Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 15 May 2013 13:55:44 +0000 (15:55 +0200)]
THANKS: update Akim's e-mail address
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 14 May 2013 13:50:12 +0000 (15:50 +0200)]
tests: less uses of "make -e"; avoid spurious failures in 'check-cc-no-c-o'
That is, when the testsuite is run using a fake C compiler that doesn't
grasp the '-c' and '-o' options together.
* t/instdir-prog.sh: Adjust.
* t/instdir-ltlib.sh: Likewise.
* t/python-virtualenv.sh: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 14 May 2013 12:18:00 +0000 (14:18 +0200)]
build: be more respectful of user-specified verbosity
* t/Makefile.in (check-cc-no-c-o, check-no-trailing-backslash-in-recipes,
installcheck-testsuite, perf): Here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 14 May 2013 11:40:48 +0000 (13:40 +0200)]
check-cc-no-c-o: unify initializations in a single place
* t/ax/test-defs.in: That is, by setting CC and GNU_CC here, in accord
with the value of the variable 'AM_TESTSUITE_SIMULATING_NO_CC_C_O'.
* t/Makefile.in (check-cc-no-c-o) : No need to reset CC and GNU_CC any
longer in the recursive "make check" invocation.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 14 May 2013 11:17:50 +0000 (13:17 +0200)]
check-cc-no-c-o: avoid a spurious failure
* t/am-prog-cc-c-o.sh: In this test, by relying on the knowledge
that we are running under the aegis of the 'check-cc-no-c-o'
maintainer-specific target, knowledge given us by ...
* t/Makefile.in (check-cc-no-c-o) : ... the new environment
variable 'AM_TESTSUITE_SIMULATING_NO_CC_C_O', set to a value
of "yes" by this rule.
* t/ax/test-defs.in: Initialize the new variable to "no" by
default, and add an explanatory comment.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 14 May 2013 10:12:44 +0000 (12:12 +0200)]
build: fixup for building in a VPATH setup
* bin/Makefile.inc (%D%/automake, %D%/aclocal): Make sure that the
directory where the targets scripts are going to be built exists,
before trying to create said scripts.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Nick Bowler [Sat, 11 May 2013 09:45:16 +0000 (11:45 +0200)]
Use AC_DEFUN_ONCE to define AM_PROG_CC_C_O
If AM_PROG_CC_C_O is expanded multiple times, and the compiler does not
support -c and -o together, each expansion of the macro will prepend
the compile script to CC. This can result in the compile script
invoking the compile script, which at best pointless and silly.
Fortunately, there does not appear to be any serious problems as the
first compile invocation strips out -o options, causing subsequent
invocations of the script to merely exec their arguments.
Other than fixing the above, this should not normally cause any changes
to the resulting configure script, except in the (hopefully rare) case
where AM_PROG_CC_C_O is directly expanded (i.e., *not* using AC_REQUIRE)
in the body of a macro defined with AC_DEFUN. In that case, the use of
AC_DEFUN_ONCE may cause the expansion of AM_PROG_CC_C_O to appear
earlier in the configure script.
* m4/minuso.m4: Change the definition of AM_PROG_CC_C_O to use
AC_DEFUN_ONCE, avoiding problems caused by multiple expansions.
Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 11 May 2013 09:03:41 +0000 (11:03 +0200)]
compile: avoid AC_PROG_CC messy rewrite
Instead, add an hook to AC_OUTPUT to have AM_PROG_CC_C_O invoked
automatically.
See also the long-winded discussion about automake bug#13378.
* m4/minuso.m4 (AM_PROG_CC_C_O): Bring back the old implementation,
from commit v1.13.1-55-g1ab8fb6.
* m4/init.m4 (AC_PROG_CC): Remove this horrible, hacky re-write.
* (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Arrange for AM_PROG_CC_C_O to be called if
necessary.
* t/am-prog-cc-c-o.sh: Adjust to avoid spurious failure.
* t/subobj.sh: Likewise.
Suggested-by: Nick Bowler <nbowler@elliptictech.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 11 May 2013 08:25:33 +0000 (10:25 +0200)]
options: tiny simplification in dealing with incompatible versions
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Here, when an
incompatible version number option is detected, there's no need
to call error() with the "uniq_scope => US_GLOBAL" switch.
In fact, if the same incompatible version number is specified in
AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in both (say) 'Makefile.am' and 'sub/Makefile.am',
we want each such erroneous usage reported separately, rather than
just the first time it is encountered (as we'd expect to happen
when "uniq_scope => US_GLOBAL" is used).
