+ 2011-06-05 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix typo-related error in auxdir2.test
+ * tests/auxdir2.test (configure.in): Close m4 quoting in the
+ argument to AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. Without this, aclocal fails with
+ "ERROR: end of file in string". This problem hasn't been exposed
+ by the testsuite before because this test is in XFAIL_TESTS, so
+ its failure went unnoticed, even if it was due to a wrong cause.
+ Bug introduced in commit v1.11-249-g49ac3de.
+
+2011-06-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: fix some more failures
+ * tests/instdir-ltlib.test: Use creative quoting to avoid
+ spuriously triggering the `sc_rm_minus_f' maintainer check.
+ * tests/instdir-prog.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instspc-data.test: Use creative quoting to avoid
+ spuriously triggering the `sc_tests_Exit_not_exit' maintainer
+ check.
+
+2011-06-02 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintcheck: fix some failures, extend some checks
+ * Makefile.am (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update, as we
+ now expect 9 lines, not 8, to be changed from `automake.in'
+ to `automake'.
+ (sc_diff_aclocal_in_aclocal): New maintainer check, similar to
+ the above, and checking that only 10 lines are changed from
+ `aclocal.in' to `aclocal'.
+ (syntax_check_rules): Update.
+ (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Exempt self tests `self-check-*.test'
+ from this check, as they can legitimately use the bare `exit'
+ builtin in various places.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Python): Remove stray `@' from the end of
+ a line. Typo introduced in commit `v1.11-312-g5bf7af6'.
+ * tests/depcomp8a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS to make
+ from the environment rather than from the command line, to
+ pacify the `sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline' maintainer
+ check.
+ * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ remake: behave better with non-GNU make in subdirectories
+ Currently, with every decent make program, it is possible to
+ rebuild out-of-date autotools-generated files with a simple
+ "make Makefile" -- but for this to work reliably with non-GNU
+ make implementations, the command must be issued from the
+ top-level directory. This patch removes such limitation.
+ * lib/am/configure.am (am--refresh): Depend on `%MAKEFILE%'.
+ * tests/remake-subdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/remake-subdir2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-subdir-gnu.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-subdir-from-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ automake, aclocal: honour configure-time AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE
+ Currently, the Automake's own configure script allow definition
+ of AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE, expected to point respectively to an
+ autoconf and autom4te programs. But while these definitions are
+ honoured in the Automake's build systems and test suite, they
+ were *not* honoured in the generated `automake' and `aclocal'
+ scripts. This behaviour, apart from being wrong in that it does
+ not allow the user enough freedom in choosing his tools, also
+ caused inconsistencies in the test suite, brining to spurious
+ failures.
+ Problem reported by Graham Reitz on the automake list; see thread:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-05/msg00022.html>
+ * automake.in ($traces): Use `@am_AUTOCONF', not simply `autoconf'.
+ * aclocal.in ($traces): Use `@am_AUTOM4TE', not simply `autom4te'.
+ * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute also `@am_AUTOCONF' and
+ `@am_AUTOM4TE'.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+
+2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ build: the user can override AUTOM4TE, AUTORECONF and AUTOUPDATE too
+ Our build system allows the user to override AUTOCONF and AUTOHEADER
+ at configure time, and honours these overrides in our testsuite.
+ But it didn't do the same with AUTOM4TE, AUTORECONF and AUTOUPDATE.
+ This change fixes that inconsistency.
+ * configure.ac (am_AUTOM4TE, am_AUTOUPDATE, am_AUTORECONF): New
+ AC_SUBSTitutions. Update comments.
+ * tests/defs.in ($AUTOUPDATE): Default to `@am_AUTOUPDATE@' now.
+ ($AUTOM4TE): New variable, defaulting to `@am_AUTOM4TE@'.
+ ($AUTORECONF): New variable, defaulting to `@am_AUTORECONF@'.
+ * doc/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): Update.
+
+2011-05-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests/README: fix example about `make -e' usage
+ * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"): When
+ some variable is never initialized in the Makefile, `-e' is not
+ necessary in order to override it. DESTDIR is such a variable: we
+ ensure that we do not ever initialize it. And as such, it is quite
+ portable to use:
+ $ make DESTDIR=/foo/bar install
+ and in fact, quite widely used.
+ So our example about when `make -e' is required, which references
+ the `DESTDIR' variable, is poorly chosen, if not downright wrong.
+ Rewrite it to use `prefix' as the overridden variable instead.
+
+2011-05-27 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: each test case depends on `defs-static'
+ * tests/Makefile.am ($(TEST_LOGS)): Depends on `defs-static' too.
+ Simplify comments.
+
+2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: avoid re-running few tests with 'parallel-tests' option
+ Some tests in our testsuite use the 'simple-tests' driver only
+ marginally, or simply as a mean to conveniently check unrelated
+ invariants. It makes little sense to force these tests to also
+ run with the 'parallel-tests' Automake option active, as doing so
+ offers no real gain in coverage, while often causing a measurable
+ overhead in execution time (for an already too-slow testsuite).
+ * tests/pr401.test (parallel_tests): Define to "no", to prevent
+ the generation of a sibling test script using the 'parallel-tests'
+ driver.
+ * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: allow tests to avoid the use of 'parallel-tests' option
+ * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Do not generate "siblings" for tests
+ that explicitly define the `parallel_tests', whether to "yes" or
+ to any other value. Extend heading comments to give a rationale
+ for this behaviour.
+ * tests/README: Update.
+
+2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests/README: update obsoleted advice
+ * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"):
+ Do not suggest to use the `*-p.test' pattern for the names of
+ hand-written tests which use the `parallel-tests' Automake option.
+ Not only is this not respected by the existing tests, but it is
+ more likely to cause conflicts with auto-generated tests.
+ So, suggest to *avoid* using the `*-p.test' pattern in names
+ of hand-written tests instead.
