platform/upstream/automake.git
14 years agoFix timestamp issues by ensuring configure takes at least a second.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:58:56 +0000 (18:58 +0200)]
Fix timestamp issues by ensuring configure takes at least a second.

* m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): If we didn't sleep here,
start a sleep in the background and wait for it to finish
before creating config.status, hopefully fixing all spurious
testsuite failures involving botched time stamps.
* NEWS: Update.
Reports by Ludovic Courtès, Peter Breitenlohner, and others.

15 years agoAvoid sleeping for one second most of the time in sanity check.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:06:32 +0000 (13:06 +0200)]
Avoid sleeping for one second most of the time in sanity check.

* m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Try sanity check first without
sleeping for a second, and only if that failed, sleep and try
again, to avoid the delay in the common case of a configure
script that is older than a second, or a system with sub-second
time stamp granularity.
Report and different patch by Jim Meyering.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotests/README: warn about zsh incompatibilities.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:52:33 +0000 (12:52 +0200)]
tests/README: warn about zsh incompatibilities.

* tests/README (User interface, Getting details from failures):
Explicitly state that every test is a "shell script", not just
a "script", and that it's run by `/bin/sh' by default.
* tests/README (User interface, Supported shells): New subsection,
telling about expected portability of the automake test scripts,
describing a zsh incompatibility (w.r.t. $0), and a workaround to
it (with the `--no-function-argzero' option).

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: fix a minor glitch.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 1 Sep 2009 22:52:38 +0000 (00:52 +0200)]
testsuite: fix a minor glitch.

* tests/defs.in (exit trap): Use `$me', not `$as_me', as the
name of the current test (used in error messages).
* THANKS: Update.

15 years agomanual: fix a trivial grammar error.
Jim Meyering [Wed, 8 Jul 2009 19:24:26 +0000 (21:24 +0200)]
manual: fix a trivial grammar error.

* doc/automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Fix grammar.

15 years agoAM_PROG_GCJ: use AC_CHECK_TOOLS for gcj, for cross compilation.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 7 Jun 2009 06:03:08 +0000 (08:03 +0200)]
AM_PROG_GCJ: use AC_CHECK_TOOLS for gcj, for cross compilation.

* m4/gcj.m4 (AM_PROG_GCJ): Use AC_CHECK_TOOLS, rather than
AC_CHECK_PROGS, when searching for `gcj'.
* NEWS: Update.
Report by Jack Kelly.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoAM_PROG_GCJ currently fails to define OBJEXT and EXEEXT.
Jack Kelly [Sun, 24 May 2009 14:38:33 +0000 (16:38 +0200)]
AM_PROG_GCJ currently fails to define OBJEXT and EXEEXT.

* tests/gcj6.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update; mark gcj6.test as XFAIL.
* THANKS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: avoid GNU make 3.80 substitution bug.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 24 May 2009 07:03:00 +0000 (09:03 +0200)]
parallel-tests: avoid GNU make 3.80 substitution bug.

* lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (check-TESTS): Remove any
`.log' entries from `$(TEST_LOGS)' even if the list is nonempty,
to work around GNU make 3.80 substitution reference issue with
trailing white space in the variable.
* tests/parallel-tests10.test: New test.
* tests/parallel-tests6.test: Update comment.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
* NEWS: Update.
Report by Bob Friesenhahn.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: unset installation directory variables.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 23 May 2009 21:08:31 +0000 (23:08 +0200)]
testsuite: unset installation directory variables.

* tests/defs.in: Before test execution, be sure to unset all
installation directory variables, so they cannot have an effect
on a `make -e install' command within a test.
Report by Dagobert Michelsen.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: do not change the mode of installed Libtool files.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 23 May 2009 21:05:17 +0000 (23:05 +0200)]
testsuite: do not change the mode of installed Libtool files.

* tests/defs.in: Do not use `chmod -R' on the test directory, as
that may change or try to change the mode of installed files:
the test directory may contain symlinks to ltmain.sh files from
a Libtool installation, and Solaris `chmod -R' touches symlink
targets.  Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in distdir.am.
* NEWS: Update.
Report by Dagobert Michelsen.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: do not fail in cleanup code.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 23 May 2009 20:54:15 +0000 (22:54 +0200)]
testsuite: do not fail in cleanup code.

* tests/defs.in: Turn off errexit in the cleanup trap, to avoid
a test failure due to a nonzero command.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Dagobert Michelsen.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agopython: do not install in system directories on Darwin 9.
Peter O'Gorman [Sat, 23 May 2009 20:13:14 +0000 (22:13 +0200)]
python: do not install in system directories on Darwin 9.

On Darwin 9, get_python_lib returns a path below `/Library/Python'
regardless of the `prefix' argument it was passed, causing `make
install' to target the system directories regardless of `--prefix'
argument used.  Work around this Darwin bug by ignoring the result
of get_python_lib if it points outside of the passed prefix, and
the prefix was not a system directory.

* m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): If the prefix does not match the
initial portion of the pythondir returned by get_python_lib, then
ignore it unless the configured prefix is `/usr' or starts with
`/System'.  Fixes instmany-python.test failure on Mac OS X 10.5.7.
* NEWS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoClarify how to enable `silent-rules' and other global options.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 23 May 2009 20:06:07 +0000 (22:06 +0200)]
Clarify how to enable `silent-rules' and other global options.

* doc/automake.texi (Options): When introducing options, be more
careful to note that not all of them can be specified in
AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS statements, and that some do not make sense in
subdirectories.  Note more prominently that `silent-rules' can
only be specified in configure.ac.
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Improve error
message for `silent-rules', `tar-v7', `tar-ustar', `tar-pax'
options specified in Makefile.am files.
Report by Bruno Haible.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoSkip specflg10.test without a C++ compiler.
Ralf Wildenhues [Thu, 21 May 2009 15:17:10 +0000 (17:17 +0200)]
Skip specflg10.test without a C++ compiler.

* tests/specflg10.test: Require g++.
Report by Thien-Thi Nguyen.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoRevert last patch, IRIX has an editor named `jot'.
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 19 May 2009 05:49:27 +0000 (07:49 +0200)]
Revert last patch, IRIX has an editor named `jot'.

* tests/instmany-mans.test: Do not try `jot'.
* tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
Report by Peter O'Gorman.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: also try `jot' as `seq' replacement.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 18 May 2009 18:57:05 +0000 (20:57 +0200)]
testsuite: also try `jot' as `seq' replacement.

