platform/upstream/automake.git
12 years agoMerge branch 'maint' into msvc
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:39:40 +0000 (11:39 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into msvc

* maint:
  maint-mode: fix botched configure messages
  fix: regenerate Makefiles
  info: allow user to inhibit creation/update of '${infodir}/dir'
  deps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551'

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9890' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:28:56 +0000 (11:28 +0100)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9890' into maint

* fix-pr9890:
  maint-mode: fix botched configure messages

12 years agomaint-mode: fix botched configure messages
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:15:59 +0000 (12:15 +0200)]
maint-mode: fix botched configure messages

This change fixes automake bug#9890.

* m4/maintainer.m4 (AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Fix the "checking ..."
configure message related to the enabling/disabling of maintainer
mode.
* tests/help-maintainer.test: Renamed ...
* tests/maintmode-configure-msg.test: ... to this, and extended
to cover the fixed bug.  Also, since we are at it, make grepping
of configure help screens stricter, and throw in some few other
changes to reduce code duplication and enhance readability.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
* THANKS: Update with Zack's new e-mail address.

Report and initial patch by Zack Weinberg, test cases added by
Stefano Lattarini.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9773' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:58:23 +0000 (11:58 +0100)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9773' into maint

* fix-pr9773:
  fix: regenerate Makefiles

12 years agofix: regenerate Makefiles
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:58:06 +0000 (11:58 +0100)]
fix: regenerate Makefiles

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9773' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:22:50 +0000 (12:22 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9773' into maint

* fix-pr9773:
  info: allow user to inhibit creation/update of '${infodir}/dir'

12 years agotests: few improvements to some `ar-lib' related tests
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:43:00 +0000 (13:43 +0200)]
tests: few improvements to some `ar-lib' related tests

* tests/ar-lib5a.test (Makefile.am): Also check that the target
library has truly been created.
(ar-lib): Use the real `ar-lib' script (mildly patched) rather
than a dummy one, to ensure better "real-life coverage".  Fix
botched shebang line.
* tests/ar-lib5b.test: Extend the PATH variable to make the dummy
`lib' script accessible, instead of explicitly calling it by its
relative/absolute path.
(ar-lib): Fix botched shebang line.
(bin/lib): Likewise.  Also, add explicative comments, and make
slightly stricter.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr8485-and-pr8526' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:45:42 +0000 (19:45 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr8485-and-pr8526' into maint

* fix-pr8485-and-pr8526:
  deps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551'

12 years agoMerge branch 'maint' into msvc
Peter Rosin [Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:04:24 +0000 (09:04 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint' into msvc

* tests/subpkg-yacc.test: Adjust to new portability requirements due
to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.

12 years agoinfo: allow user to inhibit creation/update of '${infodir}/dir'
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:19:21 +0000 (13:19 +0200)]
info: allow user to inhibit creation/update of '${infodir}/dir'

With this change, we allow the user to request the install-info
rules not to update the `${infodir}/dir' file, by exporting the
environment variable `AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR' to the value "no".
This is especially useful to distro packagers, and is a definite
improvement over our previous hack of looking whether the
`install-info' program was the Debian or GNU version -- hack
which had been silently broken with recent versions of debian
install-info BTW (probably since dpkg 1.15.4, 2009-09-06).
This change fixes automake bug#9773.  See also Debian Bug#543992.

* lib/am/texinfos.am: Don't look anymore at the output of
`install-info --version' to decide whether to use it to update
the `${infodir}/dir' or not; instead, honour the environment
variable `AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR'.
* tests/install-info-dir.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
* tests/defs: Also unset `AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR', to avoid unwanted
interferences from the environment.
* doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Update.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* THANKS: Likewise.
Report by Jonathan Nieder.

12 years agoMerge branch 'dejagnu-siteexp-extend' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:51:43 +0000 (20:51 +0200)]
Merge branch 'dejagnu-siteexp-extend' into maint

* dejagnu-siteexp-extend:
  dejagnu: allow the package developer to extend site.exp

12 years agodejagnu: allow the package developer to extend site.exp
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 1 Feb 2011 08:52:43 +0000 (09:52 +0100)]
dejagnu: allow the package developer to extend site.exp

Fixes automake bug#7873.

* lib/am/dejagnu.am (site.exp): Depend from the files listed in
$(EXTRA_DEJAGNU_SITE_CONFIG), if any.  Append their contents to
the generated site.exp (still preserving user edits).
* doc/automake.texi (Dejagnu Tests): Update.
* tests/dejagnu-siteexp-append.test: New test.
* tests/dejagnu-siteexp-extend.test: Likewise.
* tests/dejagnu-siteexp-useredit.test: Likewise.ù
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

Suggestion by Rainer Orth.