+ (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do not"): When
+ suggesting not to override Makefile variables using command
+ line arguments, do not use the badly outdated variables `U'
+ and 'ANSI2KNR' in the example; instead, use the more common
+ and typical `DESTDIR'.
+
+2011-05-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: rename requirement 'non-cross' -> 'native'
+ * tests/defs.in (non-cross): Rename requirement ...
+ (native): ... to this, which is clearer and fits the
+ existing lingo better.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-05-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: be more cross-compile friendly
+ * tests/defs.in (cross_compiling): New subroutine.
+ (am__tool_prefix): New internal variable.
+ (gcc, g++, gcj): Force the use of the correct "tool prefix"
+ when cross compiling.
+ (gfortran, g77, non-cross): New requirements.
+
+2011-05-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix portability issues in 'repeated-options.test'
+ * tests/repeated-options.test: Do not assume that object files
+ have `.o' suffix and executables have no default suffix; instead,
+ use `$(OBJEXT)' and `$(EXEEXT)'.
+
+2011-05-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure of txinfo21.test on FreeBSD
+ * tests/txinfo21.test: Use the `is_newest' subroutine instead of
+ the `ls -t' hack to to determine whether a file has been updated.
+ This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do not sort files
+ with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when using the `-t'
+ option.
+
+2011-05-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure of extradep.test on FreeBSD
+ * tests/extradep.test: When using `ls -t' to determine whether a
+ file has been updated, make sure to use as reference a file whose
+ timestamp is expected to be *strictly* older that that of the file
+ being checked. This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do
+ not sort files with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when
+ using the `-t' option.
+ * tests/extradep2.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-05-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests defs: allow requirements for compilers (mostly dummy)
+ Most of the new requirements that are now accepted in `$required'
+ as consequence of this patch are still dummy. They are planned
+ to be implemented only in master (or in some derived branch), but
+ having them here (even just as no-op) will allow for an easier
+ integration/backporting of potential new testcases.
+ * tests/defs.in (cc, c++, fortran, fortran77): New requirements,
+ still dummy.
+ (flex): New requirement, picking LEX for configure.
+ (lex): New requirement, alias for `flex'. A more appropriate
+ implementation, looking for a generic `lex' program, will follow
+ in the future.
+
+2011-05-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: add forgotten test scripts to $(TESTS)
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Added test scripts man[678].test,
+ which have been present on the filesystem and in the repository,
+ but which had erroneously been left out from $(TESTS).
+
+2011-05-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: ensure verbose printing of captured make output
+ * tests/libtool7.test: Ensure verbose printing of captured
+ make output.
+ * tests/libtool9.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-05-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in 'color2.test'
+ * tests/color2.test: If $MAKE contains command-line arguments (as
+ in e.g., "make -j2"), expect's directive "spawn $env(MAKE)" fails
+ spuriously, because it tries to run "$MAKE" as a single command.
+ Fix this with proper uses of the TCL `eval' builtin.
+
+2011-05-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix self check spurious failure with older bash versions
+ * tests/self-check-cleanup.test: Add trailing `:' to the test code
+ passed to $SHELL, otherwise older versions of bash (at least 2.05
+ and 3.2.39) fail to correctly remove the temporary directory in
+ the exit trap.
+
+2011-04-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: more environment sanitization
+ * tests/defs: Move the checks verifying that the variables `me',
+ `parallel_tests' and `required' aren't set in the environment ...
+ * tests/defs-static.in: ... in here, with some optimizations to
+ avoid useless forks. Also, do the same checks for the variables
+ `original_AUTOMAKE' and `original_ACLOCAL' too.
+ * tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: Update.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset also variables
+ `original_AUTOMAKE' and `original_ACLOCAL'.
+
+2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure (non-renamed AM_TESTS_SETUP usage)
+ * tests/parallel-tests-reset-term.test: Use AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
+ instead of AM_TESTS_SETUP (which has been removed in commit
+ v1.11-349-g12f48fa).
+ Fix spurious failure introduced by merge `v1.11-781-gfeed175'.
+
+2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in a test on TESTS (VPATH-related)
+ * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: When not using the
+ parallel-tests option, do not check that VPATH components are
+ not present in the displayed test name, since the simple-tests
+ driver do not try to strip them.
+
+2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in self-check-env-sanitize.test
+ * tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: Open file descriptor `5'
+ to stdout.
+ Fix spurious failure introduced by merge `v1.11-788-g3b0c8d5'.
+
+2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test: self check subroutines for skipping/failing of tests
+ * tests/self-check-report.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-04-23 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: new subroutines for test skipping/failing
+ * tests/defs.in (Exit): Move definition of this function earlier.
+ (warn_, skip_, fail_, framework_failure_): New functions, inspired
+ to the homonyms in gnulib's tests/init.sh.
+ ($stderr_fileno_): New global variable, used by the new functions
+ above.
+ * tests/README: Updated.
+ From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix typo (copy & paste blunder) in heading comment
+ * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: Correctly refer to the sister test
+ as `maintclean.test', not as `maintclean-vpath.test'.
+
+2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove redundant test `mclean.test'
+ * tests/mclean.test: Remove, it's a weak grepping test completely
+ superseded by the much more complete `maintclean.test'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-04-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ testsuite: more environment sanitization
+ * tests/defs.in: Sanity check: abort if any of `parallel_tests'
+ or `required' is in the environment.
+ ($sed_unindent_prog): Initialize to empty, to avoid interferences
+ from the environment.
+ * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: Renamed to ...
+ * tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: ... this, and extended.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset variables `parallel_tests' and
+ `required'. Adjust comments.
+
+2011-04-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: in self-checks, use $SHELL, not /bin/sh
+ * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: Include `./defs-static' to get
+ the definition of `$SHELL'. Use `$SHELL' instead of `/bin/sh' to
+ execute the tests.
