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Stefano Lattarini 95b717e8 2011-02-15T10:17:53 Merge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini 5bf7af6e 2011-01-31T21:24:02 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.
Stefano Lattarini 6d0cfa31 2011-02-10T10:13:59 Merge branch 'python-tests-extend' Conflicts: tests/Makefile.am tests/Makefile.in tests/python11.test tests/python2.test tests/python8.test tests/python9.test
Stefano Lattarini 06b46e1f 2011-01-24T22:26:55 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.
Ralf Wildenhues e9d5de54 2011-01-22T18:31:12 Merge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini 10315b6d 2011-01-19T20:20:37 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. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 1456186d 2011-01-16T12:15:19 Merge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini 19a272ee 2011-01-14T15:18:36 Update docs w.r.t. warning and strictness options. * doc/automake.texi (Strictness): Document that some warnings are turned off by default in `foreign' strictness. (Options): Divide into new sections "Options generalities" and "List of Automake options". Fix typo (colon instead of full stop). Document option precedence (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS wins over AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE which wins over command line). Also document interactions between options specifying strictness and those specifying warnings.
Ralf Wildenhues 104926af 2011-01-15T14:54:51 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. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Stefano Lattarini 2872bbbd 2011-01-12T23:44:02 Merge branch 'doc-yacc-d-improve' into maint
Stefano Lattarini 38a9b5f6 2011-01-12T23:36:16 Merge branch 'yacc-work'
Stefano Lattarini ba14eaec 2011-01-12T13:23:59 docs: clustered '-d' not recognized in YFLAGS This commit 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.
Stefano Lattarini a71a5686 2011-01-09T15:30:42 Merge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini bb528a71 2011-01-09T15:22:32 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.
Ralf Wildenhues dcc0f400 2011-01-08T20:18:03 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. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Karl Berry 6880ecb2 2011-01-08T10:04:17 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. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Stefano Lattarini a297a165 2011-01-07T22:01:20 Merge branch 'yacc-clean'
Stefano Lattarini d5a408d7 2010-12-24T22:00:40 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'). Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
Ralf Wildenhues 3c9e7acc 2011-01-02T05:38:18 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues 511ccb16 2011-01-02T05:31:41 Bump copyright years. * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years. * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise. * doc/automake.texi: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Stefano Lattarini 3fe9baba 2010-12-23T21:41:45 Merge branch 'tests-suffix-extend' Conflicts: tests/suffix10.test
Stefano Lattarini d7430fea 2010-12-22T00:08:53 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).
Stefano Lattarini 3374fa0f 2010-12-18T12:22:49 Merge branch 'maint'
Stefano Lattarini f6ab59ed 2010-12-18T12:17:14 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'.
Stefano Lattarini 4b285ef8 2010-12-16T19:47:36 docs: list LTLIBRARIES among Automake primaries * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): List `LTLIBRARIES' among the Automake primaries.
Ralf Wildenhues b6ee4603 2010-11-14T18:04:58 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues aa45fb2c 2010-11-14T17:57:56 Rebuild menus in the manual. * doc/automake.texi: Rebuild menus (using ^C ^U ^A in emacs). Thanks to Ian Lance Taylor for the suggestion. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Stefano Lattarini 37b0aeed 2010-11-13T12:21:28 Deprecate obsolete macro AM_WITH_REGEX. * m4/regex.m4: Document the `AM_WITH_REGEX' macro as obsolete, and state that it should be removed two years from now. (AM_WITH_REGEX): Raise an m4-time warning of the "obsolete" category when this macro is used. * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros): Move description of `AM_WITH_REGEX' from here ... (Obsolete Macros): ... to here, and declare it as obsolete and "to be removed in a future version". * tests/regex-obsolete.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
Stefano Lattarini f7adc0f4 2010-11-06T20:32:48 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues d7c1679b 2010-10-03T12:29:40 Fix and document rules to not touch the tree with `make -n'. * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Document the problem of modifications during dry-run execution, propose solution. * NEWS: Update. * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Split recipe so the stamp file is not removed with GNU `make -n'. (lang_yacc_target_hook): Separate removal of parser output file and header remaking. * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Determine whether -n was passed to make, take care not to remove any files in that case. * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Separate removal of %STAMP% file from induced remaking of config header. * tests/autohdrdry.test, tests/lispdry.test, tests/yaccdry.test: New tests. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues d3134dcb 2010-11-01T22:35:09 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues a7ba28fd 2010-10-14T06:14:20 Add FAQ entry for bug reporting instructions. * doc/automake.texi (Reporting Bugs): New section. (Introduction): Refer to it. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Jim Meyering 6da46f31 2010-10-02T22:30:02 dist-xz, dist-bzip2: don't hard-code -9: honor envvar settings * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz): Do not hard-code xz's -9: that made it impossible to override. Instead, use its XZ_OPT envvar, defaulting to -9 if not defined. Thus no change in behavior when XZ_OPT is not set, and now, this rule honors the setting of that envvar when it is set. Suggested by Lasse Collin. (dist-bzip2): Likewise for it's corresponding envvar: BZIP2. * NEWS (Miscellaneous changes): Mention it. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Describe the newly enabled environment variables.
