Akim Demaille [Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:31:54 +0000 (13:31 +0000)]
* bin/autoconf.in (--include, -I): New option.
Map --localdir, --autoconf-dir onto it.
Forward autom4te's options instead of interpreting them.
* bin/autoconf.in, bin/autoheader.in (AC_MACRODIR, autoconf_dir):
There is no such envvar since the inception of autom4te.cfg.
* bin/autom4te.in (&parse_args): Uniquify `@include'.
* bin/autoupdate.in: Adjust, and perform more control.
* tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CHECK_AUTOCONF): Adjust.
* tests/autoconf: Dittowise.
Akim Demaille [Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:31:37 +0000 (13:31 +0000)]
* bin/autoconf.in: Don't bother with `acsite.m4' and `aclocal.m4'.
* bin/autom4te.in (&find_file): Support `FILE?' standing for
optionally `FILE'.
Use -e, not -f, since /dev/null for instance is OK.
(&parse_args): Adjust.
* lib/autom4te.in (Autoconf): Add `acsite.m4?' and `aclocal.m4?'.
Akim Demaille [Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:30:11 +0000 (13:30 +0000)]
* configure.ac: Also find tested executables in bin.
* bin/autoconf.in, bin/autoheader.in, bin/autoreconf.in,
* bin/autoscan.in, autoupdate.in: Use exclusively the name of the
installed peer executables, only PATH is allowed to resolve it.
Pass `autoconf_dir' via options, not via invisible envvars.
* lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&find_peer): Remove.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): `AUTOTEST_PATH=a:b' gives
`abuild:asrc:bbuild:bsrc', not `abuild:bbuild:asrc:bsrc'.
* man/Makefile.am: Let help2man rely on PATH instead of trying to
find the executables for it.
* tests/Makefile.am: Major cleanup. Too lazy to document...
* tests/atlocal.in: Remove all the obscure envvar manipulations.
We only need PERL.
* tests/atspecific.m4, tests/tools.at: Passing --localdir is
indeed related to running the test suite, while passing
--autoconf-dir and others is related to running non installed
Autoconf executables. So don't do that, leave it to...
* tests/autoconf, tests/autoheader, tests/autom4te, tests/autoupdate,
* tests/autoscan: New.
* tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CHECK_M4SUGAR, AT_CHECK_M4SH): Don't
refer to library files: rely on --language.
Akim Demaille [Wed, 29 Aug 2001 09:52:49 +0000 (09:52 +0000)]
* lib/autom4te.in: New.
* lib/Makefile.am (edit, autom4te.cfg): New.
* bin/autom4te.in (BEGIN): Simplify.
Rely on `AC_MACRODIR' in addition of `autom4te_perllibdir'.
(&load_configuration): New. Use it.
(&parse_args): Support --mode, --set, and --melt.
* bin/autoconf.in: Simplify and adjust.
* tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE): Use --set.
* tests/atlocal.in: Adjust.
* BUGS: distcheck and check are weak.
Tim Van Holder [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:55:21 +0000 (11:55 +0000)]
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Reword some messages.
(AT_INIT): Check for the `times' builtin before using it.
Support test ranges as arguments to the testsuite.
Have -e imply -d as the help text suggested.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:21:51 +0000 (07:21 +0000)]
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT) <at_cmd_line>: Remove.
<at_cmd_line>: New.
Pass it to debug-*.sh scripts.
<AUTOTEST_PATH>: May contain absolute dir names.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:21:36 +0000 (07:21 +0000)]
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Log the command line.
Support `VAR=VAL' as arguments.
Compute PATH _after_ the options processing, so that AUTOTEST_PATH
may be set via the command line.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:21:20 +0000 (07:21 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/autotest.m4 (AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR): $2 defaults to $1.
* lib/autotest/autotest.m4 (AT_INIT): Expand AUTOTEST_PATH into
first the build dirs, then the src dirs.
* configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR): Adjust.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:20:21 +0000 (07:20 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCPATHS): Rename `ac_dots' as
`ac_top_builddir' to mimic Automake's vocabulary, which much more
readable.
Adjust callers.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Actions): Document the vars
available in commands.
Emphasize the risks of collisions in init-cmds.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:16:23 +0000 (07:16 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCPATHS): New.
(_AC_OUTPUT_LINKS, _AC_OUTPUT_FILES, _AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS): Use it.
Standardize the var names (ac_sub_srcdir -> ac_srcdir, ac_subdir
-> ac_dir).