+
+2011-04-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: prefer AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT to TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Renamed to ...
+ (AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): ... this.
+
+2011-04-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: don't allow `$me' to be overridden from the environment
+ * tests/defs.in: Sanity check: abort if $me is in the environment.
+ * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset variable `me'.
+ (TESTS): Update.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-04-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ check: rename AM_TESTS_SETUP -> AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
+ The AM_TESTS_SETUP naming was not a good one after all. It may
+ be technically more correct than AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT, but the
+ latter is a better one simply because it is easier to remember,
+ and even if you've never heard of it and only know the semantics
+ of TESTS_ENVIRONMENT, you can have a straightforward way to
+ figure out how AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT would work.
+ * tests/check.am (am__check_pre): Update.
+ * doc/automake.in (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Update.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-am_tests_setup.test: Renamed ...
+ * tests/parallel-tests-am_tests_environment.test: ... to this,
+ and updated.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Suggestion and motivation by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ test defs: allow overriding of `$me'
+ * tests/defs.in ($me): Allow overriding by the including test
+ script. Add some explicative comments.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: more tests on the parallel-tests driver
+ * tests/parallel-tests-interrupt.test: New test.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-reset-term.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ check: new developer-reserved AM_TESTS_SETUP variable
+ For reference, see the discussion at:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-01/msg00213.html>
+ * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] (am__check_pre): Pass also
+ $(AM_TESTS_SETUP). Comments updated, and some typos fixed.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Document
+ AM_TESTS_SETUP. Reorder some of the existing documentation a bit.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-am_tests_setup.test: New test.
+ From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ depcomp tests: don't reject slower dependency extractors
+ * tests/depcomp8b.test: Add the `--enable-dependency-tracking'
+ option to `configure' invocations, so that slower dependency
+ extractors are not rejected.
+ * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise. Also ...
+ (foo.c): ... since we are at it, fix spacing to be consistent
+ with GNU coding standards.
+
+2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ m4: add missing serial numbers to a few files
+ Fixes automake bug#8483.
+ * m4/amversion.in: Add serial number.
+ * m4/auxdir.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/gcj.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/install-sh.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/mkdirp.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/python.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/runlog.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/strip.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/upc.m4: Likewise.
+
+2011-04-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix few bugs in self checks
+ Related to automake bug#8508.
+ * tests/self-check-cleanup.test: Be laxer when grepping output
+ from `ls -l', to account for ACLs and SELinux-only files.
+ * tests/self-check-dir.test: Source `defs-static' to read in the
+ correct definition for $SHELL.
+ * tests/self-check-me.test: Likewise, and extend a bit.
+ Report from Jim Meyering.
+
+2011-04-16 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ depcomp: correct invalid sed invocation
+ * lib/depcomp: Insert missing -e before '/:$/d'.
+ Otherwise, that use of sed would treat '/:$/d' as a file name.
+
+2011-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maintainer check: quote literal `$' 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.
+
+2011-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix typo in python5b.test
+ * tests/python5b.test: Remove extra `:' from $PATH redefinition.
+
+2011-04-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove redundant settings of `errexit' shell flag
+ * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Do not set the `errexit'
+ shell flag, as it is already set by `tests/defs'.
+ * 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/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help-python.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-check.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-extra.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-noinst.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/lex-subobj-nodep.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ltinit.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/m4-inclusion.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr8365-remake-timing.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python-dist.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python-vars.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python-virtualenv.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python5b.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/specflg-dummy.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild-subdir.test: Likewise.
+
+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 $distdir (help reducing duplication)
+ * tests/defs ($distdir): New variable, might be used in
+ testcases checking distribution-related features.
+ * tests/pr9.test: Use it.
+ * tests/subdir9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/lex3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/lexvpath.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-moved-m4-file.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-renamed-m4-file.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-renamed-m4-macro-and-file.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-basic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-d-basic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-d-vpath.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild.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/java-extra.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/java-noinst.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 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+ coverage: add tests on remake rules in more complex situations
+ * tests/defs (using_gmake): New function.
+ (for tool in $required): Use it when $tool is 'GNUmake'.
+ * tests/remake-moved-m4-file.test: New test.
+ * tests/remake-deleted-m4-file.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-renamed-m4-file.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-renamed-m4-macro-and-file.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-renamed-m4-macro.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-add-acsubst-gnulib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-add-header-gnulib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake-remove-header-gnulib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-04-09 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ typofix in 'tests/defs'
+ * tests/defs: Fix typo (`itslef' instead of `itself') in
+ comments.
+
+2011-04-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: more on java support EXTRA_ and noinst_ prefixes
+ * tests/java-extra.test: New test, checking support for the
+ prefix `EXTRA_' with the JAVA primary.
+ * tests/java-noinst.test: New test, checking support for the
+ prefix `noinst_' with the JAVA primary.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+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.
+
+2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: better use of m4 quoting and m4sugar macros
+ * m4/dmalloc.m4: Better use of m4 quoting. Bump serial number.
+ * m4/gcj.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/init.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/install-sh.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/lex.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/multi.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/option.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/python.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/sanity.m4: Likewise.
+ * m4/cond.m4: Likewise. Also, prefer the m4sugar macro 'm4_if'
+ over the plain m4 macro 'ifelse'.
+ * m4/depend.m4: Likewise.
+
+2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: add test about deprecated use of AC_INIT
+ * tests/deprecated-acinit.test: New test, check that automake
+ and autoconf complain about an old-style AC_INIT call used with
+ a new-style AM_AUTOMAKE_INIT call.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+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 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: extend checks on the 'unindent' shell function
+ * tests/self-check-unindent.test: Also check that multiple
+ instances of 'unindent' can run in parallel (this was not
+ the case when that function used temporary files).
+
+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'.
+ * tests/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.
+ * tests/ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool
+ support works with LT_INIT-based interface.
+ Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion.
