Bruno Haible [Fri, 9 Oct 2009 03:36:45 +0000 (05:36 +0200)]
Recommend `sh -n' debugging, and public result variables for macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Debugging): Recommend to use "bash -n
configure". Recommend the use of result variables as an
alternative to run-if-true/run-if-false parameters.
Clarify documentation about Solaris sed quantifier restriction.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <sed>: '*' does
not work after subexpressions, \{M,N\} only after one-character
expressions. From GCC PR 38923.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Define new index `CA' for cache variables.
(caindex): New macro.
(Cache Variable Index): New appendix node.
(Top, Indices): Adjust menus.
(Cache Variable Names, Site Defaults): Adjust text.
* doc/Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Add files generated for CA index.
Document AM_MAKEFLAGS workaround to the macro override problem.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Macros and Submakes): Automake makefiles
provide AM_MAKEFLAGS to help with overriding macros in submake
invocations.
Prompted by bug report from Bruno Haible.
Jim Meyering [Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:21:21 +0000 (19:21 +0200)]
AC_INIT: Use correct value for PACKAGE_TARNAME.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_PACKAGE_NAME): Remove what are excess
quotes around the package name, now that m4_tolower's result is quoted.
* tests/base.at (AC_INIT): Test for this.
Work around DJGPP shell function return bug with command substitutions.
DJGPP bash 2.04 has a bug in that `return $ac_retval' done in a
shell function which also contains a command substitution causes
the shell to barf. For more details and a fix see:
<http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/browse.cgi?p=djgpp-workers/2009/09/09/03:35:08>
Possible workaround include putting the `return' in a subshell
or calling another function to set the status.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE_BODY)
(_AC_COMPILE_IFELSE_BODY, _AC_LINK_IFELSE_BODY)
(_AC_RUN_IFELSE_BODY, _AC_COMPUTE_INT_BODY): Use AS_SET_STATUS
instead of `return'.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs, Shell Functions):
Document the issue.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Rugxulo and Reuben Thomas.
The DJGPP compiler may create both `a.out' and `a.exe' without -o,
and both `conftest' and `conftest.exe' with `-o conftest', but not
with `-o conftest.exe'.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O): Also remove
`conftest' without $ac_exeext suffix.
DJGPP fix: do not try to source /dev/null as cache or site file.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_SITE_LOAD, AC_CACHE_LOAD): Do not
load the cache or site file if it is `/dev/null', as DJGPP treats
it as a regular file, but the shell then warns about it later.
Fixes several test suite failures on DJGPP.
* tests/autotest.at (Erlang Eunit unit tests): Use "no" as
value-if-not-found for Erlang tools.
* tests/erlang.at: Likewise. Also, use AS_EXIT instead of plain
exit.
* tests/tools.at (autoupdating macros recursively)
(autoupdating with m4@&t@_pushdef, autoupdating with AC_REQUIRE)
(autoupdating with complex quoting): New tests.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Implement
--config.
* doc/autoconf.texi (config.status Invocation): Document it.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/torture.at (configure invocation): Test it.
Suggested several times, by several people, in the past.
Eric Blake [Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:16:46 +0000 (20:16 -0600)]
Document that AS_INIT is automatically used.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initialization Macros) <AS_INIT>: Add words
to clarify that only bare-bones scripts need a direct AS_INIT.
Suggested by Reuben Thomas.
Document sed limitation with escaped metacharacters.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <sed>: Use `%'
rather than `/' as delimiter in an example `s' command.
Document inconsistent treatment of escaped metacharacters.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Dave Korn, with additional input from Paolo Bonzini
and Eric Blake.
Allow to work on systems without Fcntl::flock implementation.
* configure.ac (PERL_FLOCK): New substitution variable with test
whether Fcntl::flock is implemented by the system.
* bin/Makefile.am (edit): Substitute @PERL_FLOCK@.
* bin/autom4te.in: Call XFile::lock only if flock is
implemented.
Bruno Haible [Fri, 4 Sep 2009 12:32:04 +0000 (06:32 -0600)]
Document another Solaris tr pitfall.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <tr>: Mention
that Solaris /usr/bin/tr does not only have problems with
replacing NUL bytes but discards all NUL bytes from the input.
Paolo Bonzini [Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:40:34 +0000 (16:40 +0200)]
use a separate program to test whether the compiler works
* lib/autoconf/erlang.m4 (_AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM(Erlang)): New.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (AC_LANG_DEFINE): Copy _AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM.
(_AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM(), _AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM): New.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT): Print here "whether the xyz compiler works",
before exiting.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_WORKS): Merge into _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_CROSS, remove
the "whether the xyz compiler works" message, use conftest$ac_cv_exeext
instead of $ac_file.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT): Try _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT using the
null program, and clean conftest.out only after _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_CROSS.