12 years agoMerge branch 'dejagnu-srcdir-discrepancy' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:42:17 +0000 (20:42 +0200)]
Merge branch 'dejagnu-srcdir-discrepancy' into maint

* dejagnu-srcdir-discrepancy:
  dejagnu: ensure 'srcdir' is defined as a relative directory
  Fix testsuite failure of check12.test without DejaGNU.
  Extend and improve tests on DejaGnu support.

12 years ago* THANKS: Fix whitespace issue.
Peter Rosin [Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:39:48 +0000 (08:39 +0200)]
* THANKS: Fix whitespace issue.

12 years agowarnings: new 'extra-portability' category, for AM_PROG_AR
Peter Rosin [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:24:38 +0000 (00:24 +0200)]
warnings: new 'extra-portability' category, for AM_PROG_AR

* lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Register new extra-portability
warning channel.
(switch_warning): Turn off extra-portability if portability is
turned off, and turn on portability if extra-portability is
turned on.
(set_strictness): Silence extra-portability for --gnits, --gnu
and --foreign.
* tests/extra-portability2.test: New test, checking that the
extra-portability channel is silenced by --gnits, --gnu and
--foreign.
* doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake): Document the new warning
category and its interaction with the portability category.
* tests/extra-portability.test: New test, checking the interaction
between the portability and extra-portability warning categories.
* automake.in (handle_libraries, handle_ltlibraries): Move the
AM_PROG_AR warnings to the new extra-portability channel.
* tests/ar2.test: Adjust to the new warning channel.
* tests/pr300-lib.test: Likewise.
* tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Likewise.
* tests/pr307.test: Likewise.
* tests/pr401.test: Likewise.
* tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
* tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
* tests/pr72.test: Likewise.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
12 years agoar-lib: new 'AM_PROG_AR' macro, triggering the 'ar-lib' script
Peter Rosin [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:23:34 +0000 (00:23 +0200)]
ar-lib: new 'AM_PROG_AR' macro, triggering the 'ar-lib' script

* m4/ar-lib.m4: New macro AM_PROG_AR, which locates an
archiver and triggers the auxiliary 'ar-lib' script if needed.
* m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Update.
* automake.in ($seen_ar): New variable.
(scan_autoconf_traces): Set it.
(handle_libraries, handle_ltlibraries): Require AM_PROG_AR for
portability.
* doc/automake.texi (Public Macros): Mention the new
'AM_PROG_AR' macro.
(Subpackages): Add AM_PROG_AR to the example.
(A Library): Adjust recommendations for AR given the new
AM_PROG_AR macro.
* All relevant tests: Adjust to new portability requirements due
to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.
* tests/ar-lib2.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers
install of ar-lib.
* tests/ar-lib3.test: New test, checking that lib_LIBRARIES
requires AM_PROG_AR.
* tests/ar-lib4.test: New test, checking that lib_LTLIBRARIES
requires AM_PROG_AR.
* tests/ar-lib5a.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers
use of ar-lib when the archiver is Microsoft lib.
* tests/ar-lib5b.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers
use of ar-lib when the archiver is a faked lib.
* tests/ar-lib6a.test: New test, checking the ordering of
AM_PROG_AR and LT_INIT.
* tests/ar-lib6b.test: New test, checking the ordering of
AM_PROG_AR and AC_PROG_LIBTOOL.
* tests/ar-lib7.test: New test, checking that automake warns
if ar-lib is missing.
* tests/ar3.test: New test, checking that AR and ARFLAGS may
be overridden by the user even if AM_PROG_AR is used.
* tests/ar4.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR bails out
if it cannot determine the archiver interface.
* tests/ar5.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR runs its
optional argument if it cannot determine the archiver interface.
* tests/defs.in: New required entry 'lib'.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
* NEWS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
12 years agodeps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551'
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:25:45 +0000 (22:25 +0200)]
deps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551'

This change partly reverts commit "Create subdirs for generated
sources even when not dep tracking", of 2011-04-02.
That commit had caused the bugs #8485 and #8526.  Since we are
nearing the bug-fixing automake release 1.11.2, the safest policy
at the moment is to just revert the problematic hunks: an older,
known bug is better than a regression.

* automake.in (handle_single_transform): Don't add a dirstamp
dependency, even when $object is derived and lands in a subdir.
* tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Add lex-subobj-nodep.test,
remove yacc-dist-nobuild-subdir.test.

12 years agoMerge branch 'test-subpkg-fix-spurious-freebsd-fail' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:44:23 +0000 (21:44 +0200)]
Merge branch 'test-subpkg-fix-spurious-freebsd-fail' into maint

* test-subpkg-fix-spurious-freebsd-fail:
  tests: fix spurious failure with FreeBSD make and Yacc in VPATH

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr8788' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:38:52 +0000 (21:38 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr8788' into maint

* fix-pr8788:
  tests: avoid spurious failure in 'parallel-tests3.test'

12 years agotests: fix spurious failures with "chatty" make implementations
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:31:09 +0000 (21:31 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failures with "chatty" make implementations

* tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: On failure, some make
implementations (such as Solaris make) print the whole failed
recipe on standard output.  This was causing a spurious failure
in the checks grepping the output from make.  Work around this.
* tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise.