* tests/instmany-mans.test: Try BSD `jot' before resorting to a
slow but portable shell loop.
* tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
Suggestion by Peter O'Gorman.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix test failure when pkg.m4 is not found, only pkg-config.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 18 May 2009 18:52:59 +0000 (20:52 +0200)]
Fix test failure when pkg.m4 is not found, only pkg-config.

* tests/vala5.test: Update comment, this test is not expected to
fail any more.  Require valac version 0.7.0.  Skip if configure
fails, could be due to unexpanded PKG_CHECK_MODULES or too old
valac.
Report by Simon Josefsson.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoVersion 1.11. v1.11
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 14:25:01 +0000 (16:25 +0200)]
Version 1.11.

* configure.ac: Bump version to 1.11.
* doc/automake.texi (Releases): Add line for 1.11.  Remove line
for 1.10b.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix maintainer-check failures.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 13:51:21 +0000 (15:51 +0200)]
Fix maintainer-check failures.

* automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Use `$(am__cd)' instead
of plain `cd'.
* tests/vala2.test: Use `rm -f' instead of `rm'.

15 years agoRevert Automake license to GPLv2+.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 13:32:40 +0000 (15:32 +0200)]
Revert Automake license to GPLv2+.

Automake will move to GPLv3+ once the Exception statement has
been rewritten to use the new GPLv3 exception language.  This
change does not impact the COPYING file that may be installed
by `automake --add-missing'.

* COPYING: Revert to GPLv2.  All uses changed.
* NEWS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoRewrite NEWS for 1.11.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 13:15:43 +0000 (15:15 +0200)]
Rewrite NEWS for 1.11.

* NEWS: Rewrite, merging 1.10b and 1.10c entries.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoSync auxiliary files from upstream.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 12:13:44 +0000 (14:13 +0200)]
Sync auxiliary files from upstream.

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

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoUpdate release statistics, improve release-stats rule.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 12:12:24 +0000 (14:12 +0200)]
Update release statistics, improve release-stats rule.

* Makefile.am (release-stats): Output stderr of pstops in
addition to catching it, for better debugging.
* doc/automake.texi (Releases): Add line for 1.10.2.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoCope with parallel BSD make -jN semantics.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 10:03:47 +0000 (12:03 +0200)]
Cope with parallel BSD make -jN semantics.

When BSD `make -jN' is used without `-B' which enables backwards
compatible semantics, it may reuse the same shell for several
commands within a rule; so ensure we do not leave it in a
different directory, nor `exit 0' early in a multi-command rule.

* lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): After running `distcleancheck',
change back to original working directory.
* lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_HIN%): Run autoheader in a
subshell.
* lib/am/mans.am (uninstall-man%SECTION%): Do not `exit 0' early
in a rule that consists of several shell invocations.  Parallel
NetBSD `make -jN' without `-B' will use only one shell for all
commands, but won't respawn one after `exit 0'.  Fixes
notrans.test failure.
* tests/makej2.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix typo in comment.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 09:55:14 +0000 (11:55 +0200)]
Fix typo in comment.

* lib/am/install.am: Fix typo.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoLet AM_PATH_PYTHON honor python's idea about the site directory.
Matthias Klose [Sun, 17 May 2009 09:29:16 +0000 (11:29 +0200)]
Let AM_PATH_PYTHON honor python's idea about the site directory.

* m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): When computing pythondir and
pyexecdir, pass the expanded prefix resp. exec_prefix as `prefix'
to get_python_lib, so python can determine the name of the site
directory depending on the install location.  Afterwards, replace
the directory names with the unexpanded values of $PYTHON_PREFIX
resp. $PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX again, to allow override according to
the documentation.  Fixes site directory computation for Debian
and Ubuntu (`dist-packages' for a prefix of `/usr' or `/usr/local',
`site-packages' elsewhere).
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoVala: for now, require GNU make.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 May 2009 08:26:15 +0000 (10:26 +0200)]
Vala: for now, require GNU make.

* doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): GNU make is currently
required for Vala sources.
* tests/vala2.test, tests/vala3.test, tests/vala5.test: Require
GNU make.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoVala: Use $(srcdir) in rebuild rules.
Jürg Billeter [Fri, 15 May 2009 13:51:03 +0000 (15:51 +0200)]
Vala: Use $(srcdir) in rebuild rules.

valac is always run in srcdir as the generated files are distributed.
So srcdir needs to be taken into account in the rebuild rules to not
wrongly trigger a rebuild in the wrong directory.

* automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Rebuild files in
$(srcdir).
* tests/vala2.test: Test rebuild rules from VPATH build.

Signed-off-by: Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoVala: Add and test rebuild rules for generated header and vapi files.
Jürg Billeter [Fri, 15 May 2009 13:50:59 +0000 (15:50 +0200)]
Vala: Add and test rebuild rules for generated header and vapi files.

valac will generate additional files when using, for example, -H in
VALAFLAGS. We need to recognize these options and add appropriate
rebuild rules to fix parallel build.

* automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Recognize -H, -h,
--header, --internal-header, --vapi, --internal-api, --gir flags
to valac and rebuild rules for generated headers; distribute
and maintainer-clean them.
* tests/vala2.test: Test rebuild rules.

Signed-off-by: Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoVala: Fix build when using per-target VALAFLAGS.
Jürg Billeter [Sun, 17 May 2009 08:14:13 +0000 (10:14 +0200)]
Vala: Fix build when using per-target VALAFLAGS.

This does not yet implement full per-target support for VALAFLAGS,
however, this change at least fixes building when there is only one
target per source file, which is the most common situation.

* automake.in: Remove `VALAFLAGS' from `flags' in language struct.
(lang_vala_finish_target): Handle `*_VALAFLAGS rewriting' manually
here; check `VALAFLAGS' user variables.
* tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove vala5.test.
* doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Document per-target flag
limitations.

Signed-off-by: Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoDocument some formatting restrictions for Makefile.am files.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 11 May 2009 22:15:43 +0000 (00:15 +0200)]
Document some formatting restrictions for Makefile.am files.

For PR automake/540:
* doc/automake.texi (General Operation, Usage of Conditionals):
Variable assignments should not be indented by TABs, rule commands
should.  Conditional keyword statements should not be indented.
Report by luoyi.ly@gmail.com.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix copyright years in *.am files.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 3 May 2009 07:59:21 +0000 (09:59 +0200)]
Fix copyright years in *.am files.