Ideally, this change should have been folded into the similar
commit 'v1.13.1d-129-gf7ef16f', but we noticed that too late.
Oh well.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 22:28:15 +0000 (00:28 +0200)]
options: try to report as much errors as possible
For example, if two invalid options are used in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS, don't
report just the first one, but both of them.
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Do so by avoiding
early returns in here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 22:16:14 +0000 (00:16 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
warns: don't tell AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is going to be removed
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 21:59:02 +0000 (23:59 +0200)]
warns: don't tell AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is going to be removed
That is no longer true. For a more extended rationale, see file
'PLANS/obsolete-removed/am-prog-mkdir-p.txt' in the maint branch
(as of commit v1.13.1d-132-g90ec3fe).
* automake.in (scan_autoconf_traces): So adjust the warning message
here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 21:50:25 +0000 (23:50 +0200)]
refactor: fix few "inverted boolean" usages
In some subroutines, we used a return value of 0 to indicate success,
and a return status of 1 to indicate failure. That was not very
consistent with the perl interpretation of 0 as a false value and 1 as
a true value. So we now invert the meaning of the exit statuses.
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Here.
(process_global_option_list, process_option_list): And by reflex,
here as well.
* bin/automake.in (handle_options): And here.
(generate_makefile, scan_autoconf_traces): Adjust.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 21:29:04 +0000 (23:29 +0200)]
options: better name for an internal function
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_option_must_be_from_configure): Rename ...
(_option_is_from_configure): ... like this.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 21:08:28 +0000 (23:08 +0200)]
options: more consistency in use of return statuses to report errors
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_option_must_be_from_configure): By giving
a proper return status here.
(_process_option_list): And using it here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 21:01:27 +0000 (23:01 +0200)]
options: tiny simplification in dealing with erroneous opts
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Here, when an
invalid option is detected, there's no need to call &error with
the "uniq_scope => US_GLOBAL" switch. In fact, if the same
erroneous option is specified in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in both (say)
'Makefile.am' and 'sub/Makefile.am', we want each such erroneous
usage reported separately, rather than just the first time it is
encountered (as happens when "uniq_scope => US_GLOBAL" is used).
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 20:50:54 +0000 (22:50 +0200)]
options: consistently use return statuses to report errors
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Here.
(process_option_list, process_global_option_list): Remove
redundant use of 'return'.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 20:34:21 +0000 (22:34 +0200)]
options: re-enable some sanity checks
They had been unwittingly disabled by a slightly incorrect
code ordering.
* lib/Automake/Options.pm (process_option_list): Here.
(process_global_option_list): And here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 20:19:03 +0000 (22:19 +0200)]
THANKS: update Eric Blake's e-mail address
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 20:17:43 +0000 (22:17 +0200)]
NEWS: typofix
Reported-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 19:17:30 +0000 (21:17 +0200)]
news: document new 'subdir-objects' warning
* NEWS: Automake 1.14 will warn if a subdir source file is
specified but the 'subdir-objects' option is not given. This
is done to smooth the transition to Automake 2.0, which will
unconditionally assume the behaviour now given only with the
'subdir-objects' option.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 18:56:07 +0000 (20:56 +0200)]
PLANS: one minor fixlet (mostly cosmetic)
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 18:52:36 +0000 (20:52 +0200)]
PLANS: we have already dropped support for split info files in master
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 18:35:21 +0000 (20:35 +0200)]
NEWS: fix a reference to Automake 1.14 where Automake 2.0 was intended
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 18:09:42 +0000 (20:09 +0200)]
PLANS: fix reference to non-existent 'next' branch
* PLANS/obsolete-removed/configure.in.txt: Here. We should refer
to the 'master' branch instead.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 18:06:08 +0000 (20:06 +0200)]
PLANS: fix botched version reference
* PLANS/rm-f-without-args.txt: Here. The probe checking that "rm -f"
without arguments works will be introduced in Automake 1.14, not in
Automake 1.13.2.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 17:32:20 +0000 (19:32 +0200)]
maintcheck: fix two references to old location of aclocal and automake
* maintainer/syntax-checks.mk (sc_perl_at_substs): Here: it should
refer to 'bin/automake' and 'bin/aclocal', not 'automake' and
'alocal'.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 17:22:06 +0000 (19:22 +0200)]
dist: deprecated shar and tar+compress formats
See also discussion about automake wishlist bug#13324.
* lib/Automake/Options.pm: Give proper warnings in the 'obsolete'
category if the 'dist-shar' or 'dist-tarZ' options are used.