Ralf Wildenhues f6b05bd1 2010-10-03T11:44:13 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues b8c1325a 2010-10-03T11:42:12 Document and fix expansion of variables before rules. * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Document that variables are expanded before rules. * lib/am/check.am (am__check_post): Reword a bit so it does not get matched as a rule. Suggestion by Ben Pfaff. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 6edafbb5 2010-10-02T20:25:53 Implement EXTRA_maude_DEPENDENCIES for programs and libraries. * automake.in (handle_programs, handle_libraries) (handle_ltlibraries): Mark EXTRA_*_DEPENDENCIES as recognized. * doc/automake.texi (Linking, Program and Library Variables) (LIBOBJS): Document EXTRA_*_DEPENDENCIES. * lib/am/library.am (%LIBRARY%): Also depend on $(EXTRA_%XLIBRARY%_DEPENDENCIES). * lib/am/ltlibrary.am (%LTLIBRARY%): Also depend on (%XLTLIBRARY%_DEPENDENCIES). * lib/am/program.am (%PROGRAM%%EXEEXT%): Also depend on $(EXTRA_%XPROGRAM%_DEPENDENCIES). * tests/extradep.test, tests/extradep2.test: New tests. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. * NEWS: Update. Suggested by Eric Blake. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Stefano Lattarini ea1a4174 2010-09-26T16:39:45 Merge branch 'maint' Conflicts: Makefile.am Makefile.in lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm
Stefano Lattarini 6bc30609 2010-09-22T22:31:22 Manual: be more agnostic w.r.t. version control system used. * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): Also refer to `.svn' directories as a type of probably-unwanted files that are copied regardless when adding directories to EXTRA_DIST. (The dist Hook): Show a dist-hook example which removes Subversion `.svn' private directories from distdir, rather than CVS private directories. (missing and AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Try to be more agnostic w.r.t. the version control system used.
Stefano Lattarini 20abe4e5 2010-09-22T22:04:55 Manual: index refer to target "git-dist", not "cvs-dist". * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): Index the non-standard example about "git-dist" under the "git-dist" label, not under the "cvs-dist" one.
Stefano Lattarini eb8aece5 2010-08-17T22:19:08 Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking. * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
Stefano Lattarini f8ba1f4f 2010-08-17T19:23:47 Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am'). * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
Stefano Lattarini 8f3f7d7a 2010-08-17T22:19:08 Docs: clarify how to avoid automatic dependencies tracking. * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Mention that automatic dependencies tracking is enabled by default, but that the package developer can disable it altogether. Add a reference to the proper section for a more in-depth explanation.
Stefano Lattarini 92783d30 2010-08-17T19:23:47 Fix typo in manual (`Makefile.in' instead of `Makefile.am'). * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Fix typo.
Ralf Wildenhues 67211bd9 2010-08-16T22:26:23 Merge branch 'maint'
Bruno Haible 1194808c 2010-08-16T22:14:12 Don't hide the table of contents. * doc/automake.texi: Move the table of contents to the beginning. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 8426abf3 2010-08-09T21:36:32 Merge branch 'msvc' * msvc: Add new auxiliary 'ar-lib' script, wrapping Microsoft lib. Fix shell pattern negation in compile script.
Peter Rosin 9533d1f0 2010-08-01T08:38:05 Add new auxiliary 'ar-lib' script, wrapping Microsoft lib. * lib/ar-lib: New auxiliary script. * lib/Makefile.am: Add above. * tests/ar-lib.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Add above. * automake.in (@common_files): Distribute the 'ar-lib' script. * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs): Mention the new 'ar-lib' script. (Optional): Mention 'ar-lib' in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues f74062b3 2010-08-01T09:38:34 Merge branch 'msvc' * msvc: Wrap some MSVC options in the compile script.
