platform/upstream/automake.git
14 years agoEnable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.
Ralf Wildenhues [Thu, 27 May 2010 05:49:04 +0000 (07:49 +0200)]
Enable `errexit' shell flag in some test scripts.

* tests/dash.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
changes.
* tests/defun.test: Likewise.
* tests/defun2.test: Likewise.
* tests/dejagnu.test: Likewise.
* tests/double.test: Likewise.
* tests/distcom2.test: Likewise.
* tests/empty2.test: Likewise.
* tests/empty3.test: Likewise.
* tests/empty4.test: Likewise.
* tests/exdir.test: Likewise.
* tests/ext.test: Likewise.
* tests/extra.test: Likewise.
* tests/extra2.test: Likewise.
* tests/extra3.test: Likewise.
* tests/extra4.test: Likewise.
* tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
* tests/fnoc.test: Likewise.
* tests/fo.test: Likewise.
* tests/instexec.test: Likewise.
* tests/ltdeps.test: Likewise.
* tests/nodep.test: Likewise.
* tests/nodepcomp.test: Likewise.
* tests/f90only.test: Likewise, and remove botched/obsoleted
comments and unecessary commands.
* tests/fonly.test: Likewise, and removed botched/obsolted
comments and unecessary commands.
* tests/discover.test: Likewise, and made stricter.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoEnable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:33:32 +0000 (12:33 +0200)]
Enable `errexit' shell flag in all tests cxx*.test.

* tests/cxx.test: Add call to `set -e'.  Related changes.
Bumped copyright years.
* tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise.
* tests/cxxcpp.test: Likewise.
* tests/cxxlibobj.test: Likewise.
* tests/cxxlink.test: Likewise.
* tests/cxxo.test: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoEnable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:33:14 +0000 (14:33 +0200)]
Enable `errexit' shell flag in various tests.

* tests/acoutnoq.test: Enabled `errexit' shell flag, and related
minor changes.
* tests/acoutpt.test: Likewise.
* tests/acoutqnl.test: Likewise.
* tests/amassign.test: Likewise.
* tests/ansi2.test: Likewise.
* tests/ansi4.test: Likewise.
* tests/badprog.test: Likewise.
* tests/checkall.test: Likewise.
* tests/clean.test: Likewise.
* tests/colneq2.test: Likewise.
* tests/colon.test: Likewise.
* tests/colon5.test: Likewise.
* tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
* tests/comment.test: Likewise.
* tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
* tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Likewise.
* tests/cond3.test: Likewise.
* tests/cond6.test: Likewise.
* tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
* tests/conf2.test: Likewise.
* tests/confvar.test: Likewise.
* tests/confvar2.test: Likewise.
* tests/cond8.test: Likewise, plus a cosmetic change.
* tests/confh4.test: Likewise.  Also, add in the heading comments
an excerpt from the original bug report which motivated the
creation of this test, to make its purpose clearer.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoRewrite manual to be gender-neutral.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:44:32 +0000 (12:44 +0200)]
Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral.

* doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System)
(Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS)
(Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects):
Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when
speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns
or by addressing them as `you' instead.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Christina Gratorp.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoUpdate AUTHORS.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:39:19 +0000 (12:39 +0200)]
Update AUTHORS.

* AUTHORS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoTests on extensibility of silent-rules made stricter.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:06:05 +0000 (02:06 +0200)]
Tests on extensibility of silent-rules made stricter.

* tests/silent6.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
output produced by `make'.
* tests/silent7.test: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoTests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:13:15 +0000 (02:13 +0200)]
Tests on silent-mode for C/Libtool made stricter.

* tests/silent.test: Made stricter w.r.t. the grepping of the
output produced by `make'.
* tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent3.test: Likewise, and add a final `make distclean'
command to keep it better in sync with tests/silent{4,9}.test.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoImproved test silent5.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:12:50 +0000 (02:12 +0200)]
Improved test silent5.test.

* tests/silent5.test: Remove by hand all generated C files after
non-verbose builds, to ensure the following builds are clean.
Try to clean and rebuild with the same verbosity and without
removing generated sources in between, to check that this does
not trigger a different set of rules.  Make grepping of make's
output stricter.  Improved/added some comments.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoNew tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:12:21 +0000 (02:12 +0200)]
New tests for Automake silent-mode with Fortran.