(AC_NO_EXECUTABLES): Use _AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM.
(_AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT): Use _AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM.
Eric Blake [Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:25:53 +0000 (14:25 -0600)]
Prepare to bulk update copyright years.
* build-aux/update-copyright: New file.
* cfg.mk (gnulib-update): Sync it from gnulib.
(update-copyright-exclude-regexp): New varialbe.
(web-manual): Move...
* maint.mk (web-manual): ...here, to match gnulib.
(update-copyright): New target, copied from gnulib's
maint.mk (it would be nice to sync this file...).
(build_aux): New macro.
(VC_LIST, emit_upload_commands): Use it.
* build-aux/texinfo.tex: Resynchronize from upstream.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_COPYRIGHT_YEARS): Reformat to meet
expected pattern.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_COPYRIGHT_YEARS): Likewise.
Paolo Bonzini [Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:27:45 +0000 (20:27 +0200)]
Clarify comparison of echo, printf, and AS_ECHO*.
Discussed starting at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2009-07/msg00025.html>.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): In echo's entry,
give a reason why printf is better than echo. In printf's
entry, cross-reference echo's entry.
testsuite: avoid bogus hostname match from inner test logs.
* tests/autotest.at (Hard fail): Check more restrictively for
passed tests, so that hostnames recorded in the log file do not
wrongly match.
Report by Ludovic Courtès.
Eric Blake [Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:06:06 +0000 (19:06 -0600)]
Document some optional features in INSTALL.
* doc/install.texi (Basic Installation): Mention that INSTALL is
generic, and that not all packages implement all features.
Mention 'make distcheck' for maintainers, and 'make installcheck'
for users. Mention the GNU Coding Standards.
(Installation Names): Mention DESTDIR vs. 'make prefix= install'
as ways to alter the configuration, with caveats of each. Move
--program-prefix discussion...
(Optional Features): ...here. Mention --enable-silent-rules and
use of make V=0.
Eric Blake [Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:29:41 +0000 (07:29 -0600)]
Basic improvements to INSTALL.
* doc/install.texi (Basic Installation): Use better markup.
(Multiple Architectures): Introduce the term VPATH.
(Installation Names): Mention that --prefix must be absolute.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Preset Output Variables)
(Installation Directory Variables): Consistently refer to GNU
Coding Standards.
Eric Blake [Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:17:41 +0000 (17:17 -0600)]
Require m4 1.4.6, and fix testsuite to support this version.
* m4/m4.m4 (AC_PROG_GNU_M4): Reject m4 1.4.5, now that we use
regexp it can't handle.
* NEWS: Mention minimum version bump.
* README: Likewise.
* README-hacking: Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise.
* tests/tools.at (autom4te --trace and whitespace): Update test so
still work with older m4 line numbers.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: nested): Likewise.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Eric Blake [Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:00:38 +0000 (06:00 -0600)]
Let autoheader see through m4 macros in AC_DEFINE.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_DEFINE_TRACE): Expand macro before
tracing its name.
* lib/autoconf/autoheader.m4 (AH_VERBATIM, AH_TEMPLATE): Likewise,
for using the macro in a template file.
* tests/tools.at (autoheader and macros): New test.
* NEWS: Mention this.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
Eric Blake [Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:00:49 +0000 (19:00 -0600)]
Fix AS_EXIT for FreeBSD sh.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_EXIT): Always supply an argument to the
shell function, since $? is not reliable on function entry.
(_AS_EXIT_PREPARE): Simplify to assume argument.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
* tests/erlang.at: Added tests for all macros in erlang.m4.
* tests/Makefile.am: Added erlang.at.
* tests/suite.at: Likewise.
* tests/compile.at: Added test for extension of Erlang files.
* NEWS: Mention this.
Eric Blake [Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:35:32 +0000 (10:35 -0600)]
Don't hide leading space in autom4te --trace output.
* bin/autom4te.in (handle_traces): Don't flatten leading and
trailing space, since tracing spacing bugs can be useful.
* tests/tools.at (autom4te --trace and whitespace): New test.
Eric Blake [Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:54:19 +0000 (12:54 -0600)]
Disable asynchronous job notification for parallel tests.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT) <Driver loop>: Turn off notify
mode, since zsh leaves it on after 'emulate sh'.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <set>: Document that
job control options are not portable.
Paolo Bonzini [Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:50:24 +0000 (13:50 +0200)]
use m4 -g when available
M4sugar requires GNU m4 extensions to be enabled. Override
POSIXLY_CORRECT using -g.
* m4/m4.m4: Unset POSIXLY_CORRECT during first test. Test for -g.
Warn user if he has POSIXLY_CORRECT set but -g is not supported.
