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13 years agotestsuite: TAP tests can have early plan now
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 7 Aug 2011 07:42:48 +0000 (09:42 +0200)]
testsuite: TAP tests can have early plan now

* tests/defs: When using TAP, allow the user to specify the number
of tests through the `$planned' variable.
(trap): Do not print the auto-generated plan if an explicit one
has already been printed.
* tests/defs-static.in: Complain and bail out if the `$planned'
variable is exported in the environment.  Reformat the code to
facilitate future additions.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Neutralize `$planned'.
* tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: Update.
* tests/ac-output-old.tap: Give an explicit TAP plan, by defining
`$planned' just before including `./defs'.
* tests/depmode.tap: Likewise.
* tests/automake-cmdline.tap: Likewise.
* tests/tap-bad-prog.tap: Likewise.
* tests/instspc.tap: Likewise, and related adjustments.
* tests/add-missing.tap: Make it explicit that we have no a-priori
plan, and tell why.

13 years agotestsuite: run autogenerated tests with $(LOG_COMPILER) too
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:31:13 +0000 (11:31 +0200)]
testsuite: run autogenerated tests with $(LOG_COMPILER) too

This change enhances consistency in the testsuite.

* tests/Makefile.am: Some cosmetic reordering, to keep the
definition of FOO_LOG_COMPILER near to the place where `.foo'
is added to $(TEST_EXTENSIONS).
(PTEST_LOG_COMPILER): Run `$(srcdir)/parallel-tests.sh' with
`$(LOG_COMPILER)', not with `$(SHELL)'.
(SHTST_LOG_COMPILER): Likewise.

13 years agotestsuite: run TAP and "plain" tests with the same $(LOG_COMPILER)
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:22:11 +0000 (11:22 +0200)]
testsuite: run TAP and "plain" tests with the same $(LOG_COMPILER)

With this change, it will be easier to override, at make time, the
shell used to run the tests.

* tests/Makefile.am (LOG_COMPILER): Define to `$(SHELL)'.
(TEST_LOG_COMPILER): Re-define to `$(LOG_COMPILER)'.
(TAP_LOG_COMPILER): Likewise.

13 years agotestsuite: run TAP-based tests explicitly with $(SHELL)
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 20:29:17 +0000 (22:29 +0200)]
testsuite: run TAP-based tests explicitly with $(SHELL)

* tests/Makefile.am (TAP_LOG_COMPILER): Define to `$(SHELL)'.

13 years agoMerge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 20:15:50 +0000 (22:15 +0200)]
Merge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work

* test-protocols:
  tap driver: handle signals received by the tests being run
  test driver: a preparatory refactoring (2)
  tap driver: a preparatory refactoring (1)
  cosmetics: typofix in the name of a function in the TAP driver
  tap: scripts with a SKIP plan but with exit status != 0 must error

13 years agotap driver: handle signals received by the tests being run
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 19:41:37 +0000 (21:41 +0200)]
tap driver: handle signals received by the tests being run

* lib/tap-driver (get_test_exit_message): Also deal with signals,
by using the `wait' method of the TAP::Parser object instead of
the `exit' method.  This required the use of the standard perl
module `POSIX'.
* doc/automake.texi (Use TAP with the Automake test harness):
Document that `--ignore-exit' has effect also on terminating
signals.  Add a "synchronizing" comment that references the tests
'tap-exit.test' and 'tap-signal.test'.
* tests/tap-signal.test: Extend and adjust.

13 years agotest driver: a preparatory refactoring (2)
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:54:26 +0000 (20:54 +0200)]
test driver: a preparatory refactoring (2)

* lib/tap-driver (finish): Move code to fetch the message about
the exit status of the test being run to ...
(get_test_exit_message): ... this new subroutine.

13 years agotap driver: a preparatory refactoring (1)
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:48:09 +0000 (20:48 +0200)]
tap driver: a preparatory refactoring (1)

* lib/tap-driver (finish): Do not flush the TAP stream nor
fetch the exit status of the TAP producer if running with
the `--ignore-exit' option.  Obviously, don't try to write
such exit status in the test log anymore.

13 years agocosmetics: typofix in the name of a function in the TAP driver
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:23:54 +0000 (20:23 +0200)]
cosmetics: typofix in the name of a function in the TAP driver

* lib/tap-driver (testuite_error): Renamed ...
(testsuite_error): ... to this, and minor related reformatting.

13 years agotap: scripts with a SKIP plan but with exit status != 0 must error
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 18:21:18 +0000 (20:21 +0200)]
tap: scripts with a SKIP plan but with exit status != 0 must error

This change has been motivated by Automake's own testsuite.  Some
TAP tests there were erroring out (due to unexpected, unhandled
failures) before having encountered TAP result, so that the
simple-minded shell library implementing TAP generation ended up
printing a "1..0" trailing test plan; this caused the script to be
reported as a SKIP rather than an ERROR -- a nasty false negative.

* lib/tap-driver: Add prototypes for each subroutine, to free up
the order in which they can be defined and called.
(main): Move the code checking for a bad exit status of the TAP
producer ...
(finish): ... here, and flush the TAP stream to ensure that the
parser always obtains the producer's exit status.
* tests/tap-skip-whole-badexit.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (tap_with_common_setup_tests): Add it.

13 years agoMerge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 16:33:24 +0000 (18:33 +0200)]
Merge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work

* test-protocols:
  tap: fix whitespace munging of diagnostic messages

13 years agotestsuite: refactor and cleanup 'instspc.tap'
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 15:19:09 +0000 (17:19 +0200)]
testsuite: refactor and cleanup 'instspc.tap'

* tests/instspc.tap (is_in_list): New helper subroutine.
(expected_to_fail): Re-implement using it.
(define_problematic_string): Likewise.  Also, rename the special
arguments `build-fail' and 'install-fail' to respectively
`builddir-fail' and `destdir-fail', and other related changes.
(Test data definition): Adapt.
($instspc_xfail_builds_list): Renamed ...
($builddir_xfails): ... to this.
($instspc_xfail_installs_list): Renamed ...
($destdir_xfails): ... to this.
($instspc_names_list): Renamed ...
($test_names_list): ... to this.
($instspc_test_string): Renamed ...
($test_string): ... to this.
Add some explicative and "FIXME" comments.

13 years agotap: fix whitespace munging of diagnostic messages
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 15:42:38 +0000 (17:42 +0200)]
tap: fix whitespace munging of diagnostic messages

* lib/tap-driver (extract_tap_comment): Pass the `g' flag to the
substitution operator, to strip also trailing whitespaces.  Fixes
a failure in test `tap-whitespace-normalization.test'.

13 years agotestsuite: use TAP for `depmod*' tests, related simplifications
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 12:20:08 +0000 (14:20 +0200)]
testsuite: use TAP for `depmod*' tests, related simplifications

* tests/depmod-tests.sh: Delete this complex and multifarious
script, moving all it checks it used to perform into ...
* tests/depmod.tap: ... this TAP-based test script.  And extend
it quite a bit, since the new form of the test was papering over
some pre-existing failures (this was due to the fact that the
values used for the VPATH were shorter in the new test script).
* tests/depmod-data.test: Deleted.
* tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/depmod-tests.am): Don't include
nor generate it anymore.
(EXTRA_DIST): Don't distribute depmod-tests.sh anymore.
(TEST_EXTENSIONS): Remove '.depmod'.
(DEPMOD_LOG_COMPILER): Deleted.
(depmod-data.log, $(depmod_tests:.depmod=.log)): Delete
dependencies for these files, which are not used anymore.
($(depmod_tests)): Delete this dummy dependency declaration.
(TESTS): Remove $(depmod_tests).
(handwritten_tests): Remove depmod-data.test, add depmod.tap.
* bootstrap: Don't generate tests/depmod-tests.am anymore.

