Paolo Bonzini [Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:25:23 +0000 (10:25 +0100)]
Dispatch on AC_LANG_CONFTEST
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_LANG_CONFTEST(C)): Define instead of
AC_LANG_SOURCE(C).
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PREPARE): Add a comment at the
top of confdefs.h, which also works around cpp deficiencies.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (AC_LANG_DEFINE): Define AC_LANG_CONFTEST(xyz)
(AC_LANG_CONFTEST): Dispatch based on _AC_LANG.
(AC_LANG_CONFTEST()): New.
Paolo Bonzini [Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:53:17 +0000 (16:53 +0100)]
Rename _AC_CHECK_HEADER_OLD and _AC_CHECK_HEADER_NEW.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (AC_CHECK_HEADER): Adjust naming.
(_AC_CHECK_HEADER_PREPROC_BODY): New name of _AC_CHECK_HEADER_OLD_BODY.
(_AC_CHECK_HEADER_COMPILE_BODY): New name of _AC_CHECK_HEADER_NEW_BODY.
(_AC_CHECK_HEADER_PREPROC): New name of _AC_CHECK_HEADER_OLD.
(_AC_CHECK_HEADER_COMPILE): New name of _AC_CHECK_HEADER_NEW.
* tests/semantics.at (AC_CHECK_HEADERS_OLD, AC_CHECK_HEADER_NEW):
Give better name.
Eric Blake [Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:32:56 +0000 (15:32 -0600)]
Simplify diversion stack handling.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_divert_stack): Use fewer macros, and
avoid extra newlines.
(m4_divert_stack_push): Compute location here, rather than caller.
(m4_divert_push): Update caller.
(m4_divert): Likewise, and also adjust current diversion name.
(m4_divert_pop): Simplify rule that diversion stack must never go
empty.
(_m4_require_call): Bypass diversion stack when collecting
required macro text.
(m4_init): Set current diversion without requiring m4_init.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_INIT): Avoid too many pops.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS): Schedule wrapped
text to run prior to m4sugar cleanup.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros) <m4_newline>: Mention
optional argument.
(Conditional constructs) <m4_ifvaln, m4_n>: Mention use of dnl.
* NEWS: Undo blurb about m4_divert.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_divert_stack): New test.
Eric Blake [Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:16:15 +0000 (12:16 -0600)]
Simplify expansion stack handling.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_expansion_stack): Use fewer macros;
always output 'top level'.
(_m4_expansion_stack_entry): New macro, to format the string only
when needed.
(m4_expansion_stack_push): Only push a macro name.
(m4_warn, _m4_defun_pro): Update callers.
(m4_expansion_stack_pop, m4_expansion_stack_dump): Delete.
(_m4_defun_epi, m4_fatal): Inline the calls.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_expansion_stack): New test.
Eric Blake [Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:56:11 +0000 (10:56 -0600)]
Update LINENO documentation.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initialization Macros) <AS_INIT_GENERATED>:
(Special Shell Variables) <LINENO>: Mention that LINENO support in
child scripts may be broken. Modernize example.
Eric Blake [Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:39:57 +0000 (09:39 -0600)]
Don't check for non-POSIX extensions in suggested tests.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_VAR_APPEND_WORKS): Remove suggestion;
we still use += if available, but should not reject shells (like
dash) that don't provide it.
(_AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): Document a policy for m4sh.
Reported by Paolo Bonzini.
Eric Blake [Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:56:44 +0000 (06:56 -0600)]
Work around Solaris /bin/sh case bug.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_CASE, _AS_CASE_DEFAULT): Always provide
a non-empty command list.
(AS_CASE): Always guarantee that a case will match.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <case>: Document the
Solaris bug, and mention AS_CASE.
Eric Blake [Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:39:53 +0000 (10:39 -0600)]
Fix LINENO detection to work around bash and pdksh limitations.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Enhance the test, so
that we can choose which of two tests to trust.
(_AS_RUN): Set flag when alternate shell is running.
(_AS_DETECT_EXPAND): New macro.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Use it to massage LINENO tests.
Eric Blake [Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:27:11 +0000 (09:27 -0600)]
Document current beta-quality status.
* configure.ac: Reflect fact that change to git-version-gen
produces -, but not always a letter, on non-release builds.
* BUGS: Mention known issues.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Ask for help in
debugging platforms with deficient shells.
Eric Blake [Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:37:54 +0000 (16:37 -0600)]
Alter signature of AS_INIT_GENERATED.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_INIT_GENERATED): Add parameters, and
manage here-doc and chmod in place. This also allows future
changes for optimizing the child via diversion/m4_wrap magic.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Update
caller.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initialization Macros) <AS_INIT_GENERATED>:
Update the documentation.
