Gary V. Vaughan [Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:24:32 +0000 (10:24 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): Don't guess
how deeply nested we are when a suitable tool is found, set the
ac_path_TOOL_found flag.
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): Encapsulate knowledge of how deeply
nested we are in this macro. Break out of all 3 nested loops if
ac_path_TOOL_found is set.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make): Update documentation
for `$<'. New entry `Long lines', based on a report from Simon
Josefsson. Augment the documentation for SHELL = @SHELL@ with a
paragraph about DJGPP, based on a mail from Richard Dawe.
Gary V. Vaughan [Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:16:34 +0000 (19:16 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): Make the
best tool so far counter rely on the tool path variable name to
avoid checks for one tool being affected by the results of running
the length check on a previous tool.
Gary V. Vaughan [Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:09:22 +0000 (19:09 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PROG_GREP): Take an additional
match expression argument, as different greps have different
regular expression flavours.
(AC_PROG_FGREP): Pass 'FGREP'. fgrep treats all match chars as
literals.
(AC_PROG_EGREP): Pass 'EGREP$'.
(AC_PROG_GREP): Pass 'GREP$'.
* doc/autoconf.texi (autom4te Invocation): Language Autoconf
inherits from language Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4.
(Customizing autom4te): Adjust example; the cache must now be
disabled for language Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4.
Paolo Bonzini [Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:57:51 +0000 (08:57 +0000)]
2004-03-16 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PATH_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TOOLS): Warn if a cross-tool is found without
a prefix.
(AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS): New macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Programs): Document
(AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS, and warn for future changes
in the behavior of AC_PATH_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TOOL and
AC_CHECK_TOOLS.
(Specifying Names): Document the reason for these future
behavioral changes.
* tests/mktests.sh: Do not generate tests for the
new macros.
* NEWS: Document these changes.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Avoid macros with unbraced arguments,
they make TeX hang up.
Gary V. Vaughan [Mon, 23 Feb 2004 08:27:51 +0000 (08:27 +0000)]
* bin/autoreconf.in (autoreconf_current_directory): Recognize LT_INIT
from the next generation of Libtool.
* lib/autom4te.in (Autoreconf-preselections): Ditto.
Paul Eggert [Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:34:44 +0000 (21:34 +0000)]
Fix a dependencies problem, stemming from a Autoconf 2.59 build
problem on QNX reported by Stephen Rasku in
<http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2004-02/msg00066.html>.
Paolo Bonzini [Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:07:30 +0000 (23:07 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (AU_DEFUN): Fix English,
suggested by Paul Eggert.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4: Correct reference to
acobsolete.m4, suggested by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
Paolo Bonzini [Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:00:27 +0000 (09:00 +0000)]
* bin/autoupdate.in: Define __file__ so that warnings
refer to the correct file.
* doc/autoconf.texi (AU_DEFUN): Describe more correctly
the behavior of the third argument.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 (AU_DEFUN): Describe more
correctly the behavior of the third argument. Document
what the three macros that AU_DEFUN defines do. Fix
warning message when the third argument includes $0
(reported by Alexandre Duret-Lutz).
Paolo Bonzini [Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:29:18 +0000 (14:29 +0000)]
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (M4SH-SANITIZE): New diversion.
(AS_INIT): Output shell initialization there. Removed optional
parameter. Expand _AS_SHELL_FN_SPY.
(AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): Removed.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_SPY): New macro.
(AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Remove loop to find better shell
and documentation for the parameter.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Move it here.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK): Remove shell invocation, reformat.
(_AS_RUN): Move it here, support testing with eval.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Require shell functions when
it is used.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Put around braces, we do not
trigger the bash bug anymore.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Document M4SH-SANITIZE, do not
use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in, tests/wrapper.in: Regenerated.
Paolo Bonzini [Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:21:35 +0000 (14:21 +0000)]
* bin/autoupdate.in: Trace AU_DEFINE instead of AU_DEFUN.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Don't say that the third parameter
is broken.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 (AU_DEFINE): New dummy macro.
(AU_DEFUN): Honor the third parameter, create autoupdate
macros with AU_DEFINE.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (AC_USG, AC_MEMORY_H,
AC_DIR_HEADER): Use AU_DEFUN's third parameter.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (AC_LANG_SAVE): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_RSH): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_HAVE_POUNDBANG,
AC_ARG_ARRAY, AC_CYGWIN, AC_EMXOS2, AC_MINGW32,
AC_XENIX_DIR): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (AC_INT_16_BITS, AC_LONG_64_BITS,
AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE, AC_STRUCT_ST_RDEV): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4: Remove FIXME.
* tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_AU_MACRO): Ignore stderr, check
that the macro is not present anymore in the updated
configure.ac.
* tests/tools.at (autoupdate AC_LINK_FILES): Ignore stderr
of autoupdate.
Gary V. Vaughan [Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:07:12 +0000 (20:07 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_GREP): New macro to test for a
grep or ggrep program in PATH that accepts as long lines as
possible.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PROG_GREP): Factor out the core of
AC_PROG_GREP.
(AC_PROG_EGREP, AC_PROG_FGREP): Use it to find best available
egrep and fgrep respectively if $GREP -E/-F don't work.
