Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:45:15 +0000 (11:45 +0100)]
maint: post-release version bump
* configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.11.2a, as per HACKING
suggestions.
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:50:57 +0000 (20:50 +0100)]
Stable release 1.11.2
* configure.ac: Bump copyright years.
(AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.11.2.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* doc/automake.texi (Release Statistics): Update, as suggested
by "make release-stats".
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:35:35 +0000 (20:35 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
tests: fix spurious failure on systems lacking unistd.h
test defs: hack to support autoconf-wrapper programs
tests: fix a minor spurious failure with FreeBSD make
tests: make two test scripts executable
readme: reference webpages for automake mailing lists
readme: update advice about testsuite execution
readme: don't reference the old homepage at sources.redhat.com
hacking: some more fixlets
* NEWS: Fix typo in 'make dist-bzip2' description.
Peter Rosin [Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:42:54 +0000 (21:42 +0100)]
tests: fix spurious failure on systems lacking unistd.h
This is for automake bug#10324.
* tests/silent-lex-generic.test (foo.l): Add a dummy #define of
YY_NO_UNISTD_H, so that the generated foo.c file won't require
unistd.h to be present (it is not present when compiling with,
e.g., MSVC 9).
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:12:31 +0000 (11:12 +0100)]
test defs: hack to support autoconf-wrapper programs
* tests/defs.in ($AUTOCONF): Add a dummy `-B' option to the
autoconf invocation, so that, when the Debian autoconf wrapper
is involved, it will correctly dispatch an autoconf >= 2.50
instead of defaulting to autoconf 2.13.
($AUTOHEADER, $AUTORECONF): Likewise, but for autoheader and
autoreconf respectively.
Reported by Bruno Haible:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-12/msg00039.html>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:46:14 +0000 (01:46 +0100)]
tests: fix a minor spurious failure with FreeBSD make
* tests/remake-am-pr10111.test: Avoid using `#' comments in
makefile recipes, as these have been confusing FreeBSD make.
The failure was masked by the fact that this test is currently
expected to fail.
Suggested by a report from Bruno Haible.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:22:57 +0000 (01:22 +0100)]
tests: make two test scripts executable
* tests/remake-am-pr10111.test: Make executable.
* tests/remake-m4-pr10111.test: Likewise.
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:14:04 +0000 (21:14 +0100)]
readme: reference webpages for automake mailing lists
* README: Rationalize and reorganize the (brief) description of
the automake mailing lists. In particular, instead of suggesting
the reader to write to the `-request' addresses to subscribe to
mailing lists, point him to the relevant webpages, where he can
also subscribe via a web form.
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:10:20 +0000 (21:10 +0100)]
readme: update advice about testsuite execution
* README: Now that the automake testsuite uses the parallel-tests
driver, there is no need for the user to capture the stdout of
"make check" to determine which tests have failed: a detailed log
is automatically saved into the `tests/test-suite.log' file.
Since we are at it, improve the wording by dropping an extra
"please".
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:53:10 +0000 (20:53 +0100)]
readme: don't reference the old homepage at sources.redhat.com
* README: Don't reference the old homepage at sources.redhat.com,
which is no longer active; reference the homepage on www.gnu.org
instead. See also automake bug#10157 and bug#10248.
* tests/README: Likewise, and remove related extra-pedantic advice
about copyright papers for test cases (we'll ask for those papers
explicitly when we think they are warranted).
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:20:00 +0000 (10:20 +0100)]
hacking: some more fixlets
* HACKING (Release Procedure): Place the list of pre-release
bootstrap-and-test commands on a line of its own, so it's easy to
select and then paste it into a terminal window.
Fix the explanation of "make git-release", as, since the previous
change, "make git-release" would simply run "make dist" rather
than "make distcheck".
Suggestion from Jim Meyering.
