Paul Eggert [Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:34:25 +0000 (05:34 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PREPARE, _AC_RUN_IFELSE):
Remove core.conftest.* too; it's generated by Tru64 5.1.
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4
(AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED, AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL):
Don't bother to remove core files; AC_RUN_IFELSE should do that for you.
Paul Eggert [Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:01:58 +0000 (01:01 +0000)]
* NEWS: The configure command now warns you if you attempt to use
a directory whose name contains a special character like space,
newline, or "\".
* doc/autoconf.texi (Installation Directory Variables): Allow
"," in file names. Do not use \@; it's not a portable regexp.
* bin/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* lib/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* tests/semantics.at: Likewise.
* tests/torture.at: Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_ARG_PROGRAM): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCDIRS): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about
unportable file names.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DIRCHECK): New macro.
(AC_INIT): Use it.
(_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Use ac_pwd rather than invoking pwd.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Propagate
ac_pwd, and quote srcdir.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Quote file name args.
Paul Eggert [Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:24:05 +0000 (19:24 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi: Fix some systematic formatting problems.
".)" needs a following @: if not at the end of a sentence, and
similarly for "!)". "etc." should be preceded by a comma.
"n-th" -> "@var{n}th". pdksh is still buggy, so update its date.
(Input): Mention that AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR's
argument is often called 'build-aux'.
Paul Eggert [Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:24:49 +0000 (23:24 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS): Redirect stdin from
/dev/null, as "configure" shouldn't read stdin, and this insulates
us from problems (e.g., when testing for "cl"). Also, do this
redirection before invoking "hostname" or "uname", and keep the
original input stream available via...
(AS_ORIGINAL_STDIN_FD): ... this new macro.
(_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE, _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE, _AC_LINK_IFELSE): Don't
bother with "</dev/null" since it's now done at the top of
'configure'.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PATH_PROG_FLAVOR_GNU): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (File Descriptor Macros): New section.
(Printing Messages): Mention it.
* tests/base.at (Input/Output): New test.
Paul Eggert [Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:38:31 +0000 (07:38 +0000)]
Undo previous change, except keep the change to
lib/autoconf/programs.m4 that replaced grep with shell
pattern-matching. This is because net-snmp configure reads stdin.
Paul Eggert [Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:12:29 +0000 (19:12 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS): Redirect stdin
from /dev/null, as "configure" shouldn't read stdin, and this
insulates us from problems (e.g., when testing for "cl").
Suggested by Alexandre Duret-Lutz. Also, do this redirection
before invoking "hostname" or "uname".
(_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE, _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE,
_AC_LINK_IFELSE): Undo previous change, as it's no longer needed.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX): Don't bother with
"</dev/null" since it's now done at the top of 'configure'.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PATH_PROG_FLAVOR_GNU): Likewise.
Also, replace grep with shell pattern-matching, to save a process.
Paul Eggert [Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:40:31 +0000 (00:40 +0000)]
(_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE, _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE,
_AC_LINK_IFELSE): Redirect stdin to /dev/null, in an attempt to
avoid thinking that Allegro Common Lisp's "cl" command is a C++
compiler.
Paul Eggert [Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:35:01 +0000 (00:35 +0000)]
Use @acronym for DJGPP.
Fix some @code's that should have been @env's, and vice versa.
Sort environment variable names.
Mention that shells no longer inherit IFS.
Don't recommend PATH_SEPARATOR=';' so strongly.
Mention that $RANDOM might expand to the empty string.
"symlink" and "soft link" -> "symbolic link".
Improve mktemp description (reported by Bruno Haible).
Paul Eggert [Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:34:54 +0000 (07:34 +0000)]
* tests/autotest.at (Empty test suite): New test.
* tests/torture.at (Substitute and define special characters)
(Substitute a 2000-byte string, Define to a 2000-byte string)
(Substitute a newline, Define a newline): New tests.
Paul Eggert [Sat, 5 Feb 2005 05:45:14 +0000 (05:45 +0000)]
* tests/local.at (AT_CMP): New macro.
(AT_DATA_AUTOCONF): Do not call AC_PROG_GREP.
(AC_SAVE_STATE): Move environment grep...
(AT_CHECK_ENV): to here. Filter out `'$''. Use AT_CMP.
(AT_CONFIG_CMP): New macro.
(AT_CHECK_MACRO): Run `configure' twice with cache and compare results.
* tests/c.at (Extensions): Do not exit early.
* tests/atlocal.in: Inherit $GREP.
Paul Eggert [Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:31:16 +0000 (23:31 +0000)]
* bin/autoconf.as: Don't exit with status 0 after write failure
with --help or --version.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_HELP, _AC_INIT_VERSION): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Likewise.
Paul Eggert [Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:52:49 +0000 (23:52 +0000)]
Simplify the implementation of m4_require (a.k.a. AC_REQUIRE).
Update the long comment explaining it.
m4_require no longer writes an ``is required by'' line to the
execution stack. It contains only one bit of non-redundant
information: that the macro was required, not called. And even
this bit is useless in most situations: have you ever met a macro
which both calls and requires the same macro?
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (_m4_defun_pro): Don't push a diversion...
(_m4_defun_pro_outer): ... only via this macro, for the outermost
macro.
(_m4_defun_epi, _m4_defun_epi_outer): Complementarily.
(m4_expansion_stack_pop): Remove the misplaced comment.
(m4_require): Don't put the ``is required by'' line to the
execution stack; slightly improve the out-of-a-defun error message.
(_m4_divert_grow): New macro, counter for the temporary diversions.
(_m4_require_call): Use it.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4_require): Expect output without the
``is required by'' messages.
Paul Eggert [Mon, 31 Jan 2005 23:25:08 +0000 (23:25 +0000)]
(.x.1): Make sure the required generated files
are up to date. Problem and original solution proposed by Stepan Kasal.
$(dist_man_MANS:.1=-bin-prereq), $(dist_man_MANS:.1=-tests-prereq),
implicit-man-prerequisites): New rules, used by the above.
Akim Demaille [Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:53:41 +0000 (10:53 +0000)]
Have autoheader honor --force.
* doc/make-stds.texi, doc/standards.texi: Update from masters.
* lib/Autom4te/Channels.pm, lib/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm
* lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm, lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm: Update
from masters, so that FileUtils.pm's update_file provide --force
support.
* bin/autoheader.in: Pass $force to update_file so that
config.h.in is always recreated when --force.
Paul Eggert [Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:03:40 +0000 (00:03 +0000)]
(Shell Substitutions): Fix typo in case statement.
Warn about newline stripping in `` and $(). Update Solaris
version to 9.
(Limitations of Builtins): Use expr "X...", not expr "x...", as
X insulates us from future changes to Posix.
(Limitations of Usual Tools): For AS_DIRNAME, warn about newline
stripping.
Paul Eggert [Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:03:06 +0000 (14:03 +0000)]
(AC_LANG_INT_SAVE(C)): Declare longval and
ulongval to be static, to avoid unwanted GCC warning. Problem
reported by Michael Jennings via Daniel Reed; see
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=143852>.