* lib/am/check.am, lib/am/check2.am, lib/am/distdir.am,
lib/am/program.am, lib/am/tags.am: Fix copyright years.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agodistdir: avoid duplicate `find' traversal with subpackages.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 3 May 2009 07:47:58 +0000 (09:47 +0200)]
distdir: avoid duplicate `find' traversal with subpackages.

* lib/am/distdir.am (distdir) [%?SUBDIRS%]: When recursing, set
`am__skip_mode_fix'.
[%?TOPDIR_P%]: When `$(am__skip_mode_fix)' is set, avoid tree
walk.
* tests/subpkg4.test: New test, to ensure that we still walk the
whole tree while fixing permissions.  We don't ensure it is
walked once only.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoDisable test cleanup trap with OSF1/Tru64 sh.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 3 May 2009 07:32:44 +0000 (09:32 +0200)]
Disable test cleanup trap with OSF1/Tru64 sh.

* configure.ac: Test whether /bin/sh has working 'set -e'
in conjunction with an exit trap.  Set $am_cv_sh_errexit_works
accordingly, substitute sh_errexit_works, and warn about
leftover test directories with broken shells like Tru64 /bin/sh.
* tests/defs.in: Do not install any traps with broken shells.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoRecommend *-local hooks without commands, for extensibility.
Bruno Haible [Sat, 2 May 2009 07:26:58 +0000 (09:26 +0200)]
Recommend *-local hooks without commands, for extensibility.

* doc/automake.texi (Clean): Show how to write the clean-local
extension with separate phony target.
* tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Practice what we preach
by marking this phony.  For consistency, rename from ...
(check-clean-local): ... this.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoscripts: normalize all timestamps to UTC
Eric Blake [Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:19:41 +0000 (15:19 -0600)]
scripts: normalize all timestamps to UTC

* lib/compile (scriptversion): Update emacs hook.
* lib/depcomp (scriptversion): Likewise.
* lib/elisp-comp (scriptversion): Likewise.
* lib/gnupload (scriptversion): Likewise.
* lib/install-sh (scriptversion): Likewise.
* lib/mdate-sh (scriptversion): Likewise.
* lib/missing (scriptversion): Likewise.
* lib/mkinstalldirs (scriptversion): Likewise.
* lib/py-compile (scriptversion): Likewise.
* lib/ylwrap (scriptversion): Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
15 years agosilent-rules: fix alignment of less verbose output.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:26:04 +0000 (22:26 +0200)]
silent-rules: fix alignment of less verbose output.

* automake.in (define_verbose_var): Define `$silent_var' as
VAR_ASIS, not VAR_PRETTY, to avoid squashing of multiple
adjacent spaces.
* tests/silent.test: Amend test.
Report by Jan Engelhardt.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agomanual: fix trivial grammar errors.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:45:24 +0000 (14:45 +0200)]
manual: fix trivial grammar errors.

* doc/automake.texi (Subpackages, Vala Support, Java)
(Checking the Distribution, Timeline): Fix `a' vs. `an' errors
and duplicate `the'.
Report by Eric Blake.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoIndent rule commands consistently with a TAB.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:48:11 +0000 (10:48 +0200)]
Indent rule commands consistently with a TAB.

* lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Consistently use TAB, not
spaces, for indentation of commands, even if indentation may not
be needed at all.
* lib/am/texinfos.am (install-info-am): Likewise.
* THANKS: Update.
Prompted by report from John Calcote.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: fix recheck* targets for non-GNU make.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:43:09 +0000 (10:43 +0200)]
parallel-tests: fix recheck* targets for non-GNU make.

* lib/am/check.am (recheck recheck-html): Override AM_MAKEFLAGS
to portably transport the TEST_LOGS settings through the
recursive `make' invocations.  Fixes parallel-tests9.test
failure with Solaris make.
* tests/parallel-tests9.test: Also ensure that the test
summary is correct for `recheck'.
Suggestion by Akim Demaille.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoAvoid racy depmodes with universal builds.
Ralf Wildenhues [Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:13:05 +0000 (22:13 +0200)]
Avoid racy depmodes with universal builds.

* m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): If universal builds are used,
avoid racy depmodes.
* lib/depcomp: Ignore `-arch' argument for makedepend depmode.
Report by Bruno Haible, analysis by Bruno Haible, Peter O'Gorman,
and Eric Blake.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix link to autotools tutorial.
Fabian Alenius [Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:52:23 +0000 (20:52 +0200)]
Fix link to autotools tutorial.

* doc/automake.texi (Autotools Introduction): Fix broken link.
* THANKS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: minor w32 fixes.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:57:23 +0000 (17:57 +0200)]
testsuite: minor w32 fixes.

* tests/depend5.test: Don't fail if the system or file system
cannot handle weird characters, instead just try a few.
* tests/parallel-tests3.test: Really wait until the serial test
has finished, before letting the cleanup trap do its work.
Report by Bruno Haible.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoAvoid nonportable `./FILE' instead of `FILE' in test.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:39:03 +0000 (17:39 +0200)]
Avoid nonportable `./FILE' instead of `FILE' in test.

* tests/libtool3.test: Do not use `$(top_builddir)/sub/libname.la'
in *_LDADD entry if `$(top_builddir)' is `.'.  Fixes test failure
with parallel NetBSD make.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoDetect make `include' style also with parallel non-GNU make.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:10:25 +0000 (17:10 +0200)]
Detect make `include' style also with parallel non-GNU make.

Parallel NetBSD make outputs `--- $target ---' messages,
parallel HP-UX make outputs `Making target"$target"'.  Just
ignore all additional output for the include test.

* m4/make.m4 (AM_MAKE_INCLUDE): Ignore additional output
produced by `make' to relax `include' style detection.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agomanual: add FAQ `Debugging Make Rules'.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:03:17 +0000 (23:03 +0200)]
manual: add FAQ `Debugging Make Rules'.

* doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): New FAQ section.
(Top, FAQ): Adjust menus, and capitalization of the description
of the `Hard-Coded Install Paths' node.
(Multiple Outputs): Add comment to restore font-lock for vim.
Suggestion by Karl Berry.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoLet XFile::lock warn and fail with parallel non-GNU make, too.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:46:36 +0000 (12:46 +0200)]
Let XFile::lock warn and fail with parallel non-GNU make, too.