* lib/distdir.am: When the 'dist-tarZ' or 'dist-shar' targets are
invoked, make them give a non-fatal warning.
* doc/automake.texi: Report the new deprecations.
* t/dist-shar.sh: New test.
* t/dist-tarZ.sh: Likewise.
* t/lzma.sh: While at it, rename ...
* t/dist-lzma.sh: ... like this, and tweak it to keep more in
sync with the new tests.
* t/dist-formats.tap: Remove references to deprecated formats.
* t/list-of-tests.mk: Adjust.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 11:31:59 +0000 (13:31 +0200)]
Merge branch 'dog-feeding' into maint
* dog-feeding:
build: move automake and aclocal in 'bin' subdir
build: break up monolithic Makefile.am in subdir-specific fragments
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 11:31:45 +0000 (13:31 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
automake: typofix in comments: s/AC_CONFIG_HEADER/AC_CONFIG_HEADERS/
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 10:13:00 +0000 (12:13 +0200)]
automake: typofix in comments: s/AC_CONFIG_HEADER/AC_CONFIG_HEADERS/
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 08:57:38 +0000 (10:57 +0200)]
am: prefer a shorter idiom where possible
That is, prefer:
test -f FILE || do_action
over:
if test ! -f FILE; then do_action; else :; fi
* lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 08:53:15 +0000 (10:53 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
cosmetics: fix few typos, grammaros and missing whitespace
fixup: remove an obsolete comment
docs: we still don't have the promised better Java interface
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 08:50:05 +0000 (10:50 +0200)]
cosmetics: fix few typos, grammaros and missing whitespace
* lib/am/*.am: In comments in some of these files.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 10 May 2013 08:35:26 +0000 (10:35 +0200)]
fixup: remove an obsolete comment
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__make_running_with_option): Here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 9 May 2013 18:23:40 +0000 (20:23 +0200)]
docs: we still don't have the promised better Java interface
Reported by Michael Zucchi:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-05/threads.html>
See also automake bug#9088.
* doc/automake.texi (Java): Adjust and clarify.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported-by: Michael Zucchi <notzed@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 9 May 2013 18:13:19 +0000 (20:13 +0200)]
maint: re-run "make update-copyright" ...
* t/lex-multiple.sh: ... which updates the copyright years
of this test (they were somehow not bumped in the past).
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 9 May 2013 17:50:38 +0000 (19:50 +0200)]
tests: avoid spurious failure with older flex (2.5.4)
That old version is unfortunately still relevant, being the one
installed on NetBSD 5.1.
* t/lex-multiple.sh: Use the '-o' option rather than the longer
equivalent '--outfile'. The latter is not supported by older
versions of flex (e.g., flex 2.5.4).
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 9 May 2013 12:14:00 +0000 (14:14 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
announcement: cater to more flexible NEWS format
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 9 May 2013 11:55:15 +0000 (13:55 +0200)]
announcement: cater to more flexible NEWS format
* maint.mk (announcement): Here, be prepared to handle the case
in which the first section of the NEWS file is dedicated to report
future backward-incompatibilities and/or other warnings.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 9 May 2013 09:57:20 +0000 (11:57 +0200)]
build: move automake and aclocal in 'bin' subdir
* automake.in: Rename ...
* bin/automake.in: ... like this.
* aclocal.in: Rename ...
* bin/aclocal.in: ... like this.
* Makefile.am: Move parts that dealt with the building/distribution
of aclocal and Automake ..
* bin/Makefile.inc): ... in this new included fragment. Adjust as
needed, and make deliberate use of the '%D%' substitution.
* lib/gen-perl-protos: Move ...
* bin/gen-perl-protos: ... here.
* bootstrap.sh, configure.ac, maintainer/rename-tests,
t/wrap/aclocal.in, t/wrap/automake.in, doc/Makefile.inc,
t/ax/tap-setup.sh, .gitignore: Adjust.
* maintainer/syntax-checks.mk: Likewise, and enhance a little.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 9 May 2013 09:17:47 +0000 (11:17 +0200)]
build: break up monolithic Makefile.am in subdir-specific fragments
This is convenient to do, now that we have improved "relative directory"
support with the '%reladir%' (a.k.a. '%D%') and '%canon_reladir%' (a.k.a.
'%C%') Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments.
This move also satisfy our philosophy of using new Automake features in
our own build system, as a way of facilitating early discovery of possible
bugs or interface warts.
* Makefile.am: Break up ...
