* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE): New empty macro.
(AC_CANONICAL_BUILD): Call it to require config.sub and config.guess.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_INSTALL): Likewise for install-sh.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Document AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE.
* lib/autom4te.in (Automake-preselections): Preselect
AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE. Automake 1.10 will trace it.
Gary V. Vaughan [Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:24:32 +0000 (10:24 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): Don't guess
how deeply nested we are when a suitable tool is found, set the
ac_path_TOOL_found flag.
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): Encapsulate knowledge of how deeply
nested we are in this macro. Break out of all 3 nested loops if
ac_path_TOOL_found is set.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make): Update documentation
for `$<'. New entry `Long lines', based on a report from Simon
Josefsson. Augment the documentation for SHELL = @SHELL@ with a
paragraph about DJGPP, based on a mail from Richard Dawe.
Gary V. Vaughan [Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:16:34 +0000 (19:16 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): Make the
best tool so far counter rely on the tool path variable name to
avoid checks for one tool being affected by the results of running
the length check on a previous tool.
Gary V. Vaughan [Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:09:22 +0000 (19:09 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PROG_GREP): Take an additional
match expression argument, as different greps have different
regular expression flavours.
(AC_PROG_FGREP): Pass 'FGREP'. fgrep treats all match chars as
literals.
(AC_PROG_EGREP): Pass 'EGREP$'.
(AC_PROG_GREP): Pass 'GREP$'.
* doc/autoconf.texi (autom4te Invocation): Language Autoconf
inherits from language Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4.
(Customizing autom4te): Adjust example; the cache must now be
disabled for language Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4.
Paolo Bonzini [Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:57:51 +0000 (08:57 +0000)]
2004-03-16 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PATH_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TOOLS): Warn if a cross-tool is found without
a prefix.
(AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS): New macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Programs): Document
(AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS, and warn for future changes
in the behavior of AC_PATH_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TOOL and
AC_CHECK_TOOLS.
(Specifying Names): Document the reason for these future
behavioral changes.
* tests/mktests.sh: Do not generate tests for the
new macros.
* NEWS: Document these changes.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Avoid macros with unbraced arguments,
they make TeX hang up.
Gary V. Vaughan [Mon, 23 Feb 2004 08:27:51 +0000 (08:27 +0000)]
* bin/autoreconf.in (autoreconf_current_directory): Recognize LT_INIT
from the next generation of Libtool.
* lib/autom4te.in (Autoreconf-preselections): Ditto.
Paul Eggert [Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:34:44 +0000 (21:34 +0000)]
Fix a dependencies problem, stemming from a Autoconf 2.59 build
problem on QNX reported by Stephen Rasku in
<http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2004-02/msg00066.html>.
Paolo Bonzini [Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:07:30 +0000 (23:07 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (AU_DEFUN): Fix English,
suggested by Paul Eggert.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4: Correct reference to
acobsolete.m4, suggested by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
Paolo Bonzini [Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:00:27 +0000 (09:00 +0000)]
* bin/autoupdate.in: Define __file__ so that warnings
refer to the correct file.
* doc/autoconf.texi (AU_DEFUN): Describe more correctly
the behavior of the third argument.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 (AU_DEFUN): Describe more
correctly the behavior of the third argument. Document
what the three macros that AU_DEFUN defines do. Fix
warning message when the third argument includes $0
(reported by Alexandre Duret-Lutz).
Paolo Bonzini [Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:29:18 +0000 (14:29 +0000)]
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (M4SH-SANITIZE): New diversion.
(AS_INIT): Output shell initialization there. Removed optional
parameter. Expand _AS_SHELL_FN_SPY.
(AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): Removed.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_SPY): New macro.
(AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Remove loop to find better shell
and documentation for the parameter.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Move it here.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK): Remove shell invocation, reformat.
(_AS_RUN): Move it here, support testing with eval.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Require shell functions when
it is used.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Put around braces, we do not
trigger the bash bug anymore.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Document M4SH-SANITIZE, do not
use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in, tests/wrapper.in: Regenerated.
Paolo Bonzini [Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:21:35 +0000 (14:21 +0000)]
* bin/autoupdate.in: Trace AU_DEFINE instead of AU_DEFUN.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Don't say that the third parameter
is broken.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 (AU_DEFINE): New dummy macro.
(AU_DEFUN): Honor the third parameter, create autoupdate
macros with AU_DEFINE.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (AC_USG, AC_MEMORY_H,
AC_DIR_HEADER): Use AU_DEFUN's third parameter.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (AC_LANG_SAVE): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_RSH): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_HAVE_POUNDBANG,
AC_ARG_ARRAY, AC_CYGWIN, AC_EMXOS2, AC_MINGW32,
AC_XENIX_DIR): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (AC_INT_16_BITS, AC_LONG_64_BITS,
AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE, AC_STRUCT_ST_RDEV): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4: Remove FIXME.
* tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_AU_MACRO): Ignore stderr, check
that the macro is not present anymore in the updated
configure.ac.
* tests/tools.at (autoupdate AC_LINK_FILES): Ignore stderr
of autoupdate.
Gary V. Vaughan [Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:07:12 +0000 (20:07 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_GREP): New macro to test for a
grep or ggrep program in PATH that accepts as long lines as
possible.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PROG_GREP): Factor out the core of
AC_PROG_GREP.
(AC_PROG_EGREP, AC_PROG_FGREP): Use it to find best available
egrep and fgrep respectively if $GREP -E/-F don't work.
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): Factor out the common core of
_AC_PROG_GREP, and AC_PROG_SED.
(_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): New helper macro for finding the
longest input length accepted by a command.
(AC_PROG_SED): Use it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): Document the changes.
* NEWS: Updated.