* lib/Automake/XFile.pm (lock): Also match `-j' for parallel BSD
make, and `-P' for parallel HP-UX make.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix AM_PROG_VALAC version requirement detection.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:47:01 +0000 (09:47 +0200)]
Fix AM_PROG_VALAC version requirement detection.

* m4/vala.m4 (AM_PROG_VALAC): Remove `Vala ' from valac
--version string before comparing versions.
* tests/vala2.test: Require version 0.7.0 for the test.
Fixes failures of vala2.test and vala3.test with older valac.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoCorrectly treat all assignments with bogus trailing comments.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:19:20 +0000 (02:19 +0200)]
Correctly treat all assignments with bogus trailing comments.

Before this patch, automake would silently fail to diagnose and
to copy into the output those variable assignments which are
preceded by a comment, and end in backslash newline comment.

* automake.in (read_am_file): When determining whether an
escaped newline followed by a comment is an error, correctly use
the parser state, not the contents of a saved comment, which
could still be carried over from a comment before an assignment.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/commen11.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
Report by Karl Berry.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoMerge branch 'next'
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:50:46 +0000 (08:50 +0200)]
Merge branch 'next'

* next: (64 commits)
  More minor fixups to vala support.
  Improve Vala support.
  testsuite: do not fail on systems without read permissions.
  testsuite: parallel make fixes.
  silent-rules reorganization, --enable-silent-rules switch.
  manual: Add note about parallelism and tests ordering.
  Fix maintainer-check failure.
  parallel-tests: more testsuite exposure.
  parallel-tests: let VERBOSE=yes output appear before summary.
  parallel-tests: `clean recheck' should not rerun all tests.
  parallel-tests: Fix driver for nonempty executable extension.
  Fix a couple of $(EXEEXT)-related testsuite failure.
  Document last change in NEWS.
  Fix renamed objects with subdir-objects and other languages.
  Do not remove texinfo outputs upon mostlyclean.
  testsuite: unset TESTS, TEST_LOGS, to avoid interference.
  testsuite: generate $(parallel_tests) just when needed.
  Remove superfluous line from recheck recheck-html.
  parallel-tests: redo check-html, recheck, recheck-html.
  parallel-tests: LOG_COMPILER for tests without known extension.
  ...

15 years agoMerge branch 'mh-vala-support' into next
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:09:13 +0000 (08:09 +0200)]
Merge branch 'mh-vala-support' into next

* mh-vala-support:
  More minor fixups to vala support.
  Improve Vala support.
  Minor fixups for Vala support.
  Support Vala in non-recursive builds; more tests and fixes.
  Initial support for the vala programming language.

15 years agoMore minor fixups to vala support.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:06:51 +0000 (08:06 +0200)]
More minor fixups to vala support.

* automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Fix typo in comment.
* doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Fix typo.  Declare vala
support as "initial".
* NEWS: Likewise, declare vala support as "initial".

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoImprove Vala support.
Jürg Billeter [Sun, 5 Apr 2009 13:16:48 +0000 (15:16 +0200)]
Improve Vala support.

* automake.in: Update to Vala 0.7.0 semantics, recover from removal
of built sources, support silent-rules, drop _PKGNAME variables
* doc/automake.texi, NEWS: Update.
* lib/am/vala.am: Bump copyright years.
* m4/vala.m4: Likewise.
* tests/vala.test: Remove obsolete grep tests.
* tests/vala1.test: Likewise.
* tests/vala2.test: Test full build, distcheck, and distclean.
* tests/vala3.test: Likewise, also test with subdir-objects.
* tests/vala4.test: Bump copyright years.
* tests/vala5.test: New test for per-target flags, expected to fail.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
* THANKS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoMerge branch 'next' (early part) into mh-vala-support
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:59:42 +0000 (07:59 +0200)]
Merge branch 'next' (early part) into mh-vala-support

* 'next' (early part): (135 commits)
  parallel-tests: LOG_COMPILER for tests without known extension.
  More node renaming in the manual.
  Fix instdir-java.test failure.
  Fix testsuite failures due to nonexistent `dirlist' entries.
  Fix typo in manual.
  Avoid test failure due to paranoid TAR_OPTIONS envvar setting.
  Use more common spelling in diagnostic: s/canonic/canonical/.
  Post-release version bump.
  Version 1.10b.
  Minor NEWS update.
  Reorganize nodes in the manual.
  Update AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS for parallel-tests.
  parallel-tests: New target recheck-html.
  Rewrite maintainer-check in separate tests, parallelizable.
  Fix maintainer-check failure.
  Fix latex warning in manual.
  Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
  parallel-tests: redo lazy checking: recheck and RECHECK_LOGS.
  parallel-tests: do not mark check-TESTS as `.MAKE'.
  parallel-tests: warn about $(srcdir), $(top_srcdir) in TESTS.
  ...

15 years agotestsuite: do not fail on systems without read permissions.
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:42:14 +0000 (23:42 +0200)]
testsuite: do not fail on systems without read permissions.

* tests/instfail-info.test: Do not use the `non-root'
requirement for testing whether files may be made unreadable;
instead use `test -r' and skip the test if that still works.
* tests/instfail-java.test: Likewise.
* tests/instfail-libtool.test: Likewise.
* tests/instfail.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany-mans.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise.
* tests/instmany.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: parallel make fixes.
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:09:15 +0000 (23:09 +0200)]
testsuite: parallel make fixes.

This patch fixes a couple of testsuite bugs exposed with
`MAKE=make\ -jN make check'.
* tests/libtoo10.test: Do not run `clean' in same $MAKE
invocation as `all check'.  Fixes test failure with parallel
NetBSD `make -jN'.
* tests/nobase.test: Be sure to create a directory before
creating files in it.  Fixes test failure with MAKE=`make -jN'
for NetBSD make.  This issue is hidden with parallel GNU make
due to its parallel breadth first update order.
* tests/parallel-tests3.test: Skip if $MAKE contains `-j',
GNU make will use the environment variable $MAKE for recursion
and thus run in parallel even if `$MAKE -j1' was used on the
command line in the test.  Also, after running the test proper,
wait long enough so that background jobs have finished and there
are no open files left when the cleanup code runs.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agomanual: improve markup: itemize list in `Extending'.
Karl Berry [Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:43:08 +0000 (21:43 +0200)]
manual: improve markup: itemize list in `Extending'.