12 years agoMerge branch 'aclocal-path' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:45:12 +0000 (17:45 +0200)]
Merge branch 'aclocal-path' into maint

* aclocal-path:
  tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines

12 years agotests: fix spurious failure on fast machines
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:44:04 +0000 (17:44 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines

* tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Also remove the `configure'
script between different test runs, to ensure it is always remade
by autoconf.  Add proper explicative comments.

12 years agotests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:31:11 +0000 (17:31 +0200)]
tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris

* tests/uninstall-fail.test: All the Solaris 10 shells (/bin/sh,
/bin/ksh, and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh), upon failing to chdir to a
directory with the `cd' builtin, print a message like:
  "sh: /root: permission denied"
which doesn't report the `cd' builtin anywhere.  Relax the grepping
of the error message accordingly.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9578' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:43:46 +0000 (13:43 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9578' into maint

* fix-pr9578:
  tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Cygwin

12 years agotests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Cygwin
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:42:40 +0000 (13:42 +0200)]
tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Cygwin

* tests/uninstall-fail.test: Be sure to really skip this test
on systems that allows files to be removed from unwritable
directories.  Motivated by a spurious failure on Cygwin 1.5.

12 years agodejagnu: ensure 'srcdir' is defined as a relative directory
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:33:26 +0000 (20:33 +0100)]
dejagnu: ensure 'srcdir' is defined as a relative directory

This change fixes automake bug#7833.

* lib/am/dejagnu.am (check-DEJAGNU): Prefer using plain $(srcdir)
over calculating and using the absolute path of $(srcdir).
* tests/dejagnu-relative-srcdir.test: New test.
* tests/dejagnu-absolute-builddir.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

Report by Ian Lance Taylor.  Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.

12 years agotests: avoid spurious failure in 'parallel-tests3.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:05:24 +0000 (21:05 +0200)]
tests: avoid spurious failure in 'parallel-tests3.test'

This fixes automake bug#8788.

* tests/parallel-tests3.test: To ensure that the serial run of
the dummy testsuite is still ongoing when the parallel run has
terminated, use `kill -0', not a bare `kill'.  This will prevent
a testsuite crash on NetBSD 5.1, and a testsuite hang on FreeBSD
8.2.  Also, since we are at it, try harder to avoid possible
hangs of the script in other unusual situations.

12 years agotests: fix spurious failure with FreeBSD make and Yacc in VPATH
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:53:21 +0000 (17:53 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failure with FreeBSD make and Yacc in VPATH

* tests/subpkg.test: Some cosmetic adjustments.  Move the tests
checking that $(YLWRAP) is defined and installed properly when
ylwrap is in a default auxdir found in a parent package ...
* tests/subpkg-yacc.test: ... into this new test, which carefully
avoids to trigger the known bug#7884 (combo FreeBSD make plus Yacc
plus VPATH build).
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

12 years agoMerge branch 'aclocal-path' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:46:05 +0000 (17:46 +0200)]
Merge branch 'aclocal-path' into maint

12 years agotests: fix spurious failure with autoconf 2.62
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:45:41 +0000 (17:45 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failure with autoconf 2.62

* tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Rewrite configure.in,
rather than appending to it, to avoid spurious failures (at
least with autoconf 2.62) due to repeated calls to AC_INIT.
Also, add package name and version arguments to AC_INIT, to
avoid spurious errors from automake.

12 years agodocs: avoid using colon character inside arguments of @pxref
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:50:47 +0000 (10:50 +0200)]
docs: avoid using colon character inside arguments of @pxref

Fixes automake bug#9753

* doc/automake.texi (VPATH Builds): Avoid using colon character
`:' inside arguments of @pxref, as this can cause problems in
the generated `.info' files, and such an usage will be explicitly
forbidden by future texinfo documentation.
* THANKS: Update.

Reported by Дилян Палаузов.

12 years agoparallel-tests: warn on conditional TEST_EXTENSIONS definition
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:08:15 +0000 (11:08 +0200)]
parallel-tests: warn on conditional TEST_EXTENSIONS definition

Before this change, automake would have still bailed out, but
with a confusing error message (about an invalid redefinition
of TEST_EXTENSIONS).