(_AC_OUTPUT_HEADERS): AS_DIRNAME always return a dir name.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_HELP): Ditto.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:12:16 +0000 (07:12 +0000)]
Automake 1.5.
* Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Add 1.5 and dist-bzip2.
(AMTAR): Help automake define it.
(INSTALL, install-data-hook): The INSTALL.txt trick is no longer
needed, 1.5 can have a macro and a target with the same name.
* m4/auxdir.m4, m4/cond.m4, m4/depend.m4, m4/install-sh.m4,
* m4/strip.m4: New.
* m4/init.m4, m4/sanity.m4: Update.
* doc/Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): 1.5 knows the texi2dvi files.
* lib/autoconf/Makefile.am, lib/autotest/Makefile.am,
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am, lib/autoscan/Makefile.am,
* lib/Autom4te/Makefile.am, man/Makefile.am: Use dist/nodist.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:08:56 +0000 (07:08 +0000)]
Provide a mean to ``AC_PREREQ'' for M4sugar, M4sh and Autotest.
* lib/autoconf/version.in: Remove.
* lib/m4sugar/version.in: New.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_acversion, m4_version_prereq): New.
Adjust callers.
* bin/autoupdate.in: Distinguish M4sugar vs. Autoconf macros by
the name of the directory they're in, instead of the filename,
since version.m4 is now in m4sugar, but m4_acversion must not be
classified as an Autoconf macro.
($input_m4): Don't qualify the path to m4sugar.
Rather, pass autoconf_dir to m4.
* tests/Makefile.am (testsuite): Remove -I top_srcdir, unneeded.
* tests/suite.at: Require 2.52c.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:03:48 +0000 (07:03 +0000)]
testsuite.log should include config.log.
* lib/autotest/autotest.m4: New.
* lib/autotest/general.m4, tests/atspecific.m4: Adjust.
* tests/suite.at : Adjust.
(AT_INIT): Log config.log.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_text_box): New.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_BOX_LITERAL): Adjust.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_CONFIG_LOG): Use them.
(_AC_INIT_PREPARE): Fix the incredibly messy and buggy completion
of config.log on traps.
(_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Use AS_BOX.
Use consistently `_ACEOF' for configure's here docs, and `_CSEOF'
for config.status'.
Open the log as soon as possible.
Use the same log introduction as configure's.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_C_BIGENDIAN): Prepare the cross-compile
program with AC_LANG_PROGRAM before feeding it to
AC_COMPILE_IFELSE. Cleanup grep usage.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:16:54 +0000 (15:16 +0000)]
* ChangeLog, ChangeLog.0, ChangeLog.1, ChangeLog.2, AUTHORS, BUGS,
* NEWS, README, README-alpha, TODO, tests/README: This package is
`Autoconf', not `autoconf' (the executable).
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:46:59 +0000 (14:46 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PACKAGE): Warn if the
arguments are not literals.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input) <AC_INIT>: Arguments must be literals.
Specify the output variables, and macros defined.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:46:41 +0000 (14:46 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (Examining Declarations) <AC_TRY_CPP>:
(Examining Syntax) <AC_TRY_COMPILE>
(Examining Libraries) <AC_TRY_LINK>
(Test Programs) <AC_TRY_RUN>: These macros double quote some of
their arguments.
Reported by Werner Lemberg.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:46:29 +0000 (14:46 +0000)]
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Compute top_builddir,
top_srcdir and srcdir from at_topbuild_2_topsrc and at_testdir.
Load atlocal late enough to dump it in the log.
* m4/atconfig.m4 (AT_CONFIG): Pass them to atconfig.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:46:02 +0000 (14:46 +0000)]
* tests/torture.at (Configuring subdirectories): New test.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Say what you are
looking for.
* m4/atconfig.m4: Be sure the let $[0] be expandable.
(top_srcdir): Fix its computation.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:45:49 +0000 (14:45 +0000)]
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS): Say what you do.
* m4/atconfig.m4 (AT_CONFIG): $1 is now the directory where the
test suite lives.
Create `atconfig' automagically.
Configure atlocal.in if present.
* tests/atconfig.in: Remove.
* tests/atlocal.in: New.
* tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:45:22 +0000 (14:45 +0000)]
Huh!?!?! There are still some user EOF tags used, which prevents
their use in AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS for instance...