Eric Blake [Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:11:16 +0000 (15:11 -0600)]
Add m4_stack_foreach_sep.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_stack_foreach_sep)
(m4_stack_foreach_sep_lifo): New macros.
(_m4_stack_reverse): Adjust prototype, to support it.
(m4_copy): Use fewer macros.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_stack_foreach): Rename...
(m4@&t@_stack): ...and add m4_stack_foreach_sep tests.
Paolo Bonzini [Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:18:55 +0000 (12:18 +0100)]
Rewrite handling of diversion and expansion stack.
* NEWS: Document stricter requirement on m4_init.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_divert_stack): New, replacing
_m4_divert_n_stack.
(_m4_divert_stack_push): New.
(m4_divert): Use _m4_divert_stack_push and replace m4_define with
m4_popdef.
(m4_divert_push): Use _m4_divert_stack_push.
(m4_divert_pop): Use m4_divert_stack instead of _m4_divert_n_stack,
pop _m4_divert_stack instead of m4_divert_stack.
(m4_expansion_stack): New. Update comment above it.
(m4_expansion_stack_push, m4_expansion_stack_pop): Work on
_m4_expansion_stack instead of m4_expansion_stack.
(m4_expansion_stack_dump): Check presence of _m4_expansion_stack
instead of m4_expansion_stack. Use m4_expansion_stack's expansion
instead of the definition, and compensate for the trailing newline
in the expansion.
(m4_warn, _m4_defun_pro, _m4_defun_epi): Check presence of
_m4_expansion_stack instead of m4_expansion_stack.
(m4_newline): Expand first argument after the newline.
(m4_init): Use m4_divert_stack instead of _m4_divert_n_stack,
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4_append, m4_text_wrap): Invoke m4_init.
* tests/tools.at (whitespace in file names, the empty token): Likewise.
Eric Blake [Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:31:12 +0000 (21:31 -0600)]
Reduce forks while searching for better shell.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_REQUIRED)
(_AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): No need to provide extra subshell; _AS_RUN
already does the job.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Simplify AS_EXIT when not run in a trap
0 context.
Ralf Wildenhues [Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:04:36 +0000 (22:04 +0100)]
Fix parallel test execution output lossage.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_CHECK): Truncate files to hold
standard output and standard error before the test, use append
mode for writing.
* THANKS: Update.
Caught by Bob Proulx' build daemons, analysis and suggested fix
by Stéphane Chazelas.
Paolo Bonzini [Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:27:31 +0000 (11:27 +0100)]
add m4_stack_foreach and m4_stack_foreach_lifo
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (_m4_stack_reverse): New from _m4_copy.
(m4_stack_foreach, m4_stack_foreach_lifo): New.
(m4_copy): Use m4_stack_foreach and m4_curry.
(_m4_dumpdefs_down, _m4_dumpdefs_up): Remove.
(m4_dumpdefs): Rewrite using m4_stack_foreach_lifo.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4_stack_foreach): New test.
Eric Blake [Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:34:58 +0000 (16:34 -0600)]
Avoid raw carriage return in scripts.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_FILES_PREPARE): Generate CR
via tr, rather than with literal byte.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Steven R. Loomis; patch suggested by Thomas Dickey.
Eric Blake [Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:36:59 +0000 (10:36 -0600)]
Use read, rather than `cat`, for safe one-line files.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_CLEANUP): Avoid a fork, since it is
known that the file has only one line and no \.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_COMPUTE_INT_RUN): Likewise.
Paolo Bonzini [Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:35:47 +0000 (15:35 +0200)]
use a shell function for AC_CHECK_TYPE
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (_AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW_BODY): Extract
test body here. Move head comment of _AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW here.
(_AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW): Define a shell function and call it.
Eric Blake [Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:37:43 +0000 (06:37 -0600)]
Simplify _AS_PREPARE handling of functions.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Factor...
(_AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): ...into new helper macro.
(_AS_PREPARE): Temporarily redefine AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN to make
this task easier.
(_AS_LINENO_PREPARE): Make more efficient.
(_AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE): Simplify use in _AS_PREPARE.
(_AS_UNSET_PREPARE): Avoid blank newline.
(AS_INIT): Emit as_func_unset alongside other functions.
Paolo Bonzini [Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:35:17 +0000 (15:35 +0200)]
Use a shell function for AC_CHECK_FUNC.
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (_AC_CHECK_FUNC_BODY): New macro.
(AC_CHECK_FUNC): Use a shell function.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_LANG_SOURCE(C)): Reduce number of forks.
Eric Blake [Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:09:48 +0000 (12:09 -0600)]
Work around fact that gnulib-tool doesn't use m4_copy.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_LIBOBJ, AC_LIBSOURCES): Defun, not
define, so that an initial location is present, to account for
fact that gnulib-tool pushes another AC_DEFUN'd macro on top.