* doc/Makefile.inc, lib/Automake/Makefile.inc, lib/Makefile.inc,
lib/am/Makefile.inc, m4/Makefile.inc, t/Makefile.inc): ... in this
new included fragments. Adjust as needed, and make deliberate use
of the '%D%' substitution.
* contrib/t/local.am: Rename ...
* contrib/t/Makefile.inc: ... like this.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 22:53:27 +0000 (00:53 +0200)]
maint branch: we are going to become Automake 1.14
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): So adjust beta version in here, from
1.13.2a to 1.13a.
* m4/amversion.m4: Regenerate.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 22:52:01 +0000 (00:52 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
maint: version bump after beta release 1.13.1d
release: beta release 1.13.1d (will become 1.13.2)
NEWS: document more robust handling/recognition of make options
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 22:46:54 +0000 (00:46 +0200)]
maint: version bump after beta release 1.13.1d
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.13.1e.
* m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (autoupdated by "make bootstrap").
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 21:19:36 +0000 (23:19 +0200)]
release: beta release 1.13.1d (will become 1.13.2)
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.13.1d.
* m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap").
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 20:58:25 +0000 (22:58 +0200)]
NEWS: document more robust handling/recognition of make options
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 12:02:06 +0000 (14:02 +0200)]
tests: typofixes in comments in t/preproc-c-compile.sh
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 11:59:19 +0000 (13:59 +0200)]
tests: remove bashism from a test
* t/preproc-c-compile.sh (Makefile.am): Use "test foo = bar", not the
bash-specific "test foo == bar".
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 09:50:10 +0000 (11:50 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
maint: targets and recipes to simplify testing on real-world packages
build: preparatory refactoring
build: tiny reduction in code duplication
make flags analysis: handle more options with args
make flags analysis: use simpler variable names
make flags analysis: whitespace changes
make flags analysis: embed in a subshell
make flags analysis: be more robust
make flags analysis: cater to GNU make 3.83 (still unreleased as of now)
tests: expose weaknesses in make flags analysis
tests: improve debugging output in checks on make flags analysis
make flags analysis: refactor, to reduce code duplication
tests: avoid one tricky use of "make -e"
tests: avoid a spurious error with Solaris make
subdirs: don't return false positives for the '-k' option's presence
header-vars: recognize more make flags ('-k' in particular)
header-vars: simplify how make flags are determined
tests: remove dead code from t/make-dryrun.tap
header-vars: new variable $(am__running_with_option)
tests: expose bug#12554 (false positives for presence of '-k' make option)
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 4 May 2013 09:37:09 +0000 (11:37 +0200)]
Merge 'better-makeflags-recognition' and 'testing-work' into branch-1.13.2
* better-makeflags-recognition:
make flags analysis: handle more options with args
make flags analysis: use simpler variable names
make flags analysis: whitespace changes
make flags analysis: embed in a subshell
make flags analysis: be more robust
make flags analysis: cater to GNU make 3.83 (still unreleased as of now)
tests: expose weaknesses in make flags analysis
tests: improve debugging output in checks on make flags analysis
make flags analysis: refactor, to reduce code duplication
* testing-work:
maint: targets and recipes to simplify testing on real-world packages
build: preparatory refactoring
build: tiny reduction in code duplication
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 3 May 2013 21:02:11 +0000 (23:02 +0200)]
maint: targets and recipes to simplify testing on real-world packages
We introduce a new section in the maintainer-specific makefile that
contains recipes to test the build system of some well-known GNU
packages with the current development version of Automake. Not the
cleanest way to do so, but good enough for the moment. We'll revisit
the matter after the 1.13.2 release (which we now hope will happen
soon).
* maint.mk (git-sv-host): New.
(SV_GIT_CF, SV_GIT_AC, SV_GIT_GL): Use it to reduce code duplication.
(ALL_PACKAGES, FEW_PACKAGES): New, lists of GNU packages to try out.
(ttp-check, ttp-check-all): New targets, do the checking with said
packages.
(ttp): New, alias for 'ttp-check'.
(ttp-all): New, alias for 'ttp-check-all'.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 3 May 2013 19:02:42 +0000 (21:02 +0200)]
build: preparatory refactoring
No semantic change intended. This change will be required
by a later patch.
* Makefile.am (setup_autotools_paths): New.
($(srcdir)/doc/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): Use it.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 3 May 2013 18:56:02 +0000 (20:56 +0200)]
build: tiny reduction in code duplication
The code was only duplicated two times, but we are soon going to
need a third occurrence, and that would be one to much.