13 years agotestsuite: use TAP for `instspc*' tests, related simplifications
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 10:35:05 +0000 (12:35 +0200)]
testsuite: use TAP for `instspc*' tests, related simplifications

* tests/instspc-tests.sh: Delete this complex and multifarious
script, moving all it checks it used to perform into ...
* tests/instspc.tap: ... this TAP-based test script.
* tests/instspc-data.test: Deleted.
* tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/instspc-tests.am): Don't include
nor generate it anymore.
(EXTRA_DIST): Don't distribute instspc-tests.sh anymore.
(TEST_EXTENSIONS): Remove '.instspc'.
(INSTSPC_LOG_COMPILER): Deleted.
(XFAIL_TESTS): Remove $(instspc_xfail_tests).
(instspc-data.log, $(instspc_tests:.instspc=.log)): Delete
dependencies for these files, which are not used anymore.
($(instspc_tests)): Delete this dummy dependency declaration.
(TESTS): Remove $(instspc_tests).
(handwritten_tests): Remove instspc-data.test, add instspc.tap.
* bootstrap: Don't generate tests/instspc-tests.am anymore.

13 years agotestsuite: do fd redirections with $(AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT)
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 6 Aug 2011 08:51:07 +0000 (10:51 +0200)]
testsuite: do fd redirections with $(AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT)

* tests/Makefile.am: The redirections of file descriptors needed
by our test scripts is now done using the $(AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT)
variable (the new blessed way since commit `v1.11-906-gb9e9d54'),
not using an hack involving $(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT).  This has
the further benefit of allowing the use of $(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT)
again on part of the users.
* tests/Makefile.am (AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Remove redirection of
file descriptors.
(AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT): Redirect file descriptor 9 to original
stderr.
Comments adjusted.
* tests/plain-functions.sh ($stderr_fileno_): Update comment.

13 years agotestsuite: use custom TAP diagnostic in our own tests
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:58:03 +0000 (22:58 +0200)]
testsuite: use custom TAP diagnostic in our own tests

This change allow us to easily and transparently avoid spurious
TAP diagnostic in our own testsuite, with the help of the new
`--diagnostic-string' option of our TAP test driver.

* tests/Makefile.am (TAP_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS): Also pass option
`--diagnostic-string' with value `#%#' (necessarily obtained
through some shell indirections).
* tests/tap-functions.sh (diag_): Assume that the string denoting
TAP diagnostic is stored in the `$diag_string_' variable.  Update
comments.
($diag_string_): Initialize to "#".
* tests/defs ($diag_string_): Re-define to "#%#".
(show_): Remove, it's obsolete now.
* add-missing.tap: Don't use `show_' anymore to avoid spurious
TAP diagnostic; `cat' should suffice now.

13 years agoMerge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:14:53 +0000 (21:14 +0200)]
Merge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work

* test-protocols:
  tap: fix typo in TAP driver version message
  tap docs: we don't support pragma or version directives (yet)
  tap: new option to change the string designating TAP diagnostic
  check: add small "synchronization" comment to `test-driver'
  maintcheck: fix spurious failure w.r.t. use of bare "exit"
  check: update comments to reflect recent heavy changes
  check: small cleanups and refactorings in test harness and drivers
  testsuite: use AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT where appropriate
  docs: some fixlets in documentation on testsuites support
  test harness: be aware of more metadata, simplify test drivers
  tap: check that also a trailing TAP plan can hold a skip directive

13 years agotap: fix typo in TAP driver version message
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:59:03 +0000 (20:59 +0200)]
tap: fix typo in TAP driver version message

* lib/tap-driver (anonymous subroutine printing the script version
message): Add missing trailing newline to the version message.

13 years agotap docs: we don't support pragma or version directives (yet)
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:52:34 +0000 (20:52 +0200)]
tap docs: we don't support pragma or version directives (yet)

* doc/automake.texi (Incompatibilities with other TAP parsers
and drivers): Document that limitation.  Normalize an unrelated
"TODO" item.

13 years agotap: new option to change the string designating TAP diagnostic
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:08:16 +0000 (19:08 +0200)]
tap: new option to change the string designating TAP diagnostic

Here we introduce a new option `--diagnostic-string' in our TAP
test driver, that allows the user to specify which string should
denote the beginning of a TAP diagnostic line.  This change is
not gratuitous, nor result if over-engineering: it is motivated
by real issues that have emerged during the use of TAP in the
Automake's own testsuite (see the commit `v1.11-1082-g9b967c2'
"testsuite: yet more use of TAP, and related extensions").

* doc/automake.texi (Use TAP with Automake test harness): Document
the new option.
(Incompatibilities with other TAP parsers and drivers): Report it
as a potential source of incompatibility.
* lib/tap-driver ($diag_string): New global variable, defaulting
to "#", and whose value can be changed ...
(Getopt::Long::GetOptions): ... by the newly recognized option
`--diagnostic-string'.
(handle_tap_comment): Subroutine removed, some of its simple logic
inlined ...
(main): ... in here, where now ...
(extract_tap_comment): ... this new subroutine is used.
($USAGE): Adjust.
* tests/tap-diagnostic.test: Make one check slightly stricter.
* tests/tap-diag-custom.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (tap_other_tests): Add it.

13 years agocheck: add small "synchronization" comment to `test-driver'
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 14:48:32 +0000 (16:48 +0200)]
check: add small "synchronization" comment to `test-driver'

* lib/test-driver: Add comment to the code initializing ANSI color
escapes, telling to keep it in sync with the similar initialization
in `lib/am/check.am'.

13 years agomaintcheck: fix spurious failure w.r.t. use of bare "exit"
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:27:12 +0000 (14:27 +0200)]
maintcheck: fix spurious failure w.r.t. use of bare "exit"

* tests/check12.test: Cosmetic changes to avoid triggering a
spurious failure of the `sc_tests_Exit_not_exit' maintainer
check.

13 years agocheck: update comments to reflect recent heavy changes
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:16:19 +0000 (14:16 +0200)]
check: update comments to reflect recent heavy changes

* lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%]: Update the comments to
reflect the recent changes.  Remove quite many comments that
were merely duplicating excerpts from the Automake manual.

13 years agocheck: small cleanups and refactorings in test harness and drivers
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:08:20 +0000 (12:08 +0200)]
check: small cleanups and refactorings in test harness and drivers

* lib/tap-driver (yn): New subroutine, converts a boolean value to
a "yes" or "no" string.
(write_test_results): Use it, and related reformatting.
* lib/test-driver (trap): Also remove the `.trs' file on signals,
for extra safety.
(fatal): Remove this function, it's never used.
($logfile, $trsfile): Renamed ...
($log_file, $trs_file): ... to these, for clarity, and in order to
be more consistent with the `tap-driver' script.
Improve a couple of comments.
* automake.in (handle_tests): Don't define anymore the now-obsolete
make macro `$(TEST_LOGS_TMP)', nor add it to the list of files to
be removed upon "make mostlyclean".
* lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): New shell function `f_ok',
tells whether a path refers to an existing, regular, readable file.
Use it throughout.
(recheck): Be safer w.r.t. make implementation that run recipes
with `errexit' shell flag active.

