From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:42:17 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Merge branch 'dejagnu-srcdir-discrepancy' into maint X-Git-Tag: v1.11.1b~15^2~3 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6a2fe8188c546a1cdf0bfbb72f6ac9f1fcd70b78;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git Merge branch 'dejagnu-srcdir-discrepancy' into maint * dejagnu-srcdir-discrepancy: dejagnu: ensure 'srcdir' is defined as a relative directory Fix testsuite failure of check12.test without DejaGNU. Extend and improve tests on DejaGnu support. --- 6a2fe8188c546a1cdf0bfbb72f6ac9f1fcd70b78 diff --cc ChangeLog index 863457386,bcee2a0e8..0d38b701e --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@@ -1,1929 -1,53 +1,1979 @@@ + 2011-10-19 Stefano Lattarini + + dejagnu: ensure 'srcdir' is defined as a relative directory + This change fixes automake bug#7833. + * lib/am/dejagnu.am (check-DEJAGNU): Prefer using plain $(srcdir) + over calculating and using the absolute path of $(srcdir). + * tests/dejagnu-relative-srcdir.test: New test. + * tests/dejagnu-absolute-builddir.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + Report by Ian Lance Taylor. Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues. + + 2010-12-13 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix testsuite failure of check12.test without DejaGNU. + * tests/check12.test: Require runtest. + + 2010-12-10 Stefano Lattarini + + Extend and improve tests on DejaGnu support. + * tests/dejagnu.test: Do not create useless dummy test script. + Add trailing `:' command. In heading comments, add reference + to ... + * tests/check12.test: ... this new "semantic" test, covering + concurrent use of dejagnu tests, simple tests and `check-local' + target. + * tests/dejagnu2.test: Make test more reliable, by avoid weak + grepping of make output. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append + to configure.in. Quote literal dots in grep regexps. Prefer + `grep -c ...' over `grep ... | wc -l'. Make grepping of + automake stderr slightly stricter. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/dejagnu3.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Check stderr of expected-to-fail "make" call. + Remove extra blank lines from Makefile.am. + * tests/dejagnu4.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Prefer `mv -f' over plain `mv' when the target + file already exists. Avoid extra mkdir calls by creating more + directories at once. Better use of blank lines. Check that + the `*.log' and `*.sum' files are created by runtest also when + "make check" fails. + * tests/dejagnu7.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Better use of blank lines. Add a trailing `:' + command. + * tests/dejagnu6.test: Likewise, and give the dejagnu test a + more descriptive name. + * tests/dejagnu5.test: Likewise. Also, simply define package + name to `$me' rather than using a non-obvious sed script to + extract it from `AC_INIT', and write the Makefile.am with only + one command. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2011-10-21 Peter Rosin + + * THANKS: Fix whitespace issue. + +2011-10-18 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure with FreeBSD make and Yacc in VPATH + * tests/subpkg.test: Some cosmetic adjustments. Move the tests + checking that $(YLWRAP) is defined and installed properly when + ylwrap is in a default auxdir found in a parent package ... + * tests/subpkg-yacc.test: ... into this new test, which carefully + avoids to trigger the known bug#7884 (combo FreeBSD make plus Yacc + plus VPATH build). + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-10-18 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: avoid spurious failure in 'parallel-tests3.test' + This fixes automake bug#8788. + * tests/parallel-tests3.test: To ensure that the serial run of + the dummy testsuite is still ongoing when the parallel run has + terminated, use `kill -0', not a bare `kill'. This will prevent + a testsuite crash on NetBSD 5.1, and a testsuite hang on FreeBSD + 8.2. Also, since we are at it, try harder to avoid possible + hangs of the script in other unusual situations. + +2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failures with "chatty" make implementations + * tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: On failure, some make + implementations (such as Solaris make) print the whole failed + recipe on standard output. This was causing a spurious failure + in the checks grepping the output from make. Work around this. + * tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise. + +2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines + * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Also remove the `configure' + script between different test runs, to ensure it is always remade + by autoconf. Add proper explicative comments. + +2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Solaris + * tests/uninstall-fail.test: All the Solaris 10 shells (/bin/sh, + /bin/ksh, and /usr/xpg4/bin/sh), upon failing to chdir to a + directory with the `cd' builtin, print a message like: + "sh: /root: permission denied" + which doesn't report the `cd' builtin anywhere. Relax the grepping + of the error message accordingly. + +2011-10-19 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: avoid spurious failure of 'uninstall-fail.test' on Cygwin + * tests/uninstall-fail.test: Be sure to really skip this test + on systems that allows files to be removed from unwritable + directories. Motivated by a spurious failure on Cygwin 1.5. + +2011-10-17 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure with autoconf 2.62 + * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Rewrite configure.in, + rather than appending to it, to avoid spurious failures (at + least with autoconf 2.62) due to repeated calls to AC_INIT. + Also, add package name and version arguments to AC_INIT, to + avoid spurious errors from automake. + +2011-10-16 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: avoid using colon character inside arguments of @pxref + Fixes automake bug#9753 + * doc/automake.texi (VPATH Builds): Avoid using colon character + `:' inside arguments of @pxref, as this can cause problems in + the generated `.info' files, and such an usage will be explicitly + forbidden by future texinfo documentation. + * THANKS: Update. + Reported by Дилян Палаузов. + +2011-10-07 Stefano Lattarini + + parallel-tests: warn on conditional TEST_EXTENSIONS definition + Before this change, automake would have still bailed out, but + with a confusing error message (about an invalid redefinition + of TEST_EXTENSIONS). + * automake.in (handle_tests): Warn explicitly if TEST_EXTENSIONS + has conditional contents. + * tests/test-extensions-con.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini + + parallel-tests: don't allow @substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS + Even after the last commit `v1.11-476-g90bea64', the checks + performed by automake on entries in $(TEST_EXTENSIONS) tried to + allow for @substitited@ stuff. This however ends up allowing + quite brittle setups, which, most importantly, are of no real + practical usefulness anyway. So it's better to just disallow + @substitutions@ in TEST_EXTENSIONS altogether, offering a clear + error message, instead of risking weird bugs and unexpected + behaviors in the generated Makefile.in. + * automake.in ($TEST_EXTENSION_PATTERN): Turned from a regular + expression ... + (is_valid_test_extension): ... into this subroutine. Don't allow + generic @substitutions@ anymore (possibly making an exception for + `@EXEEXT@' under the proper circumstances). + * tests/test-extensions.test: Adjust and extend. + +2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure in 'insthook.test' + * tests/insthook.test (Makefile.am): Add a proper `uninstall-hook' + target to remove the symlink created by the `install-exec-hook' + target; this prevents "make distcheck" from failing spuriously. + Since we are at it, delete an extra blank line, and add a trailing + `:' command. + +2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini + + maintcheck: fix spurious failure + * lib/am/distdir.am: Use `$(infodir)', not `${infodir}', to avoid + complaints from the `sc_no_brace_variable_expansions' maintainer + check. + +2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini + + fix: make a test script executable + * tests/nobase-nodist.test: Make executable. + +2011-10-06 Stefano Lattarini + + coverage: expose automake bug#9651 + * tests/dist-auxfile.test: New test, xfailing. + * tests/dist-auxfile-2.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Add them. + +2011-10-01 Stefano Lattarini + + parallel-tests: automake error our on invalid TEST_EXTENSIONS + This change fixes automake bug#9400. + * automake.in (handle_tests): Bail out if a suffix specified in + TEST_EXTENSIONS would produce an invalid `xxx_LOG_COMPILER' + variable or an invalid suffix rule. Before this change, automake + would have issued a confusing error messages (about invalid or + non-POSIX variables being defined), and in some situations would + have even produced a broken `Makefile.in' file. + ($TEST_EXTENSION_PATTERN): New helper variable. + * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Document + the limitations on TEST_EXTENSIONS explicitly. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/test-extensions.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: don't suggest installing `.m4' files in hard-coded location + This change fixes automake bug#7988. + * doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options): State that the use of + the `--print-ac-dir' option to determine the directory where + third-party packages can install their `.m4' files is discouraged + now. + (Extending aclocal): Suggest telling the user about ACLOCAL_PATH. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Peter Johansson. + +2011-09-26 Stefano Lattarini + + distuninstallcheck: fail also when only one file is left installed + This change fixes automake bug#9579. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distuninstallcheck): Be stricter in ignoring + a potential `dir' file created by install-info and left installed. + Also, be more careful about "this can't happen" kind of errors. + (am__distuninstallcheck_listfiles): New internal helper macro. + * tests/distcheck-pr9579.test: New test. + * tests/distcheck-override-infodir.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report by Nick Bowler. + +2011-09-28 Stefano Lattarini + + maintcheck: fix usage of `cd' instead of `$(am__cd)' + * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__uninstall_files_from_dir): Use + `$(am__cd)', not plain `cd'. + +2011-09-24 Stefano Lattarini + + uninstall: "make uninstall" before "make install" works + This change fixes automake bug#9578. + * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__uninstall_files_from_dir): New internal + macro, that defines a shell code fragment to uninstall files from + a given directory. + * lib/am/data.am (uninstall-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): Use it, to reduce code + duplication and improve consistency and correctness. + * lib/am/libs.am (uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise. + * lib/am/lisp.am (uninstall-%DIR%LISP): Likewise. + * lib/am/mans.am (uninstall-man%SECTION%): Likewise. + * lib/am/python.am (uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise. + * lib/am/scripts.am (uninstall-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Likewise. + * tests/uninstall-pr9578.test: New test. + * tests/uninstall-fail.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report by Nick Bowler. + +2011-09-22 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix tests on aclocal search path precedences + * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Call `$ACLOCAL' with the + proper overridden system acdir. + +2011-09-20 Stefano Lattarini + + * NEWS: Fix typo. + +2011-09-20 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: document planned precedence changes in aclocal search path + * doc/automake.texi (Macro Search Path): Explicitly state that the + lookup order for extra directories of `.m4' files will be changed + in the next major release. + * NEWS: Likewise. + +2011-09-19 Paolo Bonzini + Stefano Lattarini + + aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable + * aclocal.in (parse_ACLOCAL_PATH): New function, parse ACLOCAL_PATH + as a colon-separated list of directories to be included in the + search path. + * doc/automake.texi (Macro Search Path): Document new behavior and + the precedence rules for various elements of the search path. + * tests/aclocal-path.test: New test. + * tests/aclocal-path-install.test: Likewise. + * tests/aclocal-path-install-serial.test: Likewise. + * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Likewise. + * tests/aclocal-path-nonexistent.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: Extend by also checking + interactions with ACLOCAL_PATH. + * tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise, and fix a couple + of botched comments since we are at it. + +2011-09-19 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure in 'primary-prefix-valid-couples.test' + * tests/primary-prefix-valid-couples.test: After commit + v1.11-464-gc9dfc36, `java_JAVA' is not a valid prefix/primary + combination by default anymore: one has to explicitly define + $(javadir) to make it so. So just drop `java_JAVA' from our + Makefile.am Also, since we are at it, ... + (configure.in): ... remove AM_PROG_GCJ from here, as it's not + really required. + +2011-09-19 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: deprecate JAVA primary + * doc/automake.texi (Java): Deprecate the JAVA primary, stating + that it will become obsolete in automake 1.12 and probably removed + altogether in automake 1.13. Reflect this in the section title, + by appending the string "(deprecated feature)". + (@menu, @detailmenu): Update. + (Java Support with gcj): The cross-referenced support for bytecode + compilation with the JAVA primary is rudimentary and deprecated. + State that explicitly. + +2011-09-19 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: clearer distinction between `.java' with javac and with gcj + * doc/automake.texi (Java support): Rename this node ... + (Java support with gcj): ... to this, and change its title from + "Compiling Java sources" to "Compiling Java sources using gcj". + (@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise. + (Java): Change the title of this node from simply "Java" to + "Java bytecode compilation". + (@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise. + +2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini + + java: complain if java_JAVA is used but $(javadir) is undefined + Fixes automake bug#8461. + * automake.in (handle_java): Remove inappropriate "java" argument + from the calls to `&am_install_var' and `&am_primary_prefixes'. + * tests/instdir-java.test (Makefile.am): Define `$(javadir)'. + * tests/javadir-undefined.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-09-12 Stefano Lattarini + + cosmetics: fix various typos and grammaros + * NEWS: Fix typos. + * tests/py-compile-basic.test: Likewise. + * tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Fix botched wording in comments. + * tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: Fix typo and incomplete + comment. + Suggestions by Peter Rosin. + +2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini + + coverage: test interactions of `nobase_' and `nodist_' + * tests/nobase-nodist.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + +2011-09-18 Stefano Lattarini + + java: fix various blunders in test 'java-mix.test' + * tests/java-mix.test: Add missing call to `set -e'. Fix inverted + semantics (`.java' files are expected *not* to be distributed by + default, not the other way round). Fix various typos in the name + of the `.java' files. Correct other minor blunders. Improve some + comments. + +2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini + + java: allow both JAVA and nobase_JAVA in the same Makefile.am + * automake.in (handle_java): Also strip `nobase_' from the given + prefix, when needed. + * tests/java-clean.test: Update and extend. + * tests/java-compile-install.test: Likewise. + * tests/java-no-duplicate.test: Likewise. + * tests/java-sources.test: Likewise. + * tests/java-noinst.test: Likewise. + * tests/java-mix-dist-nodist.test: Renamed to ... + * tests/java-mix.test: ... this, and extended. + * tests/java-nobase.test: New test, still xfailing due to + unrelated issues. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update. + +2011-04-18 Stefano Lattarini + + java: allow both dist_JAVA and nodist_JAVA in the same Makefile.am + Fixes automake bug#8434. + * automake.in (handle_java): Strip `dist_' and `nodist_' from + the given prefix. Define a new internal Makefile variable + `am__java_sources'. Related adjustments. + * lib/am/java.am (JAVAC, JAVAROOT, CLASSPATH_ENV): Define only the + first time this am file is processed. + (class%DIR%.stamp): Stamp file renamed ... + (class%NDIR%.stamp): ... to this, so that the `dist_' and `nodist_' + prefixes are stripped from the name of the stampfile. Adjust + declaration of dependencies by using the new automake-generated + internal variable `$(am__java_sources)'. In the rule, use `$@' + as the name of the target, rather than hard-coding it. + * tests/java.test: Update and extend. + * tests/java-no-duplicate.test: New test. + * tests/java-mix-dist-nodist.test: Likewise. + * tests/java-compile-and-install.test: Likewise. + * tests/java-clean.test: Likewise. + * tests/java-sources.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-09-11 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure on fast machines + * tests/aclocal-acdir.test: Avoid spurious failures due to caching + issues, by cleaning the autom4te cache between all the aclocal + invocations, and by always calling autoconf with the `--force' + flag. + +2011-09-09 Stefano Lattarini + + aclocal: better URL reference in error message + * aclocal.in (scan_file): In the error message about underquoted + definitions, reference the automake page at `www.gnu.org', not + at `sources.redhat.com'. + +2011-09-09 Stefano Lattarini + + coverage: distcheck-hook to catch missing/outdated *.m4 files + Related to automake bug#9037. + * tests/distcheck-missing-m4.test: New test. + * tests/distcheck-outdated-m4.test: Likewise. + * tests/distcheck-hook-m4.am: New data file, used by the new + tests. + * tests/Makefile.am (distcheck-m4-missing.log, + distcheck-m4-outdated.log): Depend on it. + (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute it. + (TESTS): Add the new tests. + +2011-09-06 Stefano Lattarini + + aclocal: more granularity in acdir overriding + Before this change, using the `--acdir' option caused aclocal to + redefine both the directory of automake-provided m4 macros and the + directory of third-party system-wide m4 macros. With this change, + we deprecate the `--acdir' aclocal option, and introduce two new + options `--automake-acdir' and `--system-acdir', to allow for more + granularity. + * aclocal.in (@automake_includes, @system_includes, + @user_includes): Fix and extend comments. + (usage): Update. + (handle_acdir_option): New function. + (parse_arguments): Recognize new options `--system-acdir' and + `automake-acdir', and handle `--acdir' using the new function + above. Simplify logic by assuming that the directory of + third-party system-wide m4 files always exists. + * tests/aclocal.in: Update to use the new options, instead of + the deprecated. `--acdir'. + * m4/dirlist: Move ... + * m4/acdir/dirlist: ... here. + * m4/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Update. + (m4datadir): Rename ... + (automake_acdir): ... to this. Accordingly, ... + (dist_m4data_DATA): ... rename this ... + (dist_automake_ac_DATA): ... to this. + (system_acdir): New, directory. + (dist_system_ac_DATA): New, defined to an empty value; this will + ensure that the $(system_acdir) directory will be created by + "make install". + * tests/aclocal.test: Remove check about the `--print-ac-dir' + option of aclocal, it has been moved into ... + * tests/aclocal-print-acdir.test: ... this new test, and quite + extended. + * tests/aclocal-acdir.