* tests/silentf77.test: New test.
* tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoNew test silentcxx.test (Automake/C++ silent-mode).
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:02:54 +0000 (02:02 +0200)]
New test silentcxx.test (Automake/C++ silent-mode).

* tests/silentcxx.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoNew test silentyacc.test (Automake/Yacc silent-mode).
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:11:33 +0000 (02:11 +0200)]
New test silentyacc.test (Automake/Yacc silent-mode).

* tests/silentyacc.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoNew test silentlex.test (Automake/Lex silent-mode).
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:11:06 +0000 (02:11 +0200)]
New test silentlex.test (Automake/Lex silent-mode).

* tests/silentlex.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoMerge branch 'je-silent' into maint
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 6 Jun 2010 08:53:03 +0000 (10:53 +0200)]
Merge branch 'je-silent' into maint

* je-silent:
  Relax silent-rules tests to cater to verbose makes.
  Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.

14 years agoRelax silent-rules tests to cater to verbose makes.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:10:21 +0000 (02:10 +0200)]
Relax silent-rules tests to cater to verbose makes.

* tests/silent.test: When testing silent builds, don't fail if
make's output simply contains the `mv' substring, but only if
it contains the `mv ' substring (note the trailing space).
* tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
* tests/silent9.test: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoExtend test on `nostdinc' automake option.
Stefano Lattarini [Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:58:25 +0000 (13:58 +0200)]
Extend test on `nostdinc' automake option.

* tests/nostdinc.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag.  Related and
unrelated minor changes.  Make the grepping of the generated
Makefile.in slighty stricter.  Generate and run configure, so that
the generated Makefile can be grepped too.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoMake gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 23 May 2010 13:29:25 +0000 (15:29 +0200)]
Make gnupload portable to EBCDIC hosts.

* lib/gnupload: Use literal newline as argument for 'tr' rather
than \015, for EBCDIC hosts.  Also, avoid unportable nested
double-quotes and backquotes.
* THANKS: Update.
Report from Eric Blake and Steve Goetze via gnulib.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:52:28 +0000 (16:52 +0200)]
Fix Autoconf version required by Automake's configure.

Automake configure script used to tell that automake required
autoconf 2.60 or later, but then it checked for autoconf >= 2.62,
and if that was not found, it gave an error saying that Automake
required configure 2.61a-341 or later.  This change should
eliminate such inconsistencies.

* configure.ac ($required_autoconf_version): New variable.
Use it throughout.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 23 May 2010 12:28:05 +0000 (14:28 +0200)]
Fix unportable sed script in maintainer-check test.

* Makefile.am (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Rewrite sed script to
not contain semicolon after 'b' or brace commands, for NetBSD.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoWildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 23 May 2010 12:27:32 +0000 (14:27 +0200)]
Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make.

* doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue.
* tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test:
Require GNU make.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoMake test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:26:48 +0000 (13:26 +0200)]
Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.

* tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoAvoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 May 2010 01:18:45 +0000 (03:18 +0200)]
Avoid possible false negatives in dejagnu7.test.

* tests/dejagnu7.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag.  Also, avoid
unportable use of fgrep option `-e'.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 6 May 2010 16:12:25 +0000 (18:12 +0200)]
Fix conflnk3.test to work with Solaris/Heirloom Sh.

* tests/conflnk3.test: Use `test -r FILE' and `test ! -r FILE'
instead of respectively `test -e FILE' and `test ! -e FILE',
since Solaris Sh doesn't grok the latter.  Do not SKIP the test
if the shell doesn't support `test -e'.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix a ChangeLog commit date, for consistent order.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 23 May 2010 11:58:44 +0000 (13:58 +0200)]
Fix a ChangeLog commit date, for consistent order.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoTypofix in ChangeLog entry (2010-04-11, Stefano Lattarini)
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 8 May 2010 01:20:19 +0000 (03:20 +0200)]
Typofix in ChangeLog entry (2010-04-11, Stefano Lattarini)

14 years agoFix typo in manual.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:19:54 +0000 (17:19 +0200)]
Fix typo in manual.

* doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add
missing closing parenthesis.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:19:13 +0000 (17:19 +0200)]
Fix leftover call to removed function macros_dump.

* automake.in (read_main_am_file): Call variables_dump, not
macros_dump.  Print actual error before list of variables.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoMinor improvements in comments of silent3.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:34:29 +0000 (22:34 +0200)]
Minor improvements in comments of silent3.test.