13 years agotestsuite: use AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT where appropriate
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:36:06 +0000 (10:36 +0200)]
testsuite: use AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT where appropriate

* parallel-tests-interrupt.test: Use AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT, not
AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT, to define file descriptors' redirection
for "make check".  Fix botched comment.

13 years agodocs: some fixlets in documentation on testsuites support
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:17:01 +0000 (10:17 +0200)]
docs: some fixlets in documentation on testsuites support

* doc/automake.texi (Script-based Testsuites): Rename node ...
(Scripts-based Testsuites): ... to this.  Break overly long lines
in an example (were causing problems with PDF output).
(Parallel Test Harness): Don't intend paragraphs that come after
examples or bulleted list.
(Overview of Custom Test Drivers Support): Fix typo s/the the/the/.
(Declaring Custom Test Drivers): When giving an aside, prefer comma
to parentheses, as it disrupts the reading flow less.
(API for Custom Test Drivers): Remove a sentence that was basically
duplicated from the previous subsection.
(Command-line arguments for test drivers): Don't intend paragraph
coming after an itemized list.  Clarify wording and fix grammaros.
Add a couple of cross-references to earlier explanations of `.log'
and `.trs' files.
(Links and external resources): Node renamed ...
(Links and external resources on TAP): ... to this, for clarity.
Slightly extend and clarify introductory sentence.

13 years agotest harness: be aware of more metadata, simplify test drivers
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 5 Aug 2011 07:28:17 +0000 (09:28 +0200)]
test harness: be aware of more metadata, simplify test drivers

* lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)):  When producing the
global test log, take into account the new metadata field
`:global-test-result:, to write nicely formatted RST section
titles, instead of leaving this chore to the individual test
drivers.
(am_rst_section): Re-introduce this variable, as removed in
commit `v1.11-870-ga27c9c4'.
* lib/test-driver, lib/tap-driver: Write the global test result
as metadata in the `.trs' file, not as (part of) a formatted RST
subsection title in the `.log' file.  Related simplifications;
in particular, get rid of temporary files usage.
* doc/automake.texi (Log files generation and test results
recording): Document the new metadata.
* tests/check12.test: Update.
* tests/parallel-tests-harderror.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-interrupt.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-log-override-2.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-log-override-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-unreadable.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-global-result.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-metadata-results.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-log.test: Likewise, and another minor unrelated fix.
* tests/test-metadata-global-result.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agotestsuite: more correct names for a couple of tests
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 4 Aug 2011 12:14:02 +0000 (14:14 +0200)]
testsuite: more correct names for a couple of tests

* tests/parallel-tests-ext-driver.test: Rename ...
* tests/parallel-tests-log-compiler-1.test: ... to this, and
adjust heading comments.
* tests/parallel-tests-ext-driver-prog.test: Rename ...
* tests/parallel-tests-log-compiler-2.test: ... to this, and
adjust heading comments.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agotestsuite: fix another spurious failure
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 4 Aug 2011 11:55:46 +0000 (13:55 +0200)]
testsuite: fix another spurious failure

* tests/parallel-tests-ext-driver.test: Name out custom/dummy
log compilers as `foo-compiler' rather `foo-driver'; not only
this is less confusing, it also avoids errors due to the dummy
log compiler `test-driver' overriding the `test-driver' helper
script installed by Automake.
* tests/parallel-tests-ext-driver-prog.test: Adjust heading
comments.

13 years agotestsuite: fix a spurious failure
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 4 Aug 2011 11:44:01 +0000 (13:44 +0200)]
testsuite: fix a spurious failure

* tests/parallel-tests-ext-driver.test: Exporting of environment
variables directly from $(LOG_COMPILER) variables is not allowed
anymore.  Adjust to this.

13 years agotestsuite: yet more use of TAP, and related extensions
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:08:24 +0000 (11:08 +0200)]
testsuite: yet more use of TAP, and related extensions

* tests/defs (show_): New function, display the contents of one or
more files on stdout, with bells & whistles (both for cosmetic and
practical reasons, the latter aimed at avoiding spurious TAP
diagnostic).
(AUTOMAKE_run): Extend and adapt to make it compatible with TAP
based tests.  Since we are at it, make its implementation more
namespace-safe, and improve its command-line interface.
(AUTOMAKE_fails): Adapt to the new command-line interface of
`AUTOMAKE_run'.
* tests/add-missing.test: Renamed ...
* tests/add-missing.tap: ... to this, and converted to the use
of the TAP protocol, and of the new `show_' function.
* tests/automake.test: Renamed ...
* tests/automake-cmdline.tap: ... to this, and converted to the
use of the TAP protocol.
* tests/getopt.test:  Adapt to the new command-line interface
of `AUTOMAKE_run'.
* tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
* tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
* tests/configure.test: Likewise.
* tests/license2.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-am.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-am3.test: Likewise.
* tests/tags2.test: Likewise.
* tests/werror3.test: Likewise.
* tests/werror4.test: Likewise.
* tests/amopts-variable-expansion.test: Likewise.
* tests/warnings-win-over-strictness.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
(TAP_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS): Add `--merge', so that TAP diagnostic is
reported in the testsuite progress output.

13 years agotap: check that also a trailing TAP plan can hold a skip directive
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 18:22:50 +0000 (20:22 +0200)]
tap: check that also a trailing TAP plan can hold a skip directive

* tests/tap-skip-whole-lastline.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (tap_with_common_setup_tests): Add it.

13 years agoMerge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:11:17 +0000 (18:11 +0200)]
Merge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work

* test-protocols:
  maintcheck: fix more maintainer-check failures
  maintcheck: fix maintainer-check failures, both real and spurious
  gitignore: ignore `*.trs' files in lib/Automake/tests
  testsuite: list another "forgotten" test script in Makefile.am

13 years agomaintcheck: fix more maintainer-check failures
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 15:54:18 +0000 (17:54 +0200)]
maintcheck: fix more maintainer-check failures

* tests/test-driver-custom-no-html.test (no-rst): Use `EOF',
not `EoL', as the here-document delimiter.
* tests/test-trs-basic.test: Use `cat + here-doc' rather
than `echo' when creating the dummy test scripts, to please
maintainer-check.
* tests/test-trs-recover.test: Use creative quoting where
needed, to please maintainer-check.
* tests/parallel-tests-no-color-in-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-dry-run.test: Likewise.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into test-protocols
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 15:24:19 +0000 (17:24 +0200)]
Merge branch 'master' into test-protocols

* master:
  maintcheck: fix maintainer-check failures, both real and spurious
  docs: how to use '-I' option in AM_CPPFLAGS for best VPATH support
  tests: relax a test on amhello examples to cater to Solaris tar
  test defs: function 'is_newest' now works also with directories
  docs: add references between the 2 sections on java support
  Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
  fix typo in recent ChangeLog entry
  docs, tests: synchronize examples on silent-rules from config.site
  tests: fix weakness in 'tests-environment-backcompat.test'
  tests: portability fixes in tests on amhello examples
  remake: add test ensuring that slower remakes don't hang
  remake: fix outdated comment in configure.am
  docs, tests: synchronize examples from docs to tests
  coverage: new test on parallel-tests TESTS runtime overriding
  cosmetics: fix typos in recent ChangeLog entries

13 years agoMerge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:40:15 +0000 (16:40 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  maintcheck: fix maintainer-check failures, both real and spurious

13 years agomaintcheck: fix maintainer-check failures, both real and spurious
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:35:49 +0000 (16:35 +0200)]
maintcheck: fix maintainer-check failures, both real and spurious

* tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Use "$MAKE", not bare "make".
* Makefile.am (sc_perl_local): Also allow perl special variable
`$~' to be localized.  And be slightly laxer in the regexp, to
allow for usages like "local $_ = $foo;".
(sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline): Also allow for command
line overriding of the `DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS' make variable.  Try
to avoid false positives for usages like "$MAKE || st=$?".