+
+2011-02-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: add testcases sanity-checking the testsuite
+ Helper subroutines, variables and other pieces of code defined
+ in the `tests/defs' and used by many testcases are non-obvious,
+ and tricky to get to work portably; but until now, they weren't
+ tested at all in a clear and self-contained way.
+ This change should remedy to the situation.
+ * tests/self-check-cleanup.test: New test, check removal of
+ temporary test working directory by `./defs'.
+ * tests/self-check-dir.test: New test, check that tests using
+ `./defs' create a proper temporary directory, and run in it.
+ * tests/self-check-exit.test: New test, check that, in case of
+ failing commands, the correct exit status is passed to the exit
+ trap installed by the `./defs' script.
+ * tests/self-check-is_newest.test: New test, checking the
+ `is_newest' subroutine.
+ * tests/self-check-me.test: New test, checking that $me gets
+ defined automatically by `tests/defs' if not set, and that it
+ can be overridden from either the shell or the environment.
+ * tests/self-check-sanity.test: New test, check that the sanity
+ checks performed by the `tests/defs' script works correctly.
+ * tests/self-check-unindent.test: New test, checking the
+ `unindent' subroutine.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+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.
+ * tests/instspc-tests.sh: Use it.
+
+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.
+
+2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: `instspc-*.test': do not create useless source file
+ * tests/instspc-tests.sh (create_input_data): Do not create
+ unused source file `source2.c'.
+
+2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: optimize `instspc-*.test' for speed
+ After the split of `instspc.test' into various generated tests,
+ the running time of the testsuite has noticeably increased, since
+ all these new generated tests must run aclocal, autoconf and
+ automake, whereas previously they were run only once (at the
+ beginning of `instspc.test'). But luckily, since the new tests
+ share the same input files for the autotools, this situation can
+ be easily worked around (at the expenses of a slight increase of
+ complexity for the testsuite scaffolding).
+ * tests/instspc-data.test: New helper test, properly calling
+ the `instspc-tests.sh' script to generate input data for the
+ others `instspc-*.test' tests.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add `instspc-data.test'.
+ ($(instspc_tests:.test=.log)): Depend on its log file.
+ (instspc-data.log): Depend on `instspc-tests.sh'.
+ * tests/instspc-tests.sh: Recognize new action `generate-data',
+ and use it to create hand-written and autotools-generated static
+ files shared by all the `instspc-*.test' tests.
+ When sourced by the `instspc-*.test' tests, use those previously
+ created files instead of recreating them from scratch.
+ (unindent, create_input_data): New subroutines.
+ Some other related changes and refactorings.
+ From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-02-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ python: fix spurious failure in tests
+ * tests/python-vars.test: Ignore cached values from config.site
+ by exporting CONFIG_SITE=/dev/null. Be laxer in matching the
+ expected values of output variables `pythondir' and `pyexecdir',
+ since they can change quite unpredictably among different python
+ installations. Also, avoid "hyping" debugging output, thus
+ offering smaller trace output and more informative diff.
+ Report and suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues.
+ * tests/python-virtualenv.test: Require python, since we call it
+ even after the virtualenv has been deactivated. Ignore cached
+ values from config.site by exporting CONFIG_SITE=/dev/null.
+
+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.
+
+2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ python: extend and improve tests, fix minor glitches
+ * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Ensure the "checking ..." messages
+ from configure are always complete, even in case of failure. Tiny
+ cosmetic improvement in info/error messages.
+ * tests/python.test: Also check that automake complains if the
+ PYTHON primary is used but the `py-compile' script is not present.
+ Make grepping of generated Makefile.in laxer w.r.t. whitespace.
+ Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/python2.test: Remove repeated calls aclocal: they are
+ useless because configure.in is never modified. Make grepping
+ of automake stderr more comprehensive. Remove the pre-existing
+ `py-compile' file before trying to install it with `--add-missing'.
+ Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/python3.test: Add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/python11.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python4.test: Likewise. Also, try to pass PYTHON config
+ variable to configure from the environment, rather than only from
+ the command line.
+ * tests/python5.test: Ensure that the "checking ..." messages from
+ configure are always complete. Use proper m4 quoting. Add a
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/python6.test: Simplify test logic, by checking for files
+ created by configure rather then grepping its output.
+ * tests/python7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python8.test: Also check that `$PYTHON' is meaningfully
+ set in the ACTION-IF-TRUE argument of AM_PATH_PYTHON.
+ * tests/python9.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/python10.test: Add trailing `:' command.
+ (Makefile.am): Declare `disttest' target as `.PHONY', and add
+ an `ls -l' to its recipe, for debugging.
+ * tests/nobase-python.test: In testing "make uninstall" and
+ "make install" results, prefer idioms that make verbose logs
+ more helpful. Remove a couple of lines of dead code. Add a
+ trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/python5b.test: New test, checking that configure performs
+ the check on the python version even when the choice of the python
+ interpreter is forced by the user.
+ * tests/python-dist.test: New test, checking the distribution of
+ *_PYTHON files.
+ * tests/python-vars.test: New test, checking that AM_PATH_PYTHON
+ correctly set all the output variables advertised in the manual.
+ * tests/python-virtualenv.test: New test, checking that python
+ support offered by automake works well with "virtual python
+ environments" created by the `virtualenv' program.
+ * tests/instdir-prog.test: Also check `$(pyexecdir)'. Existing
+ checks made slightly stricter.
+ * tests/instdir-prog.test: Also check `$(pyexecdir)'. Existing
+ * tests/instdir-ltlib.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers
+ * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test.
+ * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test
+ * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so
+ that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'.
+ * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: color-tests issues with parallel make
+ * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic
+ recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail
+ with some make implementation when running in parallel mode,
+ thus causing colored test output not to be automatically
+ activated when it should.
+
+2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags
+ * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy"
+ per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests defs: sanitize IFS
+ * tests/defs ($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.