* tests/silent3.test: Tell to keep it in sync with `silent9.test'
too.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agotestsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:42:23 +0000 (11:42 +0200)]
testsuite: ensure verbose printing of captured output.

* tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca18.test, tests/aclocal.test,
tests/fort2.test, tests/help.test, tests/missing3.test,
tests/missing6.test: Print captured stdout or stderr before
grepping it.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoMake badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:40:02 +0000 (17:40 +0200)]
Make badopt.test stricter (by enabling `set -e').

* tests/badopt.test: Add call to `set -e'.  Due to this change,
an unexpected failure in the call to `$ACLOCAL' (whose outcome
was previously unchecked) would cause the whole test to fail.
Also, bumped the copyright years.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoMake test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:02:15 +0000 (21:02 +0200)]
Make test for configure.in vs. configure.ac stricter.

* tests/configure.test: Use a configure.in file that provokes
an automake error, to ensure configure.ac is preferred.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoUse `set -e' in confsub.test (avoid false negatives).
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:24:34 +0000 (18:24 +0200)]
Use `set -e' in confsub.test (avoid false negatives).

* tests/confsub.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and related
changes (this helps avoiding some possible minor false negatives).
Also, bumped copyright years.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoTypofix in older changelog entry.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:26:28 +0000 (11:26 +0200)]
Typofix in older changelog entry.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:43:59 +0000 (07:43 +0200)]
Fix -Werror handling for presence of configure.in and configure.ac.

* lib/Automake/Variable.pm (Automake::Variable): Do not initialize
$configure_ac at the global level, before command-line arguments
have been parsed.
(require_variables): Initialize it here.
* tests/configure.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
Report by Stefano Lattarini.

14 years agoAvoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:33:43 +0000 (16:33 +0200)]
Avoid possible false negatives in confh5.test.

* tests/confh5.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag, and bumped
copyright years.  Due to this change, any unexpected failure
in calls to $ACLOCAL, $AUTOMAKE, $AUTOCONF or $AUTOHEADER, or
a failure in grepping expected text in output files should now
cause the whole test to fail.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix botched ChangeLog entry.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:51:11 +0000 (15:51 +0200)]
Fix botched ChangeLog entry.

14 years agoFix typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:40:35 +0000 (15:40 +0200)]
Fix typo in POD documentation of Automake::Channels.

* lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Fixed typo in POD documentation:
@<...> was used instead of C<...>.

14 years agoRefactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:52:51 +0000 (13:52 +0200)]
Refactor tests on Automake TESTS color output.

* tests/color.test: Tests using the expect program moved out to...
* tests/color2.test: ... this new file.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Extended accordingly.

14 years agoFix typos in comments in test confh5.test
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:34:18 +0000 (22:34 +0200)]
Fix typos in comments in test confh5.test

* tests/confh5.test: Fix a couple of typos in comments.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoAvoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:30:29 +0000 (18:30 +0200)]
Avoid possible false negatives in canon-name.test.

* tests/canon-name.test: Enable shell `errexit' flag.  Improve
test description.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:56:21 +0000 (19:56 +0200)]
Fix per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror.

Before this patch, 'AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Werror' in one
Makefile.am would carry over to other Makefile.am files
treated afterwards by the same thread, causing inconsistent
and unstable exit status values.

* lib/Automake/Channels.pm (dup_channel_setup)
(drop_channel_setup): Save and restore the setting of
$warnings_are_errors.
* tests/werror3.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
* NEWS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoBugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:53:35 +0000 (19:53 +0200)]
Bugfix in confh5.test w.r.t. Solaris/Heirloom Sh.

* tests/confh5.test: In the generated Makefile.am: do not use
`test ! -e FILE' to check for the non-existence of a file, since
that is not supported by Solarish/Heirloom Sh.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoMake test `aclocal3.test' stricter.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:54:16 +0000 (10:54 +0200)]
Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.

* tests/aclocal3.test: Add call to `set -e'.  Fail if $ACLOCAL
succeds unexpectedly.
Make test `aclocal3.test' stricter.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoCheck that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.
Stefano Lattarini [Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:41:01 +0000 (23:41 +0200)]
Check that symlinks are resolved by `make dist'.

* tests/distlinks.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
Suggested by observations from Ralf Wildenhues.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoUse -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:43:20 +0000 (19:43 +0200)]
Use -9 for maximum xz compression with dist-xz.

* lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz, dist, dist-all): Pass -9 to xz.
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.
Report by Pavel Sanda.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoAvoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:36:13 +0000 (17:36 +0200)]
Avoid an unportable use of `$status' shell variable.

* Makefile.am (path-check): Don't use the `$status' shell variable
in the target's rules, as it's special in Zsh (equivalent to `$?',
and readonly).

14 years agoAvoid another use of `chmod -R'.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:12:27 +0000 (17:12 +0200)]
Avoid another use of `chmod -R'.

* Makefile.am (path-check): To be safe, do not use `chmod -R' on
$(distdir) before removing it (as Solaris `chmod -R' touches
symlink targets).  Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in
distdir.am (which is also employed in tests/defs.in).

14 years agoRemove uses of @acronym and @sc.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:56:50 +0000 (17:56 +0200)]
Remove uses of @acronym and @sc.

* doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names):
Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual.
Suggested by Karl Berry.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoGNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.
Karl Berry [Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:18:54 +0000 (12:18 +0100)]
GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi.

* doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream
change.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix ChangeLog entry.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:42:17 +0000 (11:42 +0100)]
Fix ChangeLog entry.

14 years agoFormatting cleanups in macro comments.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 6 Mar 2010 08:14:06 +0000 (09:14 +0100)]
Formatting cleanups in macro comments.

* automake.in, lib/Automake/Channels.pm,
lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm,
lib/Automake/Variable.pm, lib/Automake/XFile.pm,
m4/options.m4, m4/substnot.m4: Fix macro comment format.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoAvoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:22:17 +0000 (20:22 +0100)]
Avoid generation of `tests/defs-p' file

* tests/defs.in: In the generated `configure.in' snippet: call
`AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' with the `parallel-tests' option if the shell
variable `parallel_tests' is set to `yes'.
* tests/Makefile.am (defs-p): Target removed.
(check_SCRIPTS): Removed `defs-p'.
(clean-local-check): Do not unlink `defs-p' anymore.
($(parallel_tests)): Transformation rules for the test scripts
adjusted.
* tests/gen-parallel-tests: Selection rules for the test
scripts adjusted.
* tests/parallel-tests.test: Set `$parallel_tests' to `yes'
then include `./defs' (rather than simply including `./defs-p').
* tests/parallel-tests2.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests10.test: Likewise.
* tests/README (Section "Writing Test Cases", subsection "Do"):
Adjusted the parts referring to tests checking `parallel-tests'
behaviour.  Some other minor related improvements.
* tests/.gitignore (defs-p): Removed.

14 years agoRemove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:09:13 +0000 (21:09 +0100)]
Remove redundant unset of variable TESTS from some test scripts.

* tests/color.test: Do not unset the `TESTS' variable, as it's
already unset in the `defs' file.
* tests/check5.test: Likewise.
* tests/check8.test: Likewise.
* tests/check9.test: Likewise.
* tests/check10.test: Likewise.
* tests/check11.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests4.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests5.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests6.test: Likewise.
* tests/parallel-tests7.test: Likewise.

14 years agoFix typo in ChangeLog entry.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 4 Mar 2010 02:32:35 +0000 (03:32 +0100)]
Fix typo in ChangeLog entry.

14 years agoImprove help message of mdate-sh.
Karl Berry [Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:08:43 +0000 (22:08 +0100)]
Improve help message of mdate-sh.

* mdate-sh: mention actual output format in help message.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoDeprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.
Ralf Wildenhues [Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:53:51 +0000 (18:53 +0100)]
Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz.

* doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options):
Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz.
* NEWS: Update.
Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoAdd tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
Stefano Lattarini [Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:38:19 +0000 (17:38 +0100)]
Add tests about support of wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.

* tests/extra10.test: New test, check basic support of wildcards
in EXTRA_DIST.
* tests/extra11.test: New test, check more complex usage of
wildcards in EXTRA_DIST.
* tests/extra11.test: New test, check usage of wildcards in
EXTRA_DIST when $builddir != $srcdir.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated accordingly.
Necessity of these new tests suggested by Braden McDaniel
and Ralf Wildenhues.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix copyright statement in gnupload script.
Simon Josefsson [Mon, 8 Feb 2010 06:32:20 +0000 (07:32 +0100)]
Fix copyright statement in gnupload script.

* lib/gnupload: Fix copyright statement.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.
Dmitry V. Levin [Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:21:19 +0000 (22:21 +0300)]
Fix exit status of signal handlers in shell scripts.