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add the new tests. + * NEWS, bootstrap: Update. + * doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options, Macro Search Path): Update. + +2011-09-05 Peter Rosin + + * tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Add missing $EXEEXT usage. + +2011-09-04 Stefano Lattarini + + fix: list test 'vala-vpath.test' in XFAIL_TESTS + * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Update. + +2011-09-02 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: simplify wrapper for aclocal + * tests/aclocal.in: Remove use of $ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS and + extra `-I' flags; they are not really required, since the file + `m4/amversion.m4' is generated in the srcdir anyway. + * tests/acloca10.test: Remove use of $ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS. + * tests/acloca18.test: Likewise. + * tests/defs.in: Don't nullify $ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS, and do + not export it. + +2011-09-02 Stefano Lattarini + + coverage: vala support failing for VPATH from-scratch builds + * tests/vala-vpath.test: New test, xfailing. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * THANKS: Update. + From a report by Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek. + Related to automake bug#8753. + +2011-09-01 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: report few more automake parsing limitations + Partly motivated by automake bug#8360. + * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Report few more automake + limitations w.r.t. parsing of unusual makefile constructs. Related + minor reorderings. + * tests/doc-parsing-buglets-colneq-subst.test: New test. + * tests/doc-parsing-buglets-tabs.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-08-25 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: list "forgotten" test script in TESTS + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Also list ... + * tests/java-empty-classpath.test: ... this test. Since we are + at it, remove trailing whitespace from a couple of lines. + +2011-08-25 Eric Blake + + ylwrap: fix unusual indentation whitespace + * lib/ylwrap: Convert tabs to spaces. + Reported by Karl Berry. + +2011-08-17 Stefano Lattarini + + * THANKS (Daniel Richard G.): Update e-mail address. + +2011-08-16 Daniel Richard G. (tiny change) + Stefano Lattarini + + java: avoid compilation errors when CLASSPATH is empty + * lib/am/java.am (CLASSPATH_ENV): When redefining `$CLASSPATH', + do not append an empty component in case the previous value of + CLASSPATH is empty or unset. + * tests/java-empty-classpath.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + Fixes automake bug#9306. + +2011-08-16 Stefano Lattarini + + parallel-tests: no more spurious successes for FreeBSD make + Work around a bug of FreeBSD make bug that was causing the + automake-generated "check" target to complete with success + even if some tests failed; this happened only when FreeBSD + make was run in concurrent mode (as in, e.g., "make -j2 + check"). The bug is not present in NetBSD make. + This change fixes automake bug#9245: + + See also FreeBSD PR bin/159730: + + * lib/am/check.am [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] $(TEST_SUITE_LOG): Use a + more "safe" (and apparently redundant) idiom to exit with error, + so that the non-zero exit status is picked up also by FreeBSD + make when it's running in concurrent mode. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/check-concurrency-bug9245.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-08-11 Stefano Lattarini + + hacking: we now require autoconf 2.68 + * HACKING ("Working in git"): Use autoconf and autom4te 2.68, + not 2.67, in the examples. + +2011-08-08 Stefano Lattarini + + test defs: more environment cleanup + * tests/defs.in: Also unset variables AM_COLOR_TESTS and + AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT. + +2011-08-08 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure with Solaris make + * tests/distcheck-configure-flags-am.test: Avoid using `+=' too + liberally with AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, since the line breaks + so introduced, in conjunction with single quotes, might confuse + Solaris make. + +2011-08-03 Stefano Lattarini + + maintcheck: fix maintainer-check failures, both real and spurious + * tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Use "$MAKE", not bare "make". + * Makefile.am (sc_perl_local): Also allow perl special variable + `$~' to be localized. And be slightly laxer in the regexp, to + allow for usages like "local $_ = $foo;". + (sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline): Also allow for command + line overriding of the `DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS' make variable. Try + to avoid false positives for usages like "$MAKE || st=$?". + +2011-08-03 Bruno Haible + + docs: how to use '-I' option in AM_CPPFLAGS for best VPATH support + * doc/automake.texi (Program Variables): Recommend -I options to + both the build directory and the source directory when needed. + +2011-07-23 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: relax a test on amhello examples to cater to Solaris tar + * tests/amhello-binpkg.test: When the tar implementation in use + is not GNU tar, relax the tests on tar output, to avoid spurious + failures. For example, "tar cvf ..." with GNU tar can output + lines like "./usr/bin/hello" on the standard output, while with + Solaris tar it can output lines like "a ./usr/bin/hello 8K" on + standard output, and with Heirloom tar it can output lines like + "a ./usr/bin/hello 15 tape blocks" on standard error. + +2011-07-15 Benoit Sigoure + + docs: add references between the 2 sections on java support + * doc/automake.texi (Java Support, Java): Add cross-references. + +2011-07-20 Ralf Wildenhues + + Sync auxiliary files from upstream. + * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, + lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from upstream. + +2011-07-08 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix weakness in 'tests-environment-backcompat.test' + * tests/tests-environment-backcompat.test: Do not override the + content of xfailing test `baz.test' with a "weaker" version that + fails unconditionally: the test must fail only when the 'strict' + pragma is in use, in order not to reduce coverage. + +2011-07-08 Stefano Lattarini + + docs, tests: synchronize examples on silent-rules from config.site + * doc/automake.texi (Automake silent-rules Option): Reference test + 'silent-configsite.test' in comments. + +2011-07-08 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: portability fixes in tests on amhello examples + * tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Don't use "tar xzf too.tag.gz" to + extract a gzip-compressed tarball, that's unportable to some + tar implementations; use the "gzip -dc fo.tar.gz | tar xf -" + idiom instead. + * tests/amhello-cflags.test: Likewise. + * tests/amhello-cross-compile.test: Likewise. + Suggestion from Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-07-04 Stefano Lattarini + + remake: add test ensuring that slower remakes don't hang + * tests/remake-subdir-long-time.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-07-04 Stefano Lattarini + + remake: fix outdated comment in configure.am + * lib/am/configure.am: Fix comment falsified by changes in + commit `v1.11-366-gbee9871'. + Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-07-01 Stefano Lattarini + + docs, tests: synchronize examples from docs to tests + * tests/README (Writing test cases): Give suggestions on how to + keep test cases and examples in the documentation synchronized. + * doc/automake.texi: Improve or fix existing testcase-referencing + comments, and add many new ones. + * HACKING (Administrivia): Suggest to test complex examples and + idioms from the manual. + * tests/specflg8.test: Improve synchronization with the example + in the manual. + * tests/output11.test:Likewise. + * tests/txinfo21.test:Likewise. + * tests/interp.test: Likewise. Since we are at it, and enable + the `errexit' shell flag, do related changes, and add trailing + `:'command. + * tests/amhello-cflags.test: New test. + * tests/amhello-cross-compile.test: Likewise. + * tests/amhello-binpkg.test: Likewise. + * tests/tests-environment-backcompat.test: Likewise. + * tests/parallel-tests-log-compiler-example.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: avoid a footnote, some related rewordings and improvements + * doc/automake.texi (Dist): Reword the part about automatically + distributed files to avoid a footnote. Since we are at it, extend + a bit, and add an example and a reference to a relevant test case. + +2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: minor cosmetic fixes + * doc/automake.texi: Break few overly long lines, throughout the + file. + ("Simple Tests"): Move @vindex for XFAIL_TESTS to the correct + position, i.e., before and not after the paragraph where it is + introduced. + ("Options" @item ansi2knr): Use @pxref instead of @xref. This + fixes a texinfo warning. + ("Other things Automake recognizes" @item AM_C_PROTOTYPES): Use + @pxref instead of @ref. + +2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini + + help: improve text about automatically-distributed files + This change fixes automake bug#7819. + * automake.in (usage): Distinguish between files that are always + automatically distributed when found, and those which are only + "under certain conditions". + * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Update accordingly. + * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Update. + * tests/autodist-no-duplicate.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist.test: Likewise. + (configure.in): Remove useless call to AM_MAINTAINER_MODE. + +2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini + + refactor: split 'usage' subroutine in automake + This change is related to automake bug#7819. + * automake.in (print_autodist_files): New subroutine, + extracted from ... + (usage): ... this, which now uses it. + * tests/autodist-no-duplicate.