* doc/automake.texi (Extending): Use `@item's for user override
semantics.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agosilent-rules reorganization, --enable-silent-rules switch.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:17:39 +0000 (23:17 +0200)]
silent-rules reorganization, --enable-silent-rules switch.

This patch introduces a configure-time option to set the default
verbosity.  Since configure now needs to know whether the
`silent-rules' automake option was set, the latter can only be
set within AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, or with a new AM_SILENT_RULES macro
but not any more through AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS or the automake
command line option `--silent-rules'.

* automake.in (define_verbose_var): Define the default verbose
variable in terms of `$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)'.
(handle_configure): Do not pass `--silent-rules' to automake.
(scan_autoconf_traces): Trace `AM_SILENT_RULES'.  If seen,
enable global `silent-rules' option.
(usage): Do not document `--silent-rules'.
(parse_arguments): Do not accept `--silent-rules'.
* doc/automake.texi (Options): Overhaul.  Document
AM_SILENT_RULES, --enable-silent-rules, --disable-silent-rules,
AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY.  Show an example for user-added variables
for less verbose output.
(Invoking Automake): Remove documentation for `--silent-rules'.
(Public Macros): Document `AM_SILENT_RULES'.
* NEWS: Update.
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Accept
`silent-rules' only as option in configure.ac.
* m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): If the `silent-rules' option
was enabled, require `AM_SILENT_RULES'; move AM_BACKSLASH
initialization to ...
* m4/silent.m4 (AM_SILENT_RULES): ... this new file, new macro.
Deal with `--enable-silent-rules' switch; define
AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY.
* m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Add silent.m4.
* tests/dollarvar.test: Remove tests for `--silent-rules', use
`AM_SILENT_RULES'.
* tests/flavor.test: Remove test for `--silent-rules'.
* tests/silent.test: Use `AM_SILENT_RULES' instead of
`AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = silent-rules'; use `--enable-silent-rules'.
* tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent6.test: Likewise. Test `AM_SILENT_RULES' as well
as `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([silent-rules])' instead of
`--silent-rules'.
* tests/silent7.test: Use `AM_SILENT_RULES' instead of
`AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = silent-rules'; ensure the latter is rejected.
Test combinations of --enable-silent-rules and
--disable-silent-rules with `make V=0' and `make V=1'.
Suggestion for configure-time switch by Bob Friesenhahn.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agomanual: Add note about parallelism and tests ordering.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:36:19 +0000 (13:36 +0200)]
manual: Add note about parallelism and tests ordering.

* doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests):
Dependencies between test logs work for tests with known
extensions only.  Hint that tests should be prepared to be run
in parallel.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix maintainer-check failure.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:35:06 +0000 (13:35 +0200)]
Fix maintainer-check failure.

* tests/suffix13.test: Use Exit not exit.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agobin_PROGRAMS = $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) should work.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:29:25 +0000 (13:29 +0200)]
bin_PROGRAMS = $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) should work.

* automake.in (am_install_var): For `PROGRAMS' primary, strip
`$(EXEEXT)' here already, so the name uniquifying works even
when we look at names repeatedly, with inconsistent executable
extension; through variable references, we might have added
the extension ourselves earlier.
(handle_programs): No need to strip `$(EXEEXT)' here any more.
* tests/extra8.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Daniel Richard G.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix grammar in comments and documentation.
Jim Meyering [Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:25:05 +0000 (16:25 +0200)]
Fix grammar in comments and documentation.

* doc/automake.texi (API versioning): Fix grammar.
* automake.in: Fix grammar in comment.
* lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
* tests/ext2.test: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: more testsuite exposure.
Ralf Wildenhues [Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:37:31 +0000 (13:37 +0200)]
parallel-tests: more testsuite exposure.

* tests/parallel-tests.test: Also test overriding TEST_LOGS and
TESTS.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: let VERBOSE=yes output appear before summary.
Ralf Wildenhues [Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:31:28 +0000 (13:31 +0200)]
parallel-tests: let VERBOSE=yes output appear before summary.

* lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): In `VERBOSE=yes' mode,
output contents of `$(TEST_SUITE_LOG)' before, rather than after
the test suite summary.  This ensures that the email address
appears near the end of the output; also, the log file already
starts with a result summary anyway.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: `clean recheck' should not rerun all tests.
Ralf Wildenhues [Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:26:16 +0000 (13:26 +0200)]
parallel-tests: `clean recheck' should not rerun all tests.

* lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Do not rerun all
tests if `$(TEST_SUITE_LOG)' does not exist.
* tests/parallel-tests2.test: Adjust recheck test.
* tests/parallel-tests9.test: Adjust recheck-html test.
* NEWS: Update.
Suggestion by Akim Demaille.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: Fix driver for nonempty executable extension.
Ralf Wildenhues [Wed, 8 Apr 2009 22:16:35 +0000 (00:16 +0200)]
parallel-tests: Fix driver for nonempty executable extension.

* automake.in (handle_tests): New substitution `%am__EXEEXT%',
defined as 'FALSE' for non-generic rules, or if no programs are
built at all.  Otherwise, define it as configure conditional.
* lib/am/check2.am [%am__EXEEXT%] (%EXT%$(EXEEXT).log): New
conditional generic rule.
* m4/init.m4: Hook an m4_provide of `_AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT' onto
Autoconf's `_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT' macro.
(AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): If `_AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT' has been provided
at `AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE' time, then introduce a conditional
`am__EXEEXT', defined to true iff `$EXEEXT' is nonempty.
* tests/check5.test: Only match `_EXEEXT_[1-9]' here, to avoid
false positives stemming from `@am__EXEEXT_TRUE@'.
* NEWS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix a couple of $(EXEEXT)-related testsuite failure.
Ralf Wildenhues [Wed, 8 Apr 2009 22:15:32 +0000 (00:15 +0200)]
Fix a couple of $(EXEEXT)-related testsuite failure.

* tests/check8.test: Allow executable extensions in test suite
output.
* tests/check9.test: Add `$(EXEEXT)' manually to @substituted@
XFAIL_TESTS entries.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoDocument last change in NEWS.
Ralf Wildenhues [Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:02:55 +0000 (20:02 +0200)]
Document last change in NEWS.

* NEWS: Update for last patch.

15 years agoFix renamed objects with subdir-objects and other languages.
Florian Briegel [Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:16:01 +0000 (23:16 +0200)]
Fix renamed objects with subdir-objects and other languages.