The value of `$?' on entrance to signal handlers in shell scripts
cannot be relied upon, so set the exit code explicitly to
128 + SIG<SIGNAL>.

* lib/am/check.am (am__check_pre): Use `exit 143' in signal handler.
* lib/elisp-comp: Likewise.
* lib/install-sh: Likewise.
* lib/ylwrap: Likewise.  Also, fix script to trap signal 13, not 3.
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.
Bug report, analysis, and initial patch by Dmitry V. Levin.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoImprove gnupload usage text.
Karl Berry [Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:27:55 +0000 (18:27 +0100)]
Improve gnupload usage text.

* gnupload (usage): Shorten to make more likely to fit on a tty
line.  Mention CMD in the synopsis.  With ..., plural is implied.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoUse --email with gendocs.sh.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:21:52 +0000 (18:21 +0100)]
Use --email with gendocs.sh.

* HACKING: Set bug reporting address in gendocs.sh command.

14 years agoFix some typos in the manual
Christos Kontas [Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:23:08 +0000 (23:23 +0200)]
Fix some typos in the manual

* doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:36:47 +0000 (12:36 +0100)]
Fix silent-rules output for disabled dependency tracking.

* lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Rework silent-rules variable
expansion code to also work in the case where %AMDEP% expands
to FALSE at config.status time, using new substitution string
%VERBOSE-NODEP%.
* automake.in (verbose_nodep_flag): New function, appending
`@am__nodep@' to the verbose-variable name.
(handle_languages): If dependencies are not disabled, use it to
set %VERBOSE-NODEP%.
* m4/depend.m4: Substitute am__nodep as '_no', so the second
verbose-variable will always expand to an empty string, if
dependencies are enabled.
* tests/silent5.test: Also test --disable-dependency-tracking;
also test per-target flags for non-C language files.
* tests/silent9.test: New test, like silent4.test but disable
dependency tracking.
* tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.
Report by Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoSlighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:20:15 +0000 (14:20 +0100)]
Slighty improve tests acoutbs.test and acoutbs2.test.

* tests/acoutbs2.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag.  Check that
autoconf and configure work, that the file `zot' is created by
configure, and that no file containing a backslash in its name is
created.
* tests/acoutbs.test: Likewise, plus updated copyright years.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix test acoutbs2.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:18:39 +0000 (14:18 +0100)]
Fix test acoutbs2.test.

* tests/acoutbs2: In the generated configure.in: add proper calls
to AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and remove explicit definition of
PACKAGE and VERSION. Add a call to aclocal before calling automake.
Updated copyright years.
* tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Removed acoutbs2.test.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoAdd forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:15:15 +0000 (14:15 +0100)]
Add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS).

* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts present on the
filesystem, which were erroneously left out from $(TESTS):
acoutbs2.test, badopt.test, extra2.test.
(XFAIL_TESTS): Added acoutbs2.test.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoSync auxiliary files from upstream.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:48:16 +0000 (13:48 +0100)]
Sync auxiliary files from upstream.

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

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoBump copyright years.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:08:19 +0000 (12:08 +0100)]
Bump copyright years.

* aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
* automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
* doc/automake.texi: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoRotate ChangeLog.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:03:48 +0000 (12:03 +0100)]
Rotate ChangeLog.

* ChangeLog.09: New file, rotated from ...
* ChangeLog: ... here.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute ChangeLog.09.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFix and complete copyright notices in Makefile.am files.
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:42:41 +0000 (19:42 +0100)]
Fix and complete copyright notices in Makefile.am files.

* Makefile.am: Use single-`#' comment for copyright notice, so
that it also appears in the generated Makefile.in file.
* doc/Makefile.am: Likewise.
* doc/amhello/Makefile.am: Likewise.
* doc/amhello/src/Makefile.am: Likewise.
* lib/Automake/Makefile.am: Likewise.
* lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am: Likewise.
* lib/Makefile.am: Likewise.
* lib/am/Makefile.am: Likewise.
* m4/Makefile.am: Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am: Add copyright notice.
Report of missing copyright notice by Stefano Lattarini.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoFixed typo in Makefile.am (extra semicolon removed)
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:52:38 +0000 (15:52 +0100)]
Fixed typo in Makefile.am (extra semicolon removed)

* Makefile.am (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Removed an extra
semicolon in target's rules, which prevented a stdout redirection
from working.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoAdd support for newer python version
Julien Danjou [Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:24:02 +0000 (22:24 +0100)]
Add support for newer python version

* m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python3.1 to
_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agomention ncftpput in gnupload --help
Karl Berry [Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:22:31 +0000 (22:22 +0100)]
mention ncftpput in gnupload --help

* lib/gnupload: Mention ncftpput in `--help' output.
Report by Bruce Korb.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoRegenerate files with Autoconf 2.65.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:10:11 +0000 (15:10 +0100)]
Regenerate files with Autoconf 2.65.