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-06-23 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix bug in 'autodist.test' + * tests/autodist.test: Avoid spurious failure due to no + `defs-static' file being found in the parent directory. + +2011-06-21 Stefano Lattarini + + maintcheck: extend 'sc_tests_plain_*' checks + * Makefile.am (sc_tests_plain_autom4te): New check. + (sc_tests_plain_autoreconf): Likewise. + (sc_tests_plain_autoheader): Likewise. + (syntax_check_rules): Update. + +2011-06-20 Stefano Lattarini + + maintcheck: avoid few spurious failures + * Makefile.am (sc_tests_plain_aclocal, sc_tests_plain_perl, + sc_tests_plain_autoconf, sc_tests_plain_automake, + sc_tests_plain_autoupate): Be stricter in matching an erroneous + literal command, i.e., `aclocal', `automake', `perl', etc. + +2011-06-20 Bert Wesarg (tiny change) + + check: don't use multi-line coloring for the report + "less -R" can't handle multi-line coloring as it is done for the + check reports of the serial and parallel testsuite, because of + performance reasons. Thus, color each line of the check report + by its own. + * lib/am/check.am (am__text_box): Accept colors for lines, and + color each line by its own. + [%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] $(TEST_SUITE_LOG): Let am__text_box handle + the line coloring. + [!%?PARALLEL_TESTS%] $(check-TESTS): Color each report line by + its own. + * THANKS: Update. + +2011-06-18 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS is for corner cases + * doc/automake.texi (Checking the Distribution): Explain that the + developers should take care of making their code buildable without + requiring any special configure options, so that in general + AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS shouldn't be used. Give an example + of where its use is legitimate. + Suggestions from Ralf Wildenhues and Eric Blake. + +2011-06-14 Stefano Lattarini + + ansi2knr: deprecate, it will go away in the next major release + * doc/automake.texi: Loudly and repeatedly state that the old + de-ANSI-fication features are now deprecated and will be removed + in the next major Automake release. Other related adjustments. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list ): Give a warning + in the `obsolete' category when the `ansi2knr' option is used. + * m4/protos.m4 (AM_C_PROTOTYPES): Deprecate this macro: a warning + in the `obsolete' category will be emitted it if is used. + * tests/ansi2knr-deprecation.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * tests/ansi.test: Adjust, by calling autoconf and/or automake + with the `-Wno-obsolete' flag. + * tests/ansi10.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi2.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi3.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi3b.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi4.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi5.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi6.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi7.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi8.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi9.test: Likewise. + * tests/cxxansi.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj8.test: Likewise. + * NEWS: Update about the future planned backward-incompatibility + due to the removal of de-ANSI-fication feature. + +2011-06-19 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: primary/prefix combination "pkglib_PROGRAMS" is now invalid + * doc/automake.texi (Program Sources): pkglib_PROGRAMS is not a + valid combination anymore, so don't document it. Inconsistency + introduced in commit `v1.11-373-g9ca6326'. + +2011-06-19 Jim Meyering + + docs: replace obsolete @vindex entry with a useful one + * doc/automake.texi (Program Sources): Do not index obsolete + pkglib_PROGRAMS here. Do index pkglibexec_PROGRAMS. + +2011-06-13 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: optimize tests on primary/prefix mismatch for speed + * tests/primary-prefix-invalid-couples.test: Partial rewrite, in + order to use just a single automake invocation rather than one + invocation for each invalid primary/prefix couple. This improves + the test script execution time by an order of magnitude. + Since we are at it, throw in some other improvements to avoid + unrelated automake warnings and failures that could potentially + cause false positives w.r.t. the automake exit status. + +2011-06-13 Stefano Lattarini + + news: update w.r.t. introduction of AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS + * NEWS (Miscellaneous changes): Update. + +2011-06-10 Stefano Lattarini + + maintcheck: DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS can be defined on make cmdline + * Makefile.am (sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline): It's now + acceptable that the test scripts override DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS + on the make command line. Update comments accordingly. Since we + are at it, make the relevant grepping rules slightly tighter. + +2011-06-10 Stefano Lattarini + + distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS + * doc/automake.texi (Checking the Distribution): Suggest to use + AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, not DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, to + define (in the top-level Makefile.am) extra flags to be passed + to configure at "make distcheck" time; DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS + should be reserved for the user. Add proper `@vindex' directive. + Document that AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS is not honoured in a + subpackage Makefile.am, but the flags in it are passed down to + the configure script of the subpackage. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): Also pass the flags in + $(AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS) to the configure invocation. + Update comments. + * tests/defs.in.test (AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, + DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS): Unset in case they are exported in + the environment, they might improperly influence our testsuite. + * tests/distcheck-configure-flags.test: New test. + * tests/distcheck-configure-flags-am.test: Likewise. + * tests/distcheck-configure-flags-subpkg.test: Likewise. + * distcheck-hook.test: Likewise. + * distcheck-hook2.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + Closes automake bug#8784. + +2010-06-09 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: better documentation for silent make rules + * doc/automake.texi (Options): Detailed description of the + automake option `silent-rules' moved from here ... + (Silent Make): ... into this new chapter, expanded, improved, + and subdivided into ... + (Make verbosity, Tricks For Silencing Make, + Automake silent-rules Option): ... these new sections. + (@menu, @detailmenu): Update. + * tests/silent-configsite.test: New test, checking that the + user can control default mode of silent-rules from config.site, + as is documented in the manual. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2011-06-11 Stefano Lattarini + + Warnings about primary/prefix mismatch fixed and extended. + * automake.in (%standard_prefix): Add `doc' and `locale'. + Rename `pkgdatadir' to `pkgdata'. Similarly for`pkglibdir', + `pkgincludedir' and `pkglibexecdir'. + (handle_programs): List `pkglibexec', not `pkglib', among the + prefixes valid for the `PROGRAMS' primary. + (handle_data): List also `doc' among the prefixes valid for + the `DATA' primary. This is required by automake's own build + system. + * tests/dirforbid.test: Test removed, superseded by ... + * tests/primary-prefix-invalid-couples.test: ... this new test. + * tests/primary-prefix-valid-couples.test: New test. + * tests/primary-prefix-couples-documented-valid.test: Likewise. + * tests/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid.test: Likewise. + * tests/java3.test: Adjusted, and extended a bit. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + * NEWS: Updated. + From a report by Eric Blake. + +2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini + + test defs: new function 'fatal_', for hard errors + Before this patch, the only way offered by tests/defs to + properly signal a hard error was the `framework_failure_' + function. But the error message issued by that function, + as its name would suggest, refers to a set-up failure in the + testsuite, while hard errors can obviously also be due to + other reasons. The best way to fix this inconsistency is to + introduce a new function with a more general error message. + Inspired by a recent similar change to Gnulib's tests/init.sh. + * tests/defs.in (fatal_): New function. + * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"): + Suggest the use of `fatal_', not of `framework_failure_', for + generic hard errors. The latter should be reserved for "real" + set-up failures. + +2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini + + py-compile: '--' and non-option arguments terminate the option list + * lib/py-compile: Any non-option argument, or the special `--' + argument, now explicitly terminates the list of options. + * tests/py-compile-option-terminate.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini + + py-compile: complain on unrecognized options + * lib/py-compile: Complain on unrecognized options. Don't be too + lax in matching `--help' and `--version' options. + * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Extend accordingly. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini + + py-compile: normalize error and help messages + * lib/py-compile: Now error messages do not begin with a capital + letter, nor end with a period, as per GNU standards. Prepend the + error messages with the name of the script, not with its path. + When an invalid usage is recognized, always display the customary + message "Try `py-compile --help' ..." on a line of its own. + ($me): New variable, containing the name of the + program, i.e., `py-compile'. Use it throughout. + (usage_error): New function, used to display error messages about + invalid usage. + * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Extend and tighten accordingly. + +2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini + + python tests: add "unit tests" on py-compile + * tests/py-compile-basic.test: New test. + * tests/py-compile-basic2.test: New test. + * tests/py-compile-basedir.test: Likewise. + * tests/py-compile-destdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/py-compile-env.test: Likewise. + * tests/py-compile-usage.