Make autoreconf --force --install overwrite existing files (#110371)
The new feature of autoreconf --install installing config.guess,
config.sub, and install-sh itself didn’t implement --force mode
correctly; existing files would not be overwritten.
The fix has two parts. If --force is in effect, we try to install
everything that we can from the needed-auxfiles list *before* checking
which of them already exist. But also, we don’t overwrite existing
files unconditionally, even with --force; we only do so if the file we
can install has a newer “timestamp” line than the copy at the
destination. This is because Automake can also install all of the
files we can install. Suppose someone is using autoconf 2.70 with a
newly released automake 1.17; automake 1.17 will presumably ship with
a newer config.guess than autoconf 2.70 did; that version should win.
Fixes bug #110371.
* bin/autoreconf.in (extract_time_stamp, our_aux_file_is_newer): New functions.
(install_aux_file): If the destination exists, and our copy is not
newer, do not overwrite it.
(autoreconf_current_directory): When $force is true, attempt to
install all needed aux files *before* scanning for missing aux files.
(throughout): Remove extra \n from various error messages.
* tests/torture.at (Missing auxiliary files (--force)): New test.