14 years agoReplace unlzma, gunzip, bunzip2 with pack tool -d invocation.
Antonio Diaz Diaz [Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:45:30 +0000 (14:45 +0100)]
Replace unlzma, gunzip, bunzip2 with pack tool -d invocation.

* lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): Use lzma -d, gzip -d, bzip2 -d,
instead of the respective un$tool invocation, to avoid depending
on another tool.
* THANKS: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoUse $DJDIR rather than $DJGPP to detect running on DJGPP.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:39:15 +0000 (14:39 +0100)]
Use $DJDIR rather than $DJGPP to detect running on DJGPP.

* automake.in (Language): Use $ENV{'DJDIR'} for the
$ENV{'SHELL'} override.
* bootstrap: Use $DJDIR for setting BOOTSTRAP_SHELL, to fix
bootstrapping under MinGW when $DJGPP has been set.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoDo not rely on Perl symlink status, for MSYS perl.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:13:43 +0000 (14:13 +0100)]
Do not rely on Perl symlink status, for MSYS perl.

* automake.in (require_file_internal): Ensure presence of
symlink target file; MSYS perl symlink doesn't return an error
status when the file could not be created (copied, on this
system).  Fixes symlink.test failure.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoAvoid Solaris sh `set -e' bug in vala4.test.
Stefano Lattarini [Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:47:23 +0000 (15:47 +0100)]
Avoid Solaris sh `set -e' bug in vala4.test.

* tests/vala4.test: New variable $cwd, holding the full path of the
current directory.  Use it instead of `pwd` command substitution,
to avoid Heirloom/Solaris Sh bug with `set -e'.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agodo not put world-writable directories in distribution tarballs
Jim Meyering [Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:05:33 +0000 (21:05 +0100)]
do not put world-writable directories in distribution tarballs

* lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): Do not make all directories
group- or world-writable.  Instead, use 755.
* tests/subpkg4.test (test-distdir-is-readable): Check for new,
more restricted permissions.

14 years agoRewrite `gnupload --help' examples.
Karl Berry [Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:48:13 +0000 (21:48 +0100)]
Rewrite `gnupload --help' examples.

* lib/gnupload: Use GNU style version numbers, a generic package
name, and more useful examples.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoavoid a warning from perl-5.11
Jim Meyering [Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:35:03 +0000 (20:35 +0100)]
avoid a warning from perl-5.11

* lib/Automake/Wrap.pm (_tab_length): Remove useless use of tr's
"/d" modifier.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
14 years agoDistribute the Automake bootstrap script.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:05:38 +0000 (14:05 +0100)]
Distribute the Automake bootstrap script.

* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add bootstrap.
Report by Jan Engelhardt.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoDon't let an envvar setting of "$fail" cause build failure.
Jim Meyering [Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:47:58 +0000 (17:47 +0100)]
Don't let an envvar setting of "$fail" cause build failure.

Without this change, in a project using an automake-generated
Makefile, "make fail=anything" would fail inappropriately,
due to the `test -z "$$fail"' at the end of this emitted rule:

* lib/am/subdirs.am ($(RECURSIVE_TARGETS)): Initialize "fail=" to keep
an envvar setting of that variable from causing unwarranted failure.
($(RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS)): Likewise.
* tests/subdir10.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoSync auxiliary files from upstream.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:18:45 +0000 (10:18 +0200)]
Sync auxiliary files from upstream.

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

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoDoc and comment typos.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:15:18 +0000 (10:15 +0200)]
Doc and comment typos.

* automake.in (handle_ltlibraries): Fix typo in comment.
* tests/distcom7.test: Likewise.
* tests/lisp5.test: Likewise.
* doc/automake.texi (Usage of Conditionals): Fix typo.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix race condition in werror2.test due to sanity sleep change.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:58:27 +0000 (16:58 +0200)]
Fix race condition in werror2.test due to sanity sleep change.