13 years agogitignore: ignore `*.trs' files in lib/Automake/tests
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:12:34 +0000 (16:12 +0200)]
gitignore: ignore `*.trs' files in lib/Automake/tests

* lib/Automake/tests/.gitignore: Add `*.trs' pattern.

13 years agotestsuite: list another "forgotten" test script in Makefile.am
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:09:18 +0000 (16:09 +0200)]
testsuite: list another "forgotten" test script in Makefile.am

* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Also list test script
`test-driver-trs-suffix-registered.test'; it had been introduced
in commit `v1.11-910-g0c81b43', but by mistake it wasn't added
to the list of tests in the Makefile back then.

13 years agoMerge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:01:14 +0000 (16:01 +0200)]
Merge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work

* test-protocols:
  testsuite: list "forgotten" test script in Makefile.am
  testsuite: remove duplicated mention of a test in Makefile.am

13 years agotestsuite: list "forgotten" test script in Makefile.am
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:58:14 +0000 (15:58 +0200)]
testsuite: list "forgotten" test script in Makefile.am

* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Also list the test script
`parallel-tests-no-color-in-log.test'; it had been introduced in
commit `v1.11-899-geaac33f', but by mistake it wasn't added to
the list of tests in the Makefile back then.

13 years agotestsuite: remove duplicated mention of a test in Makefile.am
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:52:05 +0000 (15:52 +0200)]
testsuite: remove duplicated mention of a test in Makefile.am

* tests/Makefile.am (tap_other_tests): Remove `tap-empty.test',
it is already listed in `$(tap_with_common_setup_tests)'.

13 years agoMerge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:46:02 +0000 (15:46 +0200)]
Merge branch 'test-protocols' into tap-testsuite-work

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:10:10 +0000 (15:10 +0200)]
Merge branch 'master' into testsuite-work

* master:
  docs: how to use '-I' option in AM_CPPFLAGS for best VPATH support

13 years agoMerge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:09:43 +0000 (15:09 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  docs: how to use '-I' option in AM_CPPFLAGS for best VPATH support

13 years agodocs: how to use '-I' option in AM_CPPFLAGS for best VPATH support
Bruno Haible [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:05:22 +0000 (15:05 +0200)]
docs: how to use '-I' option in AM_CPPFLAGS for best VPATH support

* doc/automake.texi (Program Variables): Recommend -I options to
both the build directory and the source directory when needed.

13 years agotestsuite: one more use of TAP in our own tests
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 3 Aug 2011 12:29:52 +0000 (14:29 +0200)]
testsuite: one more use of TAP in our own tests

* tests/tap-bad-prog.test, tests/tap-bad-prog2.test: Merged
into ...
* tests/tap-bad-prog.tap: ... this TAP-generating test.
* tests/Makefile.am (tap_other_tests): Remove plan-bad-prog.test
and plan-bad-prog2.test.
(XFAIL_TESTS): Remove plan-bad-prog2.test.
(plan-bad-prog2.log): Remove.

13 years agotestsuite: scaffolding to allow use of TAP in our own tests
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:38:42 +0000 (13:38 +0200)]
testsuite: scaffolding to allow use of TAP in our own tests

Now that Automake has initial support for the TAP test protocol,
we can start "eating our own dog food" and rewrite some tests to
use TAP; this should allow for better granularity, especially in
the control of skips and expected failures.  With this change, we
set up the initial scaffolding required by the planned TAP tests,
and convert few older tests to use TAP, mostly in order to verify
that there are no obvious errors.  The tests in our testsuite that
use the TAP protocol will be marked by the new `.tap' extension.

* tests/plain-functions.sh: New file containing definition of
helper shell functions used by the "protocol-less" tests of the
Automake testsuite.
* tests/tap-functions.sh:  New file containing definition of
helper shell functions used by the TAP-producing tests of the
Automake testsuite.
* tests/defs: Remove definitions of some functions that are
now defined in `plain-functions.sh'.  Instead, source one of
`plain-functions.sh' or `tap-functions.sh', depending on whether
`$use_tap' is set to "no" or "yes".
(exit trap): Call `late_plan_' if `$use_tap' is true.  Also,
unset shell traces before issuing the latest commands, to avoid
confusing the tap driver with spurious output.
* tests/defs-static.in ($use_tap): New variable, by default set
to "yes" if the calling test script has a `.tap' suffix, and to
"no" otherwise.  The individual scripts can override it though.
In code sanity-checking the environment, verify that `$use_tap'
is not exported.
* tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: Update, and small related
reformatting.
* tests/self-check-tap.test: New very minimal self test.
* tests/acoutbs.test, tests/acoutbs2.test, tests/acoutnoq.test,
tests/acoutpt.test, tests/acoutpt2.test, tests/acoutqnl.test:
Removed, merged into ...
* tests/ac-output-old.tap: ... this new test, that uses TAP.
* tests/Makefile.am (TAP_LOG_DRIVER): Define to invoke our own
`tap-driver' script.
(TAP_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS): Define to `--merge', so that the stdout
and stderr of the test scripts remains synced.
(TEST_EXTENSIONS): Define, to add the `.tap' suffix; also list
the `.test' suffix explicitly.
(EXTRA_DIST): Distribute the new files `plain-functions.sh' and
`tap-functions.sh'.
($(TEST_LOGS)): Depends on them.
(AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Ensure that `use_tap' is not exported in
the environment of the tests.
(TESTS): Update.

13 years ago* NEWS: Fix typo, and related reformatting.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 2 Aug 2011 21:36:17 +0000 (23:36 +0200)]
* NEWS: Fix typo, and related reformatting.

13 years ago* NEWS: add mention of new experimental TAP support
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 2 Aug 2011 21:34:04 +0000 (23:34 +0200)]
* NEWS: add mention of new experimental TAP support

13 years agotestsuite: rename some test scripts
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 2 Aug 2011 20:56:13 +0000 (22:56 +0200)]
testsuite: rename some test scripts

* tests/parallel-tests-am_tests_environment.test: Renamed ...
* tests/am-tests-environment.test: ... to this.
* tests/check-tests_environment.test: Renamed ...
* tests/tests-environment.test: ... to this.
* tests/parallel-test-driver-install.test: Renamed ...
* tests/parallel-tests-driver-install.test: ... to this.
* tests/parallel-tests-make-n.test: Renamed ...
* tests/parallel-tests-dry-run.test: ... to this.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.