* automake.in (handle_tests): Warn explicitly if TEST_EXTENSIONS
has conditional contents.
* tests/test-extensions-con.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
* NEWS: Update.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9400' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:40:17 +0000 (21:40 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9400' into maint

* fix-pr9400:
  parallel-tests: don't allow @substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS

12 years agoparallel-tests: don't allow @substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:30:04 +0000 (21:30 +0200)]
parallel-tests: don't allow @substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS

Even after the last commit `v1.11-476-g90bea64', the checks
performed by automake on entries in $(TEST_EXTENSIONS) tried to
allow for @substitited@ stuff.  This however ends up allowing
quite brittle setups, which, most importantly, are of no real
practical usefulness anyway.  So it's better to just disallow
@substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS altogether, offering a clear
error message, instead of risking weird bugs and unexpected
behaviors in the generated Makefile.in.

* automake.in ($TEST_EXTENSION_PATTERN): Turned from a regular
expression ...
(is_valid_test_extension): ... into this subroutine.  Don't allow
generic @substitutions@ anymore (possibly making an exception for
`@EXEEXT@' under the proper circumstances).
* tests/test-extensions.test: Adjust and extend.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9579' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:22:25 +0000 (16:22 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9579' into maint

* fix-pr9579:
  tests: fix spurious failure in 'insthook.test'

12 years agotests: fix spurious failure in 'insthook.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:21:16 +0000 (16:21 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failure in 'insthook.test'

* tests/insthook.test (Makefile.am): Add a proper `uninstall-hook'
target to remove the symlink created by the `install-exec-hook'
target; this prevents "make distcheck" from failing spuriously.
Since we are at it, delete an extra blank line, and add a trailing
`:' command.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9579' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:14:46 +0000 (16:14 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9579' into maint

* fix-pr9579:
  maintcheck: fix spurious failure
  regenerate Makefile.in

12 years agomaintcheck: fix spurious failure
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:10:40 +0000 (16:10 +0200)]
maintcheck: fix spurious failure

* lib/am/distdir.am: Use `$(infodir)', not `${infodir}', to avoid
complaints from the `sc_no_brace_variable_expansions' maintainer
check.

12 years agoregenerate Makefile.in
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:10:23 +0000 (16:10 +0200)]
regenerate Makefile.in

12 years agofix: make a test script executable
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:42:11 +0000 (13:42 +0200)]
fix: make a test script executable

* tests/nobase-nodist.test: Make executable.

12 years agocoverage: expose automake bug#9651
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:26:58 +0000 (13:26 +0200)]
coverage: expose automake bug#9651

* tests/dist-auxfile.test: New test, xfailing.
* tests/dist-auxfile-2.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Add them.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9400' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:45:25 +0000 (10:45 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9400' into maint

* fix-pr9400:
  parallel-tests: automake error our on invalid TEST_EXTENSIONS

12 years agoparallel-tests: automake error our on invalid TEST_EXTENSIONS
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 1 Oct 2011 19:31:07 +0000 (21:31 +0200)]
parallel-tests: automake error our on invalid TEST_EXTENSIONS

This change fixes automake bug#9400.

* automake.in (handle_tests): Bail out if a suffix specified in
TEST_EXTENSIONS would produce an invalid `xxx_LOG_COMPILER'
variable or an invalid suffix rule.  Before this change, automake
would have issued a confusing error messages (about invalid or
non-POSIX variables being defined), and in some situations would
have even produced a broken `Makefile.in' file.
($TEST_EXTENSION_PATTERN): New helper variable.
* doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Document
the limitations on TEST_EXTENSIONS explicitly.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/test-extensions.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

12 years agofix: regenerate Makefile
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 1 Oct 2011 17:31:22 +0000 (19:31 +0200)]
fix: regenerate Makefile

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr7988' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 1 Oct 2011 17:28:24 +0000 (19:28 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr7988' into maint

* fix-pr7988:
  docs: don't suggest installing `.m4' files in hard-coded location

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9579' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 1 Oct 2011 17:22:37 +0000 (19:22 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9579' into maint

* fix-pr9579:
  distuninstallcheck: fail also when only one file is left installed

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9578' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:49:35 +0000 (16:49 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9578' into maint

* fix-pr9578:
  fix: regenerate Makefile.in files

12 years agofix: regenerate Makefile.in files
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:46:58 +0000 (16:46 +0200)]
fix: regenerate Makefile.in files

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9578' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:21:11 +0000 (13:21 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9578' into maint

* fix-pr9578:
  maintcheck: fix usage of `cd' instead of `$(am__cd)'

12 years agomaintcheck: fix usage of `cd' instead of `$(am__cd)'
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:17:13 +0000 (13:17 +0200)]
maintcheck: fix usage of `cd' instead of `$(am__cd)'

* lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__uninstall_files_from_dir): Use
`$(am__cd)', not plain `cd'.

