+ 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".