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): Factor out the common core of
_AC_PROG_GREP, and AC_PROG_SED.
(_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): New helper macro for finding the
longest input length accepted by a command.
(AC_PROG_SED): Use it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): Document the changes.
* NEWS: Updated.
Paul Eggert [Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:16:52 +0000 (23:16 +0000)]
(AC_PROG_SED): Use diff, not sed; otherwise "make check" fails because
it forbids cmp (I guess because cmp treats files as binary on DOS-like
systems).
Gary V. Vaughan [Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:21:51 +0000 (08:21 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_SED): New macro to test for a
non-truncating sed or gsed program in PATH.
* tests/acprograms.at: Add it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): Document it.
* NEWS: Updated.
Paul Eggert [Sun, 4 Jan 2004 01:41:25 +0000 (01:41 +0000)]
(Limitations of Usual Tools): Mention that cc
-c -o might not work. From a suggestion by Kevin Ryde.
(C Compiler, Generating Sources, Limitations
of Usual Tools, Limitations of Make, Making testsuite Scripts):
Don't put '-o' after non-options, as POSIX doesn't allow this.
Mention that cc's name might be gcc or c89 or whatever.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make) <Automatic rule rewriting>:
Documents OSF1/Tru64 make behavior. Replace `VPATH = ../src' by
`VPATH = ../pkg/src' in examples to make the OSF1/Tru64 make
explanation clearer.
Paolo Bonzini [Thu, 25 Dec 2003 15:49:59 +0000 (15:49 +0000)]
2003-12-03 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* configure.ac: Test if sh -n works.
* configure: Regenerate.
* tests/atlocal.in: Store the result here.
* tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_SHELL_SYNTAX): Extracted from
tools.at, looking in atlocal's ac_cv_sh_n_works instead
of explicitly testing.
(AT_CHECK_PERL_SYNTAX): Moved from tools.at.
(AT_CHECK_AUTOCONF): Test for the configure script syntax.
* tests/tools.at (Syntax of the shell scripts): Simplify
using AT_CHECK_SHELL_SYNTAX.
(Syntax of the Perl scripts): Remove definition of
AT_CHECK_PERL_SYNTAX.
Paolo Bonzini [Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:04:12 +0000 (10:04 +0000)]
2003-11-26 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_BOURNE_COMPATIBLE):
Extracted from AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK, AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Move reinvocation code from
_AS_LINENO_WORKS, use it to find out if shell
functions work.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Don't find another shell if $LINENO
does not work.
(AS_INIT): Pass parameter down to AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Test that AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN
was called.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in: Regenerate.
* tests/wrapper.in: Regenerate.
* tests/tools.at: Test the syntax of tests/autoconf
and tests/testsuite.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:11:41 +0000 (16:11 +0000)]
* config/announce-gen (&print_locations, &print_signatures)
(&sizes): New.
Use them.
No longer rely on Gnus to inline the list of signatures: compute
them on the fly.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 24 Nov 2003 14:36:15 +0000 (14:36 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): AC_PROG_LEX can
override some files.
(Input): AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(aux) is a bad idea on DOS.
From Debian Autoconf 2.58.
Paolo Bonzini [Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:40:58 +0000 (10:40 +0000)]
2003-11-24 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* TODO: Remove already done things. Update the part
about finding tools for the target.
2003-11-24 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (AC_USG, AC_MEMORY_H,
AC_DIR_HEADER): Make wording more consistent.
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_CYGWIN, AC_EMXOS2,
AC_MINGW32): Explain the transition better.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (AC_INT_16_BITS,
AC_LONG_64_BITS): Explain the transition better.
2003-11-24 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Obsoleting Macros): Don't
document the third parameter of AU_DEFUN.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 (AU_DEFINE): Remove.
(AU_DEFUN): Remove the third parameter, it was not used.
Use AC_DEFUN directly, not AU_DEFINE.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (AC_LINK_FILES): Move the message
into the expanded body, consistently with other macros
such as AC_USG.
Kevin Ryde [Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:26:12 +0000 (22:26 +0000)]
Bit more of:
* doc/autoconf.texi (Using System Type): Revise, showing $host rather
than $target since the latter is not usual, add guidelines on when to
use or not use the system type.
Kevin Ryde [Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:32:52 +0000 (23:32 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (Using System Type): Revise, showing $host rather
than $target since the latter is not usual, add guidelines on when to
use or not use the system type.
Kevin Ryde [Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:32:10 +0000 (23:32 +0000)]
(Using System Type): Revise, showing $host rather
than $target since the latter is not usual, add guidelines on when to
use or not use the system type.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCPATHS): Fix use of AS_SET_CATFILE
so that ac_abs_builddir, ac_abs_top_builddir, ac_abs_srcdir,
and ac_abs_top_srcdir are absolute paths.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SET_CATFILE): Remove misleading comment.
Kevin Ryde [Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:20:12 +0000 (21:20 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (Using Autotest): Avoid @strong{Note: ...}, since
it provokes a warning from makeinfo about looking like a cross
reference in info output.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Function Portability): Add notes on signal
handler return type, as per AC_TYPE_SIGNAL.