Peter Rosin [Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:10:56 +0000 (09:10 +0100)]
* NEWS: Fix typo in 'make dist-bzip2' description.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:31:40 +0000 (20:31 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
release: don't run "make distcheck" automatically
hacking: update on-line documentation for stable releases only
hacking: described release procedure applies to beta releases too
readme: the documentation is production quality now
hacking: tell about platform-testers mailing list
hacking: we don't use sources.redhat.com anymore
hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:25:07 +0000 (20:25 +0100)]
maint: post-release version bump
* configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.11.1c, as per HACKING
suggestions.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:26:52 +0000 (18:26 +0100)]
release: don't run "make distcheck" automatically
* Makefile.am (git-dist): The developers should test extensively
before finally creating the release tarball; so don't run "make
distcheck" on their behalf here; instead ...
* HACKING (Release procedure): ... state here that "make check"
and "make distcheck" should be run before calling "make git-dist".
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:53:03 +0000 (19:53 +0100)]
Beta version 1.11.1b (will become 1.11.2)
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.11.1b.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* doc/automake.texi (Release Statistics): Update, as suggested
by "make release-stats".
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:22:16 +0000 (11:22 +0100)]
news: fix other blunders
* NEWS: Remove some duplicated entries, and reorder some others,
and rename a subsection. This blunders are probably due to a
botched merge.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:18:00 +0000 (20:18 +0100)]
hacking: update on-line documentation for stable releases only
* HACKING (Release procedure): On-line documentation at www.gnu.org
should be updated for stable releases only.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:15:46 +0000 (20:15 +0100)]
hacking: described release procedure applies to beta releases too
* HACKING (Release procedure): Explicitly state that the described
procedure is valid for alpha/beta versions as well.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:10:18 +0000 (20:10 +0100)]
readme: the documentation is production quality now
* README-alpha: The documentation is now quite mature, no need
to decry it.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 5 Dec 2011 18:57:07 +0000 (19:57 +0100)]
hacking: tell about platform-testers mailing list
* HACKING (Release procedure): Announces for alpha and beta releases
should be sent to the `platform-testers@gnu.org' mailing list. Some
related rewording.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 5 Dec 2011 18:48:34 +0000 (19:48 +0100)]
hacking: we don't use sources.redhat.com anymore
* HACKING (Release procedure): Don't explain how to upload the
web pages at sources.redhat.com; we don't use that anymore.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 5 Dec 2011 18:41:19 +0000 (19:41 +0100)]
hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes
* HACKING (Administrivia): If a commit fixes a bug registered at GNU
debbugs, its bug number be reported in the ChangeLog entry. Re-order
the entries to give more visibility to the advice on how to verify
that a commit really fixes a bug.
(Working with git): Improve advice about which pre-existing branch
a topic branch should be based on.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:27:11 +0000 (00:27 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
dist-xz, dist-bzip2: don't hard-code -9, honor envvar settings
news: fix typos, grammaros and suboptimal wording
Jim Meyering [Fri, 9 Dec 2011 22:17:18 +0000 (23:17 +0100)]
dist-xz, dist-bzip2: don't hard-code -9, honor envvar settings
Before the present change, automake-generated `dist-xz' rule used
a hard-coded `xz -9'. That was a problem because on this front,
xz differs from gzip and bzip2. While the latter two don't incur
any run-time decompression penalty for using a higher compression
level, specifying -9 with xz imposes a potentially fatal virtual
memory requirement on any client that wants to decompress your
tar.xz file.
People have complained that a tarball compressed with -9 cannot
be uncompressed in a low-memory environment (wrt-based embedded).
Hence, instead of defaulting to -9, which is useful only for very
large tarballs, it defaults to -e (equivalent to -6e). This
limits the default memory requirements imposed on decompressors,
yet still gives very good compression ratios.
* lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz): Do not hard-code xz's -9: that made
it impossible to override. Actually don't default to -9, either,
since that induced inordinately large virtual memory usage when
merely decompressing. Instead, use its XZ_OPT envvar, defaulting
to -e if not defined. Suggested by Lasse Collin.
(dist, dist-all) [?XZ?]: Likewise
(dist-bzip2): Similarly, do not hard-code -9, but do continue to
use -9 by default. Honor the BZIP2 envvar.
(dist, dist-all) [?BZIP2?]: Likewise
* NEWS: Update.
* doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Describe the
newly enabled environment variables.