13 years agocoverage: parallel-tests and lazy dependencies on EXTRA_PROGRAMS
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 2 Aug 2011 20:24:28 +0000 (22:24 +0200)]
coverage: parallel-tests and lazy dependencies on EXTRA_PROGRAMS

* tests/parallel-tests-extra-programs.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
* doc/automake.texi (Parallel Test Harness): Add a comment
pointing to the new test.

13 years agodocs: improve, extend and fix documentation on TAP support
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 2 Aug 2011 10:05:20 +0000 (12:05 +0200)]
docs: improve, extend and fix documentation on TAP support

* doc/automake.texi ("Using the TAP test protocol"): Divide this
section into ...
("Introduction to TAP", "Use TAP with the Automake test harness",
"Incompatibilities with other TAP parsers and drivers", "Links
and external resources"): ... these subsections, extend them by
adding more information and examples, and improve them by removing
incomplete and/or temporary wordings and TODO items.
("Script-based Testsuites", "Parallel Test Harness"): Add a couple
of anchors to improve the granularity of cross-references.
* tests/tap-doc2.test: New test, verifying the correctness of the
new examples given in the manual.
* tests/Makefile.am (tap_other_tests): Add the new test.

13 years agotestsuite: separate the only failing check of an xfailing test
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 1 Aug 2011 17:10:41 +0000 (19:10 +0200)]
testsuite: separate the only failing check of an xfailing test

* tests/plan-bad-prog.test: Move the only failing check of this
test (i.e., the one about the total number of "ERROR" outcomes)
into ...
* tests/plan-bad-prog2.test: ... this new test.
* tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove `plan-bad-prog.test',
add `plan-bad-prog2.test'.
(tap_other_tests): Add `plan-bad-prog2.test'.
(plan-bad-prog2.log): Depend on `plan-bad-prog.test'.

13 years agotestsuite: fix spurious errors in an xfailing test on TAP support
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:43:30 +0000 (18:43 +0200)]
testsuite: fix spurious errors in an xfailing test on TAP support

* tests/plan-bad-prog.test: Fix typo in the name of the test
being made unreadable.  Correct the wording of the potential
skip message, and simplify the condition under which the test
is to be skipped.  Escape literal dots in grep regexps.

13 years agotestsuite: better granularity in a couple of tests on TAP support
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:32:17 +0000 (18:32 +0200)]
testsuite: better granularity in a couple of tests on TAP support

* tests/tap-summary-aux.sh: New auxiliary script, filled with code
moved out from ...
* tests/tap-summary.test: ... this test, from which the checks on
colored testsuite have further been moved into ...
* tests/tap-summary-color.test: ... this new test, which in turn
* tests/Makefile.am (tap_other_tests): Add `tap-summary-color.test'.
(EXTRA_DIST): Distribute `tap-summary-aux.sh'
(tap-summary.log): Depend on `tap-summary-aux.sh'.
(tap-summary-color.log): Likewise.

13 years agotestsuite: optimize tests on TAP for speed and against duplication
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:14:44 +0000 (16:14 +0200)]
testsuite: optimize tests on TAP for speed and against duplication

The creation and configuration of common files and data used by
many tests on TAP is, with this change, factored out into a new
dedicated auxiliary test, from which those tests will depend upon.
This reduces code duplication in tests and, more importantly,
offers a noticeable speedup in the involved tests (30-40%).

* tests/tap-common-setup.test: New test, setting up the common
files and data used by various tests on TAP support.
* tests/tap-setup.sh: New file, to be sourced by tests wanting to
bring in data generated by `tap-common-setup.test'.
* tests/tap-autonumber.test: Update to use the pre-computed data
files.
* tests/tap-bailout.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-color.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-deps.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-diagnostic.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-empty-diagnostic.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-empty.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-escape-directive.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-exit.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-signal.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-fancy.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-fancy2.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-global-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-global-result.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-html.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-merge-stdout-stderr.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-no-merge-stdout-stderr.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-message-0.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-no-disable-hard-error.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-no-spurious-summary.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-no-spurious.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-not-ok-skip.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-numeric-description.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-out-of-order.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-passthrough.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-passthrough-exit.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-plan.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-plan-corner.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-plan-corner2.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-plan-errors.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-realtime.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-recheck-logs.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-skip-whole.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-todo-skip-together.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-todo-skip-whitespace.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-todo-skip.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-unplanned.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-with-and-without-number.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-xfail-tests.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-skip-whole-whitespace.test: Likewise, and remove
redundant definitions of `$sp' and `$tab' (they are already
defined in `tests/defs').
* tests/tap-whitespace-normalization.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
(EXTRA_DIST): Distribute `tap-setup.sh'.
(tap_with_common_setup_tests, tap_with_common_setup_logs)): New
variables, holding respectively the list of tests using the files
pre-computed by `tap-common-setup.test', and the list of their
corresponding log files.
(tap_other_tests): New variable, holding the list of other tests
on TAP support.
($(tap_with_common_setup_logs)): Depend on `tap-common-setup.log'
and `tap-setup.sh'.

13 years agotest harness: use new `.trs' files to hold test metadata
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:25:22 +0000 (12:25 +0200)]
test harness: use new `.trs' files to hold test metadata

With this change, the test harness will keep test metadata in
dedicated `.trs' files, instead of having them embedded into the
`.log' files.  This allows for easier forward-compatibility and
extension of test metadata, and for more flexibility in the
format of the `.log' files.  Note that this change makes the
`:end-metadata:' field obsolete.

* doc/automake.texi (Parallel Test Harness, Log files generation
and test results recording): Document the new APIs and behaviour;
some related minor rewordings and fixlets.
* NEWS: Update.
* automake.in (handle_tests): When bringing in the content of
`check2.am', substitute %BASE% with the basename of the `.log'
file being created by a rule.  Add the generated `.trs' files
to the list of files to be cleaned by "make mostlyclean".
* lib/am/check.am (am__test_driver_flags): Rename ...
(am__common_driver_flags): ... to this, and remove the flags
`--test-name' and `--log-file' from it: they are now define in
the proper rules in `check2.am'.
(am__TEST_BASES): New internal variable, holding the names of
the tests, with any registered extension removed.
(am__stealth_MAKE): New internal variable, can be used instead of
$(MAKE) in recipes requiring a recursive call to make, but which
are not intended to be executed by "make -n".
(.log.trs): New suffix rule, to recover from deletion of `.trs'
files.
($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Almost completely rewritten to follow the
new API of "test logs in `.log' files, test metadata in `.trs'
files".  It goes to some length to work correctly in face of
unreadable or missing `.log' and `.trs' files, and to error out
with proper error messages when this is not possible.
[%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Also remove relevant "stale"
`.trs' files (in addition to `.log files) before remaking the
$(TEST_SUITE_LOG).
(recheck, recheck-html): Look for the `:recheck:' field in the
`.trs' files, not in the `.log' files.
* lib/am/check2.am (?GENERIC?%EXT%.log, ?!GENERIC?%OBJ%): Adjust
the call to the test driver, in particularly passing the new
option `--trs-file'.
[%am__EXEEXT%] (?GENERIC?%EXT%$(EXEEXT).log): Likewise.
* lib/tap-driver ($USAGE): Adjust the help screen.
(Getopt::Long::GetOptions): Handle the `--trs-file' option,
through the use of ...
($trs_file): ... this new global variable.
(finish): Write metadata for the test run to `$trs_file' rather
then to `$log_file', through the use of ...
(write_test_results): ... this new function.
* lib/test-driver (print_usage): Update the help screen.
(Option parsing): Handle the `--trs-file' option, through the
use of ...
($resfile): ... this new global variable.
(Main code): Write metadata for the test run to `$trsfile' rather
than to `$logfile'.
Minor related adjustments to comments.
* tests/.gitignore: Ignore `*.trs' files.
* tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: Moved ...
* tests/parallel-tests-unreadable.test: ... to this, and extended
to also check the semantics for unreadable `.trs' files.
* tests/test-driver-end-metadata.test: Deleted as obsolete.
* tests/test-driver-metadata-no-leading-space.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-global-log.test: Renamed ...
* tests/test-metadata-global-log.test: ... to this, and modified
as to verify the new APIs and semantics.
* tests/test-driver-recheck: Renamed ...
* tests/test-metadata-recheck.test: ... to this, and modified
likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-once.test: New test.
* tests/parallel-tests-make-n.test: Likewise.
* test-metadata-results.test: Likewise.
* test-missing.test: Likewise.
* test-missing2.test: Likewise.
* test-trs-basic.test: Likewise.
* test-trs-recover.test: Likewise.
* test-trs-recover2.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agotest harness: allow more metadata in log files
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:51:20 +0000 (14:51 +0200)]
test harness: allow more metadata in log files