* Makefile.am (extend_path): New.
(update_mans): Use it instead of copying & pasting its contents.
($(srcdir)/doc/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): Likewise, and minor related
adjustments.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 3 May 2013 12:06:25 +0000 (14:06 +0200)]
make flags analysis: handle more options with args
That is, not only -I, but also -O (for upcoming GNU make 3.83),
-l (GNU make), -d, -E, -D, -m (BSD make), -J, -T (NetBSD make).
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__make_running_with_option): Extend
and adjust, both code and comments.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 3 May 2013 11:01:35 +0000 (13:01 +0200)]
make flags analysis: use simpler variable names
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__make_running_with_option): Here. Now
that we expect to be run in a subshell, we don't have to worry about
being namespace-safe. And '$foo' is much more pleasant to read than
'$am__foo' -- and pleasant code tends to be more correct.
(am__make_dryrun, am__make_keepgoing): Adjust.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 3 May 2013 10:52:14 +0000 (12:52 +0200)]
make flags analysis: whitespace changes
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__make_running_with_option): Here.
No semantic change is intended.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 3 May 2013 10:47:59 +0000 (12:47 +0200)]
make flags analysis: embed in a subshell
So that we won't have to worry about leaking temporary variables,
and similar stuff.
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__make_dryrun, am__make_keepgoing): Here.
(am__make_running_with_option): Minor adjustments.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 2 May 2013 17:41:24 +0000 (19:41 +0200)]
make flags analysis: be more robust
In particular, catering to option-with-argument bundled together
with options-without-arguments, as in:
# With GNU make 3.82:
$ make -f- <<<'all:; echo "$$MFLAGS"' -s -k -I none
-skiI none
# With development version of GNU make (Git commit b5ea49b):
$ make -f- <<<'all:; @echo "$$MFLAGS"' -I none
-skiI none
This fixes some lingering failures in the testsuite; precisely, in
tests 'make-dryrun.tap' and 'make-keepgoing.tap'.
* t/header-vars.am (am__make_running_with_option): Enhance.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 1 May 2013 23:10:13 +0000 (01:10 +0200)]
make flags analysis: cater to GNU make 3.83 (still unreleased as of now)
The current development version of GNU make (that is planned to become
GNU make 3.83, sooner or later) has changed the format its $(MFLAGS)
variable slightly, removing the space between an option and its argument:
# With GNU make 3.82, compiled from official tarball:
$ make -f- <<<'all:; @echo "$$MFLAGS"' -I none
-I none
# With development version of GNU make (Git commit b5ea49b):
$ make -f- <<<'all:; @echo "$$MFLAGS"' -I none
-Inone
This was done on purpose, in order to support more easily the new
option '-O', which takes an optional argument; see:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-make/2013-05/msg00001.html>
So Just adapt to the new format as well.
* t/header-vars.am (am__make_running_with_option): Adjust to cater
to the new GNU make behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 1 May 2013 22:43:33 +0000 (00:43 +0200)]
tests: expose weaknesses in make flags analysis
This introduces some failures in the testsuite, that will be fixed
soon enough by follow-up patches.
* t/make-dryrun.tap: Enhance and extend.
* t/make-keepgoing.tap: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 1 May 2013 22:27:46 +0000 (00:27 +0200)]
tests: improve debugging output in checks on make flags analysis
* t/make-dryrun.tap: Here.
* t/make-keepgoing.tap: And here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 1 May 2013 21:26:42 +0000 (23:26 +0200)]
make flags analysis: refactor, to reduce code duplication
And make it a little more reliable.
* t/header-vars.am (am__make_running_with_option): Here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 1 May 2013 15:06:42 +0000 (17:06 +0200)]
tests: avoid one tricky use of "make -e"
Which was causing a spurious failure on FreeBSD. Not particularly
surprising, given how brittle "make -e" is in general ...
