+ 2011-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintainer check: quote literal `$' in Makefile rule
+ * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): Escape literal `$'
+ character in double-quoted string. Fix a bug in which the rule
+ emitted an erroneously empty substring in its error message.
+
+2011-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: test for automake bug#8485 (known regression)
+ * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild-subdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-04-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: define default $distdir (help reducing duplication)
+ * tests/defs.in ($distdir): New variable, might be used in
+ testcases checking distribution-related features.
+ * tests/pr9.test: Use it.
+ * tests/subdir9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vtexi3.test: Add comment explaining why we redefine
+ $distdir in this test.
+
+2011-04-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ depcomp: fix bugs in tests and in the depcomp script
+ * lib/depcomp (gcc): Remove duplicated `-e' from sed invocation.
+ * tests/depcomp10.test: Make it executable. Fix a blunder that
+ has left part of an intended comment not prefixed by `#', thus
+ causing shell syntax errors. In this same comment, break a
+ too-long reported error message on multiple lines, for clarity.
+ Add reference to the relevant bug report. Add a comment which
+ explains why the test result 'skipped' if the first "make" call
+ fails. Add other useful comments.
+ * tests/depcomp9.test: Slightly improve comments.
+
+2011-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix hp depmode for VPATH builds with GNU make.
+ * lib/depcomp: Be sure to remove VPATH-prefixed object from
+ dependency output when creating stub rule.
+ * tests/depcomp10.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ Report by Bruno Haible.
+
+2011-04-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: fix 'javac' requirement for older JDK versions
+ The Java compiler from JDK 1.5 (and presumably earlier versions)
+ cannot handle the `-version' option by itself; and while it does
+ print the version number, it then errors out with an usage error:
+ $ javac -version
+ javac 1.5.0_22
+ javac: no source files
+ Usage: javac <options> <source files>
+ ...
+ Luckily, adding the `-help' option to the `javac' invocation
+ seems to fix this problem.
+ * tests/defs.in (javac): Pass also the `-help' option to the
+ `javac' program. Add a comment explaining why it is needed.
+ Report from Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-04-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: new requirement for the default java compiler
+ * tests/defs.in (for tool in $required): New requirement 'javac'.
+ * tests/java.test: Use it instead of ad-hoc configure check.
+ * tests/java-check.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instfail-java.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instdir-java.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-04-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ java: check_JAVA does not cause compilation by "make all" anymore
+ Fixes automake bug#8234.
+ * automake.in (handle_java): Make stamp of class files built from
+ java sources in $(check_JAVA) a dependency of `check' target, not
+ `all' target.
+ * tests/java-check.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Report from Petteri Räty.
+
+2011-04-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Clarify regex code in depcomp.
+ * lib/depcomp: Add comment why we don't need regex-escaping here.
+ Suggested by Stefano Lattarini.
+
+2011-04-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix makedepend depmode for VPATH builds.
+ * lib/depcomp [makedepend]: Remove any VPATH prefix from the
+ object file name, so a rebuild doesn't attempt to update the
+ .Po files in the source tree.
+ * tests/depcomp9.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-04-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix timestamp-related failures
+ Fixes automake bug#8365.
+ * tests/aclocal6.test: Sleep before modifying m4 files that should
+ trigger remake rules. Remove incorrect/obsoleted comments.
+ * tests/subdir5.test: Likewise, and extend a bit.
+ * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr8365-remake-timing.test: New xfailing test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Report from Sam Steingold.
+
+2011-04-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Create subdirs for generated sources even when not dep tracking.
+ * automake.in (handle_single_transform): If $object is derived
+ and lands in subdir, be sure to output a dirstamp dependency.
+ * tests/yacc5.test: Avoid falsely matching the dirstamp
+ dependency when grepping for a rule.
+ * tests/lex-subobj-nodep.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Report by Ignacy Gawedzki.
+
+ Fix locale issue in check-exported-srcdir.test.
+ * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Reformulate glob to not fail
+ in a locale that ignores or interleaves character case.
+
+2011-04-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index
+ * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure'
+ from "Scanning configure.ac or configure.in" to the more precise
+ "Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal".
+ (@detailmenu): Adjust.