This change reworks and improves the parallel test harness to use
more specialized reStructuredText fields in the log files (instead
of relying on specially-placed of "magic lines" and more indirect
semantical formatting); the new fields are the following:
 - ":recheck:": tell whether the associated test will have to be
   re-run by "make recheck";
 - ":copy-in-global-log:": tell whether the content of the log
   file should be copied in the "global log" `test-suite.log';
 - ":end-metadata:", which inhibits the scanning of the rest of
   the log file (for what concerns test metadata).
Also, the special `:test-result:' value "END" has been removed,
superseded by the new `:end-metadata:' field.

* doc/automake.texi (Log files generation and test results
recording): Document the new API and semantics.  Remove or fix
some obsolete comments.
* lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
Adjust comments and code.
* lib/tap-driver (finish): Adjust, with the help of ...
(must_recheck, copy_in_global_log): ... these new functions.
* lib/test-driver (Main code): Adjust, with the help of ...
($recheck, $gcopy): ... these new variables.
* tests/trivial-test-driver: Update to obey the new APIs.
* tests/test-driver-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-global-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-passthrough.test: Relax the test, avoiding to check
what is written in `test-suite.log'; such check has been moved ...
* tests/tap-global-log.test: ... in this new test, and extended.
* tests/test-driver-metadata-no-leading-space.test: New test.
* tests/test-driver-end-test-results.test: Removed, it checked
the old APIs; superseded by ...
* tests/test-driver-end-metadata.test: ... this new test.
* tests/tap-log.test: Improve syncing with ...
* tests/test-log.test: ... this new test.
* tests/parallel-tests.test: Remove some duplication w.r.t. this
last new test.  Updated heading comments.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agotestsuite: fix a spurious failure with non-bash shells
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:34:30 +0000 (16:34 +0200)]
testsuite: fix a spurious failure with non-bash shells

* tests/tap-fancy2.test: Remove an unportable use of backslashes
with the `echo' builtin, which was causing some shells (among them
bash and Debian /bin/ksh) to print a `\\' string, while other
shells (among them zsh, dash, and Solaris /bin/sh and /bin/ksh)
were unexpectedly printing a single `\' character.  Since we are
at it, add a sanity check to ensure that this issue does not
resurface.

13 years agotestsuite: fix spurious failures with Solaris /bin/sh
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:33:13 +0000 (15:33 +0200)]
testsuite: fix spurious failures with Solaris /bin/sh

* tests/tap-more.test: Use `echo > file', not `: > file', to
create empty files in the "for" loops; this is required since,
as documented in the autoconf manual, Solaris 10 /bin/sh
"optimizes" away the `:' command after the first iteration,
even if it is redirected.
* tests/test-driver-custom-multitest-recheck2.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-numeric-description.test: Partial rewrite to avoid
using positional parameters from the 10th onward, which are
unportable to Solaris /bin/sh (using `${10}' causes the shell
to die with "bad substitution").

13 years agosimple tests: support developer-defined fd redirections
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:47:24 +0000 (16:47 +0200)]
simple tests: support developer-defined fd redirections

Motivated by coreutils bug#8846, and related discussions:
 <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8846>
 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2011-06/msg00002.html>
In those threads it has been shown how problematic it can be to do
portable file descriptor redirections in the testsuite when using
the Automake testsuite harness.  This change should remedy to that
situation.

* lib/am/check2.am (?GENERIC?%EXT%$(EXEEXT).log,
?GENERIC?%EXT%.log, ?!GENERIC?%OBJ%): Append redirection defined
in $(AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT) to the command-line invocations of the
test scripts.
* lib/am/check.am [!%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] $(check-TESTS): Likewise.
* NEWS: Update.
* doc/automake.texi (Script-based Testsuites): Document the new
feature.
* tests/check-fd-redirect.test: New test.
* tests/parallel-tests-fd-redirect.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-am_tests_environment.test: Remove checks
about the use of redirections in AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT: they would
check deprecated (if not undefined) behaviour now.  Strengthen a
couple of still valid checks, to keep the test more in sync with
the documentation.  Improve debugging information.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agodocs: rework and extend documentation on testsuites support
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:07:54 +0000 (17:07 +0200)]
docs: rework and extend documentation on testsuites support

* doc/automake.texi (Generalities about Testing): New section.
(Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Section removed, merged
into ...
(Simple Tests): ... this one, which on the other hand has been
subdivided into ...
(Script-based Testsuites, Serial Test Harness, Parallel Test
Harness): ... these new subsection.
(DejaGnu Tests): Minor adjustments.
Other related typofixes and rewordings throughout the manual;
in particular, avoid to use the term "test driver" for three
different concepts (and use instead "test harness" and "test
runner" where appropriate).
* tests/tap-doc.test: New test.
* tests/tap-no-disable-hard-error.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agotap: support colorization of testsuite progress output
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:46:41 +0000 (16:46 +0200)]
tap: support colorization of testsuite progress output

* lib/tap-driver (%COLORS): New variable (definition extracted
from `lib/am/check.am:$(am__tty_colors)', with some obvious
adjustments.
(report): Adjust to colorize console output when required,
using ...
(decorate_result): ... this new function.
(colored): New function, used by the one above.
* tests/tap-summary.test: Also run the checks when `color-tests'
is in use.
* tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove `tap-color.test'.

13 years agotap: some preparatory refactoring (2)
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:04:06 +0000 (16:04 +0200)]
tap: some preparatory refactoring (2)

This is a follow-up simplification.

* lib/tap-driver (console_output): Renamed ...
(report): ... to this, and extended to appropriately register
the test results when needed.
(testsuite_error, handle_tap_comment, handle_tap_test,
handle_tap_plan): Adjusted accordingly.