* t/cxx-lt-demo.sh: Instead of forcing $(CC) to be 'false' by
exporting "CC=false" in the environment and then passing the '-e'
option to make, do so by passing "CC=false" on the make command
line, both directly and using AM_MAKEFLAGS.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:55:47 +0000 (23:55 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr12554' into branch-1.13.2
* fix-pr12554:
tests: avoid a spurious error with Solaris make
subdirs: don't return false positives for the '-k' option's presence
header-vars: recognize more make flags ('-k' in particular)
header-vars: simplify how make flags are determined
tests: remove dead code from t/make-dryrun.tap
header-vars: new variable $(am__running_with_option)
tests: expose bug#12554 (false positives for presence of '-k' make option)
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:03:50 +0000 (23:03 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
cosmetics: remove few trailing whitespace occurrences
typofix: in NEWS (extra whitespace)
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:00:53 +0000 (23:00 +0200)]
cosmetics: remove few trailing whitespace occurrences
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:59:30 +0000 (22:59 +0200)]
typofix: in NEWS (extra whitespace)
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:35:46 +0000 (15:35 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch"
maintcheck: remove outdated whitelisting
tar: format 'ustar' cannot support UID/GID longer than 21 bits
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:48:45 +0000 (14:48 +0200)]
Merge branch 'fix-pr13588-pax-hangs' into branch-1.13.2
* fix-pr13588-pax-hangs:
tar: format 'ustar' cannot support UID/GID longer than 21 bits
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:43:02 +0000 (20:43 +0200)]
tests: avoid a spurious error with Solaris make
* t/make-keepgoing.tap (Makefile.am): Here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:12:34 +0000 (16:12 +0200)]
subdirs: don't return false positives for the '-k' option's presence
This change fixes automake bug#12554.
The old implementation of the code descending into $(SUBDIRS)
entries used the following snippet to decide whether make is running
with the '-k' a.k.a. '--keep-going' option, and thus whether a failure
in a subdirectory should prevent the descent in the following ones:
fail= failcom='exit 1'; \
for f in x $$MAKEFLAGS; do \
case $$f in \
*=* | --[!k]*);; \
*k*) failcom='fail=yes';; \
esac; \
done
It's clear that the second pattern in the 'case' construct could possibly
match false positives, for examples in these two cases:
make check TESTS="x.test k.test"
make -I /usr/local/kool-fragments
which are somewhat unusual, but not invalid. So we need a more resilient
implementation, as we did for the detection of the '-n' flag.
This implementation is now provided by the new private macro
'$(am__make_keepgoing)' (introduced in recent commits); so we can
just us that to fix the bug.
* lib/am/subdirs.am ($(am__recursive_targets)): Use '$(am__make_keepgoing)'
instead of ad-hoc and more brittle checks.
* t/list-of-tests.mk (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove the now-passing test case
't/subdir-keep-going-pr12554.sh'.
Reported-by: Michael Daniels <mdaniels@rim.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:22:10 +0000 (15:22 +0200)]
header-vars: recognize more make flags ('-k' in particular)
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__running_with_option): Here.
Few improvements to comments, while at it.
(am__make_keepgoing): New, tell whther make is being runt with
the '-k' option.
* t/make-keepgoing.tap: New test.
* t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it.
* t/make-dryrun.tap: Minor edits to keep it more in sync with
the new test.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:44:00 +0000 (16:44 +0200)]
sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch"
* lib/config.guess: Likewise.
* lib/config.sub: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:39:47 +0000 (16:39 +0200)]
maintcheck: remove outdated whitelisting
* syntax-checks.mk (sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline): Here.
The test 'make-dryrun.sh' has been since long rewritten as the TAP
test 'make-dryrun.tap', and no longer spuriously triggers this
maintainer check.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:09:43 +0000 (16:09 +0200)]
header-vars: simplify how make flags are determined
Actually, son far only the '-n' option ("dry mode") was detected,
but this change will allow us to soon detect more options.
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__running_with_option): Even when $MAKEFLAGS
appears to contain definition of variables with embedded whitespace,
use simple textual pre-processing over $MAKEFLAGS rather than tricky
recursive invocations of make to determine whether the '-n' option was
given. This is enough to correctly handle all the tricky usages covered
in the testsuite.
* t/nodep.sh: Adjust to avoid a spurious failure.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:49:52 +0000 (15:49 +0200)]
tests: remove dead code from t/make-dryrun.tap
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:25:06 +0000 (15:25 +0200)]
header-vars: new variable $(am__running_with_option)
This is a preparatory refactoring, needed by later patches.
No semantic change is intended.
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__running_with_option): New, contains
shell code that determines whether the current make instance is
running with a given one-letter option (e.g., -k, -n) that takes
no argument. Actually, the only supported option at the moment
is '-n' (support for '-k' will be added soon).