This is inspired to commit v1.11-389-g6da46f3, with additional
changes to reflect that the xz compression level should default
to -e, not -9.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:47:53 +0000 (12:47 +0100)]
news: fix typos, grammaros and suboptimal wording
* NEWS: Fix typos, grammaros and suboptimal wording.
Reported by Jim Meyering.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:03:01 +0000 (13:03 +0100)]
Merge branch 'msvc-for-1.11' into branch-1.11
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:58:34 +0000 (12:58 +0100)]
Merge branch 'msvc' into msvc-for-1.11
* msvc:
news: fix suboptimal wording
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:52:27 +0000 (12:52 +0100)]
news: fix suboptimal wording
* NEWS: Fix suboptimal wording.
Reported by Jim Meyering.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 8 Dec 2011 17:24:21 +0000 (18:24 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
maint: sync auxiliary files from upstream
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:02:39 +0000 (21:02 +0100)]
maint: sync auxiliary files from upstream
* lib/texinfo.tex: Synced from upstream, by "make fetch".
* lib/config.guess: Likewise.
* lib/config.sub: Likewise.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:24:57 +0000 (13:24 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
tests: fix spurious failures due to missing 'yywrap()' function
depcomp: spelling fix
tests: fix 'distcheck-override-infodir.test' on Cygwin
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:18:34 +0000 (23:18 +0200)]
tests: fix spurious failures due to missing 'yywrap()' function
The AC_PROG_LEX Autoconf macro does not diagnose a failure to find
the "lex library" expected to provide a `yywrap' function (function
which is required to link most lex-generated programs). On the
contrary, when all the link attempts (i.e., with `-ll' and `-lfl')
fail, configure declares that no lex library is needed, and simply
proceeds with the configuration process -- only for the build to
possibly fail later, at make time.
This behaviour is intended; the Autoconf manual reads:
``You are encouraged to use Flex in your sources, since it is
both more pleasant to use than plain Lex and the C source it
produces is portable. In order to ensure portability, however,
you must either provide a function `yywrap' or, if you don't use
it (e.g., your scanner has no `#include'-like feature), simply
include a `%noyywrap' statement in the scanner's source.''
This AC_PROG_LEX behaviour is causing some spurious failures of
the Automake testsuite in environments which lack a proper library
providing `yywrap' (this happens for example on Fedora-based
systems). The proper workaround is to simply provide a fall-back
implementation of `yywrap' in our lexers.
* tests/cond35.test: Provide a dummy `yywrap' function.
* tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent-lex-generic.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent-lex-gcc.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent-many-generic.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent-many-gcc.test: Likewise.
Reported by Jim Meyering:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-10/msg00092.html>
Cherry-picked (with some edits) from commits `v1.11-1085-gb5c3968'
(master) and `v1.11-871-geb147a1' (testsuite-work).
Paul Eggert [Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:11:30 +0000 (12:11 +0100)]
depcomp: spelling fix
* lib/depcomp (-h): Fix misspelling in usage diagnostic.
Peter Rosin [Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:54:00 +0000 (14:54 +0100)]
tests: fix 'distcheck-override-infodir.test' on Cygwin
* tests/distcheck-override-infodir.test (Makefile.am): Do not add
any `/' between $(DESTDIR) and the following paths. Otherwise,
when $(DESTDIR) is empty, the recipes will try to access files
with a leading double slash, which have an implementation-defined
interpretation (e.g., for Cygwin, they mean UNC paths).
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:16:32 +0000 (12:16 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
cosmetics: typofix in comments
coverage: undistributed '.am' and '.m4' files are diagnosed
coverage: required but missing '.am' and '.m4' files are diagnosed
coverage: expose automake bug#10111 in the testsuite
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:14:49 +0000 (12:14 +0100)]
cosmetics: typofix in comments
* tests/remake-am-pr10111.test (Makefile.am): Fix typo in comments.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Krzysztof Żelechowski.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:55:01 +0000 (11:55 +0200)]
coverage: undistributed '.am' and '.m4' files are diagnosed
The stub rules emitted to work around the "deleted header problem"
for `.m4' files (included by autoconf in e.g., configure.ac) and
for `.am' files (included by automake in e.g., Makefile.am) should
not prevent "make" from correctly complaining when such a required
file is missing from a distribution tarball.