13 years agotap: some preparatory refactoring (1)
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:18:51 +0000 (15:18 +0200)]
tap: some preparatory refactoring (1)

This refactoring is aimed at simplifying the introduction of
colored console output for the TAP driver.

* lib/tap-driver (console_output): Now accept two arguments, the
first one indicating which kind of thing is to be displayed (for
now only a test result or a diagnostic comment), and the second
one (if present) the message associated to it.
(handle_tap_test, handle_tap_comment, handle_tap_plan,
testsuite_error): Adapt to the new `console_output' interface.

13 years agotap: add experimental TAP-aware driver
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 3 Jul 2011 17:20:22 +0000 (19:20 +0200)]
tap: add experimental TAP-aware driver

* doc/automake.texi (Using the TAP test protocol): New section.
(Overview of Custom Test Drivers Support): Minor updates.
* lib/tap-driver: New script, TAP-aware test driver for Automake;
implemented in perl and based on TAP::Parser.
* lib/Makefile.am (dist_script_DATA): Add it.
* tests/tap-autonumber.test: New test.
* tests/tap-bailout.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-basic.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-deps.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-diagnostic.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-empty.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-empty-diagnostic.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-escape-directive.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-exit.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-fancy.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-fancy2.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-global-result.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-html.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-merge-stdout-stderr.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-more.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-more2.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-no-merge-stdout-stderr.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-no-spurious-summary.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-no-spurious.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-not-ok-skip.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-numeric-description.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-out-of-order.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-passthrough.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-plan.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-plan-errors.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-plan-corner.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-realtime.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-recheck-logs.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-skip-whole.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-summary.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-todo-skip.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-todo-skip-together.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-todo-skip-whitespace.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-skipall-whitespace.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-unplanned.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-whitespace-normalization.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-with-and-without-number.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-xfail-tests.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-bad-prog.test: New xfailing test.
* tests/tap-color.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-plan-corner2.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-message-0.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-signal.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update.

13 years agotest defs: new auxiliary function 'count_test_results'
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 4 Jul 2011 16:12:07 +0000 (18:12 +0200)]
test defs: new auxiliary function 'count_test_results'

* tests/defs (count_test_results): New function.
* tests/check11.test: Use it.
* tests/test-driver-custom-multitest.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-custom-multitest-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-custom-multitest-recheck2.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-log-override-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-log-override-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-no-spurious-summary.test: Likewise, and
slightly improve debugging output.
* tests/parallel-tests.test: Make use of `count_test_results'.
Also, make grepping of "make check" output slightly stricter
* tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-log-override-2.test: Likewise, and throw
in a small optimization.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:17:37 +0000 (11:17 +0200)]
Merge branch 'master' into testsuite-work

* master:
  tests: relax a test on amhello examples to cater to Solaris tar
  test defs: function 'is_newest' now works also with directories
  docs: add references between the 2 sections on java support
  Sync auxiliary files from upstream.

13 years agoMerge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:17:11 +0000 (11:17 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  tests: relax a test on amhello examples to cater to Solaris tar

13 years agotests: small enhancement to 'primary3.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:11:06 +0000 (11:11 +0200)]
tests: small enhancement to 'primary3.test'

* tests/primary3.test: Also test that the program named `foo.la'
has been effectively created.

13 years agotests: a small simplification in 'pr8365-remake-timing.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:05:38 +0000 (11:05 +0200)]
tests: a small simplification in 'pr8365-remake-timing.test'

* tests/pr8365-remake-timing.test: Avoid redundant definition
and use of `$save_AUTOCONF' variable.

13 years agotests: remove an extra leading blank line
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:56:06 +0000 (10:56 +0200)]
tests: remove an extra leading blank line

* tests/override-conditional-1.test: Remove extra blank line
placed before the shebang line.

13 years agoMerge branch 'fix-amhello-examples-tests' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:10:07 +0000 (15:10 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-amhello-examples-tests' into maint

* fix-amhello-examples-tests:
  tests: relax a test on amhello examples to cater to Solaris tar

13 years agotests: relax a test on amhello examples to cater to Solaris tar
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:09:23 +0000 (15:09 +0200)]
tests: relax a test on amhello examples to cater to Solaris tar

* tests/amhello-binpkg.test: When the tar implementation in use
is not GNU tar, relax the tests on tar output, to avoid spurious
failures.  For example, "tar cvf ..." with GNU tar can output
lines like "./usr/bin/hello" on the standard output, while with
Solaris tar it can output lines like "a ./usr/bin/hello 8K" on
standard output, and with Heirloom tar it can output lines like
"a ./usr/bin/hello 15 tape blocks" on standard error.

13 years agotest defs: function 'is_newest' now works also with directories
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:55:20 +0000 (13:55 +0200)]
test defs: function 'is_newest' now works also with directories

* tests/defs (is_newest): Call `find' with the `-prune' option,
so that it won't descend in the directories (which could cause
spurious results).
* tests/self-check-is_newest: Extend accordingly.

From a report by Jim Meyering, see automake bug#9147.

13 years agoMerge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:27:13 +0000 (10:27 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  docs: add references between the 2 sections on java support

13 years agodocs: add references between the 2 sections on java support
Benoit Sigoure [Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:49:45 +0000 (16:49 -0700)]
docs: add references between the 2 sections on java support

* doc/automake.texi (Java Support, Java): Add cross-references.

13 years agoparallel-tests: simplify testsuite summary
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 1 Jul 2011 09:12:31 +0000 (11:12 +0200)]
parallel-tests: simplify testsuite summary

Prefer a more deterministic, "tabular" format for the testsuite
summary, always listing the numbers of passed, failed, xfailed,
xpassed, skipped and errored tests, even when these numbers are
zero.  This simplify the logic of testsuite summary creation,
makes it more easily machine-parseable, and will probably allow
for easier addition of new kinds of test results in the future.

* lib/am/check.am (am__tty_colors_dummy): New make variable, to
reduce code duplication.  Extracted from previous versions of
$(am__tty_colors), and extended by defining two new variables
`$mgn' and `$brg'.
[%?COLOR%, %!?COLOR%] (am__tty_colors): Use that new variable.
(am__text_box): Delete, is not needed anymore.
($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Rewrite associated rules to implement the
new testsuite summary format.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/check10.test: Don't run with the parallel-tests harness
too, that makes no sense anymore.
* tests/color.test: Update and adjust.
* tests/color2.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-empty-testlogs.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-log-override-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-no-spurious-summary.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-custom-multitest.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-end-test-results.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-no-color-in-log.test: New test.
* tests/testsuite-summary-color.test: Likewise.
* tests/testsuite-summary-count.test: Likewise.
* tests/testsuite-summary-count-many.test: Likewise.
* tests/testsuite-summary-reference-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/testsuite-summary-checks.sh: New auxiliary script, used
by the new tests above.
* tests/extract-testsuite-summary: Likewise.
* tests/trivial-test-driver: Optimize for speed when there are
lots of of tests.
* tests/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute them.
(testsuite-summary-color.log, testsuite-summary-count.log): Depend
on them.
(testsuite-summary-count-many.log): Depend on the auxiliary scripts
'trivial-test-driver' and 'extract-testsuite-summary'.
(TESTS): Update.