+
+2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid instspc* failures due to make's whitespace trimming
+ * tests/instspc-tests.sh: 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 and Tru64/OSF make.
+
+2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds.
+ * tests/suffix10.test, tests/suffix11.test, tests/suffix12.test,
+ tests/suffix3.test, tests/suffix5.test, tests/suffix8.test:
+ Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris
+ make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion.
+
+ 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.
+
+2011-01-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: check for presence of cscope with redirected input.
+ * tests/defs: Add required test for cscope.
+ Fixes cscope3.test hang with Sun C 5.9 cscope.
+
+ tests: avoid false failure in cygnus-dependency-tracking.test.
+ * tests/cygnus-dependency-tracking.test: Be less restrictive
+ when grepping the compiler error message, GCC 3.4.6 on FreeBSD
+ does not mention an undefined symbol.
+
+2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: revert not turning off errexit in instspc-test.sh
+ * tests/instspc-tests.sh: Turn off errexit while sourcing defs,
+ the scripts might still not be clean.
+
+2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: work around Tru64 sh -e issues for instspc*.test.
+ Apparently, Tru64 sh does not like turning off errexit mode,
+ and gets confused.
+ * tests/defs: Document 'errexit' cleanliness requirement.
+ * tests/defs-static.in: Likewise. Avoid error from command
+ substitution to abort instspc*.test with Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh.
+ * tests/instspc-tests.sh: Drop now-unneeded temporary errexit
+ dropping. Add strategic '|| Exit' to let tests work on Tru64.
+
+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.
+
+2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Avoid local $_ perl variable, for Perl before 5.9.1.
+ * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Do not
+ lexically localize $_. Fixes bootstrap on AIX 5.1.
+ Bug introduced in commit `v1.11-622-gf90a06c'.
+
+2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test
+ * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove.
+ Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command.
+
+2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid failing command substitution in errexit mode.
+ * tests/vartypo2.test, tests/vartypos.test: Rewrite to not use
+ a command substitution with a nonzero exit status, that causes
+ IRIX and Tru64/OSF sh to fail the whole test.
+
+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 ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
+ Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid
+ exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin.
+ * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ * NEWS, README: Update copyright years.
+
+2011-01-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: hard error in case of internal failures or signal caught
+ * tests/defs: Exit with status 99 (hard error) rather than
+ 1 (failure) on unexpected/internal errors, or when a signal
+ is caught by the client script.
+
+ Tests defs: don't let useless variables leak in test scripts.
+ * tests/defs ($priv_check_temp, $overwrite_status, $ro_dir_temp,
+ $create_status, $r2h, $libtool_found, $gettext_found, $aclocaldir,
+ $extra_includes): Unset once they've served their purpose.
+
+2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make.
+ * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs
+ are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make.
+
+2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input
+ * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding)
+ (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty
+ lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info
+ output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored.
+ Report by Stefano Lattarini.
+
+2011-01-15 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ tests: fix comment typo
+ * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment.
+
+2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests
+ * tests/txinfo.test ($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.
+
+2011-01-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Update docs w.r.t. warning and strictness options.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Strictness): Document that some warnings are
+ turned off by default in `foreign' strictness.
+ (Options): Divide into new sections "Options generalities" and
+ "List of Automake options". Fix typo (colon instead of full
+ stop). Document option precedence (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS wins over
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE which wins over command line). Also document
+ interactions between options specifying strictness and those
+ specifying warnings.
+
+ More tests on warnings/strictness precedence.
+ * tests/warning-groups-win-over-strictness.test: New test, similar
+ to `warnings-win-over-strictness.test', but checking the explicit
+ catch-all warning flags (like `-Wall' and `-Wnone').
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+ Update NEWS about the warnings-over-strictness precedence.
+ * NEWS: Automake explicit warning levels always take precedence
+ over the implicit warning levels implied by Automake strictness.
+
+ For PR automake/547:
+ Warnings win over strictness in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
+ Ensure that, for what concerns the options specified in
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS, explicitly-defined warnings always take
+ precedence over implicit strictness-implied warnings.
+ This finally fixes Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547.
+ * automake.in (handle_options): Call 'process_option_list'
+ only once per set of options.
+ * lib/Automake/Options.pm (process_global_option_list,
+ process_option_list): Add sanity checks.
+ ($_options_processed, $_global_options_processed): New
+ internal variables, used by the sanity checks above.
+ * tests/warnings-win-over-strictness.test: Extend.
+
+ For PR automake/547:
+ Change signature of 'Automake::Options::_process_option_list()'.
+ This only modifies internal details in the automake implementation,
+ bearing no externally visible effect, but preparing the way for the
+ final fix of Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547.
+ * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Accept as
+ arguments a list of hash references with keys 'option' and 'where',
+ where 'option' is an option as might occur in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS or
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, and 'where' is the location where it occurred.
+ (process_option_list, process_global_option_list): Updated.
+ * automake.in (handle_options, scan_autoconf_traces): Update.
+
+ Add more tests about AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
+ In view of soon-to-follow refactorings (still in the pursuit of a
+ fix for Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547), add some more tests on
+ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS support, to prevent obvious regressions.
+ * tests/amopts-variable-expansion.test: New test.
+ * tests/amopts-location.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+ For PR automake/547:
+ Warnings win over strictness in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
+ This change ensures that, for what concerns the options specified
+ in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, explicitly-defined warnings always take
+ precedence over implicit strictness-implied warnings. Related to
+ Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547.
+ * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Parse explicit
+ warnings only after the strictness level has been set. Fix POD
+ documentation.
+ * tests/warnings-win-over-strictness.test: Extend.
+
+ For PR automake/547:
+ Warnings win over strictness on command line.
+ Ensure that, on the command line at least, explicitly defined
+ warnings always take precedence over implicit strictness-implied
+ warnings. Related to Automake bug#7669 a.k.a. PR/547.