* tests/werror2.test: Generate Makefile.in before configure so
that a Makefile.am update after configure has run is guaranteed
to be newer than Makefile.in.
* tests/subdir5.test: Document why this test does not need to be
fixed.
* tests/subdir8.test: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoImprove description of the various *LINK variables.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:44:37 +0000 (13:44 +0200)]
Improve description of the various *LINK variables.

* doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): _LINK also
receives libraries to link against.  _LINK may be generated.
(Program Variables): Document reasons when per-target _LINK is
used instead of LINK.
(How the Linker is Chosen): Document how a per-target _LINK
variable and per-target link flags override linker selection.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Dave Korn against gcc/libstdc++-v3.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoAllow variable override of, rather than by, silent variables.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:33:43 +0000 (13:33 +0200)]
Allow variable override of, rather than by, silent variables.

When overriding variables, check the VAR_SILENT status of the
old condition, not the new one: we allow non-silent overrides
of silent variables (these do not hit ordering bugs in the
automake output), but there is no use case for doing so the
other way round.  Fixes conditional overrides of variables
annotated AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE in configure.ac.

* lib/Automake/Variable.pm (_check_ambiguous_condition): Check
for VAR_SILENT in $ambig_cond not $cond.
* tests/cond44.test, tests/cond45.test: New tests, analogous to
cond23.test and cond24.test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
Spotted originally in binutils/bfd.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix `make clean check' for the Automake package.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:28:31 +0000 (13:28 +0200)]
Fix `make clean check' for the Automake package.

* lib/Automake/Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Add `.' before `tests',
so that Config.pm is built first.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix in-tree `recheck' after failed test that runs `check'.
Ralf Wildenhues [Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:23:11 +0000 (13:23 +0200)]
Fix in-tree `recheck' after failed test that runs `check'.

If a test like pr401b-p.test fails for some reason, a `make
recheck' would cause another reason for failure because it sets
AM_MAKEFLAGS which gets propagated into the test and causes its
`make check' to fail.

* tests/defs.in: Also unset AM_MAKEFLAGS.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoUpdated code enabling Bourne-compatibility in test scripts.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:57:26 +0000 (22:57 +0200)]
Updated code enabling Bourne-compatibility in test scripts.

* tests/defs.in: updated the code enabling Bourne-compatibility
mode in the shell (now it's copied from autoconf 2.64).

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoAvoid leaking TEST_LOG_COMPILER in environment of test scripts.
Stefano Lattarini [Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:42:13 +0000 (22:42 +0200)]
Avoid leaking TEST_LOG_COMPILER in environment of test scripts.

* tests/defs.in: Unset variable `TEST_LOG_COMPILER'.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoTestsuite: do not use `chmod -R' when cleaning up.
Stefano Lattarini [Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:01:23 +0000 (17:01 +0200)]
Testsuite: do not use `chmod -R' when cleaning up.

* tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Do not use `chmod -R' on
the test directories, 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 (which is also employed in tests/defs.in).

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix 'compile' script to not call mv when target equals source.
Bruno Haible [Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:03:33 +0000 (22:03 +0200)]
Fix 'compile' script to not call mv when target equals source.

* lib/compile: Don't attempt to move the generated file to its
target destination when it is already at the target destination.
Avoids an mv failure with subdir-objects.
* tests/ccnoco3.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix recommended way to run test scripts with Zsh
Stefano Lattarini [Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:27:49 +0000 (15:27 +0200)]
Fix recommended way to run test scripts with Zsh

* tests/README (Supported shells): Changed the recommended way
to run automake's test scripts with Zsh.  Now we tell to use
the Zsh's command line option `-o no_function_argzero', not
`--no-function-argzero', since the latter does not work with
versions 3.x of Zsh.

15 years agoUpdate git attributes for texinfo files.
Ralf Wildenhues [Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:13:14 +0000 (20:13 +0200)]
Update git attributes for texinfo files.

* .gitattributes: Annotate *.texi* files for texinfo diff.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix link to "Recursive Make Considered Harmful" paper.
Peter Johansson [Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:11:36 +0000 (20:11 +0200)]
Fix link to "Recursive Make Considered Harmful" paper.

* doc/automake.texi (Alternative): Fix broken URL.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
15 years agoFix outdated reference to sh-utils in the manual.
Reuben Thomas [Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:41:22 +0000 (19:41 +0200)]
Fix outdated reference to sh-utils in the manual.

* doc/automake.texi (Options): The reference to `sh-utils'
should be to `coreutils'.

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