+ (@node configure): Adjust, and extend @cindex calls accordingly.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ From a report by Maynard Johnson.
+
+2011-03-30 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target
+ * tests/aclocal6.test: Move checks related to "maintainer-clean"
+ functionalities into ...
+ * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: ... this new test.
+ * tests/maintclean.test: Update heading comments. Extend to also
+ test subdirs. Remove useless disabling of YACC. Fix m4 quoting
+ in configure.in. Add a trailing `:' command. Remove extra blank
+ lines.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-03-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: fix unindent to use printf not echo for script.
+ * tests/defs.in: Use printf rather than echo, as the latter may
+ interpret the backslashes in the sed script. Fixes test
+ failures with dash as /bin/sh.
+
+2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases
+ The configure.in stub created by default by `tests/defs' obtains
+ the first argument of AC_INIT from the test name, and this can
+ cause some supported autoconf versions to fail with a spurious
+ error if that test name contains the name of an m4 or m4sugar
+ builtin or macro (e.g., `defn' or `m4_undefine').
+ See for example the bug fixed by commit v1.11-287-g1325a8a.
+ This change add a maintainer check that warns about test names
+ which are possibly problematic in this regard.
+ * Makefile.am (sc_test_names): New maintainer-check target.
+ (syntax_check_rules): Add it.
+ (m4_builtins): New helper variable.
+ (TESTS): Updated according to the following renamings.
+ * tests/include.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/hdr-vars-defined-once.test: ... to this.
+ * tests/sinclude.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/m4-inclusion.test: ... to this, and simplified
+ accordingly.
+ * tests/include2.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/dist-included-parent-dir.test: ... to this, for
+ consistency.
+
+2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix bug in alloca*.test
+ * tests/alloca.test: Make grepping of automake stderr stricter,
+ add a trailing `:' command; also, add AC_PROG_CC to configure.in,
+ and create a dummy alloca.c file, to ensure that we fail for the
+ proper reason.
+ * tests/alloca2.test: Likewise. Also, look for LT_INIT, not
+ AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, in the error message (bug introduced with commit
+ v1.11-315-gd51e7b7 "libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES
+ primary is used").
+ From a report by Patrick Welche.
+
+2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix bug (comments-in-var-defn.test + autoconf 2.62)
+ * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: The configure.in stub created
+ by default, which has the AC_INIT first argument obtained by the
+ test name, causes autoconf 2.62 to fail with a spurious error
+ message like: "configure.in:1: error: defn: undefined macro:".
+ Thus, to prevent this, the test is renamed to ...
+ * tests/comments-in-var-def.test: ... this.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: convert encoding from ISO-8859 to UTF-8
+ * ChangeLog.03: Convert encoding to UTF-8.
+ * ChangeLog.96: Likewise.
+ * ChangeLog.98: Likewise.
+ * NEWS: Likewise.
+ * TODO: Likewise.
+
+2011-03-01 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ test defs: unindent without temporary file
+ * tests/defs.in (commented_sed_unindent_prog): Commented Sed program
+ that strips the "proper" amount of leading whitespace.
+ (unindent): Lazily strip comments from the above program and use it
+ to unindent without using a temporary file.
+
+2011-02-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES primary is used
+ When the LTLIBRARIES primary was used, but $(LIBTOOL) wasn't
+ defined, automake suggested to add a call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+ in configure.ac. But that macro is deprecated since Libtool
+ version 1.9b (2004-08-29), in favor of the newer LT_INIT. So
+ suggest the use of this latter macro instead.
+ * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_am_macro_for_var): Pair 'LIBTOOL'
+ with 'LT_INIT', not with 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'.
+ * libtool4.test: Adjust and extend. Also, add a call to macro
+ AC_PROG_CC in configure.in, to help ensuring that automake does
+ not fail for the wrong reasons.
+ * ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool support
+ works with LT_INIT-based interface.
+ Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion.
+
+2011-02-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: tempdirs with restrictive permissions are cleaned correctly
+ Before this change, the removal of a temporary test directory
+ containing subdirectories with restrictive permissions (such as
+ 'r--r--r--') could fail.