* automake.in: Fixed bug when building with renamed objects
and foreign languages.
* tests/suffix13.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
* THANKS: Update.
Reports by Florian Briegel and Stepan Kasal.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoDo not remove texinfo outputs upon mostlyclean.
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:54:28 +0000 (22:54 +0200)]
Do not remove texinfo outputs upon mostlyclean.

* lib/am/texinfos.am: New substitutions %MOSTLYCLEAN%,
%MAINTCLEAN%.
(clean-aminfo): New target, remove %TEXICLEAN% if nonemtpy,
declare phony.  Hook this target to ...
(clean-am): ... this and ...
(?CYGNUS?clean-info): ... this.
(maintainer-clean-aminfo): Remove %MAINTCLEAN% if nonempty,
for later.
(mostlyclean-aminfo): Remove %MOSTLYCLEAN%.
* automake.in (handle_texinfo_helper): Return three arrays
$MOSTLYCLEAN, $TEXICLEAN, $MAINTCLEAN, instead of one array.
Only put LaTeX helper files in $MOSTLYCLEAN, the rest in
$TEXICLEAN for now.
(handle_texinfo): Accept these, chop off extra newline, and
substitute them in `texinfos.am'.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/txinfo33.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
Report by Bruno Haible.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: unset TESTS, TEST_LOGS, to avoid interference.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:14:04 +0000 (22:14 +0200)]
testsuite: unset TESTS, TEST_LOGS, to avoid interference.

* tests/defs.in: Unset TESTS, TEST_LOGS.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agotestsuite: generate $(parallel_tests) just when needed.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:08:30 +0000 (22:08 +0200)]
testsuite: generate $(parallel_tests) just when needed.

* tests/Makefile.am (check_SCRIPTS): No need to list
$(parallel_tests) here, they can be generated as needed during
the test run, following our recommendation in the manual.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoRemove superfluous line from recheck recheck-html.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:02:58 +0000 (22:02 +0200)]
Remove superfluous line from recheck recheck-html.

* lib/am/check.am (recheck recheck-html): Remove superfluous
line, introduced bogusly in last commit.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: redo check-html, recheck, recheck-html.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 6 Apr 2009 05:03:16 +0000 (07:03 +0200)]
parallel-tests: redo check-html, recheck, recheck-html.

* lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-am): Remove.
(recheck-TESTS): Rename to ...
(recheck): ... this and rewrite, factored ...
(recheck-html): ... with this rule.  Pass TEST_LOGS rather than
RECHECK_LOGS to `check' and `check-html', respectively, to avoid
running outdated tests.  Invoking the public macros ensures
`check_SCRIPTS' etc. are created in time.  Do not output errors
for tests that were not run yet.  If the testsuite has not run
at all, run all tests.
(check-html): Run `check' target, not `check-TESTS', to ensure
`check_SCRIPTS' etc. are created in time.
(.PHONY, .MAKE, AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): Adjust contents.
* tests/parallel-tests2.test: Expose the check-html and
recheck-html issues.
* tests/parallel-tests9.test: Expose the recheck issues.
Bugs in previous version pointed out by Akim, who already had
them fixed in his original version.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: LOG_COMPILER for tests without known extension.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 4 Apr 2009 10:14:14 +0000 (12:14 +0200)]
parallel-tests: LOG_COMPILER for tests without known extension.

* automake.in (handle_tests): If we don't match a known
extension, define `LOG_COMPILER' as `$(LOG_COMPILE)
$(AM_LOG_FLAGS) $(LOG_FLAGS)' and use it as %COMPILE% in check2.
* doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests):
Document it.  In the examples, suggest using the AM_*LOG_FLAGS
flags in Makefile.am rather than the variables without `AM_'
prefix.
* lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (AM_PL_LOG_FLAGS): Renamed from
(PL_LOG_FLAGS): ... this variable, intended for the user.
* tests/parallel-tests7.test: Extend test.
* NEWS: Update.
Suggestion by Akim Demaille.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoMore node renaming in the manual.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:10:02 +0000 (11:10 +0200)]
More node renaming in the manual.

* doc/automake.texi (Top): Adjust menu to ...
(API Versioning): ... this node being renamed from ...
(API versioning): ... this, and ...
(Wildcards): ... this being renamed from ...
(wildcards): ... this.
Report by Karl Berry.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix instdir-java.test failure.
Andreas Schwab [Fri, 3 Apr 2009 05:20:53 +0000 (07:20 +0200)]
Fix instdir-java.test failure.

* tests/instdir-java.test: Don't require gcj.  Skip if javac is
not available.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix testsuite failures due to nonexistent `dirlist' entries.
Ralf Wildenhues [Wed, 1 Apr 2009 18:36:22 +0000 (20:36 +0200)]
Fix testsuite failures due to nonexistent `dirlist' entries.

* tests/defs.in: When parsing `$aclocaldir/dirlist', only add
existing directories D to aclocal `-I D' flags, as aclocal
errors on nonexisting directories.
Report and analysis by Andreas Schwab.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix typo in manual.
Akim Demaille [Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:45:14 +0000 (21:45 +0200)]
Fix typo in manual.

* doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Fix
typo.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoAvoid test failure due to paranoid TAR_OPTIONS envvar setting.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:11:06 +0000 (21:11 +0200)]
Avoid test failure due to paranoid TAR_OPTIONS envvar setting.

* tests/txinfo18.test: Don't let a TAR_OPTIONS=--keep-old-files
environment variable setting cause test failure.  Fixed in
texi2dvi 4.13.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoUse more common spelling in diagnostic: s/canonic/canonical/.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:06:28 +0000 (21:06 +0200)]
Use more common spelling in diagnostic: s/canonic/canonical/.

* automake.in (check_typos): s/canonic/canonical/.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoPost-release version bump.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:54:04 +0000 (00:54 +0200)]
Post-release version bump.

* configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.10c.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoVersion 1.10b. v1.10b
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:23:16 +0000 (23:23 +0200)]
Version 1.10b.

* configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.10b.
* doc/automake.texi (Releases): Add statistics for 1.10b.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoMinor NEWS update.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:05:38 +0000 (23:05 +0200)]
Minor NEWS update.

* NEWS: Minor update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoReorganize nodes in the manual.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:48:08 +0000 (07:48 +0200)]
Reorganize nodes in the manual.

Avoid texinfo sectioning commands without nodes, by either
introducing new nodes along with menus, or using headings
commands.  Adjust all references.

* doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, adjust references to
new or changed node names.  Rename `non-configured' to
`unconfigured', capitalize headings and section names better.
(Top): List new menus and nodes introduced below.
(Length Limitations): Renamed from ...
(Length limitations): ... this.
(aclocal Options): Renamed from ...
(aclocal options): ... this.
(Macro Search Path): Renamed from ...
(Macro search path): ... this.  Rename subsubsections to
subsubheadings.
(Public Macros, Obsolete Macros, Private Macros): Renamed from
(Public macros, Obsolete macros, Private macros): ... these.
(Conditional Subdirectories): Introduce sub menu and split ...
(SUBDIRS vs DIST_SUBDIRS, Subdirectories with AM_CONDITIONAL)
(Subdirectories with AC_SUBST, Unconfigured Subdirectories):
... into these new nodes.  Adjust subsection names to node
names.
(Conditional Sources): Rename subsubsections to subsubheadings.
(Conditional Programs): Likewise.
(Program Variables): Renamed from ...
(Program variables): ... this.
(Libtool Issues): Introduce sub menu and split into ...
(Required file ltmain.sh not found)
(Objects created both with libtool and without): ... these new
nodes.
(Other Objects, Built Sources): Renamed from ...
(Other objects, Built sources): ... these.
(Built Sources Example): Renamed from ...
(Built sources example): this.  Rename unnumberedsubsecs to
subsubheadings.
(Man Pages): Renamed from ...
(Man pages): ... this.
(Install): Introduce sub menu and split into ...
(Basics of Installation, The Two Parts of Install)
(Extending Installation, Staged Installs)
(Install Rules for the User): ... these new nodes.
(Dist): Introduce sub menu and split into ...
(Basics of Distribution, Fine-grained Distribution Control)
(The dist Hook, Checking the Distribution)
(The Types of Distributions): ... these new nodes.
(Tests): Introduce sub menu and split into ...
(Simple Tests, Simple Tests using parallel-tests, DejaGnu Tests)
(Install Tests): ... these new nodes.
(Conditionals): Move the portability paragraph up, introduce sub
menu and split into ...
(Usage of Conditionals, Limits of Conditionals): ... these new
nodes.  Link to several sections throughout the manual that deal
with specific usage of conditionals.
(CVS): Rename subsections to subheadings.
(maintainer-mode): Likewise.
(Limitations on File Names): Renamed from ...
(limitations on file names): ... this.
(Flag Variables Ordering): Rename subsections to subheadings.
(Renamed Objects): Renamed from ...
(Renamed objects): ... this.
(Dependency Tracking Evolution): Introduce sub menu and split
into ...
(First Take on Dependencies, Dependencies As Side Effects)
(Dependencies for the User, Techniques for Dependencies)
(Recommendations for Tool Writers)
(Future Directions for Dependencies): ... these new nodes.
Report by Karl Berry.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoUpdate AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS for parallel-tests.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:23:30 +0000 (01:23 +0100)]
Update AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS for parallel-tests.

* lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS):
Add check, recheck, check-html, recheck-html.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoMerge branch 'ad-parallel-tests' into next
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:21:01 +0000 (01:21 +0100)]
Merge branch 'ad-parallel-tests' into next

* ad-parallel-tests:
  parallel-tests: New target recheck-html.
  parallel-tests: redo lazy checking: recheck and RECHECK_LOGS.
  parallel-tests: do not mark check-TESTS as `.MAKE'.
  parallel-tests: warn about $(srcdir), $(top_srcdir) in TESTS.
  check-html: Always create HTML output, note conversion failure.
  parallel-tests: per-extension test driver: <EXT>_LOG_COMPILER.
  parallel-tests: also record logs of SKIPped tests.
  Minor optimization in parallel-tests text box creation.

15 years agoparallel-tests: New target recheck-html.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:17:51 +0000 (01:17 +0100)]
parallel-tests: New target recheck-html.

* lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (recheck-html): New phony,
recursive target.  Factor common implementation with
`check-html'.
* doc/automake.texi (Tests): Document recheck-html.
* tests/parallel-tests2.test: Test it.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoMerge branch 'master' into next
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:59:46 +0000 (00:59 +0100)]
Merge branch 'master' into next

* master:
  Rewrite maintainer-check in separate tests, parallelizable.
  Fix maintainer-check failure.
  Fix latex warning in manual.
  Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
  manual: minor cleanups.
  Sane (un)install for empty directory variables.
  Ensure that empty directory variables work with empty content variables.
  Use --tag=FC with libtool also for .f90 files.
  DISTFILES containing a directory and files in that directory.
  Fix a documentation typo.
  Define AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS, for gnulib's GNUmakefile.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoRewrite maintainer-check in separate tests, parallelizable.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:48:37 +0000 (00:48 +0100)]
Rewrite maintainer-check in separate tests, parallelizable.

* Makefile.am (sc_diff_automake_in_automake, sc_perl_syntax)
(sc_no_brace_variable_expansions, sc_rm_minus_f)
(sc_no_for_variable_in_macro, sc_mkinstalldirs)
(sc_pre_normal_post_install_uninstall, sc_perl_no_undef)
(sc_perl_no_split_regex_space, sc_cd_in_backquotes)
(sc_cd_relative_dir, sc_perl_at_uscore_in_scalar_context)
(sc_perl_local_no_parens, sc_perl_local)
(sc_AMDEP_TRUE_in_automake_in, sc_tests_make_without_am_makeflags)
(sc_tests_plain_make, sc_tests_plain_autoconf)
(sc_tests_plain_autoupdate, sc_tests_plain_automake)
(sc_tests_here_document_format, sc_tests_Exit_not_exit)
(sc_tests_automake_fails, sc_tests_plain_aclocal)
(sc_tests_plain_perl, sc_tests_required_after_defs)
(sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline, sc_tests_plain_sleep)
(sc_tests_plain_egrep_fgrep, sc_mkdir_p, sc_perl_at_substs)
(sc_unquoted_DESTDIR, sc_tabs_in_texi, sc_at_in_texi): New rules,
all phony, all listed in ...
(syntax_check_rules): ... this new variable and split out from ...
(maintainer-check): ... this rule.  Depend on $(syntax_check_rules).

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix maintainer-check failure.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:53:40 +0000 (00:53 +0100)]
Fix maintainer-check failure.

* Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Do not complain if DESTDIR is
passed as argument to `make'.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix latex warning in manual.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:39:17 +0000 (00:39 +0100)]
Fix latex warning in manual.

* doc/automake.texi (Cross-Compilation): Fix underfull hbox.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoSync auxiliary files from upstream.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:38:47 +0000 (00:38 +0100)]
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>
15 years agoparallel-tests: redo lazy checking: recheck and RECHECK_LOGS.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:58:34 +0000 (22:58 +0100)]
parallel-tests: redo lazy checking: recheck and RECHECK_LOGS.

Replace the LAZY_TEST_SUITE API with a simpler yet more powerful
one: RECHECK_LOGS specifies those tests which are to be removed
in any case before testing.  Provide a `recheck' convenience
target to set RECHECK_LOGS to all failed and unexpectedly passed
tests.  Document several ways to limit the set of tests run.

* lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (RECHECK_LOGS): New variable,
default to $(TESTS_LOGS).
(check-TESTS): Remove $(RECHECK_LOGS) not $(TEST_LOGS).  Drop use
of LAZY_TEST_SUITE.
($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Do not output note about lazy rerun, as
LAZY_TEST_SUITE is gone.
(recheck): New target.
(recheck-am, recheck-TESTS): New internal targets.
* doc/automake.texi (Tests): Update @vindex for TESTS and
TEST_LOGS.  Replace description of LAZY_TEST_SUITE with a list
of ways the set of tests to be run can be modified.  Document
RECHECK_LOGS and the recheck target.
* tests/defs.in: Unset RECHECK_LOGS not LAZY_TEST_SUITE.
* tests/parallel-tests.test: Adjust, replacing LAZY_TEST_SUITE
with corresponding RECHECK_LOGS settings, and add another
RECHECK_LOGS test.
* tests/parallel-tests9.test: New test, test `recheck'.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
Suggestion and different implementation by Akim Demaille.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: do not mark check-TESTS as `.MAKE'.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:52:22 +0000 (22:52 +0100)]
parallel-tests: do not mark check-TESTS as `.MAKE'.

* lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (.MAKE): Remove check-TESTS.
This rule removes files, which should not be executed with BSD
`make -n'.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: warn about $(srcdir), $(top_srcdir) in TESTS.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:49:02 +0000 (21:49 +0100)]
parallel-tests: warn about $(srcdir), $(top_srcdir) in TESTS.

* automake.in (handle_tests): Warn about portability issue
concerning generated TESTS files listed with a `$(srcdir)/'
or `$(top_srcdir)/' prefix.
* doc/automake.texi (TESTS): Document this issue.  Mention that
the parallel-tests driver is still experimental.
* tests/parallel-tests8.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agocheck-html: Always create HTML output, note conversion failure.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:01:43 +0000 (21:01 +0100)]
check-html: Always create HTML output, note conversion failure.

* lib/am/check.am (check-html): Create `$(TEST_SUITE_HTML)' in
any case.  Exit unsuccessfully if HTML creation failed.
* tests/parallel-tests2.test: Amend test to expose this.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoparallel-tests: per-extension test driver: <EXT>_LOG_COMPILER.
Ralf Wildenhues [Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:55:26 +0000 (23:55 +0100)]
parallel-tests: per-extension test driver: <EXT>_LOG_COMPILER.

For test files with extension <ext>, introduce the internal
variable <EXT>_LOG_COMPILE, which expands to
$(<EXT>_LOG_COMPILER) $(AM_<EXT>_LOG_FLAGS) $(<EXT>_LOG_FLAGS).
Turn also the lib/Automake/tests testsuite over to the new
test driver.
* doc/automake.texi (Tests): Document `EXT_LOG_COMPILER' and
`EXT_LOG_FLAGS'.
* lib/am/check2.am: Insert `%COMPILE%' right before test.
* automake.in (handle_tests): Substitute `COMPILE' for check2,
empty for tests without extension, and `$(ext_LOG_COMPILE)' for
extension `ext'.  In the latter case, define it from the public
components.
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Use `parallel-test' globally.
* tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove, not needed here
any more.
* lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Split ...
(PL_LOG_COMPILER, PL_LOG_FLAGS): ... into these new variables.
(TESTS_EXTENSIONS): New variable, initialize to `.pl'.
* tests/parallel-tests7.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
Suggestion by Akim Demaille.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agomanual: minor cleanups.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:50:20 +0000 (09:50 +0100)]
manual: minor cleanups.

* doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Adjust spacing in example.
(Mixing Fortran 77 With C and C++): Drop unneeded @page breaks.

15 years agoSane (un)install for empty directory variables.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:04:48 +0000 (18:04 +0100)]
Sane (un)install for empty directory variables.

This patch fixes all install and uninstall rules to behave
sanely when $(wheredir) is the empty string, but $(where_HOW) is
nonempty, for all kinds of values of `where' and `HOW'.

* lib/am/data.am (install-%DIR%%PRIMARY%, uninstall-%DIR%%PRIMARY%):
Do not touch the install tree if the corresponding directory variable
$(%NDIR%dir) is empty.
* lib/am/java.am (install-%DIR%JAVA, uninstall-%DIR%JAVA): Likewise.
* lib/am/libs.am (install-%DIR%LIBRARIES, uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES):
Likewise.
* lib/am/lisp.am (install-%DIR%LISP, uninstall-%DIR%LISP): Likewise.
* lib/am/ltlib.am (install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES, uninstall-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES):
Likewise.
* lib/am/mans.am (install-man%SECTION%, uninstall-man%SECTION%):
Likewise.
* lib/am/progs.am (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS, uninstall-%DIR%PROGRAMS):
Likewise.
* lib/am/python.am (install-%DIR%PYTHON, uninstall-%DIR%PYTHON):
Likewise.
* lib/am/scripts.am (install-%DIR%SCRIPTS, uninstall-%DIR%SCRIPTS):
Likewise.
* lib/am/texinfos.am (install-dvi-am, install-html-am, install-pdf-am)
(install-ps-am, uninstall-dvi-am, uninstall-html-am, uninstall-pdf-am)
(uninstall-ps-am): Likewise.
* tests/instdir2.test, tests/instdir-java.test,
tests/instdir-lisp.test, tests/instdir-ltlib.test,
tests/instdir-prog.test, tests/instdir-python.test,
tests/instdir-texi.test: New tests.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
* NEWS: Update.
Suggestion by Akim Demaille.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>