak various test scripts. + * tests/stamph2.test: Improve m4 quoting in `configure.in', and + prefer trailing `:' over trailing `Exit 0'. + * tests/syntax.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. + * tests/copy.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag. Extend test by + checking with `test' utility that the script `install-sh' is + copied, but not symlinked. + * tests/depdist.test: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier + in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Avoid obsoleted + constructs in generated `configure.in'. Prefer to do our checks + by running configure and make over grepping Makefile.in. + * tests/target-cflags: Move setting of `errexit' shell flag + earlier in the script (just after inclusion of ./defs). Use the + `configure.in' stub created by `./defs', rather than writing it + from scratch. + * tests/target-clash: Do not uselessly run autoconf. + * tests/ctarget1.test: Renamed ... + * tests/cond-basic.test: ... to this. Use the `configure.in' stub + created by `./defs', rather than writing it from scratch. + Move setting of `errexit' shell flag earlier in the script (just + after inclusion of ./defs). Other minor cosmetic changes. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini + + New tests on obsoleted usages of automake/autoconf macros (such + as AC_INIT, AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE and AC_OUTPUT). + * tests/backcompat.test: New test script. + * tests/backcompat2.test: Likewise. + * tests/backcompat3.test: Likewise. + * tests/backcompat4.test: Likewise. + * tests/backcompat5.test: Likewise. + * tests/backcompat6.test: Likewise. + * tests/init.test: Extended and improved, esp. by trying more + combinations of calls to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE with few + arguments. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini + + 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 + + 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. + +2010-11-05 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix potential bug in generated tests `instpc-*.test'. + This bug is due to the changes introduced by the recently-merged + "tests-init" branch. In that branch, `tests/defs' didn't define + anymore `$srcdir', instead defining directly `$testsrcdir'; but + the generated tests were using `$srcdir', hence the bug. + Luckily, since the Automake parallel test driver automatically + exports `srcdir' to a proper value, that prevented the bug from + manifesting itself. + * tests/Makefile.am ($(instspc_tests)): In the generated test + scripts, use `$testsrcdir', not `$srcdir'. + +2010-11-03 Stefano Lattarini + + Overhauled and modularized tests in `instspc.test'. + The test `instspc.test' was way too big and fragile. Its running + time was very long. It also produced a log that was nearly + unreadable due to its length, making it very difficult to find + out the reason for failures. + Also, it was too much monolithic, with a single (maybe spurious) + failure in a corner case causing the whole test to fail (even if + everything worked as expected in the other 99% of cases). + The present change should solve these problems, by separating + `instspc.test' into many smaller, self-contained, auto-generated + tests. + * tests/instspc.test: Removed. + * tests/instspc-tests.sh: New script, fulfilling a double role: + 1. it generates a Makefile.am snippet `tests/instspc-tests.am', + containing the definition of a list of new tests which will take + over the older `instspc.test', and + 2. it is sourced by said generated tests with proper parameters + pre-set, to run the "meat" of the checks. + This apparent abuse is indeed required because the test generation + code and test execution code are inevitably intertwined. + * tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/instspc-tests.am): Include this + snippet, which (among the other things) defines ... + (instspc_tests): ... this new macro, containing the list of the + newly generated `instspc*.test' tests, and ... + (instspc_xfail_tests): ... this new macro, containing the list + of the `instspc*.test' tests expected to fail. + ($(instspc_tests)): New rule, generates the `instspc*.test' tests. + ($(instspc_tests:.test=.log)): New rule, registers the dependency + of all `instspc*.test' tests on the `instspc-tests.sh' script. + (TESTS): Add `$(instspc_tests)', remove `instspc.test'. + (XFAIL_TESTS): Add `$(xfail_instspc_tests)'. + (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute instspc-tests.sh. + (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Added $(instspc_tests). + Other minor cosmetic changes. + * bootstrap: Generate instspc-tests.am. + * tests/.gitignore: Updated. + +2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues + + Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions. + * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section. + (Introduction): Refer to it. + +2010-10-07 Peter Rosin + + depcomp: add new one-pass depmode for MSVC 7 and later. + * lib/depcomp: Add new depmodes 'msvc7' and 'msvc7msys' which + make use of the -showIncludes option added in MSVC 7. + * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Handle the new depmodes + similarly to 'msvisualcpp' and 'msvcmsys' as MSVC does not + support the -o option. + +2010-10-05 Jim Meyering + + dist-xz, dist-bzip2: don't hard-code -9: honor envvar settings + * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz): Do not hard-code xz's -9: that + made it impossible to override. Instead, use its XZ_OPT envvar, + defaulting to -9 if not defined. Thus no change in behavior + when XZ_OPT is not set, and now, this rule honors the setting + of that envvar when it is set. Suggested by Lasse Collin. + (dist-bzip2): Likewise for it's corresponding envvar: BZIP2. + * NEWS (Miscellaneous changes): Mention it. + * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Describe the + newly enabled environment variables. + +2010-10-04 Stefano Lattarini + + Add support for newer python versions. + * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to + _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST. Since we are at it, break a long + line and fix indentation. + * THANKS: Updated. + From a report by Thomas Klausner. + + Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro. + * tests/dmalloc.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + + Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'. + * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...' + flags away from "$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 maintainer-check. + * tests/help2.test: Likewise. + +2010-10-03 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + 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 + + tests: fix ar-lib.test for echo that interprets backslashes. + * tests/ar-lib.test: Use printf instead of echo. Avoid test -a. + More robust quoting. + +2010-10-03 Ralf Wildenhues + + maintainer-check coverage for variables before rules. + * Makefile.am (sc_ensure_testsuite_has_run): Suggest keeping + around the test directories. + (sc_tests_makefile_variable_order): New rule with a heuristic to + catch ordering violations. + + 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 Coverage and minor fixes for variable typo detection.