+ * automake.in (parse_arguments): Parse warnings only after the
+ strictness level has been processed.
+ * tests/gnuwarn.test: Update, plus miscellaneous improvements.
+ * tests/warnings-win-over-strictness.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+ More tests on warnings and strictness.
+ * tests/warnings-strictness-interactions.test: New test.
+ * tests/warnings-unknown.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+ New test on silent-rules mode and portability warnings.
+ * tests/silent-nowarn.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+ Add new tests on strictness and warnings precedence and overriding.
+ * tests/strictness-override.test: New test.
+ * tests/strictness-precedence.test: New test.
+ * tests/warnings-override.test: New test.
+ * tests/warnings-precedence.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix remake rule-induced test failures with HP-UX make.
+ * tests/remake1a.test: Require GNU make.
+
+2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix remake rule-induced test failures with HP-UX make.
+ * tests/colon6.test: Update timestamp of subdir Makefile, so we
+ do not spuriously invoke the nonexistent toplevel am--refresh
+ rule.
+
+ tests: fix typos in colon6.test
+ * tests/colon6.test: Fix typos.
+
+2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+ Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: explain MSYS setup failure issue, improve test.
+ * tests/defs: Add comment and failure message, improve fail
+ logic.
+
+2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix libobj2.test failure with non-GNU make: define $(AR).
+ * tests/libobj2.test: Ensure $(AR) is suitably defined.
+
+2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ tests: avoid spurious failures due to fork failure in test setup
+ * tests/defs: Ensure $me is always nonempty, to avoid spurious
+ failures on MinGW/MSYS in case the preceding sed command could
+ not be spawned.
+
+ Avoid configure warnings from wait about reused PIDs.
+ * m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Hide wait stderr output.
+ Fixes spurious failure of depcomp2.test.
+
+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 $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files.
+
+2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS
+ This change fixes automake bug#7828.
+ * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake
+ recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with
+ other options.
+ From a report by Юрий Пухальский.
+
+2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files
+ Related to automake bug#7819.
+ * tests/autodist.test: New test.
+ * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: do not force yacc-requiring tests to use bison
+ * tests/defs.in: New required entry 'yacc'. Remove old
+ required entry 'bison'.
+ * tests/cond35.test ($required): Require yacc, not bison.
+ * tests/cond36.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/pr204.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent-many-gcc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent-many-generic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent-yacc-gcc.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/silent-yacc-generic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/subpkg.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix10.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-basic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-clean.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-d-basic.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-d-vpath.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc-nodist.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc8.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yaccdry.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yaccvpath.test: Likewise.
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: more consistent checks about invalid options
+ * tests/aclocal.test: Grepping of automake stderr for messages
+ reporting invalid options made stricter.
+ * tests/no-outdir-option.test: Likewise. Also, create a dummy
+ `Makefile.am', to ensure that the automake failures are really
+ caused only by unrecognized options.
+ * tests/automake.test: Added trailing `:' command. Removed
+ redundant checks on `--help' and `--version' option (already
+ performed in the test `help*.test').
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: enable 'errexit' shell flag by default.
+ * tests/defs: Enable `errexit' shell flag (near the end).
+ Removed redundant comment about the enabling of shell traces.
+ * tests/README (Writing test cases): Update, and use nicer
+ formatting in a couple of places.
+ * All tests: Adjusted by removing now-redundant calls to
+ 'set -e'.
+
+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.
+
+2011-01-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+ Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment.
+ * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo.
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: texinfo unrecognized extensions
+ * tests/txinfo-unrecognized-extension.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+ 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.
+
+2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure in 'tests/yflags-conditional.test'
+ * tests/yflags-conditional.test: Filter out message "warnings are
+ treated as errors" from automake stderr, to avoid a false positive
+ when grepping for extraneous warning messages.
+
+2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ yacc: warn about conditional content in *YFLAGS variables
+ This change fixes automake bug#7804.
+ * automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Warn if any of the relevant
+ *YFLAGS variables has conditional contents (not only a conditional
+ definition). Related refactoring.
+ * NEWS: Updated.
+ * tests/yflags-conditional.test: Updated and extended.
+ * tests/yflags-conditional-force.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+2011-01-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ yacc: support variable expansions in *YFLAGS definition.
+ This change fixes automake bug#7800.
+ * automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Use 'value_as_list_recursive'
+ instead of 'variable_value' to get the value of *YFLAGS variables.
+ Related changes.
+ ($DASH_D_PATTERN): Removed.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove yflags-var-expand.test.
+ * tests/yacc-clean.test: Remove workaround for now-fixed bug.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+2011-01-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ yacc: more tests on *YFLAGS support
+ * tests/yflags-var-expand.test: New test, still xfailing. It
+ exposes automake bug#7800 -- "automake fails to honor `-d' in
+ AM_YFLAGS when variable expansions are involved".
+ * tests/yflags-d-false-positive.test: New test, checking that
+ automake do not spuriously see `-d' in *YFLAGS when that isn't
+ really there.
+ * tests/yflags-force-override.test: New test, checking that
+ automake can cope with definition of the YFLAGS variable in
+ Makefile.am (even if that is an extremely bad practice, as that
+ variable is user-reserved).
+ * tests/yflags-cmdline-override.test: New test, checking that
+ automake can cope with user-redefinition of YFLAGS at configure
+ time and/or at make time.
+ * tests/yflags-conditional.test: New test, checks that automake
+ warns on conditionally-defined *YFLAGS variables.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update.
+
+2011-01-08 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ yacc: extend and improve tests
+ * tests/yacc-basic.test: Also check that the intermediate C file
+ is mentioned in the generated Makefile.in, and that it is created
+ by the first make invocation.
+ * tests/yacc3.test: Test removed, superseded by ...
+ * tests/yacc-d-basic.test: ... this new test.