* tests/dist-missing-am.test: New test.
* tests/dist-missing-m4.test: Likewise.
* tests/dist-missing-included-m4.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:07:19 +0000 (17:07 +0200)]
coverage: required but missing '.am' and '.m4' files are diagnosed
The stub rules emitted to work around the "deleted header problem"
for `.m4' files (included by autoconf in e.g., configure.ac) and
for `.am' files (included by automake in e.g., Makefile.am) should
not prevent the remake rules from correctly erroring out when a
still-required file is missing.
* tests/deleted-am.test: New test.
* tests/deleted-m4.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:50:53 +0000 (20:50 +0100)]
coverage: expose automake bug#10111 in the testsuite
* tests/remake-am-pr10111.test: New test, xfailing.
* tests/remake-m4-pr10111.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Add them.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:52:54 +0000 (11:52 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
fix: regenerate doc/Makefile
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:52:40 +0000 (11:52 +0100)]
fix: regenerate doc/Makefile
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:33:31 +0000 (10:33 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
texinfo: work around Solaris 10 xpg4 shell bug in install rules
configure: report perl version in config.log
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:53:57 +0000 (19:53 +0100)]
texinfo: work around Solaris 10 xpg4 shell bug in install rules
* lib/am/texinfos.am (install-html-am): Use an extra variable
indirection to work around a bug in Solaris 10 /usr/xpg4/bin/sh.
Bug revealed by a failure of `txinfo21.test'. See also:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2011-11/msg00005.html>
<http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10026#23>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:04:10 +0000 (09:04 +0100)]
configure: report perl version in config.log
* configure.ac: Report the version of the selected perl interpreter
in config.log; this should render the logs more informative.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:49:32 +0000 (10:49 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
tests: fix spurious failure with older install-info
maintcheck: fix spurious failure in 'color2.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:25:43 +0000 (10:25 +0100)]
tests: fix spurious failure with older install-info
* tests/install-info-dir.test (foo.texi): Also add proper
`@settitle', `@dircategory' and `@direntry' directive, otherwise
older versions of `install-info' (e.g., 4.8) will fail to create
the `dir' index file in ${infodir}.
Problem revealed by a failure on NetBSD 5.1.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:24:36 +0000 (22:24 +0100)]
maintcheck: fix spurious failure in 'color2.test'
* tests/color2.test: Avoid creative quoting to avoid a spurious
failure of the `sc_tests_Exit_not_exit' maintainer check.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:31:37 +0000 (19:31 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
tests: fix spurious error in 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
tests: fix typo in 'uninstall-fail.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:41:53 +0000 (18:41 +0100)]
tests: fix spurious error in 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
* tests/uninstall-fail.test: Solaris 10 /usr/xpg4/bin/sh can add
a line number before the `:' in the error messages issued by shell
builtins. Account for that in our grepping of make output.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:25:38 +0000 (18:25 +0100)]
tests: fix typo in 'uninstall-fail.test'
* tests/uninstall-fail.test: Always use `$rm_f_is_silent_on_error'
instead of the bogus `$rm_f_is_silent_on_failure'.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:42:44 +0000 (20:42 +0100)]
Merge branch 'msvc-for-1.11' into branch-1.11
* msvc-for-1.11: (26 commits)
tests: fix broken backport of tests on `extra-portability' warnings
tests: various minor tweakings, mostly related to AM_PROG_AR
tests: fix broken backport of AM_PROG_AR tests
ar-lib: fix configure output for "unrecognized archiver interface"
warnings: fix buglets for portability warnings
tests: extend tests on 'extra-portability' warning category
warnings: 'extra-portability' category is not implied by '-Wall'
tests: various minor tweakings, mostly related to AM_PROG_AR
tests: few improvements to some `ar-lib' related tests
warnings: new 'extra-portability' category, for AM_PROG_AR
ar-lib: new 'AM_PROG_AR' macro, triggering the 'ar-lib' script
Skip MSVC oriented tests if the shell is not capable.