(am__make_dryrun): Rewrite as a thin wrapper around
'$(am__make_running_with_option)'.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 2 Oct 2012 19:27:28 +0000 (21:27 +0200)]
tests: expose bug#12554 (false positives for presence of '-k' make option)
The current implementation of the code descending into $(SUBDIRS)
entries uses the following snippet to decide whether make is running
with the '-k' a.k.a. '--keep-going' option, and thus whether a failure
in a subdirectory should prevent the descent in the following ones:
fail= failcom='exit 1'; \
for f in x $$MAKEFLAGS; do \
case $$f in \
*=* | --[!k]*);; \
*k*) failcom='fail=yes';; \
esac; \
done
It's clear that the second pattern in the 'case' construct can possibly
match false positives, for examples in these two cases:
make check TESTS="x.test k.test"
make -I /usr/local/kool-fragments
which are somewhat unusual, but not invalid. So we need a more resilient
implementation, as we did for the detection of the '-n' flag.
But alas, such an implementation seems quite tricky to obtain in portable
make. So for the moment we content ourselves with exposing the bug, with
the hope of being able to fix soon enough.
* t/subdir-keep-going-pr12554.sh: New test.
* t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Add it.
* THANKS: Update
Reported-by: Michael Daniels <mdaniels@rim.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:42:46 +0000 (16:42 +0100)]
tar: format 'ustar' cannot support UID/GID longer than 21 bits
See automake bug#8343 and bug#13588.
POSIX 1988 'ustar' format is defined with *fixed-size* fields. There
is notably a 21 bits limit (2097151) for the UID and the GID.
Tom Rini tom_rini@mentor.com says (in bug#8343):
When the user has a UID or GID that is larger than the ustar format
supports, pax does not error out gracefully in some cases (FC13).
Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com> adds (in bug#8343):
When "configure" is run by a user with an UID bigger than 21 bits,
BSD pax 3.4 aborts when trying to create the 'conftest.tar' test
archive and leaves an empty or corrupted conftest.tar file behind.
In the next step, pax tries to extract this incomplete or corrupted
archive and this *** hangs the whole ./configure script ***.
Note: GNU cpio 2.9 pretends to pass the test but it is a LIE: it
silently truncates any big UID to its lower 21 bits. I don't know
what can be the consequences of this lie.
I think there is currently a design issue in automake/m4/tar.m4
considering that a ustar archive should should *never* succeed when
./configure is run from a big user ID.
Months later, Petr Hracek <phracek@redhat.com> reports a similar issue
(in bug#13588) for Fedora 17:
I am trying to solve problem in case a user is created with big
UID and during configuration pax hangs with message
ATTENTION! pax archive volume change required.
Ready for archive volume: 1
Input archive name or "." to quit pax.
Archive name >
and needs user interaction.
Reference: <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=843376>
Time to fix this issue, on the line of a preliminary patch provided by
Petr Hracek in bug#13588. The final patch ended up being remarkably
different from that original proposition, though.
* m4/tar.m4 (_AM_PROG_TAR): If the UID or GID of the current user is
too high (> 2097151), the 'ustar' format cannot work. Adjust checks
accordingly. Some related code reordering and clean-up.
* t/tar-ustar-id-too-high.sh: New test.
* t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it.
* t/tar.sh: While at it, tweak and enhance a little.
* t/tar2.sh: Likewise.
* t/tar3.sh: Likewise.
* t/tar-override.sh: Likewise.
* NEWS: Update.
* THANKS: Likewise.
Helped-by: Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com>
Helped-by: Petr Hracek <phracek@redhat.com>
Helped-by: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com>
Helped-by: Tom Rini <tom_rini@mentor.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:39:40 +0000 (20:39 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
docs: issues with configure substitutions in TESTS
tests: avoid possible autotools caching issues (automake bug#13832)
docs: add myself and Ralf Wildenhues as authors
authors: add myself
dry-run: don't get confused by '-I' option
tests: avoid a spurious failure with the Korn Shell
dry-run: with GNU make, prefer $(MFLAGS) over $(MAKEFLAGS)
header vars: can determine whether we are running under GNU make
NEWS: improve wording for automake bug#13514 fix
NEWS: document fix for automake bug#13514
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:22:24 +0000 (20:22 +0200)]
Merge few bug-fixing branches into branch-1.13.2
* fix-part-pr13832:
tests: avoid possible autotools caching issues (automake bug#13832)
* fix-pr13760:
dry-run: don't get confused by '-I' option
dry-run: with GNU make, prefer $(MFLAGS) over $(MAKEFLAGS)
header vars: can determine whether we are running under GNU make
* fix-doc-pr14019:
docs: issues with configure substitutions in TESTS
* news-wording-improve:
NEWS: improve wording for automake bug#13514 fix
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:03:40 +0000 (21:03 +0200)]
docs: issues with configure substitutions in TESTS
Motivated by automake bug#14019.