+ * tests/defs: Ensure that all the subdirectories of a temporary
+ test directory have the 'read', 'write' and 'execute' bits set,
+ before trying to remove it with `rm -rf'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Likewise.
+
+2011-02-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ test defs: add subroutine for input unindenting
+ * tests/defs.in (unindent): New subroutine.
+
+2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ python: report the 'PYTHON' influential environment variable
+ * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Call AC_ARG_VAR on PYTHON.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Python): Update and extend.
+ * tests/help-python.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * THANKS (Jack Kelly): Update e-mail address.
+ Suggestion by Jack Kelly.
+
+2011-02-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable
+ * tests/defs.in (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset it, so that values
+ from environment won't interfere with the testcases.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: tweak few tests on simple and parallel test drivers
+ * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Improve heading comments.
+ * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. Also, unset the
+ `FOO_EXIT_STATUS' variable, so that any pre-existing value in the
+ environment won't risk to interfere with the test.
+ Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers
+ * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test
+ * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so
+ that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
+ * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: color-tests issues with parallel make
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic
+ recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail
+ with some make implementation when running in parallel mode,
+ thus causing colored test output not to be automatically
+ activated when it should.
+
+2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid instspc.test failures due to make's whitespace trimming
+ * tests/instspc.test: Prepend './' when passing the test
+ characters, to avoid leading whitespace characters to be trimmed
+ from macros set from environment variables. Fixes testsuite
+ failures with HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64/OSF make.
+
+2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags
+ * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy"
+ per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests defs: sanitize IFS
+ * tests/defs.in ($IFS): Define to <space>, <tab>, <newline>.
+ ($sp): New variable, holding a single whitespace character.
+ ($tab): New variable, holding a tabulation character.
+ ($nl): New variable, holding a newline character.
+
+2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds.
+ * tests/parallel-tests8.test, tests/suffix13.test:
+ Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris
+ make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion.
+
+2011-01-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in yflags*.test
+ * tests/yflags.test: Remove 'YACC' from the environment, so
+ that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
+ * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid fn99*.test failures due to buggy AIX 5.3 cp -R.
+ * tests/fn99.test, tests/fn99subdir.test: Skip if an initial
+ `cp -R' of the subdir tree already fails; AIX 5.3 cp messes
+ up its internal memory when copying this tree.
+
+2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Add comment to check-TESTS rule working around make 3.80 bug.
+ * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Update comment.
+
+2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: less strict double-colon spy.test again.
+ * tests/spy.test: We know BSD make doesn't invoke more than one
+ double-colon rule, so no need to expose that failure.
+
+2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ install-sh: avoid Tru64 sh `test' operator precedence issues.
+ * lib/install-sh: Protect file names and directory components
+ that consist of `=', `(', `)', or `!'. Move protection as early
+ as possible, to avoid errors such as with Tru64 sh `test -z ='.
+ * tests/instsh2.test: Extend test to cover more possibilities.
+ Fixes 1.12 instspc-equal-install.test failure on Tru64/OSF 5.1.
+
+2011-01-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ docs: automake testsuite doesn't use TESTS_ENVIRONMENT anymore
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Do not claim Automake uses
+ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT for the perl driver. Instead, point to the
+ parallel-tests driver.
+
+2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Allow _AM_DEPENDENCIES to be used later in configure.
+ * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Remove a previously existing
+ conftest.dir before recreating it.
+ Fixes bug#7864.
+ Report by Eric Blake, from report by Scott McCreary against M4.
+
+2011-01-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid failure on w32 file systems.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: SKIP if file cannot
+ be turned unreadable.
+
+2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make.
+ * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos. Ensure prerequisites we
+ do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target.
+ Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule.
+
+2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
+ * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
+ Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
+
+2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs.
+ * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
+ Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
+ exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
+
+ Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
+ * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
+ are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
+
+2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
+ * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
+ (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
+ lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
+ output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
+ Report by Stefano Lattarini.
+
+2011-01-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ tests: fix comment typo
+ * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
+
+2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
+ * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'.
+ * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so
+ that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable)
+ to build it.
+ Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change.
+ Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to
+ require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess
+ and config.sub files are present for respective checks.
+ * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files.
+ * tests/flibs.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
+
+2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
+ This change fixes automake bug#7828.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake
+ recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with
+ other options.