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + Tested with python 2.0.1, 2.4.6, 2.6.6, 2.7.1, and 3.1.3. + +2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini + + py-compile: the '--destdir' option now accepts a blank argument + * lib/py-compile (Option parsing): Do not count an empty argument + to `--destdir' or `--basedir' as a missing argument. + * lib/python.am: Simplify accordingly, passing the `--destdir' + option to py-compile unconditionally, even if `$(DESTDIR)' is + empty. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-06-08 Stefano Lattarini + + python: run the 'py-compile' script with $(SHELL) + * lib/python.am (install-%DIR%PYTHON): Run each instance of + py-compile using $(SHELL). Since we are at it, break overly + long lines. + (am__py_compile): New variable, to reduce code duplication. + +2011-06-02 Stefano Lattarini + + maintcheck: fix some failures, extend some checks + * Makefile.am (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update, as we + now expect 9 lines, not 8, to be changed from `automake.in' + to `automake'. + (sc_diff_aclocal_in_aclocal): New maintainer check, similar to + the above, and checking that only 10 lines are changed from + `aclocal.in' to `aclocal'. + (syntax_check_rules): Update. + (sc_tests_Exit_not_exit): Exempt self tests `self-check-*.test' + from this check, as they can legitimately use the bare `exit' + builtin in various places. + * doc/automake.texi (Python): Remove stray `@' from the end of + a line. Typo introduced in commit `v1.11-312-g5bf7af6'. + * tests/depcomp8a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS to make + from the environment rather than from the command line, to + pacify the `sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline' maintainer + check. + * tests/depcomp8b.test: Likewise. + +2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini + + remake: behave better with non-GNU make in subdirectories + Currently, with every decent make program, it is possible to + rebuild out-of-date autotools-generated files with a simple + "make Makefile" -- but for this to work reliably with non-GNU + make implementations, the command must be issued from the + top-level directory. This patch removes such limitation. + * lib/am/configure.am (am--refresh): Depend on `%MAKEFILE%'. + * tests/defs.in (using_gmake): New function, backported from the + `master' branch (and simplified). + * tests/remake-subdir.test: New test. + * tests/remake-subdir2.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake-subdir-gnu.test: Likewise. + * tests/remake-subdir-from-subdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini + + automake, aclocal: honour configure-time AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE + Currently, the Automake's own configure script allow definition + of AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE, expected to point respectively to an + autoconf and autom4te programs. But while these definitions are + honoured in the Automake's build systems and test suite, they + were *not* honoured in the generated `automake' and `aclocal' + scripts. This behaviour, apart from being wrong in that it does + not allow the user enough freedom in choosing his tools, also + caused inconsistencies in the test suite, brining to spurious + failures. + Problem reported by Graham Reitz on the automake list; see thread: + + * automake.in ($traces): Use `@am_AUTOCONF', not simply `autoconf'. + * aclocal.in ($traces): Use `@am_AUTOM4TE', not simply `autom4te'. + * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute also `@am_AUTOCONF' and + `@am_AUTOM4TE'. + * NEWS: Update. + * THANKS: Update. + +2011-05-29 Stefano Lattarini + + build: the user can override AUTOM4TE, AUTORECONF and AUTOUPDATE too + Our build system allows the user to override AUTOCONF and AUTOHEADER + at configure time, and honours these overrides in our testsuite. + But it didn't do the same with AUTOM4TE, AUTORECONF and AUTOUPDATE. + This change fixes that inconsistency. + * configure.ac (am_AUTOM4TE, am_AUTOUPDATE, am_AUTORECONF): New + AC_SUBSTitutions. Update comments. + * tests/defs.in ($AUTOUPDATE): Default to `@am_AUTOUPDATE@' now. + ($AUTOM4TE): New variable, defaulting to `@am_AUTOM4TE@'. + ($AUTORECONF): New variable, defaulting to `@am_AUTORECONF@'. + * doc/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): Update. + +2011-05-22 Ralf Wildenhues + Stefano Lattarini + + tests/README: fix example about `make -e' usage + * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"): When + some variable is never initialized in the Makefile, `-e' is not + necessary in order to override it. DESTDIR is such a variable: we + ensure that we do not ever initialize it. And as such, it is quite + portable to use: + $ make DESTDIR=/foo/bar install + and in fact, quite widely used. + So our example about when `make -e' is required, which references + the `DESTDIR' variable, is poorly chosen, if not downright wrong. + Rewrite it to use `prefix' as the overridden variable instead. + +2011-05-22 Stefano Lattarini + + parallel-tests: stricter checks on DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS support + * tests/parallel-tests-harderror.test: New test, doing more + in-depth checks on DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS. + * tests/parallel-tests.test: Remove tests on DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS, + now redundant. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini + + testsuite: avoid re-running few tests with 'parallel-tests' option + Some tests in our testsuite use the 'simple-tests' driver only + marginally, or simply as a mean to conveniently check unrelated + invariants. It makes little sense to force these tests to also + run with the 'parallel-tests' Automake option active, as doing so + offers no real gain in coverage, while often causing a measurable + overhead in execution time (for an already too-slow testsuite). + * tests/pr401.test (parallel_tests): Define to "no", to prevent + the generation of a sibling test script using the 'parallel-tests' + driver. + * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise. + * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise. + +2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini + + testsuite: allow tests to avoid the use of 'parallel-tests' option + * tests/gen-parallel-tests: Do not generate "siblings" for tests + that explicitly define the `parallel_tests', whether to "yes" or + to any other value. Extend heading comments to give a rationale + for this behaviour. + * tests/README: Update. + +2011-05-20 Stefano Lattarini + + tests/README: update obsoleted advice + * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"): + Do not suggest to use the `*-p.test' pattern for the names of + hand-written tests which use the `parallel-tests' Automake option. + Not only is this not respected by the existing tests, but it is + more likely to cause conflicts with auto-generated tests. + So, suggest to *avoid* using the `*-p.test' pattern in names + of hand-written tests instead. + (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do not"): When + suggesting not to override Makefile variables using command + line arguments, do not use the badly outdated variables `U' + and 'ANSI2KNR' in the example; instead, use the more common + and typical `DESTDIR'. + +2011-05-19 Stefano Lattarini + + test defs: rename requirement 'non-cross' -> 'native' + * tests/defs.in (non-cross): Rename requirement ... + (native): ... to this, which is clearer and fits the + existing lingo better. + Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-05-15 Stefano Lattarini + + testsuite: be more cross-compile friendly + * tests/defs.in (cross_compiling): New subroutine. + (am__tool_prefix): New internal variable. + (gcc, g++, gcj): Force the use of the correct "tool prefix" + when cross compiling. + (gfortran, g77, non-cross): New requirements. + +2011-05-11 Stefano Lattarini + + check: document and test $(TEST_SUITE_LOG) overriding + * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Explain + how and why TEST_SUITE_LOG can be overridden at runtime. + * tests/parallel-tests-log-override-1.test: New test, check that + the newly documented idiom and similar usages are truly supported. + * tests/parallel-tests-log-override-2.test: Likewise. + * tests/parallel-tests-log-override-recheck.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-05-07 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure of txinfo21.test on FreeBSD + * tests/txinfo21.test: Use the `is_newest' subroutine instead of + the `ls -t' hack to to determine whether a file has been updated. + This is required because at least FreeBSD `ls' do not sort files + with the same timestamp in alphabetical order when using the `-t' + option. + +2011-05-04 Stefano Lattarini + + tests defs: allow requirements for compilers (mostly dummy) + Most of the new requirements that are now accepted in `$required' + as consequence of this patch are still dummy. They are planned + to be implemented only in master (or in some derived branch), but + having them here (even just as no-op) will allow for an easier + integration/backporting of potential new testcases. + * tests/defs.in (cc, c++, fortran, fortran77): New requirements, + still dummy. + (flex): New requirement, picking LEX for configure. + (lex): New requirement, alias for `flex'. A more appropriate + implementation, looking for a generic `lex' program, will follow + in the future. + (yacc): New requirement, alias for `bison'. A more appropriate + implementation, looking for a generic `yacc' program, will follow + in the future. + +2011-04-24 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failure in a test on TESTS (VPATH-related) + * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: When not using the + parallel-tests option, do not check that VPATH components are + not present in the displayed test name, since the simple-tests + driver do not try to strip them. + +2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini + + test: self check subroutines for skipping/failing of tests + * tests/self-check-report.