* doc/automake.texi: Currently, when the parallel test harness is in use,
configure substitutions in TESTS definitions can only work if they expand
to tests that ends with a suffix listed in TEST_EXTENSIONS. Document this
limitation.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:46:30 +0000 (22:46 +0200)]
tests: avoid possible autotools caching issues (automake bug#13832)
* t/ar-lib4.sh: Here, by removing the autom4te cache before editing
configure.ac and re-running the autotools.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:02:14 +0000 (22:02 +0200)]
tests: rename some with more descriptive names
* t/tar3.sh: Rename ...
* t/tar-opts-errors.sh: ... like this.
* t/tar2.sh: Rename...
* t/tar-pax.sh: ... like this.
* t/tar.sh: Rename ...
* t/tar-ustar.sh: ... like this.
* t/list-of-tests.mk: Adjust.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:34:17 +0000 (21:34 +0200)]
docs: add myself and Ralf Wildenhues as authors
* doc/automake.texi: Here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:20:11 +0000 (21:20 +0200)]
authors: add myself
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:02:07 +0000 (18:02 +0200)]
dry-run: don't get confused by '-I' option
Fixes automake bug#13760 for non-GNU make implementations that still
support the option '-I'. So far, the only such make implementation
are FreeBSD (8.x) make and NetBSD (5.x) make.
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__make_dryrun): If a non-GNU make is being
used, try to handle the '-I' option in $MAKEFLAGS correctly. For GNU
make, that is already done by the proper use of the $MFLAGS variable.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:37:11 +0000 (23:37 +0200)]
tests: avoid a spurious failure with the Korn Shell
* t/list-flags.sh: Ensure the EMACS variable is set before unsetting it.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:07:43 +0000 (15:07 +0200)]
dry-run: with GNU make, prefer $(MFLAGS) over $(MAKEFLAGS)
Fixes automake bug#13760 for GNU make.
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__make_dryrun): If GNU make is being used, rely
on the contents of the $(MFLAGS) variable rather than of the $(MAKEFLAGS)
to decide whther make is being executed in "dry run" mode. Not only this
makes the code possibly faster and less brittle, but also fixes automake
bug#13760 (at least when GNU make is in use).
* t/make-dryrun.tap: Adjust: some tests that were xfailing now pass.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:53:14 +0000 (14:53 +0200)]
header vars: can determine whether we are running under GNU make
This is mostly a preparatory patch in view of future changes.
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__is_gnu_make): New, contains shell code that
determines whether we are running under GNU make.
* t/make-is-gnu.sh: New test.
* t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:59:05 +0000 (16:59 +0200)]
NEWS: improve wording for automake bug#13514 fix
Helped-by: Jack Kelly <jack@jackkelly.name>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:38:29 +0000 (10:38 +0200)]
NEWS: document fix for automake bug#13514
It was fixed by commit v1.13.1b-5-g7a3d7ce.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:54:40 +0000 (21:54 +0200)]
Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint
* branch-1.13.2:
INSTALL: regen
sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch"
tests: tweaks and minimal improvements to t/insthook.sh
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:56:18 +0000 (20:56 +0200)]
INSTALL: regen
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:10:28 +0000 (18:10 +0200)]
sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch"
* lib/INSTALL: Update.
* lib/config.guess: Likewise.
* lib/config.sub: Likewise.
* lib/gendocs.sh: Likewise.
* lib/gendocs_template: Likewise.
* lib/gitlog-to-changelog: Likewise.
* lib/gnupload: Likewise.
* lib/texinfo.tex: Likewise.
* lib/update-copyright: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:03:51 +0000 (17:03 +0200)]
tests: tweaks and minimal improvements to t/insthook.sh
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:46:33 +0000 (14:46 +0200)]
typofix: in comments in t/extra2.sh
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:44:41 +0000 (14:44 +0200)]
tests: fix botched cross-reference in a heading comment
* t/extra-dist-wildcards.sh: Here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:41:22 +0000 (17:41 +0200)]
automake: refactoring: factor out common cpp-like flags
* automake.in (@cpplike_flags): In this new variable...
(C, C++, Objective C, Objective C++, Unified Parallel C, Preprocessed
Assembler, Preprocessed Fortran, Preprocessed Fortran 77): ... to be
used by registration (with the 'register_language' subroutine) of these
languages.
This is a refactoring meant to simplify future changes; no semantic
change is intended.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>