13 years agoparallel-tests: new recognized test result 'ERROR'
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:55:43 +0000 (14:55 +0200)]
parallel-tests: new recognized test result 'ERROR'

* lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Recognize a new test result
`ERROR'.  Use it when encountering unreadable test logs (previously
a simple `FAIL' was used in this situations).
* lib/test-driver: Set the global test result to `ERROR' when the
test exit status is 99.  When doing colorized output, color `ERROR'
results in magenta.
* doc/automake.texi (Log files generation and test results
recording): Update by also listing `ERROR' among the list of valid
`:test-results:' arguments.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/trivial-test-driver: Update.
* tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-harderror.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests-no-spurious-summary.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-global-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-custom-multitest-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-custom-multitest-recheck2.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-custom-multitest.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-custom-no-html.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-end-test-results.test: Likewise.
* tests/color.test: Likewise.  Also, make stricter, and also test
from VPATH.
* tests/color2.test: Likewise, and improve syncing with color.test.
* tests/parallel-tests-exit-statuses.test: New test.
* tests/parallel-tests-console-output.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agoMerge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues [Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:35:32 +0000 (23:35 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint'

13 years agoSync auxiliary files from upstream.
Ralf Wildenhues [Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:31:54 +0000 (23:31 +0200)]
Sync auxiliary files from upstream.

* INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub,
lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from upstream.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
13 years agotests: fix typos, grammaros and other blunders in comments
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:19:56 +0000 (00:19 +0200)]
tests: fix typos, grammaros and other blunders in comments

13 years agotest defs: new subroutine 'seq_', simulating GNU seq(1)
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:55:05 +0000 (10:55 +0200)]
test defs: new subroutine 'seq_', simulating GNU seq(1)

* tests/defs (seq_): New subroutine.
* tests/instmany.test: Use it.
* tests/instmany-mans.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
* tests/self-check-seq.test: New self test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agotests: remove duplication about testing of config.* aux files
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:50:24 +0000 (10:50 +0200)]
tests: remove duplication about testing of config.* aux files

* tests/add-missing.test: Also check that the `AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM'
autoconf macro causes the `config.sub' and `config.guess' scripts
to be installed by `automake --add-missing'.  Since we are at it,
fix minor buglets and cosmetic issues in the `check_' function.
* tests/hosts.test: Removed, completely subsumed by the previous
test now.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

13 years agotests: more uses of the 'unindent' subroutine
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:37:55 +0000 (10:37 +0200)]
tests: more uses of the 'unindent' subroutine

* tests/backcompat.test: Prefer `unindent' over plain `cat' for
here documents created from within a loop of if/else body.
* tests/backcompat2.test: Likewise.
* tests/backcompat4.test: Likewise.
* tests/init.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany-mans.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
* tests/missing5.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-am2.test : Likewise.
* tests/parallel-am3.test : Likewise.
* tests/pr307.test: Likewise.
* tests/depend4.test: Likewise.  Since we are at it, normalize
other code formatting.
* tests/instfail-java.test: Prefer `echo' over `cat' + here-doc
inside a for loop.

13 years agotests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:04:58 +0000 (10:04 +0200)]
tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands

* tests/autodist.test: Do not whitespace-indent `##' comments when
they are embedded in a makefile rule: having them indented is not
part of the Automake API, and might cause failures with e.g., Tru64
make.
* tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
* tests/backcompat.test: Likewise.
* tests/backcompat6.test: Likewise.
* tests/colon7.test: Likewise.
* tests/posixsubst-scripts.test: Likewise.
* tests/posixsubst-sources.test: Likewise.

13 years agotests: tweak, improve and extend tests on lisp support
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:07:29 +0000 (21:07 +0200)]
tests: tweak, improve and extend tests on lisp support

* tests/lisp2.test: Prettify, and improve debugging output.  Make
grepping of automake stderr stricter.
* tests/lisp7.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured make
output.  Add trailing `:' command.
* tests/lisp8.test: Likewise.
* tests/lisp3.test: Likewise.  Also, check that `.el' files and
compiled `.elc' files get installed by "make install", and
uninstalled by "make uninstall".
* tests/lisp4.test: Ensure installed `.el' files gets removed by
"make uninstall".  Related changes.  Add trailing `:' command.
* tests/lisp5.test: Likewise.
* tests/lisp6.test: Use proper m4 quoting in configure.in.  Fix
use of blank lines, to improve clarity and symmetry.  Fix typo in
comment.  Add trailing `:' command.

13 years agotests: drop useless requirement in 'license.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:45:33 +0000 (16:45 +0200)]
tests: drop useless requirement in 'license.test'

* tests/license.test: Drop  useless requirement "makeinfo".  Add
an extra blank line, for clarity.

13 years agoMerge branch 'master' into testsuite-work
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:58:40 +0000 (11:58 +0200)]
Merge branch 'master' into testsuite-work

* master:
  fix typo in recent ChangeLog entry
  docs, tests: synchronize examples on silent-rules from config.site
  tests: fix weakness in 'tests-environment-backcompat.test'

13 years agoMerge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:57:19 +0000 (11:57 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  fix typo in recent ChangeLog entry
  docs, tests: synchronize examples on silent-rules from config.site
  tests: fix weakness in 'tests-environment-backcompat.test'

13 years agoMerge branch 'fix-tests-environment-backcompat-example' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:48:23 +0000 (10:48 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-tests-environment-backcompat-example' into maint

* fix-tests-environment-backcompat-example:
  tests: fix weakness in 'tests-environment-backcompat.test'

13 years agoMerge branch 'fix-changelog-typo' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:48:22 +0000 (10:48 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-changelog-typo' into maint

* fix-changelog-typo:
  fix typo in recent ChangeLog entry

13 years agoMerge branch 'doc-silent-rules-reference-config-site-test' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:48:22 +0000 (10:48 +0200)]
Merge branch 'doc-silent-rules-reference-config-site-test' into maint

* doc-silent-rules-reference-config-site-test:
  docs, tests: synchronize examples on silent-rules from config.site

13 years agofix typo in recent ChangeLog entry
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:45:53 +0000 (10:45 +0200)]
fix typo in recent ChangeLog entry

13 years agodocs, tests: synchronize examples on silent-rules from config.site
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:43:33 +0000 (10:43 +0200)]
docs, tests: synchronize examples on silent-rules from config.site

* doc/automake.texi (Automake silent-rules Option): Reference test
'silent-configsite.test' in comments.

13 years agotests: fix weakness in 'tests-environment-backcompat.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:34:54 +0000 (10:34 +0200)]
tests: fix weakness in 'tests-environment-backcompat.test'

* tests/tests-environment-backcompat.test: Do not override the
content of xfailing test `baz.test' with a "weaker" version that
fails unconditionally: the test must fail only when the 'strict'
pragma is in use, in order not to reduce coverage.

13 years agotests defs: more uses of $top_testsrcdir
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:23:38 +0000 (10:23 +0200)]
tests defs: more uses of $top_testsrcdir

* tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Use `$top_testsrcdir' instead
of `$testsrcdir/..'.
* tests/repeated-options.test: Likewise.
* tests/suffix5.test: Likewise.
* tests/vtexi3.test: Likewise.

13 years agoself tests: fix typo in comment
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:17:00 +0000 (10:17 +0200)]
self tests: fix typo in comment

* tests/self-check-exit.test: Fix typo in heading comments.