* bin/Makefile.am: Substitute @M4_GNU@ into generated files.
* bin/autom4te.in: Pass @M4_GNU@ to m4.
Paolo Bonzini [Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:58:36 +0000 (12:58 +0200)]
Simplify handling of autotest tracing
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (at_fn_check_prepare_notrace): Use
$at_trace_echo. Add new REASON argument.
(at_fn_check_prepare_trace): Do not call at_fn_check_prepare_notrace.
Use $at_check_filter_trace.
(at_fn_check_prepare_dynamic): Use at_fn_check_prepare_notrace.
(at_traceon): Initialize to ':'.
(at_traceoff): Remove, use 'set +x' instead throughout.
(at_check_filter_trace, at_trace_echo): New shell variables.
Initialize them if tracing is requested.
(_AT_DECIDE_TRACEABLE): Adjust call to at_fn_check_prepare_notrace.
Paolo Bonzini [Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:58:36 +0000 (12:58 +0200)]
Simplify handling of autotest tracing
This patch simplifies at_fn_check_prepare_trace by noting that it
need not call at_fn_check_prepare_notrace. Instead we can make
$at_traceon be ':' or 'set -x' instead of being empty when tracing
is disabled.
A similar approach is used for other variables set by
at_fn_check_prepare_trace and to conditionalize the message
about disabling tracing in at_fn_check_prepare_dynamic.
In addition, I changed $at_traceoff to 'set +x' throughout and
eliminated the variable.
2009-07-12 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (at_fn_check_prepare_notrace): Use
$at_trace_echo. Add new REASON argument.
(at_fn_check_prepare_trace): Do not call at_fn_check_prepare_notrace.
Use $at_check_filter_trace.
(at_fn_check_prepare_dynamic): Use at_fn_check_prepare_notrace.
(at_traceon): Initialize to ':'.
(at_traceoff): Remove, use 'set -x' instead throughout.
(at_check_filter_trace, at_trace_echo): New shell variables.
Initialize them if tracing is requested.
(_AT_DECIDE_TRACEABLE): Adjust call to at_fn_check_prepare_notrace.
Paolo Bonzini [Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:22:39 +0000 (12:22 +0200)]
introduce AT_SKIP_IF and AT_FAIL_IF
These are lightweight versions of AT_CHECK that automatically
add the equivalent of ! in front of the command and change a
failure exit status to 77 resp. 99. They expand to just
two lines of shell code at the expense of not supporting
tracing (but then so does AT_XFAIL_IF).
2009-07-12 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* NEWS: Mention AT_SKIP_IF and AT_FAIL_IF.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Autotest): Document them.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_LINE_ESCAPED, AT_SKIP_IF,
AT_FAIL_IF, _AT_CHECK_EXIT): New.
(AT_CHECK): Use _AT_LINE_ESCAPED.
* tests/autotest.st: Add tests for AT_SKIP_IF and AT_FAIL_IF.
Use AT_SKIP_IF.
* tests/local.st: Use AT_SKIP_IF.
Eric Blake [Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:58:18 +0000 (06:58 -0600)]
Make parallel testsuite more portable.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT) <AT_JOB_FIFO_FD>: Avoid <>;
instead open write descriptor in each group and read descriptor in
main driver.
* tests/autotest.at (AT_SKIP_PARALLEL_TESTS): Relax condition.
Eric Blake [Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:32:39 +0000 (11:32 -0600)]
Avoid syntax error in ash.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT) <driver loop>: Avoid syntax
errors on shells that don't recognize <>.
* tests/autotest.at (AT_SKIP_PARALLEL_TESTS): Also skip parallel
tests for this reason. Skip based on the shell to be tested,
not the shell driving the testsuite.
(parallel syntax error): Rearrange similar to previous patch.
(parallel test execution): Defer skip until after serial tests.
Eric Blake [Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:17:43 +0000 (07:17 -0600)]
Skip test on shells that can't catch syntax failure.
* tests/autotest.at (Syntax error): Skip test if shell aborts on
syntax error (AIX ksh88) or doesn't detect it (zsh).
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <.>: Mention these
limitations.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_ECHO_N_PREPARE): Ensure more than
one character is output with `\c'; reset echo output state
if buggy ksh was detected, and set ECHO_T instead of ECHO_C.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Document it.
* tests/m4sh.at (ECHO_C): New test.
* THANKS: Update.
Eric Blake [Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:26:48 +0000 (06:26 -0600)]
Fix AC_CHECK_HEADER infloop for gcc.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (_AC_CHECK_HEADER_NEW)
(_AC_CHECK_HEADER_OLD): Give up on AU_DEFUN, and manually warn
about obsoletion, to avoid infinite loop in gcc.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
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