+ * tests/yacc2.test: Add reference to that new test in the heading
+ comments.
+ * tests/yacc-d-vpath.test: New test.
+ * tests/yaccvpath.test: Updated heading comments. Do not require
+ gcc anymore, as any working C compiler should be enough. Remove
+ redundant comments.
+ * tests/yacc-nodist.test: New test.
+ * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2010-12-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Extend, fix and improve tests on Lex and Yacc support.
+ * tests/lexcpp.test: New test script, on support for Lex + C++.
+ * tests/lexvpath.test: New test script, test build and rebuild
+ rules for lexers in VPATH setup.
+ * tests/yacc-basic.test: New test script, run simple "semantic"
+ checks on basic Yacc support (similarly to what lex3.test does
+ for Lex support).
+ * tests/lex.test: Don't create useless dummy source file joe.l.
+ Remove extra blank lines.
+ * tests/lex4.test: Add trailing `:' command. Do not create dummy
+ useless lex source file.
+ * tests/lex2.test: Likewise. Call automake with the `-a' option,
+ so that it doesn't fail for the absence of `ylwrap' script. Make
+ grepping of automake stderr stricter.
+ * tests/yacc7.test: Add trailing `:' command. Enable `errexit'
+ shell flag earlier (just after having sourced ./defs).
+ * tests/yacc4.test: Likewise. Also ...
+ (configure.in): Use pre-populated skeleton set up by ./defs,
+ instead of writing one from scratch.
+ Other minor cosmetic changes.
+ * tests/yacc5.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yaccvpath.test: Likewise. Also ...
+ ($distdir): New variable.
+ Use it throughout.
+ * tests/lex5.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/lex3.test: Likewise. Check the distdir, rather than
+ grepping the distribution tarball. Extend the test on the
+ created binary, and be sure to avoid hangs. Add some comments.
+ * tests/yacc.test: Use stricter grepping. Add trailing `:'.
+ * tests/yacc6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/yacc3.test: Likewise. Do not create the unused file
+ `Makefile.sed'. Remove useless rules from Makefile.am. Other
+ minor cosmetic changes.
+ * tests/yacc2.test: Make grepping of generated `Makefile.in' and
+ of automake error messages stricter. Do not redirect output of
+ grep to /dev/null. Move call to aclocal earlier. Reduce the
+ number of empty blank lines. Fix a typo in comments.
+ * tests/yacc8.test: Fixed bugs that reduced the completeness of
+ the tests. Added trailing `:' command.
+ (configure.in): Use pre-populated skeleton set up by ./defs,
+ instead of writing one from scratch.
+ * tests/yaccpp.test: Test also extensions `.y++', `.ypp', and
+ `.yxx', rather than only `.yy'.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+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/libobj17.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.
+
+2011-01-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ yacc: "make clean" removes .c and .h files from non-distributed .y
+ Previously, while automake did *not* distribute C source and header
+ files derived from non-distributed Yacc sources, it still caused
+ them to be removed only by "make maintainer-clean" only, and not by
+ simply "make clean" or "make distclean".
+ This caused "make distcheck" to fail, unless the developer put
+ those generated .c and .h files in CLEANFILES or in DISTCLEANFILES
+ by hand.
+ This change fixes this issue, by making non-distributed `.c' and
+ `.h' files generated by non-distributed Yacc sources cleaned by
+ "make clean".
+ * tests/automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Make C source and
+ header files derived from non-distributed Yacc files cleaned by
+ "make clean", not only by "make maintainer-clean".
+ * tests/yacc-clean.test: New test.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+ * NEWS: Update.
+
+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').
+
+2010-01-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Tests: normalize use of the 'errexit' shell flag.
+ * tests/maken3.test (check_targets): Remove redundant call to
+ 'set -e'.
+ * tests/maken4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi5.test: Call 'set -e' just after './defs' has been
+ sourced.
+ * tests/ansi6.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ansi7.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond16.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond17.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond18.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond19.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond20.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cond21.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instdat2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/instdir-texi.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/remake1a.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/ccnoco.test: Likewise, and add trailing `:' command.
+ * tests/comment4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/gcj4.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/nodist2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/nodist3.test: Enable 'errexit' shell flag (this should
+ have been done in commit v1.11-248-g317e17b, but the relevant
+ hunk has been forgotten somehow).
+ * tests/output.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/gnits2.test: Likewise, and display captured stderr to
+ script's stderr, not to script's stdout.
+ * tests/gnits3.test: Likewise. Also, prefer 'cat' over 'echo'
+ to append to Makefile.am, and really check that the exit status
+ of "make installcheck" indicates failure.
+
+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.
+
+ Avoid caching bug in cygnus mode test.
+ * tests/cygnus-requires-maintainer-mode.test: Remove
+ autom4te.cache directory before rerunning aclocal, to
+ remove trace caches.
+
+ 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 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Add missing blank line between two entries.
+
+2010-12-23 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Improve and extend tests `suffix*.test'.
+ * tests/suffix.test: Check that suffix rules for C compilation are
+ only included once. Try also with a static library.
+ * tests/suffix2.test: Add a new grep to help potential debugging.
+ Do not run automake with the `--add-missing' options, since we
+ already create all the needed auxiliary files. Try also *without*
+ the `no-dependencies' automake option.
+ * tests/suffix4.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter.
+ * tests/suffix3.test: Rewritten to run also autoconf, ./configure
+ and make.
+ * tests/suffix5.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/suffix6.test: Fix botched recipe indentation (eight spaces
+ were used instead of a tabulation character). Extend to check
+ that `.obj' is handled like `.$(OBJEXT)' (as is done for `.o').
+ Improved parsing & grepping of generated Makefile.in. Other minor
+ fixes and improvements.
+ * tests/suffix10.test: Move some checks in Makefile.am. Also run
+ "make all".