12 years agodocs: don't suggest installing `.m4' files in hard-coded location
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:29:19 +0000 (14:29 +0200)]
docs: don't suggest installing `.m4' files in hard-coded location

This change fixes automake bug#7988.

* doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options): State that the use of
the `--print-ac-dir' option to determine the directory where
third-party packages can install their `.m4' files is discouraged
now.
(Extending aclocal): Suggest telling the user about ACLOCAL_PATH.
* THANKS: Update.

Report by Peter Johansson.

12 years agodistuninstallcheck: fail also when only one file is left installed
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:06:59 +0000 (16:06 +0200)]
distuninstallcheck: fail also when only one file is left installed

This change fixes automake bug#9579.

* lib/am/distdir.am (distuninstallcheck): Be stricter in ignoring
a potential `dir' file created by install-info and left installed.
Also, be more careful about "this can't happen" kind of errors.
(am__distuninstallcheck_listfiles): New internal helper macro.
* tests/distcheck-pr9579.test: New test.
* tests/distcheck-override-infodir.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.

Report by Nick Bowler.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-pr9578' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:50:37 +0000 (21:50 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9578' into maint

* fix-pr9578:
  uninstall: "make uninstall" before "make install" works

12 years agouninstall: "make uninstall" before "make install" works
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:50:14 +0000 (22:50 +0200)]
uninstall: "make uninstall" before "make install" works

This change fixes automake bug#9578.

* lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__uninstall_files_from_dir): New internal
macro, that defines a shell code fragment to uninstall files from
a given directory.
* lib/am/data.am (uninstall-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): Use it, to reduce code
duplication and improve consistency and correctness.
* lib/am/libs.am (uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise.
* lib/am/lisp.am (uninstall-%DIR%LISP): Likewise.
* lib/am/mans.am (uninstall-man%SECTION%): Likewise.
* lib/am/python.am (uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise.
* lib/am/scripts.am (uninstall-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Likewise.
* tests/uninstall-pr9578.test: New test.
* tests/uninstall-fail.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.

Report by Nick Bowler.

12 years agoMerge branch 'aclocal-path' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:40:32 +0000 (16:40 +0200)]
Merge branch 'aclocal-path' into maint

* aclocal-path:
  tests: fix tests on aclocal search path precedences

12 years agotests: fix tests on aclocal search path precedences
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:40:03 +0000 (16:40 +0200)]
tests: fix tests on aclocal search path precedences

* tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Call `$ACLOCAL' with the
proper overridden system acdir.

12 years agofix: typo in NEWS
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:20:53 +0000 (20:20 +0200)]
fix: typo in NEWS

12 years agoMerge branch 'aclocal-path' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:15:55 +0000 (20:15 +0200)]
Merge branch 'aclocal-path' into maint

* aclocal-path:
  docs: document planned precedence changes in aclocal search path
  aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable

12 years agodocs: document planned precedence changes in aclocal search path
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:42:01 +0000 (17:42 +0200)]
docs: document planned precedence changes in aclocal search path

* doc/automake.texi (Macro Search Path): Explicitly state that the
lookup order for extra directories of `.m4' files will be changed
in the next major release.
* NEWS: Likewise.

12 years agoaclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable
Paolo Bonzini [Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:14:38 +0000 (20:14 +0100)]
aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable

* aclocal.in (parse_ACLOCAL_PATH): New function, parse ACLOCAL_PATH
as a colon-separated list of directories to be included in the
search path.
* doc/automake.texi (Macro Search Path): Document new behavior and
the precedence rules for various elements of the search path.
* tests/aclocal-path.test: New test.
* tests/aclocal-path-install.test: Likewise.
* tests/aclocal-path-install-serial.test: Likewise.
* tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Likewise.
* tests/aclocal-path-nonexistent.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: Extend by also checking
interactions with ACLOCAL_PATH.
* tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise, and fix a couple
of botched comments since we are at it.

12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-java-prefix-is-unexpected' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:24:44 +0000 (18:24 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-java-prefix-is-unexpected' into maint

12 years agotests: fix spurious failure in 'primary-prefix-valid-couples.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:21:25 +0000 (18:21 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failure in 'primary-prefix-valid-couples.test'

* tests/primary-prefix-valid-couples.test: After commit
v1.11-464-gc9dfc36, `java_JAVA' is not a valid prefix/primary
combination by default anymore: one has to explicitly define
$(javadir) to make it so.  So just drop `java_JAVA' from our
Makefile.am  Also, since we are at it, ...
(configure.in): ... remove AM_PROG_GCJ from here, as it's not
really required.