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-04-23 Jim Meyering + Stefano Lattarini + + test defs: new subroutines for test skipping/failing + * tests/defs.in (Exit): Move definition of this function earlier. + (warn_, skip_, fail_, framework_failure_): New functions, inspired + to the homonyms in gnulib's tests/init.sh. + ($stderr_fileno_): New global variable, used by the new functions + above. + * tests/README: Updated. + From a suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix typo (copy & paste blunder) in heading comment + * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: Correctly refer to the sister test + as `maintclean.test', not as `maintclean-vpath.test'. + +2011-04-23 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: remove redundant test `mclean.test' + * tests/mclean.test: Remove, it's a weak grepping test completely + superseded by the much more complete `maintclean.test'. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-04-22 Stefano Lattarini + + testsuite: more environment sanitization + * tests/defs.in: Sanity check: abort if any of `parallel_tests' + or `required' is in the environment. + ($sed_unindent_prog): Initialize to empty, to avoid interferences + from the environment. + * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: Renamed to ... + * tests/self-check-env-sanitize.test: ... this, and extended. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset variables `parallel_tests' and + `required'. Adjust comments. + +2011-04-18 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: don't allow `$me' to be overridden from the environment + * tests/defs.in: Sanity check: abort if $me is in the environment. + * tests/self-check-me-in-env.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset variable `me'. + (TESTS): Update. + Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini + + test defs: allow overriding of `$me' + * tests/defs.in ($me): Allow overriding by the including test + script. Add some explicative comments. + +2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini + + depcomp tests: don't reject slower dependency extractors + * tests/depcomp8b.test: Add the `--enable-dependency-tracking' + option to `configure' invocations, so that slower dependency + extractors are not rejected. + * tests/depcomp8a.test: Likewise. Also ... + (foo.c): ... since we are at it, fix spacing to be consistent + with GNU coding standards. + +2011-04-17 Stefano Lattarini + + m4: add missing serial numbers to a few files + Related to automake bug#8483. + * m4/amversion.in: Add serial number. + * m4/auxdir.m4: Likewise. + * m4/gcj.m4: Likewise. + * m4/install-sh.m4: Likewise. + * m4/mkdirp.m4: Likewise. + * m4/python.m4: Likewise. + * m4/runlog.m4: Likewise. + * m4/strip.m4: Likewise. + * m4/upc.m4: Likewise. + +2011-04-16 Jim Meyering + + depcomp: correct invalid sed invocation + * lib/depcomp: Insert missing -e before '/:$/d'. + Otherwise, that use of sed would treat '/:$/d' as a file name. + +2011-04-14 Stefano Lattarini + + maintainer check: quote literal `$' in Makefile rule + * Makefile.am (sc_tests_PATH_SEPARATOR): Escape literal `$' + character in double-quoted string. Fix a bug in which the rule + emitted an erroneously empty substring in its error message. + +2011-04-12 Stefano Lattarini + + coverage: test for automake bug#8485 (known regression) + * tests/yacc-dist-nobuild-subdir.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update. + +2011-04-12 Stefano Lattarini + + test defs: define default $distdir (help reducing duplication) + * tests/defs.in ($distdir): New variable, might be used in + testcases checking distribution-related features. + * tests/pr9.test: Use it. + * tests/subdir9.test: Likewise. + * tests/vtexi3.test: Add comment explaining why we redefine + $distdir in this test. + +2011-04-11 Stefano Lattarini + + depcomp: fix bugs in tests and in the depcomp script + * lib/depcomp (gcc): Remove duplicated `-e' from sed invocation. + * tests/depcomp10.test: Make it executable. Fix a blunder that + has left part of an intended comment not prefixed by `#', thus + causing shell syntax errors. In this same comment, break a + too-long reported error message on multiple lines, for clarity. + Add reference to the relevant bug report. Add a comment which + explains why the test result 'skipped' if the first "make" call + fails. Add other useful comments. + * tests/depcomp9.test: Slightly improve comments. + +2011-04-11 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix hp depmode for VPATH builds with GNU make. + * lib/depcomp: Be sure to remove VPATH-prefixed object from + dependency output when creating stub rule. + * tests/depcomp10.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + Report by Bruno Haible. + +2011-04-10 Stefano Lattarini + + test defs: fix 'javac' requirement for older JDK versions + The Java compiler from JDK 1.5 (and presumably earlier versions) + cannot handle the `-version' option by itself; and while it does + print the version number, it then errors out with an usage error: + $ javac -version + javac 1.5.0_22 + javac: no source files + Usage: javac + ... + Luckily, adding the `-help' option to the `javac' invocation + seems to fix this problem. + * tests/defs.in (javac): Pass also the `-help' option to the + `javac' program. Add a comment explaining why it is needed. + Report from Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-04-10 Stefano Lattarini + + test defs: new requirement for the default java compiler + * tests/defs.in (for tool in $required): New requirement 'javac'. + * tests/java.test: Use it instead of ad-hoc configure check. + * tests/java-check.test: Likewise. + * tests/instfail-java.test: Likewise. + * tests/instdir-java.test: Likewise. + +2011-04-09 Stefano Lattarini + + java: check_JAVA does not cause compilation by "make all" anymore + Fixes automake bug#8234. + * automake.in (handle_java): Make stamp of class files built from + java sources in $(check_JAVA) a dependency of `check' target, not + `all' target. + * tests/java-check.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + * THANKS: Update. + Report from Petteri Räty. + +2011-04-09 Ralf Wildenhues + + Clarify regex code in depcomp. + * lib/depcomp: Add comment why we don't need regex-escaping here. + Suggested by Stefano Lattarini. + +2011-04-08 Ralf Wildenhues + + Fix makedepend depmode for VPATH builds. + * lib/depcomp [makedepend]: Remove any VPATH prefix from the + object file name, so a rebuild doesn't attempt to update the + .Po files in the source tree. + * tests/depcomp9.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-04-02 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix timestamp-related failures + Fixes automake bug#8365. + * tests/aclocal6.test: Sleep before modifying m4 files that should + trigger remake rules. Remove incorrect/obsoleted comments. + * tests/subdir5.test: Likewise, and extend a bit. + * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise. + * tests/pr8365-remake-timing.test: New xfailing test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + Report from Sam Steingold. + +2011-04-02 Ralf Wildenhues + + Create subdirs for generated sources even when not dep tracking. + * automake.in (handle_single_transform): If $object is derived + and lands in subdir, be sure to output a dirstamp dependency. + * tests/yacc5.test: Avoid falsely matching the dirstamp + dependency when grepping for a rule. + * tests/lex-subobj-nodep.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Ignacy Gawedzki. + + Fix locale issue in check-exported-srcdir.test. + * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Reformulate glob to not fail + in a locale that ignores or interleaves character case. + +2011-04-01 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: better visibility for aclocal in the index + * doc/automake.texi (@menu): Rename title for entry 'configure' + from "Scanning configure.ac or configure.in" to the more precise + "Scanning configure.ac, using aclocal". + (@detailmenu): Adjust. + (@node configure): Adjust, and extend @cindex calls accordingly. + * THANKS: Update. + From a report by Maynard Johnson. + +2011-03-30 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: improve tests on "maintainer-clean" target + * tests/aclocal6.test: Move checks related to "maintainer-clean" + functionalities into ... + * tests/maintclean-vpath.test: ... this new test. + * tests/maintclean.test: Update heading comments. Extend to also + test subdirs. Remove useless disabling of YACC. Fix m4 quoting + in configure.in. Add a trailing `:' command. Remove extra blank + lines. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-03-21 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: fix unindent to use printf not echo for script. + * tests/defs.in: Use printf rather than echo, as the latter may + interpret the backslashes in the sed script. Fixes test + failures with dash as /bin/sh. + +2011-03-17 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + maintcheck: look for problematic names of testcases + The configure.in stub created by default by `tests/defs' obtains + the first argument of AC_INIT from the test name, and this can + cause some supported autoconf versions to fail with a spurious + error if that test name contains the name of an m4 or m4sugar + builtin or macro (e.g., `defn' or `m4_undefine'). + See for example the bug fixed by commit v1.11-287-g1325a8a. + This change add a maintainer check that warns about test names + which are possibly problematic in this regard. + * Makefile.am (sc_test_names): New maintainer-check target. + (syntax_check_rules): Add it. + (m4_builtins): New helper variable. + (TESTS): Updated according to the following renamings. + * tests/include.test: Renamed ... + * tests/hdr-vars-defined-once.test: ... to this. + * tests/sinclude.test: Renamed ... + * tests/m4-inclusion.test: ... to this, and simplified + accordingly. + * tests/include2.test: Renamed ... + * tests/dist-included-parent-dir.test: ... to this, for + consistency. + +2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix bug in alloca*.test + * tests/alloca.test: Make grepping of automake stderr stricter, + add a trailing `:' command; also, add AC_PROG_CC to configure.in, + and create a dummy alloca.c file, to ensure that we fail for the + proper reason. + * tests/alloca2.test: Likewise. Also, look for LT_INIT, not + AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, in the error message (bug introduced with commit + v1.11-315-gd51e7b7 "libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES + primary is used"). + From a report by Patrick Welche. + +2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix bug (comments-in-var-defn.test + autoconf 2.62) + * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: The configure.in stub created + by default, which has the AC_INIT first argument obtained by the + test name, causes autoconf 2.62 to fail with a spurious error + message like: "configure.in:1: error: defn: undefined macro:". + Thus, to prevent this, the test is renamed to ... + * tests/comments-in-var-def.test: ... this. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2011-03-04 Stefano Lattarini + + cosmetics: convert encoding from ISO-8859 to UTF-8 + * ChangeLog.03: Convert encoding to UTF-8. + * ChangeLog.96: Likewise. + * ChangeLog.98: Likewise. + * NEWS: Likewise. + * TODO: Likewise. + +2011-03-01 Peter Rosin + + test defs: unindent without temporary file + * tests/defs.in (commented_sed_unindent_prog): Commented Sed program + that strips the "proper" amount of leading whitespace. + (unindent): Lazily strip comments from the above program and use it + to unindent without using a temporary file. + +2011-02-26 Stefano Lattarini + + libtool: suggest LT_INIT if LTLIBRARIES primary is used + When the LTLIBRARIES primary was used, but $(LIBTOOL) wasn't + defined, automake suggested to add a call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL + in configure.ac. But that macro is deprecated since Libtool + version 1.9b (2004-08-29), in favor of the newer LT_INIT. So + suggest the use of this latter macro instead. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_am_macro_for_var): Pair 'LIBTOOL' + with 'LT_INIT', not with 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'. + * tests/libtool4.test: Adjust and extend. Also, add a call to + macro AC_PROG_CC in configure.in, to help ensuring that automake + does not fail for the wrong reasons. + * tests/ltinit.test: New test, ensure that automake's libtool + support works with LT_INIT-based interface. + Thanks to Jack Kelly for the suggestion. + +2011-02-20 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: tempdirs with restrictive permissions are cleaned correctly + Before this change, the removal of a temporary test directory + containing subdirectories with restrictive permissions (such as + 'r--r--r--') could fail. + * tests/defs: Ensure that all the subdirectories of a temporary + test directory have the 'read', 'write' and 'execute' bits set, + before trying to remove it with `rm -rf'. + * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Likewise. + +2011-02-16 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + test defs: add subroutine for input unindenting + * tests/defs.in (unindent): New subroutine. + +2011-02-15 Stefano Lattarini + + python: report the 'PYTHON' influential environment variable + * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Call AC_ARG_VAR on PYTHON. + * doc/automake.texi (Python): Update and extend. + * tests/help-python.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * THANKS (Jack Kelly): Update e-mail address. + Suggestion by Jack Kelly. + +2011-02-10 Stefano Lattarini + + tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable + * tests/defs.in (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Unset it, so that values + from environment won't interfere with the testcases. + Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-02-06 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: tweak few tests on simple and parallel test drivers + * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Improve heading comments. + * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. Also, unset the + `FOO_EXIT_STATUS' variable, so that any pre-existing value in the + environment won't risk to interfere with the test. + Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-02-01 Stefano Lattarini + + coverage: more tests on simple and parallel test drivers + * tests/parallel-tests-subdir.test: New test. + * tests/check-exported-srcdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/check-tests-in-builddir.test: Likewise. + * tests/check-tests_environment.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-01-29 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failures in lflags*.test + * tests/lflags.test: Remove 'LEX' from the environment, so + that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'. + * tests/lflags2.test: Likewise. + +2011-01-24 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: color-tests issues with parallel make + * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Document that automatic + recognition of a capable terminal attached to stdout can fail + with some make implementation when running in parallel mode, + thus causing colored test output not to be automatically + activated when it should. + +2011-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: avoid instspc.test failures due to make's whitespace trimming + * tests/instspc.test: Prepend './' when passing the test + characters, to avoid leading whitespace characters to be trimmed + from macros set from environment variables. Fixes testsuite + failures with HP-UX, IRIX, and Tru64/OSF make. + +2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini + + coverage: test semantics of "dummy" per-target flags + * tests/specflg-dummy.test: New test, ensuring that even "dummy" + per-target flags triggers the use of renamed objects. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + Suggestion by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-01-23 Stefano Lattarini + + tests defs: sanitize IFS + * tests/defs.in ($IFS): Define to , , . + ($sp): New variable, holding a single whitespace character. + ($tab): New variable, holding a tabulation character. + ($nl): New variable, holding a newline character. + +2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: fix VPATH auto-expansion workarounds. + * tests/parallel-tests8.test, tests/suffix13.test: + Ensure $< is not surrounded by white space, to prevent Solaris + make from applying automatic VPATH text expansion. + +2011-01-22 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failures in yflags*.test + * tests/yflags.test: Remove 'YACC' from the environment, so + that it won't be erroneously picked up by `make -e'. + * tests/yflags2.test: Likewise. + +2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: avoid fn99*.test failures due to buggy AIX 5.3 cp -R. + * tests/fn99.test, tests/fn99subdir.test: Skip if an initial + `cp -R' of the subdir tree already fails; AIX 5.3 cp messes + up its internal memory when copying this tree. + +2011-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues + Stefano Lattarini + + Add comment to check-TESTS rule working around make 3.80 bug. + * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Update comment. + +2011-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: less strict double-colon spy.test again. + * tests/spy.test: We know BSD make doesn't invoke more than one + double-colon rule, so no need to expose that failure. + +2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues + + install-sh: avoid Tru64 sh `test' operator precedence issues. + * lib/install-sh: Protect file names and directory components + that consist of `=', `(', `)', or `!'. Move protection as early + as possible, to avoid errors such as with Tru64 sh `test -z ='. + * tests/instsh2.test: Extend test to cover more possibilities. + Fixes 1.12 instspc-equal-install.test failure on Tru64/OSF 5.1. + +2011-01-19 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + docs: automake testsuite doesn't use TESTS_ENVIRONMENT anymore + * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests): Do not claim Automake uses + TESTS_ENVIRONMENT for the perl driver. Instead, point to the + parallel-tests driver. + +2011-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues + + Allow _AM_DEPENDENCIES to be used later in configure. + * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Remove a previously existing + conftest.dir before recreating it. + Fixes bug#7864. + Report by Eric Blake, from report by Scott McCreary against M4. + +2011-01-18 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: avoid failure on w32 file systems. + * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: SKIP if file cannot + be turned unreadable. + +2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues + + tests: allow double-colon spy.test to work with HP-UX make. + * tests/spy.test: Fix comment typos. Ensure prerequisites we + do not want to depend on are strictly older than the target. + Also test with a target out of date wrt. more than one rule. + +2011-01-16 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: remove useless requirements from cond36.test + * tests/cond36.test ($required): Remove. + Since we are at it, add a trailing `:' command. + +2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues + Stefano Lattarini + + parallel-tests: work around Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh read bugs. + * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html): + Test file readability before redirecting input from it, to avoid + exiting Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh which treats read as special builtin. + * tests/parallel-tests-unreadable-log.