+ * tests/suffix12.test: Likewise, and account for VPATH issues in
+ weaker make implementations.
+ * tests/suffix11.test: Likewise. Also, run "make distcheck", for
+ completeness, and related changes.
+ * tests/suffix8.test: Likewise. Also, do not put `gcc' anymore
+ in $required.
+ * tests/suffix13.test: Do not use the `--force-missing' automake
+ option unnecessarily.
+ * tests/suffix6b.test: New test, semantic sister of `suffix6.test'.
+ * tests/suffix6c.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated.
+
+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>
+
+ Add some tests on 'cygnus' mode.
+ * tests/clean2.test: Extend.
+ * tests/cygnus-check-without-all.test: New test.
+ * tests/cygnus-dependency-tracking.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cygnus-distclean.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cygnus-imply-foreign.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cygnus-no-dist.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cygnus-no-installinfo.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/cygnus-requires-maintainer-mode.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
+
+2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix parallel testsuite run with Zsh.
+ This change deals with a Zsh incompatibility in the handling
+ of the special shell variable `$0' in sourced files; this
+ incompatibility used to cause utter breakage when the
+ Automake testsuite was run in parallel mode with Zsh as
+ the $(TEST_LOG_COMPILER).
+ For more information, please refer to the thread "Fix parallel
+ testsuite run with zsh" on automake-patches, dated 2010-12-22:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-12/msg00135.html>
+ This change works around the problems described above for Zsh 4.3
+ or later, and offers better error messages (instead of random
+ failures) for earlier Zsh version.
+ * tests/README (Supported shells): When describing the manual
+ workaround about the Zsh incompatibility in the handling of `$0',
+ tell that it is now needed only with Zsh versions preceding 4.3.
+ Done also some minor rewordings.
+ * tests/defs-static.in ($argv0): New variable, offers a workaround
+ for the Zsh incompatibility in the handling of `$0'.
+ Abort if that variable cannot be correctly set (can happen only
+ in older Zsh version).
+ * tests/defs ($me): Define using `$argv0', not `$0'.
+
+2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Tests defs: keep track of original $AUTOMAKE and $ACLOCAL values.
+ This is especially useful for tests which might want to run
+ automake and aclocal without additional flags and warnings.
+ * tests/defs-static.in ($original_ACLOCAL): New variable.
+ ($original_AUTOMAKE): Likewise.
+ * tests/help.test: Use them.
+ * tests/help2.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help3.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/help4.test: Likewise.
+ From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+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>
+
+ Minor improvements to test 'amopts.test'.
+ * tests/amopts.test: Remove botched comment. Make grepping of
+ automake stderr slighty stricter. Add trailing `:' command.
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ backcompat6.test: avoid comments inside recipe commands.
+ * tests/backcompat6.test: Remove shell comments from makefile rule
+ commands, as they are not portable to (at least) Tru64 make.
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ man8.test: avoid comments inside recipe commands.
+ * tests/man8.test: Remove shell comments from makefile rule
+ commands, as they are not portable to (at least) Tru64 make.
+
+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.
+
+2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Fix spurious failures in tests on AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.
+ * tests/auxdir7.test: Do not try to needlessly overwrite the files
+ `install-sh' and `missing'. This avoid spurious failures in "make
+ distcheck", when those files might be copied as read-only from the
+ `lib' directory.
+ * tests/auxdir8.test: Likewise.
+
+2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Make test 'posixsubst-script' portable to MinGW/MSYS.
+ * tests/posixsubst-script.test: Ensure that the generated dummy
+ scripts really start with a shebang line, to work around a
+ limitation of 'test -x' on MinGW/MSYS.
+ Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+ Improve comments in tests `posixsubst*.test'.
+ * tests/posixsubst-data.test: Improve comment explaining why we
+ try also empty match suffix.
+ * tests/posixsubst-extradist.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-ldadd.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-libraries.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-ltlibraries.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-programs.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-scripts.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-sources.test: Likewise.
+ * tests/posixsubst-tests.test: Likewise.
+ Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
+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.
+
+2010-12-13 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+ Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Tests defs: requirement 'xsi-shell' must be synced with libtool.
+ * tests/defs (xsi-shell): Add comment telling to keep the
+ XSI-conformance checks in sync with libtool.
+
+2010-12-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ Minor cleanups in canon7.test.
+ * tests/canon7.test (_foo_bar_SOURCES): Remove libs.c.
+ (configure.in): Remove AC_PROG_CXX.
+
+2010-12-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Avoid false positive in sc_tests_plain_make maintainer-check.
+ * Makefile.am (sc_tests_plain_make): Ensure to only match full
+ `make' words. Avoid false positive with remake11.test.
+
+2010-12-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix canon7.test failure.
+ * tests/canon7.test (_foo_bar_SOURCES): Add foobar.c.
+ (lib.h, libd.c, libs.c): Use const for constant strings.
+
+2010-12-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ Fix typos in test comments.
+ * tests/posixsubst-data.test, tests/posixsubst-extradist.test,
+ tests/posixsubst-ldadd.test, tests/posixsubst-libraries.test,
+ tests/posixsubst-ltlibraries.test, tests/posixsubst-programs.test,
+ tests/posixsubst-scripts.test, tests/posixsubst-sources.test,
+ tests/posixsubst-tests.test: Fix typos.
+
+2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ More uses of AS_HELP_STRING in automake macros.
+ * m4/depend.m4 (AM_DEP_TRACK): Use `AS_HELP_STRING' to format
+ the help message added to the generated configure.
+ * m4/dmalloc.m4 (AM_WITH_DMALLOC): Likewise.
+ * m4/lispdir.m4 (AM_PATH_LISPDIR): Likewise.
+ * m4/maintainer.m4 (AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Likewise.
+ * m4/multi.m4 (AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB): Likewise.
+ Also, bumped all serial numbers of the modified m4 files.
+
+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.
+
2010-12-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Extended tests on AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.