12 years agoMerge branch 'deprecate-java-primary' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:30:30 +0000 (13:30 +0200)]
Merge branch 'deprecate-java-primary' into maint

12 years agodocs: deprecate JAVA primary
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:28:42 +0000 (11:28 +0200)]
docs: deprecate JAVA primary

* doc/automake.texi (Java): Deprecate the JAVA primary, stating
that it will become obsolete in automake 1.12 and probably removed
altogether in automake 1.13.  Reflect this in the section title,
by appending the string "(deprecated feature)".
(@menu, @detailmenu): Update.
(Java Support with gcj): The cross-referenced support for bytecode
compilation with the JAVA primary is rudimentary and deprecated.
State that explicitly.

12 years agodocs: clearer distinction between `.java' with javac and with gcj
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:16:12 +0000 (11:16 +0200)]
docs: clearer distinction between `.java' with javac and with gcj

* doc/automake.texi (Java support): Rename this node ...
(Java support with gcj): ... to this, and change its title from
"Compiling Java sources" to "Compiling Java sources using gcj".
(@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise.
(Java): Change the title of this node from simply "Java" to
"Java bytecode compilation".
(@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise.

12 years agojava: complain if java_JAVA is used but $(javadir) is undefined
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:32:38 +0000 (23:32 +0200)]
java: complain if java_JAVA is used but $(javadir) is undefined

Fixes automake bug#8461.

* automake.in (handle_java): Remove inappropriate "java" argument
from the calls to `&am_install_var' and `&am_primary_prefixes'.
* tests/instdir-java.test (Makefile.am): Define `$(javadir)'.
* tests/javadir-undefined.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
* NEWS: Update.

12 years agoMerge branch 'python-work' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:05:43 +0000 (18:05 +0200)]
Merge branch 'python-work' into maint

* python-work:
  cosmetics: fix various typos and grammaros
  py-compile: '--' and non-option arguments terminate the option list
  py-compile: complain on unrecognized options
  py-compile: normalize error and help messages
  python tests: add "unit tests" on py-compile
  py-compile: the '--destdir' option now accepts a blank argument
  python: run the 'py-compile' script with $(SHELL)

12 years agocoverage: test interactions of `nobase_' and `nodist_'
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:51:31 +0000 (17:51 +0200)]
coverage: test interactions of `nobase_' and `nodist_'

* tests/nobase-nodist.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.

12 years agojava: fix various blunders in test 'java-mix.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:32:50 +0000 (17:32 +0200)]
java: fix various blunders in test 'java-mix.test'

* tests/java-mix.test: Add missing call to `set -e'.  Fix inverted
semantics (`.java' files are expected *not* to be distributed by
default, not the other way round).  Fix various typos in the name
of the `.java' files.  Correct other minor blunders.  Improve some
comments.

12 years agoMerge branch 'java-fixes-for-maint' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:19:25 +0000 (16:19 +0200)]
Merge branch 'java-fixes-for-maint' into maint

12 years agocosmetics: fix various typos and grammaros
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:37:05 +0000 (18:37 +0200)]
cosmetics: fix various typos and grammaros

* NEWS: Fix typos.
* tests/py-compile-basic.test: Likewise.
* tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Fix botched wording in comments.
* tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: Fix typo and incomplete
comment.

Suggestions by Peter Rosin.

12 years agojava: allow both JAVA and nobase_JAVA in the same Makefile.am
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:03:32 +0000 (11:03 +0200)]
java: allow both JAVA and nobase_JAVA in the same Makefile.am

* automake.in (handle_java): Also strip `nobase_' from the given
prefix, when needed.
* tests/java-clean.test: Update and extend.
* tests/java-compile-install.test: Likewise.
* tests/java-no-duplicate.test: Likewise.
* tests/java-sources.test: Likewise.
* tests/java-noinst.test: Likewise.
* tests/java-mix-dist-nodist.test: Renamed to ...
* tests/java-mix.test: ... this, and extended.
* tests/java-nobase.test: New test, still xfailing due to
unrelated issues.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update.

Cherry-picked from v1.11-356-g01dede4

12 years agojava: allow both dist_JAVA and nodist_JAVA in the same Makefile.am
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:54:49 +0000 (10:54 +0200)]
java: allow both dist_JAVA and nodist_JAVA in the same Makefile.am

Fixes automake bug#8434.

* automake.in (handle_java): Strip `dist_' and `nodist_' from
the given prefix.  Define a new internal Makefile variable
`am__java_sources'.  Related adjustments.
* lib/am/java.am (JAVAC, JAVAROOT, CLASSPATH_ENV): Define only the
first time this am file is processed.
(class%DIR%.stamp): Stamp file renamed ...
(class%NDIR%.stamp): ... to this, so that the `dist_' and `nodist_'
prefixes are stripped from the name of the stampfile.  Adjust
declaration of dependencies by using the new automake-generated
internal variable `$(am__java_sources)'.  In the rule, use `$@'
as the name of the target, rather than hard-coding it.
* tests/java.test: Update and extend.
* tests/java-no-duplicate.test: New test.
* tests/java-mix-dist-nodist.test: Likewise.
* tests/java-compile-and-install.test: Likewise.
* tests/java-clean.test: Likewise.
* tests/java-sources.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

Cherry-picked from commit v1.11-337-gd76b503.