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + +2011-01-16 Ralf Wildenhues + + * NEWS, README: Update copyright years. + + Fix parallel-tests.test failure with HP-UX make. + * tests/parallel-tests.test: Sleep inside inner tests, so logs + are newer than logs of tests they depend on, for HP-UX make. + +2011-01-15 Ralf Wildenhues + + docs: ensure example are separated with empty lines in the input + * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal, Emacs Lisp, Rebuilding) + (API Versioning, Renamed Objects, Multiple Outputs): Add empty + lines before `@example' and after `@end example' lines, so info + output is rendered correctly, and a following @noindent honored. + Report by Stefano Lattarini. + +2011-01-15 Jim Meyering + + tests: fix comment typo + * tests/substref.test: Fix grammar in a comment. + +2011-01-13 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: fix spurious failures in two texinfo tests + * tests/txinfo.test ($required): Add 'makeinfo'. + * tests/txinfo8.test: Create a dummy 'textutils.info' file, so + that make won't try to run makeinfo (which could be unavailable) + to build it. + Found by NixOS Hydra, reported by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2011-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues + + Avoid testsuite failures due to Autoconf Fortran change. + Autoconf v2.68-21-g727ce95 causes AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS to + require computing the canonical host name. Ensure config.guess + and config.sub files are present for respective checks. + * tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test: Add stub files. + * tests/flibs.test: Likewise. + * tests/fort4.test: Use $AUTOMAKE -a for installing files. + +2011-01-12 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS + This change fixes automake bug#7828. + * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that automake + recognizes '-d' in AM_YFLAGS only if it's not clustered with + other options. + From a report by Юрий Пухальский. + +2011-01-10 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: add checks on automatically-distributed files + Related to automake bug#7819. + * tests/autodist.test: New test. + * tests/autodist-subdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-acconfig.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-acconfig-no-subdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-aclocal-m4.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-config-headers.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-configure-no-subdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/autodist-stamp-vti.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + +2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini + + tests: work around a texi+cygnus bug causing a spurious XFAIL + * tests/txinfo5b.test: New test, like txinfo5.test but calling + automake with the `-Wno-override' option to work around a bug + in the texinfo + cygnus interaction. + * tests/txinfo5.test: Update heading comments. + * tests/Makefile.am (TEST): Updated. + +2011-01-09 Dave Hart (tiny change) + + Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment. + * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo. + +2011-01-11 Stefano Lattarini + + Improve, extend and tweak tests on Texinfo support. + * tests/instdir-texi.test: Add a call to `ls -l' after that to + `make', for debugging. When looking for required tools, do not + redirect the output of "$tool --help" to /dev/null, and do not + uselessly run it in a subshell. + * tests/txinfo.test: Rewritten to run autoconf, ./configure and + make. All checks moved into Makefile.am. + * tests/txinfo8.test: Likewise, and modernize the generated + configure.in. + * tests/txinfo2.test: Moved checks into Makefile.am, and other + minor improvements. + * tests/txinfo5.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/txinfo6.test: Likewise, and make grepping of generated + Makefile.in stricter. + * tests/txinfo7.test: Enable `errexit' shell flag, and related + changes. Add trailing `:' command. Do not add unnecessary stuff + to Makefile.am. + * tests/txinfo9.test: Verify that more targets which are expected + to be generated only once really are. Make grepping less strict, + to avoid exposing too much internal details. More minor changes. + * tests/txinfo16.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo + for appending to configure.in. Updated/fixed heading comments. + * tests/txinfo23.test: Likewise, and extended a little by making + it check that no info file is created in the $(srcdir). + * tests/txinfo24.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo25.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo18.test: Add trailing `:'. Prefer cat over echo + for appending to configure.in. Also, check that index files are + cleaned also by "make clean", not only by "make distclean". + * tests/txinfo22.test: Prefer `$me' over hard-coded test name, + and added trailing `:' command. This testcase also used to check + that automake ignores in-line comments when using variables, but + preserves them in the output; these checks (added in commit + "Release-1-7f-4-g9177ef8") do not really pertain to this test, + so they have been moved ... + * tests/comments-in-var-defn.test: ... into this new test. + * tests/txinfo4.test: Escape literal dots in grep regexps. Add + trailing `:' command. + * tests/txinfo29.test: Likewise. Relax grepping of generated + Makefile.in w.r.t. whitespaces. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to + append to configure.in. + * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise. + * tests/vtexi.test: Improve grepping of Makefile.in (sometimes + make it stricter, sometimes laxer). Move `set -e' setting just + after the inclusion of ./defs. De-uglify a sed command. Other + minor cosmetic improvements. + * tests/vtexi2.test: Make grepping of Makefile.in stricter. Add + trailing `:' command. + * tests/vtexi3.test: New test on version.texi support. + * tests/vtexi4.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2011-01-09 Peter Rosin + + Fix another typo in Rule.pm comment. + * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typo. + +2011-01-09 Stefano Lattarini + + cosmetics: remove trailing whitespaces + * doc/automake.texi: Remove trailing whitespaces. + * tests/cond13.test: Likewise. + * tests/cond14.test: Likewise. + * tests/fort4.test: Likewise. + * tests/fort5.test: Likewise. + * tests/suffix7.test: Likewise. + * tests/vtexi2.test: Likewise. + + automake: minor fixes in comments + * automake.in: Some minor fixes and enhancements in comments. + +2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues + + Add test coverage for deleted header files. + * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Update tests to + also check for the deleted header bug. If no dependency + tracking mechanism could be found, SKIP rather than exit + successfully. Use GNU style spacing and ANSI C prototypes. + + Fix typos in Rule.pm comments. + * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos in comments. + + docs: split 'amhello Explained' node. + * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Split node ... + (amhello's configure.ac Setup Explained) + (amhello's Makefile.am Setup Explained) : ... into these two. + (Top, Hello World): Adjust, and add @anchor for stable URL links. + Suggestion by Karl Berry in automake bug#7766. + +2011-01-08 Karl Berry + Eric Blake + + docs: reference defining directories in amhello node. + * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf + manual for how to convert directory values into macros. + (Optional): Fix grammar nit. + +2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini + + * NEWS: Fix typo (forgotten word). + +2011-01-02 Stefano Lattarini + Ralf Wildenhues + + docs: how to work around checks on invalid primary/directory couples + * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document the blessed idiom which can + be used to work around automake checks on invalid primary/directory + couples (such as `lib_PROGRAMS' or `doc_LIBRARIES'). + +2011-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues + + Sync auxiliary files from upstream. + * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: + Sync from upstream. + + Fix maintainer-check regression. + * tests/subobj11a.test: Pass DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS in the + environment. + + Bump copyright years. + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years. + * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise. + * doc/automake.texi: Likewise. + +2010-12-23 Ralf Wildenhues + Stefano Lattarini + + 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 + + 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 + + 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 + + distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k". + * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep + its output each time for a single error message, rather than + running "make -k" one single time and grepping its output for + all the expected error messages. This should work around make + implementations with limited (broken?) `-k' support; for more + information, see these subthreads on the automake-patches list: + - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on HP-UX 11.23", + + - 2010-11-15, "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5", + + +2010-12-21 Stefano Lattarini + + Fix sed-related buglet in test "subdir5.test" + * tests/subdir5.test: Always terminate text passed to the + `i' sed command with a newline, to work around limitations + in e.g. older OpenBSD sed. + +2010-12-18 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: fix blunder in example about python extension modules + * doc/automake.texi (Python): Use `quaternion_la_SOURCES', + not `quaternion_SOURCES', to declare the sources of python + extension module `quaternion.la'. + +2010-12-16 Stefano Lattarini + + docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries + * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among + the Automake primaries. + +2010-12-14 Stefano Lattarini + + Improve tests on generated portions of configure help screen. + * tests/help-depend.test: Grepping of configure help screen + relaxed to cater for possible line wrapping, and tightened in + other respects. + * tests/help-depend2.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-dmalloc.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-lispdir.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-maintainer.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-silent.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-upc.test: Likewise. + * tests/help-init.test: Grepping of configure help screen + tightened. + 2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'.