+ From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
+
+2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
+ Related to automake bug#7819.
+ * tests/autodist.test: New test.
+ * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL
+ * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling
+ automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug
+ in the texinfo + cygnus interaction.
+ * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated.
+
+2011-01-09 Dave Hart <davehart@gmail.com> (tiny change)
+
+ Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
+ * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support.
+ * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to
+ `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not
+ redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not
+ uselessly run it in a subshell.
+ * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and
+ make. All checks moved into Makefile.am.
+ * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated
+ configure.in.
+ * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other
+ minor improvements.
+ * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated
+ Makefile.in stricter.
+ * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related
+ changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff
+ to Makefile.am.
+ * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected
+ to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict,
+ to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes.
+ * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
+ for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments.
+ * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making
+ it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir).
+ * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo
+ for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are
+ cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean".
+ * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name,
+ and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check
+ that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but
+ preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit
+ "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test,
+ so they have been moved ...
+ * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test.
+ * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated
+ Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to
+ append to configure.in.
+ * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes
+ make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just
+ after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other
+ minor cosmetic improvements.
+ * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support.
+ * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2011-01-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
+ * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
+
+2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces
+ * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces.
+ * tests/cond13.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond14.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/fort4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/fort5.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise.
+
+ automake: minor fixes in comments
+ * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments.
+
+2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Add test coverage for deleted header files.
+ * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to
+ also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency
+ tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit
+ successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes.
+
+ Fix typos in Rule.pm comments.
+ * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments.
+
+ docs: split 'amhello Explained' node.
+ * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ...
+ (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained)
+ (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two.
+ (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links.
+ Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766.
+
+2011-01-08 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
+ Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ docs: reference defining directories in amhello node.
+ * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf
+ manual for how to convert directory values into macros.
+ (Optional): Fix grammar nit.
+
+2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word).
+
+2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples
+ * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can
+ be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory
+ couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES').
+
+2011-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Sync auxiliary files from upstream.
+ * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex:
+ Sync from upstream.
+
+ Fix maintainer-check regression.
+ * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the
+ environment.
+
+ Bump copyright years.
+ * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years.
+ * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise.
+ * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
+
+2010-12-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Work around a bug in file-inclusion mechanism of Solaris make.
+ * automake.in (handle_single_transform): In the name of the
+ dependency file: collapse multiple slash characters into a single
+ one.
+ * tests/subobj11a.test: New test.
+ * tests/subobj11b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/subobj11c.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+ * NEWS: Updated.
+ Report by Stefano Lattarini, quick fix by Ralf Wildenhues, final
+ patch and tests by Stefano Lattarini.
+
+2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix two spurious testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5.
+ * tests/suffix13.test (Makefile.am): Account for VPATH issues on
+ weaker make implementations (e.g. IRIX 6.5).
+ * tests/parallel-tests8.test: Likewise, plus a required related
+ change.
+ Reported by Ralf Wildenhues. The bugs have been there from the
+ first versions of the affected test scripts.
+
+2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require
+ the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at
+ least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from
+ Cygnus" of 1997-08-25).
+
+2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k".
+ * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep
+ its output each time for a single error message, rather than
+ running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for
+ all the expected error messages. This should work around make
+ implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more
+ information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list:
+ - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23",
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
+ - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5",
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00166.html>
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test"
+ * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the
+ `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations
+ in e.g. older OpenBSD sed.
+
+2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules
+ * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES',
+ not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python
+ extension module `quaternion.la'.
+
+2010-12-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries
+ * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among
+ the Automake primaries.
+
+2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen.
+ * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen
+ relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in
+ other respects.
+ * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen
+ tightened.
+
+2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.
+ * tests/subobj9.test: Export AUTOCONF and AUTOMAKE.
+ Together with fixed Libtool, this fixes check-coverage to not
+ invoke installed automake.
+
+2010-11-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix spurious failures in `silent*.test' for $CC != gcc
+ In some tests on automake-produced silent rules, we forced the
+ use of gcc depmode to improve testsuite coverage; but this has
+ unsurprisingly led to spurious failures when some non-GNU C
+ compilers were used. So we are now careful to require GCC in
+ tests that force gcc depmode.