Fix latest ChangeLog entries.
lib/compile: update scriptversion.
compile: clear the `eat' variable earlier.
depcomp: add new one-pass depmode for MSVC 7 and later.
tests: fix ar-lib.test for echo that interprets backslashes.
compile: implement library search to support MSVC static linking
Make ar-lib support backslashed files in archives.
Do file name conversion for object files in the compile wrapper.
...
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:41:29 +0000 (20:41 +0100)]
Merge branch 'msvc' into msvc-for-1.11
* msvc:
tests: avoid a spurious failure of 'ltinit.test' MinGW
tests: various minor tweakings, mostly related to AM_PROG_AR
tests: testsuite is now safe to run with dmake in parallel mode
tests: fix spurious failures w.r.t. parallel make and colorization
tests: fix spurious failure in 'distcheck-override-infodir.test'
tests: avoid another failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
ar-lib: fix configure output for "unrecognized archiver interface"
warnings: fix buglets for portability warnings
tests: extend tests on 'extra-portability' warning category
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:56:00 +0000 (12:56 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
tests: avoid a spurious failure of 'ltinit.test' MinGW
tests: testsuite is now safe to run with dmake in parallel mode
tests: fix spurious failures w.r.t. parallel make and colorization
tests: fix spurious failure in 'distcheck-override-infodir.test'
tests: avoid another failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:51:47 +0000 (12:51 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into msvc
* maint:
tests: avoid a spurious failure of 'ltinit.test' MinGW
tests: testsuite is now safe to run with dmake in parallel mode
tests: fix spurious failures w.r.t. parallel make and colorization
tests: fix spurious failure in 'distcheck-override-infodir.test'
tests: avoid another failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:43:54 +0000 (12:43 +0100)]
tests: avoid a spurious failure of 'ltinit.test' MinGW
* tests/ltinit.test: Be laxer in grepping configure output, to
avoid spurious failures on systems which lack POSIX dynamic
linking (e.g., MinGW), or when cross-compiling for such systems.
See also commit `v1.11-855-ge9e5d4a'.
Report and suggestion from Peter Rosin.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:23:13 +0000 (11:23 +0100)]
tests: fix broken backport of tests on `extra-portability' warnings
* tests/extra-portability2.test: Ensure all the automake invocations
have the warnings in the `extra-portability' category enabled.
Report by Peter Rosin.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:50:35 +0000 (10:50 +0100)]
tests: various minor tweakings, mostly related to AM_PROG_AR
* tests/alloca2.test: Ensure we don't experience a spurious failure
due to a missing `AM_PROG_AR' macro or a missing `ar-lib' auxiliary
script.
* tests/libtool4.test: Likewise.
* tests/ldadd.test: Likewise. Since we are at it, make grepping of
automake stderr stricter.
* tests/reqd2.test: Likewise.
* tests/pr211.test: Ensure automake fails also with `-Wnone', since
the error we are testing for is an hard error, not a mere warning.
* tests/syntax.test: Likewise, and ensure we don't fail to other
errors by removing use of `lib_LTLIBRARIES' in Makefile.am. Since
we are at it, make grepping of automake stderr stricter.
Peter Rosin [Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:45:57 +0000 (21:45 +0100)]
tests: fix broken backport of AM_PROG_AR tests
* tests/ar-lib3.test: Explicitly request -Wextra-portability
in order to trigger the expected error.
* tests/ar-lib4.test: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:50:29 +0000 (19:50 +0100)]
tests: testsuite is now safe to run with dmake in parallel mode
* tests/defs.in: Unset variables DMAKE_CHILD, DMAKE_DEF_PRINTED
and DMAKE_MAX_JOBS, which are exported by Solaris dmake when run
in parallel mode, and which might confuse make processes spawned
by our testsuite.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:41:30 +0000 (18:41 +0100)]
tests: fix spurious failures w.r.t. parallel make and colorization
* tests/color2.test: Skip the test if the $MAKE program fails to
consider the standard output as a tty when spawned by `expect'.