12 years agoMerge branch 'maint' into python-work
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:47:09 +0000 (00:47 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint' into python-work

* maint:
  tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines
  aclocal: better URL reference in error message
  coverage: distcheck-hook to catch missing/outdated *.m4 files
  aclocal: more granularity in acdir overriding
  * tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Add missing $EXEEXT usage.
  fix: list test 'vala-vpath.test' in XFAIL_TESTS
  tests: simplify wrapper for aclocal
  fix: minor typo in ChangeLog
  coverage: vala support failing for VPATH from-scratch builds
  docs: report few more automake parsing limitations
  tests: list "forgotten" test script in TESTS
  ylwrap: fix unusual indentation whitespace

12 years agotests: fix spurious failure on fast machines
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:42:53 +0000 (00:42 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines

* tests/aclocal-acdir.test: Avoid spurious failures due to caching
issues, by cleaning the autom4te cache between all the aclocal
invocations, and by always calling autoconf with the `--force'
flag.

12 years agoaclocal: better URL reference in error message
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:16:50 +0000 (23:16 +0200)]
aclocal: better URL reference in error message

* aclocal.in (scan_file): In the error message about underquoted
definitions, reference the automake page at `www.gnu.org', not
at `sources.redhat.com'.

12 years agocoverage: distcheck-hook to catch missing/outdated *.m4 files
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:42:41 +0000 (17:42 +0200)]
coverage: distcheck-hook to catch missing/outdated *.m4 files

Related to automake bug#9037.

* tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: New test.
* tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise.
* tests/distcheck-hook-m4.am: New data file, used by the new
tests.
* tests/Makefile.am (distcheck-m4-missing.log,
distcheck-m4-outdated.log): Depend on it.
(EXTRA_DIST): Distribute it.
(TESTS): Add the new tests.

12 years agoaclocal: more granularity in acdir overriding
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 5 Sep 2011 15:37:44 +0000 (17:37 +0200)]
aclocal: more granularity in acdir overriding

Before this change, using the `--acdir' option caused aclocal to
redefine both the directory of automake-provided m4 macros and the
directory of third-party system-wide m4 macros.  With this change,
we deprecate the `--acdir' aclocal option, and introduce two new
options `--automake-acdir' and `--system-acdir', to allow for more
granularity.

* aclocal.in (@automake_includes, @system_includes,
@user_includes): Fix and extend comments.
(usage): Update.
(handle_acdir_option): New function.
(parse_arguments): Recognize new options `--system-acdir' and
`automake-acdir', and handle `--acdir' using the new function
above.  Simplify logic by assuming that the directory of
third-party system-wide m4 files always exists.
* tests/aclocal.in: Update to use the new options, instead of
the deprecated. `--acdir'.
* m4/dirlist: Move ...
* m4/acdir/dirlist: ... here.
* m4/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Update.
(m4datadir): Rename ...
(automake_acdir): ... to this.  Accordingly, ...
(dist_m4data_DATA): ... rename this ...
(dist_automake_ac_DATA): ... to this.
(system_acdir): New, directory.
(dist_system_ac_DATA): New, defined to an empty value; this will
ensure that the $(system_acdir) directory will be created by
"make install".
* tests/aclocal.test: Remove check about the `--print-ac-dir'
option of aclocal, it has been moved into ...
* tests/aclocal-print-acdir.test: ... this new test, and quite
extended.
* tests/aclocal-acdir.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add the new tests.
* NEWS, bootstrap: Update.
* doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options, Macro Search Path): Update.

12 years agoMerge branch 'maint' into msvc
Peter Rosin [Mon, 5 Sep 2011 14:35:54 +0000 (16:35 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint' into msvc

12 years ago* tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Add missing $EXEEXT usage.
Peter Rosin [Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:30:17 +0000 (11:30 +0200)]
* tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Add missing $EXEEXT usage.

Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
12 years agoMerge branch 'fix-vala-vpath-test' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 4 Sep 2011 15:28:49 +0000 (17:28 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-vala-vpath-test' into maint

12 years agofix: list test 'vala-vpath.test' in XFAIL_TESTS
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 4 Sep 2011 15:28:35 +0000 (17:28 +0200)]
fix: list test 'vala-vpath.test' in XFAIL_TESTS

* tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Update.

12 years agotests: simplify wrapper for aclocal
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 2 Sep 2011 18:16:58 +0000 (20:16 +0200)]
tests: simplify wrapper for aclocal

* tests/aclocal.in: Remove use of $ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS and
extra `-I' flags; they are not really required, since the file
`m4/amversion.m4' is generated in the srcdir anyway.
* tests/acloca10.test: Remove use of $ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS.
* tests/acloca18.test: Likewise.
* tests/defs.in: Don't nullify $ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS, and do
not export it.

