Paul Eggert [Sun, 1 Sep 2002 10:41:31 +0000 (10:41 +0000)]
* bin/autoconf.as: Work even if "ls" outputs "FOO not found" to
stdout, as traditional "ls" does.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT,
_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Add "ls".
* bin/autoconf.as: Add --prepend-include option. This patch was
applied to bin/autoconf.in in the 2002-07-17 patch by Mark D. Roth,
but bin/autoconf.in is generated automatically from bin/autoconf.as.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Unset ENV, MAIL,
MAILPATH and set PS1, PS2, PS4 to default values, to work
around bug in pre-3.0 UWIN ksh reported by Bruce Lilly.
For LC_ALL etc, first try to set to "C" as POSIX requires and as
the Autoconf documentation specifies; fall back to "unset" only if
this fails. Use a shell for-loop for this rather than an m4 loop,
to shorten the output script.
Paul Eggert [Sun, 1 Sep 2002 08:24:04 +0000 (08:24 +0000)]
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Unset ENV, MAIL,
MAILPATH and set PS1, PS2, PS4 to default values, to work
around bug in pre-3.0 UWIN ksh reported by Bruce Lilly.
For LC_ALL etc, first try to set to "C" as POSIX requires and as
the Autoconf documentation specifies; fall back to "unset" only if
this fails. Use a shell for-loop for this rather than an m4 loop,
to shorten the output script.
Paul Eggert [Sat, 31 Aug 2002 05:52:46 +0000 (05:52 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Mention POSIX
1003.1-2001's requirements for CDPATH. Give a simpler workaround
for the CDPATH problem. Document PWD.
(Limitations of Builtins): Document the problem that "cd $foo" and
"ls $foo" may refer to different directories in shells conforming
to POSIX 1003.1-2001. Use PS1 rather than CDPATH for "unset"
example, since the old example is now out of date.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Reject FOO if "cd
FOO" and "ls FOO" talk about different directories; this catches
problems when POSIX 1003.1-2001 "cd" fails due to symlink
spaghetti.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Use AS_UNSET instead
of rolling our own unset.
(_AS_PREPARE): $as_unset CDPATH instead of AS_UNSETting it, since
in practice we needn't worry about CDPATH if unset doesn't work.
Paul Eggert [Sat, 31 Aug 2002 05:48:04 +0000 (05:48 +0000)]
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Use AS_UNSET instead
of rolling our own unset.
(_AS_PREPARE): $as_unset CDPATH instead of AS_UNSETting it, since
in practice we needn't worry about CDPATH if unset doesn't work.
Paul Eggert [Sat, 31 Aug 2002 05:47:02 +0000 (05:47 +0000)]
(_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Reject FOO if "cd FOO" and "ls FOO" talk about
different directories; this catches problems when POSIX 1003.1-2001
"cd" fails due to symlink spaghetti.
Paul Eggert [Sat, 31 Aug 2002 05:46:05 +0000 (05:46 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Mention POSIX
1003.1-2001's requirements for CDPATH. Give a simpler workaround
for the CDPATH problem. Document PWD.
(Limitations of Builtins): Document the problem that "cd $foo" and
"ls $foo" may refer to different directories in shells conforming
to POSIX 1003.1-2001. Use PS1 rather than CDPATH for "unset"
example, since the old example is now out of date.
Akim Demaille [Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:03:10 +0000 (08:03 +0000)]
* lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&xqx): New.
(&xsystem): Use WIFEXITED and WEXITSTATUS instead of decoding $? by
hand, which is not portable.
(&error): New.
* bin/autom4te.in: Use them.
Use &error instead of die.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4_warn, m4_require: circular dependencies):
Adjust.
Paul Eggert [Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:47:25 +0000 (00:47 +0000)]
(AC_PROG_F77): Remove fc from the default list of compilers to try,
since it was long ago superseded by the ksh fc builtin. Suggested by
Steven G. Johnson.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Invoking autom4te): End the option table,
fixing a bug introduced by the previous patch.
(Limitations of Make): Add a 'target lookup' subentry in the
'VPATH' entry. Rewrite all `make' occurences as `@command{make}'.
Mark D. Roth [Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:42:58 +0000 (00:42 +0000)]
2002-07-29 Mark D. Roth <roth@feep.net>
* bin/autom4te.in: Remove --include-envvar and --site-macro-subdir
options and use $AUTOM4TE_PATH.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Remove documentation of autom4te
--include-envvar and --site-macro-subdir options and document
use of $AUTOM4TE_PATH.
* lib/autom4te.in: Remove --include-envvar and --site-macro-subdir
arguments from each language section.