This is required for make implementations, like FreeBSD make and
Solaris dmake, that redirect the output of recipes to temporary
files or pipes when run in parallel mode. Since we are at it,
simplify the detection of a working `expect' program, and throw
in other minor simplifications.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 7 Nov 2011 15:07:25 +0000 (16:07 +0100)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9579' into maint
* fix-pr9579:
tests: fix spurious failure in 'distcheck-override-infodir.test'
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 7 Nov 2011 15:05:48 +0000 (16:05 +0100)]
tests: fix spurious failure in 'distcheck-override-infodir.test'
* tests/distcheck-override-infodir.test ($required): Add
'install-info'.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 7 Nov 2011 14:59:43 +0000 (15:59 +0100)]
tests: avoid another failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
* tests/uninstall-fail.test: On Solaris 10, if `/bin/rm' is run
with the `-f' option, it doesn't print any error message when
failing to remove a file (due to e.g., "Permission denied").
Yikes. Cater to this incompatibility, by relaxing the test when
a faulty `rm' is detected.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 5 Nov 2011 20:35:40 +0000 (21:35 +0100)]
ar-lib: fix configure output for "unrecognized archiver interface"
* m4/ar-lib.m4: Ensure that, even when an error is hit while trying
to determine the archiver interface kind, the "checking archiver
interface" message from configure is properly terminated before
an error message is printed, to avoid slightly garbled output.
* tests/ar4.test: Enhance.
* tests/ar5.test: Likewise.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 5 Nov 2011 11:24:29 +0000 (12:24 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
maint-mode: fix botched configure messages
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:50:49 +0000 (12:50 +0100)]
warnings: fix buglets for portability warnings
* lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (switch_warning): Ensure the
correct implications and inter-dependencies between warnings
in the categories `portability', `extra-portability' and
`recursive-portability' are respected. Also add detailed
explicative comments, and references to the relevant tests.
* tests/dollarvar2.test: Update and extend. Also, remove
some unnecessary uses of `--force' option in automake calls.
* tests/extra-portability3.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:15:33 +0000 (12:15 +0100)]
tests: extend tests on 'extra-portability' warning category
* tests/extra-portability.test: Redefine `$AUTOMAKE' to ensure we
have complete control over the automake options. Extend by using
also a setup where no `portability' warning is present (only an
`extra-portability' warning is). Other minor extensions. Remove
some redundant, verbose comments about the expected diagnostic.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:26:51 +0000 (11:26 +0100)]
warnings: 'extra-portability' category is not implied by '-Wall'
This change is only intended for the 1.11.x series. In automake
1.12, `-Wall' will be meant to enable `-Wextra-portability'.
* lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (switch_warning): Do not enable
extra-portability warnings when `-Wall' is given. Use ...
($have_extra_portability ): ... this new global variable.
Add a trailing "1;" to avoid spurious errors upon the importing
of this module.
* tests/extra-portability.test: Update and extend.
* NEWS: Update.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:28:52 +0000 (10:28 +0100)]
Merge branch 'msvc' into msvc-for-1.11
* msvc:
tests: various minor tweakings, mostly related to AM_PROG_AR
maint-mode: fix botched configure messages
tests: few improvements to some `ar-lib' related tests
warnings: new 'extra-portability' category, for AM_PROG_AR
ar-lib: new 'AM_PROG_AR' macro, triggering the 'ar-lib' script
Skip MSVC oriented tests if the shell is not capable.
Fix latest ChangeLog entries.
lib/compile: update scriptversion.
compile: clear the `eat' variable earlier.
depcomp: add new one-pass depmode for MSVC 7 and later.
tests: fix ar-lib.test for echo that interprets backslashes.
compile: implement library search to support MSVC static linking
Make ar-lib support backslashed files in archives.
Do file name conversion for object files in the compile wrapper.
Optimize compile script on MSYS.
Support more C++ file extensions for MSVC in the compile script.
Enable the use of "link -lib" as the wrapped archiver.
Add new auxiliary 'ar-lib' script, wrapping Microsoft lib.
Fix shell pattern negation in compile script.