12 years agofix: minor typo in ChangeLog
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:39:35 +0000 (17:39 +0200)]
fix: minor typo in ChangeLog

12 years agocoverage: vala support failing for VPATH from-scratch builds
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 2 Sep 2011 07:56:20 +0000 (09:56 +0200)]
coverage: vala support failing for VPATH from-scratch builds

* tests/vala-vpath.test: New test, xfailing.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
* THANKS: Update.

From a report by Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek.

Related to automake bug#8753.

12 years agodocs: report few more automake parsing limitations
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 1 Sep 2011 17:17:39 +0000 (19:17 +0200)]
docs: report few more automake parsing limitations

Partly motivated by automake bug#8360.

* doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Report few more automake
limitations w.r.t. parsing of unusual makefile constructs.  Related
minor reorderings.
* tests/doc-parsing-buglets-colneq-subst.test: New test.
* tests/doc-parsing-buglets-tabs.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

12 years agotests: list "forgotten" test script in TESTS
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:07:12 +0000 (21:07 +0200)]
tests: list "forgotten" test script in TESTS

* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Also list ...
* tests/java-empty-classpath.test: ... this test.  Since we are
at it, remove trailing whitespace from a couple of lines.

12 years agoylwrap: fix unusual indentation whitespace
Eric Blake [Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:37:37 +0000 (12:37 -0600)]
ylwrap: fix unusual indentation whitespace

* lib/ylwrap: Convert tabs to spaces.
Reported by Karl Berry.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
12 years agoMerge branch 'maint' into python-work
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:44:38 +0000 (21:44 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint' into python-work

* maint:
  * THANKS (Daniel Richard G.): Update e-mail address.
  java: avoid compilation errors when CLASSPATH is empty
  parallel-tests: no more spurious successes for FreeBSD make
  hacking: we now require autoconf 2.68
  test defs: more environment cleanup
  tests: fix spurious failure with Solaris make
  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
  docs: add references between the 2 sections on java support
  Sync auxiliary files from upstream.

12 years ago* THANKS (Daniel Richard G.): Update e-mail address.
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:53:07 +0000 (09:53 +0200)]
* THANKS (Daniel Richard G.): Update e-mail address.

12 years agojava: avoid compilation errors when CLASSPATH is empty
Daniel Richard G [Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:19:14 +0000 (15:19 +0200)]
java: avoid compilation errors when CLASSPATH is empty

* lib/am/java.am (CLASSPATH_ENV): When redefining `$CLASSPATH',
do not append an empty component in case the previous value of
CLASSPATH is empty or unset.
* tests/java-empty-classpath.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

Fixes automake bug#9306.

12 years agoparallel-tests: no more spurious successes for FreeBSD make
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:29:28 +0000 (18:29 +0200)]
parallel-tests: no more spurious successes for FreeBSD make

Work around a bug of FreeBSD make bug that was causing the
automake-generated "check" target to complete with success
even if some tests failed; this happened only when FreeBSD
make was run in concurrent mode (as in, e.g., "make -j2
check").  The bug is not present in NetBSD make.

This change fixes automake bug#9245:
 <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9245>

See also FreeBSD PR bin/159730:
 <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=159730>

* lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] $(TEST_SUITE_LOG): Use a
more "safe" (and apparently redundant) idiom to exit with error,
so that the non-zero exit status is picked up also by FreeBSD
make when it's running in concurrent mode.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/check-concurrency-bug9245.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.

12 years agohacking: we now require autoconf 2.68
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:24:53 +0000 (23:24 +0200)]
hacking: we now require autoconf 2.68

* HACKING ("Working in git"): Use autoconf and autom4te 2.68,
not 2.67, in the examples.

12 years agotest defs: more environment cleanup
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:39:16 +0000 (14:39 +0200)]
test defs: more environment cleanup

* tests/defs.in: Also unset variables AM_COLOR_TESTS and
AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT.

12 years agoMerge branch 'am-distcheck-configure-flags' into maint
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 8 Aug 2011 08:25:00 +0000 (10:25 +0200)]
Merge branch 'am-distcheck-configure-flags' into maint

* am-distcheck-configure-flags:
  tests: fix spurious failure with Solaris make

12 years agotests: fix spurious failure with Solaris make
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 8 Aug 2011 08:20:47 +0000 (10:20 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failure with Solaris make

* tests/distcheck-configure-flags-am.test: Avoid using `+=' too
liberally with AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, since the line breaks
so introduced, in conjunction with single quotes, might confuse
Solaris make.

12 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=$?".

12 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 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.