+ From reports by Ralf Wildenhues.
+ * silent5.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
+ * silent-many-generic.test, silent-many-gcc.test: ... these new
+ sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
+ "gcc" in $required.
+ * silentlex.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
+ * silent-lex-generic.test, silent-lex-gcc.test: ... these new
+ sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
+ "gcc" in $required.
+ * silentyacc.test: Test removed, its content split into ...
+ * silent-yacc-generic.test, silent-yacc-gcc.test: ... these new
+ sister tests, the latter of which forces gcc depmode and lists
+ "gcc" in $required.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2010-11-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Tests: consistently use "|| Exit 1" after ". ./defs".
+ * tests/autohdr.test: Use `. ./defs || Exit 1', not bare
+ `. ./defs', for consistency with other tests.
+ * tests/autohdr2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autohdr3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autohdr4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond23.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond24.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond25.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond26.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond27.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond28.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond29.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond30.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond31.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond32.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond33.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond34.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond35.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond37.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond38.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond39.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond40.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond41.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond42.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond43.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond44.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond45.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dollarvar.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/dollarvar2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/hfs.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/libobj14.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/percent.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/percent2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/phony.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent5.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silentcxx.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silentf77.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silentlex.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silentyacc.test: Likewise.
+
+ Avoid useless cleaning in some `silent*.test' tests.
+ * tests/silentf77.test: Removed useless calls to "make clean"
+ and "make maintainer-clean".
+ * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent3.test: Removed useless call to "make distclean".
+ * tests/silent4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent9.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-11-19 Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
+
+ Sync config-ml.in from GCC.
+ * config-ml.in: Add Go support: treat GOC and GOCFLAGS like other
+ compiler/flag environment variables.
+
+2010-11-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Automake::Config: remove extra trailing semicolon.
+ * lib/Automake/Config.in: Remove extra trailing semicolon.
+
+ help4.test: fix botched heading comment.
+ * tests/help4.test: Fixed the heading comment, since it
+ didn't correctly describe what checks the testcase was
+ supposed to perform.
+
+ help2.test: add checks on aclocal too.
+ * tests/help2.test: Check that also `aclocal --version' and
+ `aclocal --help' work with configure.in and acinclude.m4 both
+ broken.
+
+2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix spurious failures of silent-rules tests with Sun Fortran.
+ * tests/silentf77.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
+ messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers, to
+ avoid spurious failures. Add a trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/silentf90.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-11-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix spurious failures of silent5.test with Sun Fortran.
+ * tests/silent5.test: Strip from the make output some verbose
+ messages possibly printed by the SunStudio fortran compilers,
+ to avoid spurious failures. This bug has been there from the
+ very first version of this test script.
+
+2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix regression in colon{5,6}.test (failures on AIX 5.3).
+ * tests/colon5.test: Also substitute `@SHELL@' with `$SHELL' when
+ post-processing the generated Makefile.in, to work around a bug
+ of AIX 5.3 make which doesn't allow setting the `$(SHELL)' macro
+ on the commend line. Calls to `$MAKE' adjusted accordingly.
+ * tests/colon6.test: Likewise.
+ Regression introduced in commit v1.11-175-gf9fe878 "Modernize,
+ improve and/or extend tests `colon*.test", and reported by Ralf
+ Wildenhues.
+
+2010-11-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix regression in ansi.test (failure on AIX 5.3).
+ * tests/ansi.test: Remove redundant hackish check done using a
+ hand-postprocessed Makefile.in. This check worked by setting
+ the `$(SHELL)' macro on the command line of make, but this is
+ not supported by the AIX 5.3 make implementation.
+ This bug has been lurking for a long time, and was activated by
+ commit v1.11-125-gc1f6cdb "Enable `errexit' shell flag in various
+ tests". Report by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2010-11-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid '##'-style comments inside recipe commands.
+ * tests/confh.test, tests/confh8.test: Remove
+ double-hash comments from makefile rule commands, they
+ are not part of the Automake API.
+
+2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements.
+ * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case
+ pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
+
+2010-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Rebuild menus in the manual.
+ * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs).
+ Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion.
+
+ Fix install-strip when $(STRIP) contains several words.
+ * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Update comment. Use
+ separate sub-make invocations for empty and nonempty $(STRIP),
+ to fix quoting issues.
+ * tests/strip2.test, tests/strip3.test: New tests.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Adjust.
+
+2010-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix yaccdry.test failure: require bison.
+ * tests/yaccdry.test: Require bison.
+ Found by NixOS Hydra.
+
+2010-11-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix a bug in variable concatenation with `+='.
+ * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm (append): Since the content of the
+ "appended-to" variable is going to be unconditionally normalized
+ later, simply separate the appended value with a single whitespace
+ character, instead of trying to be uselessly smarter by using
+ escaped newlines. This fixes a bug in which extra backslashes
+ where erroneously inserted in the variable's final value.
+ * tests/pluseq11.test: New test, exposing the bug.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Reported by Andy Wingo.
+
+2010-11-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix bug in rules for creating vala vapi/header files.
+ * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Add forgotten "fi" in an
+ if control structure in a generated make rules. Bug introduced
+ by previous commit `v1.11-221-gd7c1679', and revealed by failure
+ of test `vala2.test'.
+
+2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of
+ modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the
+ stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'.
+ (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file
+ and header remaking.
+ * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was
+ passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case.
+ * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of
+ %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header.
+ * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test:
+ New tests.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2010-11-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section.
+ (Introduction): Refer to it.
+
+2010-10-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Add support for newer python versions.
+ * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Add python2.7 and python3.2 to
+ _AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST. Since we are at it, break a long
+ line and fix indentation.
+ * THANKS: Updated.
+ From a report by Thomas Klausner.
+
+ Add test for `AM_WITH_DMALLOC' macro.
+ * tests/dmalloc.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+ Fix nits and bugs in tests `help*.test'.
+ * tests/help4.test: Fix broken sed commands used to strip `-W...'
+ flags away from "$AUTOMAKE" and "$ACLOCAL".
+ * tests/help3.test: Likewise, and fix a botched comment.
+ * tests/help.test: Likewise. Also, use "AUTOMAKE_fails ..."
+ instead of "$AUTOMAKE ... && Exit 1", for consistency and to
+ please maintainer-check.
+ * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-10-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Improve tests `help*.test' (also fixes maintcheck failures).
+ * tests/help.test: To run automake, use `$AUTOMAKE' with all `-W'
+ flags stripped away rather than hard-coded `automake-$APIVERSION',
+ to better honour user-overrides. Similarly for aclocal.
+ * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-10-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Document and fix expansion of variables before rules.
+ * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables
+ are expanded before rules.
+ * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not
+ get matched as a rule.
+ Suggestion by Ben Pfaff.
+
+2010-10-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Revert "parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue."
+ This reverts commit 24e3b4ee2f8cb9f72dd94a05a893f3d4e88b7835,
+ because it re-opened the bug fixed by v1.11-10-g218e678.
+
+ 2010-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ parallel-tests: avoid command-line length limit issue.
+ * automake.in (handle_tests): New argument $makefile, new
+ substitution %MAKEFILE%.
+ (generate_makefile): Adjust.
+ * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (check-TESTS): Pass
+ sanitized TEST_LOGS value as makefile snippet on standard
+ input to $(MAKE), to avoid exceeding the command line limit on
+ w32 (MSYS).
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ Report by Bob Friesenhahn.
+
+2010-09-26 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.
+ * tests/help.test: Create a new empty directory and chdir into
+ it, rather than removing already present files. Run the aclocal
+ and automake wrapper scripts directly, instead of relying on
+ $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL. Be sure to correctly match literal dots
+ in aclocal's and automake's stderr. Add a trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/help2.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
+ `--version' works in directories with broken `configure.in'.
+ * tests/help3.test: New test, checking that options `--help' and
+ `--version' take precedence on the other options.
+ * tests/help4.test: New test, checking that the first among the
+ `--help' and `--version' options to be specified on the command
+ line wins.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
2010-09-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Testsuite: Use `$PATH_SEPARATOR', not `:', when extending PATH.