Paul Eggert [Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:26:04 +0000 (08:26 +0000)]
* doc/install.texi: Include copyright symbol in copyright notice.
* Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Remove; it's a user-specified macro.
Replace with:
(AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): New macro.
* doc/Makefile.am (MAKEINFO, AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): Likewise.
* Makefile.am (INSTALL): Use the new macros.
Use -o rather than --output, since "missing" does not grok --output.
Paul Eggert [Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:23:56 +0000 (08:23 +0000)]
(MAKEINFO): Remove; it's a user-specified macro. Replace with:
(AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): New macro.
(INSTALL): Use it. Use -o rather than --output, since "missing" does not
grok --output.
Paul Eggert [Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:17:19 +0000 (22:17 +0000)]
(_AS_PATH_SEPARATOR_PREPARE):
Use PATH="/nonexistent;.", not PATH=".;.", as FreeBSD ksh2002
apparently treats PATH="nonexistent" as if it contained ".".
Bug reported by Stefan `Sec' Zehl.
Paul Eggert [Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:16:36 +0000 (22:16 +0000)]
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_PATH_SEPARATOR_PREPARE):
Use PATH="/nonexistent;.", not PATH=".;.", as FreeBSD ksh2002
apparently treats PATH="nonexistent" as if it contained ".".
Bug reported by Stefan `Sec' Zehl.
Handle LIBOBJS and LTLIBOBJS once for all, including Libtool's and
Automake's parts.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_LIBOBJS_NORMALIZE): New.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS_PRE): Call it.
* tests/semantics.at (AC_REPLACE_FUNCS): Adjust.
* bin/autoheader.in, bin/autom4te.in, bin/autoreconf.in,
bin/autoupdate.in, bin/ifnames.in, lib/Autom4te/General.pm,
lib/Autom4te/Struct.pm, lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm: Add local variables
so that Emacs setups GNU style for perl-mode and cperl-mode.
Paul Eggert [Thu, 27 Jun 2002 07:51:46 +0000 (07:51 +0000)]
* config/install-sh: Quote $src. Prefer || to test's -o option,
as per "Limitations of Builtins".
* tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CHECK_ENV): Likewise, for && vs test -a.
* tests/semantics.at (AC_C_BIGENDIAN): Likewise.
* tests/mktests.sh: Use grep instead of fgrep, as per
"Limitations of Builtins".
Paul Eggert [Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:48:56 +0000 (07:48 +0000)]
* tests/wrapsh.as (AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOM4TE, AUTOM4TE_CFG,
autom4te_perllibdir): Set to top build dir or src dir as appropriate,
so that we consistently test the just-built programs.
* tests/wrappl.as: Likewise.
Paul Eggert [Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:47:42 +0000 (07:47 +0000)]
(AUTOCONF, AUTOHEADER, AUTOM4TE, AUTOM4TE_CFG, autom4te_perllibdir):
Set to top build dir or src dir as appropriate, so that we
consistently test the just-built programs.
Paul Eggert [Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:26:19 +0000 (17:26 +0000)]
* bin/autoconf.as (AUTOM4TE): Default to a fully qualified path
name, so that symlinks to 'autoconf' work properly. Bug reported
by Bruno Haible.
* bin/autoheader.in (AUTOM4TE): Likewise.
* bin/autoreconf.in (autoconf, autoheader): Likewise.
* bin/autoscan.in (autom4te): Likewise.
* bin/autoupdate.in (autom4te): Likewise.
Paul Eggert [Thu, 6 Jun 2002 17:56:09 +0000 (17:56 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_LINKS): Fall back on cp
if ln doesn't work.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Links): Likewise.
(Limitations of Usual Tools): Prefer $(LN_S) to ln -s || ln.
Paul Eggert [Wed, 29 May 2002 22:31:59 +0000 (22:31 +0000)]
* bin/autom4te.in ($m4): Do not assume that egrep and fgrep exist.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_C_BIGENDIAN): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_RUN_LOG_STDERR, AC_EGREP_CPP):
Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/Makefile.am (check-local): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (AC_CONFIG_HEADER): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (commentary only): Likewise.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT, AT_CHECK): Likewise.
* lib/autotest/Makefile.am (check-local): Likewise.
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am (check-local): Likewise.
* tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CONFIGURE_AC, AT_CHECK_DEFINES): Likewise.
* tests/mktests.sh (egrep): New var; use it instead of plain egrep.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_EGREP, AC_PROG_FGREP): New macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): Document them.
(Limitations of Usual Tools): Warn that egrep and fgrep may not exist.
* NEWS: Likewise.