Wrap some MSVC options in the compile script.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:09:05 +0000 (15:09 +0100)]
tests: various minor tweakings, mostly related to AM_PROG_AR
* tests/alloca.test: Adjust to new portability requirements due
to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.
* tests/discover.test: Likewise.
* tests/libobj3.test: Likewise.
* tests/pluseq7.test: Likewise. Also, make grepping of automake
expected error message stricter.
* tests/stdlib.test: Likewise, and extend the test a bit.
* tests/parse.test (configure.in): Remove redundant call to
AC_PROG_RANLIB.
* tests/library2.test: Adjust to new portability requirements
due to the new AM_PROG_AR macro. Also ...
(configure.in): ... add call to AC_PROG_CC, to ensure automake
really fails for the expected reason.
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 '${infodir}/dir'
deps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551'
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:28:56 +0000 (11:28 +0100)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9890' into maint
* fix-pr9890:
maint-mode: fix botched configure messages
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:15:59 +0000 (12:15 +0200)]
maint-mode: fix botched configure messages
This change fixes automake bug#9890.
* m4/maintainer.m4 (AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Fix the "checking ..."
configure message related to the enabling/disabling of maintainer
mode.
* tests/help-maintainer.test: Renamed ...
* tests/maintmode-configure-msg.test: ... to this, and extended
to cover the fixed bug. Also, since we are at it, make grepping
of configure help screens stricter, and throw in some few other
changes to reduce code duplication and enhance readability.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
* THANKS: Update with Zack's new e-mail address.
Report and initial patch by Zack Weinberg, test cases added by
Stefano Lattarini.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:16:41 +0000 (12:16 +0100)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
fix: regenerate Makefiles
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:58:23 +0000 (11:58 +0100)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr9773' into maint
* fix-pr9773:
fix: regenerate Makefiles
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:58:06 +0000 (11:58 +0100)]
fix: regenerate Makefiles
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:34 +0000 (12:27 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
info: allow user to inhibit creation/update of '${infodir}/dir'
dejagnu: allow the package developer to extend site.exp
* THANKS: Fix whitespace issue.
deps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551'
dejagnu: ensure 'srcdir' is defined as a relative directory
Fix testsuite failure of check12.test without DejaGNU.
Extend and improve tests on DejaGnu support.
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 '${infodir}/dir'
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:43:00 +0000 (13:43 +0200)]
tests: few improvements to some `ar-lib' related tests
* tests/ar-lib5a.test (Makefile.am): Also check that the target
library has truly been created.
(ar-lib): Use the real `ar-lib' script (mildly patched) rather
than a dummy one, to ensure better "real-life coverage". Fix
botched shebang line.
* tests/ar-lib5b.test: Extend the PATH variable to make the dummy
`lib' script accessible, instead of explicitly calling it by its
relative/absolute path.
(ar-lib): Fix botched shebang line.
(bin/lib): Likewise. Also, add explicative comments, and make
slightly stricter.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:45:42 +0000 (19:45 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr8485-and-pr8526' into maint
* fix-pr8485-and-pr8526:
deps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551'
Peter Rosin [Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:04:24 +0000 (09:04 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint' into msvc
* tests/subpkg-yacc.test: Adjust to new portability requirements due
to the new AM_PROG_AR macro.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:19:21 +0000 (13:19 +0200)]
info: allow user to inhibit creation/update of '${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.
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
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.
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.
Peter Rosin [Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:39:48 +0000 (08:39 +0200)]
* THANKS: Fix whitespace issue.
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>
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>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:54:09 +0000 (22:54 +0200)]
Merge branch 'maint' into branch-1.11
* maint:
tests: fix spurious failures with "chatty" make implementations
tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines
tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris
tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Cygwin
tests: avoid spurious failure in 'parallel-tests3.test'
tests: fix spurious failure with FreeBSD make and Yacc in VPATH
tests: fix spurious failure with autoconf 2.62
docs: avoid using colon character inside arguments of @pxref
parallel-tests: warn on conditional TEST_EXTENSIONS definition
parallel-tests: don't allow @substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS
tests: fix spurious failure in 'insthook.test'
maintcheck: fix spurious failure
regenerate Makefile.in
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.
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
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'
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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