Eric Blake [Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:24:32 +0000 (11:24 -0600)]
Make m4_defun_init more robust.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defun_init): Handle indirect macro
names, and correct number of arguments.
(m4_copy): Also set up location of the copy.
(m4_defun): When copied, use current macro name, not original.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: one-shot initialization):
Update test.
Eric Blake [Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:08:45 +0000 (15:08 -0600)]
Optimize clients of AS_REQUIRE.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defun): Add undocumented third
argument.
(m4_defun_init): New undocumented macro.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_ECHO_LOG, AS_MESSAGE, AS_BASENAME)
(_AS_DIRNAME_EXPR, AS_DIRNAME, AS_ECHO, AS_ECHO_N, AS_TEST_X)
(AS_LN_S, AS_MKDIR_P, _AS_PATH_WALK, AS_VERSION_COMPARE)
(AS_TR_SH, AS_TR_CPP, AS_VAR_APPEND, AS_VAR_PUSHDEF): Use it to
simplify these macros once the one-shot initialization is
complete.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: one-shot initialization): New
test.
Eric Blake [Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:17:25 +0000 (21:17 -0600)]
Improve m4_copy.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_copy): Add second implementation for
public use.
(_m4_copy): New macro, which preserves pushdef stacks.
(_m4_defun_pro_outer): Bypass it, for speed.
(m4_init): Bypass new implementation, since it breaks on m4_defn.
* bin/autoupdate.in (handle_autoconf_macros): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_PREREQ): Undefine before redefining,
now that m4_copy checks this.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Redefined M4 Macros) <m4_copy>: Document
this, as well as m4_rename.
* lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4 (m4_copy): Temporarily redefine when
renaming builtins.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_defn): Enhance test.
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS): Always define
the shell variable, $ac_cv_func_getgroups_works. Otherwise, if
it is set to "yes" in the environment and configure is run on
a system like mingw that lacks the getgroups function, it would
mistakenly define HAVE_GETGROUPS. Reported by Simon Josefsson in
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/15354>.
Eric Blake [Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:43:41 +0000 (16:43 -0600)]
Allow AS_CASE in shell lists.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_CASE): Always execute test, in case of
side effects. Allow continuation of script on same line as esac.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_PROG_CC_STDC): Adjust client.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_IF and AS@&t@_CASE): Enhance test.
* NEWS: Document the subtle change.
Eric Blake [Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:18:05 +0000 (16:18 -0600)]
Allow AS_IF in shell lists.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_IF): Always execute test, in case of
side effects. Allow continuation of script on same line as fi.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Adjust clients.
(AS_VAR_IF, AS_VAR_SET_IF): For now, supply newline no longer
given by AS_IF.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (_AC_PROG_PREPROC_WORKS_IFELSE): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_ENABLE_IF): Likewise.
(AC_EGREP_CPP, _AC_RUN_IFELSE): Adjust client.
* lib/autoconf/libs.m4 (AC_SEARCH_LIBS): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) <AS_IF>: Fix typo.
(Polymorphic Variables): Move mention of dnl to the only two
AS_VAR functions that need it.
Paolo Bonzini [Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:55:05 +0000 (08:55 -0600)]
Use a shell function for _AC_PREPROC_IFELSE.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE_BODY): New macro.
(_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE): Use a shell function.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE): Factor for faster execution.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Bypass AS_REQUIRE if function has already
been provided.
Eric Blake [Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:00:57 +0000 (08:00 -0600)]
Add banners to generated files.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Use m4_text_box for
existing banner.
(AS_INIT): Add new banners at strategic points.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_INIT): Alter banner location, and
make consistent with other banners.
Paolo Bonzini [Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:08:17 +0000 (15:08 +0200)]
Make sure that nested AS_REQUIRE do not lose the desired diversion.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE): Expand _m4_divert_desired before
passing it to m4_divert_require, so that its content is not used
anymore.
* tests/m4sh.at (Nested AS_REQUIRE): New testcase.
Eric Blake [Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:55:45 +0000 (11:55 -0600)]
Add m4_curry.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_curry, _m4_curry): New macros.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_map_args): Rename...
(m4@&t@_map_args and m4@&t@_curry): ...and add currying tests.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Looping constructs) <m4_map_args>: Document
currying as a way to add parameters.
(Evaluation Macros) <m4_curry>: Document the new macro.
* NEWS: Likewise.
Eric Blake [Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:12:17 +0000 (16:12 -0600)]
Improve suggested test filtering.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED_PRUNE): New macro,
extracted from...
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): ...here, to use faster API. No need to
check for an empty required set.
Eric Blake [Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:31:06 +0000 (07:31 -0600)]
Test AS_VAR interfaces.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_VAR): New test.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_VAR_PUSHDEF): Force expansion of
_AS_TR_SH_PREPARE at top level, rather than argument collection.
(AS_TR_SH): Support command substitution.
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