* lib/autoconf/general.m4, lib/autoconf/specific.m4,
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Rename the EOF tags as `_ACEOF',
`_CSEOF', or `_ATEOF', as appropriate.
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am, lib/autoconf/Makefile.am,
* lib/autotest/Makefile.am (check-local): Enforce this constraint.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:45:00 +0000 (14:45 +0000)]
Autotest invokes M4sh's initialization.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Adjust the diversion names.
(AT_INIT): Run AS_INIT.
Use the BINSH diversion to invoke /bin/sh.
* tests/base.at, tests/m4sh.at, tests/m4sugar.at, tests/tools.at:
* tests/torture.at: Respect M4sugar and M4sh macro name spaces.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:44:48 +0000 (14:44 +0000)]
Let M4sh have its own diversions.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_m4_divert(BINSH), _m4_divert(REVISION))
(_m4_divert(NOTICE)): Rename as...
* lib/m4sugar/m4msh.m4 (_m4_divert(BINSH), _m4_divert(HEADER-REVISION))
(_m4_divert(HEADER-COMMENT)): these.
(_m4_divert(HEADER-COPYRIGHT), _m4_divert(HEADER-COPYRIGHT)): New.
(_m4_divert(NOTICE)): New, for Libtool.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_m4_divert(PREPARE)): Remove, replaced
long ago with `_m4_divert(GROW)'.
(AC_COPYRIGHT, AC_REVISION, _AC_INIT_NOTICE): Adjust.
Akim Demaille [Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:46:05 +0000 (14:46 +0000)]
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Refer to `$as_me.log', not
`$0.log' as for projects where testsuite is in src, we'd have
testsuite.log created in src.
Akim Demaille [Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:07:26 +0000 (12:07 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi: Work around Texinfo buglets.
(Transformation Rules): One example is enough, users are expected
to have their brains on. And BTW, use DESTDIR.
(dvar): New macro. Use it.
Akim Demaille [Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:07:10 +0000 (12:07 +0000)]
* doc/autoconf.texi (Writing testsuite.at) <AT_CHECK>: Complete.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Use the relative dir when
looking for ChangeLogs.
Akim Demaille [Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:49:59 +0000 (07:49 +0000)]
* bin/autom4te.in (@m4_warning): New.
(&handle_m4): Use it.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4_warn): Pass `-f' to autom4te to ensure the
warnings are issued at each run.
* tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CHECK_M4SUGAR, AT_CHECK_M4SH): M4sugar
is in the src tree.
Akim Demaille [Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:25:05 +0000 (12:25 +0000)]
* Makefile.am: Remove dead code and dead comments.
(pdf, html): New targets.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Using Autotest): New chapter.
* doc/Makefile.am (pdf): New targets.
(CLEANFILES): Adjust.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_C_BIGENDIAN): Guess endianness by grep'ing
magic values from an object file when cross-compiling.
Based on code by Guido Draheim <Guido.Draheim@gmx.de>.
Akim Demaille [Tue, 7 Aug 2001 07:57:01 +0000 (07:57 +0000)]
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): All the `at-*' are to be
removed.
(at-setup-line): Huh? Be a variable `at_setup_line', not a file.
No need to remove the files before and after the each test, before
each test and at the end of the suite is enough.
Display only the children `times', not the shell's.
If the test failed or was skipped, at-times is not available.
Akim Demaille [Tue, 7 Aug 2001 07:56:51 +0000 (07:56 +0000)]
Always produce testsuite.log, including when there are no
failures. This helps getting information on skipped tests, and
duration of the tests. Err, implement the latter btw.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Set up fd 6 for the log.
Dump information on the first run of each test.
(AT_CLEANUP): Create `at-times' containing the duration of the
test group.
Akim Demaille [Tue, 7 Aug 2001 07:56:40 +0000 (07:56 +0000)]
The use of `dumpstat' revealed that `len' was used although it
should not. m4_text_wrap was using it, but in the Autoconf world
where it is legal. Hence (i) test M4sh in its own world, not
Autoconf's, and (ii), ahem, fix the bug :)
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Be sure the set good quotes, as tracing
does not like `' instead of [].
(AT_INIT): Forbid `^_?AT_'.
And don't output such tokens.
* tests/Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Add `script', `script.s4g',
`script.as', and `autom4te.cache'.
Remove `empty' and `macro' which are no longer used.
* tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CHECK_M4SUGAR, AT_CHECK_M4SH): New.
* tests/m4sugar.at: Use it.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4: Use `m4_len' not `len'.
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