Peter Rosin da15b997 2010-08-01T08:38:05 Wrap some MSVC options in the compile script. * lib/compile: MSVC supports naming the output file, the option is just not called -o, so transform -o into the appropriate form for MSVC. Also wrap some other options while at it (-L, -l, -Wl, -Xlinker and -I) and convert file names to windows form where needed for those options to make MSVC more usable in an autotooled environment. * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs): Document the above extension of the compile script. * NEWS: Updated. * tests/defs.in: New required entry 'cl'. * tests/compile3.test: New test. * tests/compile4.test: New test. * tests/compile5.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Update. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues b0f2ede9 2010-07-31T17:02:43 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues b1d81838 2010-07-31T14:16:15 Add more hints for debugging make rules. * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): Show command to find out expanded values of variables; point to makefile debugger. * THANKS: Update. Prompted by suggestion from Ludovic Courtès and Andy Wingo. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Patrick Welche 294d1bf8 2010-07-27T21:54:33 Fix typo in the manual. * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix typo. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues f54a09c3 2010-06-26T22:23:31 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues 9b72d668 2010-06-26T22:10:21 Update program --help output to match current GCS. * configure.ac: Set and substitute PACKAGE_URL if AC_PACKAGE_URL is not defined, for compatibility to Autoconf < 2.64. * Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT and PACKAGE_URL. (sc_diff_automake_in_automake): Update number of diff lines for additional substitutions. * aclocal.in (usage): Use PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. Point to Automake home page and GNU general help page. * automake.in (usage): Likewise. * doc/automake.texi: New flag PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, to factor email address. (Introduction, Creating amhello, amhello Explained, Options): Use it throughout. * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Substitute PACKAGE_BUGREPORT. * lib/Automake/Config.in ($PACKAGE_BUGREPORT): New global. * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use it for footer of fatal messages. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 10152e93 2010-06-26T22:07:12 Clean up @var handling in the manual. * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, lower-case @var names, replace a few one-character names. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues ccea7069 2010-06-21T21:08:13 Merge branch 'sl-yacc-work' * sl-yacc-work: Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes. Bugfix: $(AM_FLAGS)/$(FLAGS) precedence in Yacc/Lex. New tests, for bugs in Yacc/Lex AM_FLAGS and FLAGS precedence.
Ralf Wildenhues fee7d0d3 2010-06-21T20:56:08 Fix minor testsuite issues, update docs, for Yacc/Lex changes. * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Mention AM_YFLAGS, YFLAGS and AM_LFLAGS, LFLAGS in the order in which they now appear in the rules. * NEWS: Update. * tests/lflags.test, tests/lflags2.test, tests/yflags.test, tests/yflags2.test: Prefer `make -e' over `make VAR=VAL', to please maintainer-check. Ensure generated C files contain a declaration, to please compilers. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 915d00c6 2010-06-06T12:45:07 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues d7ab85e6 2010-06-06T12:44:32 Rewrite manual to be gender-neutral. * doc/automake.texi (GNU Build System) (Standard Directory Variables, General Operation, CVS) (Hard-Coded Install Paths, Dependencies As Side Effects): Rewrite text to not contain gender-specific pronouns when speaking about developers or users, either by avoiding pronouns or by addressing them as `you' instead. * THANKS: Update. Report by Christina Gratorp. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 8479c9ad 2010-05-23T14:32:39 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues 2a76de29 2010-05-23T14:27:32 Wildcards are not portable to NetBSD make. * doc/automake.texi (Wildcards): Document portability issue. * tests/extra10.test, tests/extra11.test, tests/extra12.test: Require GNU make. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues d4c5a007 2010-04-25T18:49:18 Merge branch 'maint' into foo
Ralf Wildenhues bf38d9c5 2010-04-25T17:19:54 Fix typo in manual. * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Add missing closing parenthesis. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 9e966db9 2010-03-28T18:06:22 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues ebd30f30 2010-03-28T17:56:50 Remove uses of @acronym and @sc. * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros, Limitations on File Names): Remove all usage of @acronym and @sc in the manual. Suggested by Karl Berry. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Karl Berry 92bd8069 2010-03-13T12:18:54 GNU hello uses fdl.texi, not gpl.texi. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust example to upstream change. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 4147afc1 2010-02-24T19:56:26 Merge branch 'lzip-support' * lzip-support: Add lzip compression support.
Antonio Diaz Diaz 3c3ff958 2010-02-24T19:41:59 Add lzip compression support. * automake.in (handle_dist): Recognize dist-lzip. (make_paragraphs): Map LZIP to dist-lzip. * doc/automake.texi (Dist): Add dist-lzip. (Options): Likewise. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Add dist-lzip. * lib/am/distdir.am (dist dist-all): Add command to create an lzip-compressed tarball. (distcheck): Handle lzip-compressed tarballs just like the others. * tests/defs.in: Test for lzip, too. * tests/lzip.test: New file, based on nogzip.test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add lzip.test. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues d3092078 2010-02-22T22:16:34 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues c84e8917 2010-02-22T18:53:51 Deprecate dist-lzma in favor of dist-xz. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions, Options): Adjust text to reflect renaming of lzma to xz. * NEWS: Update. Missing deprecation noted by Antonio Diaz Diaz. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues e75d52b1 2010-02-06T20:48:26 Merge branch 'maint'
Christos Kontas d56acb87 2010-01-23T23:23:08 Fix some typos in the manual * doc/automake.texi (Nested Packages, Rebuilding): Fix typos. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 7f2d6fb3 2010-01-17T12:08:50 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues 72c9d14d 2010-01-17T12:08:19 Bump copyright years. * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years. * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise. * doc/automake.texi: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 905414f8 2009-10-17T10:23:54 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues 8d677911 2009-10-17T10:15:18 Doc and comment typos. * automake.in (handle_ltlibraries): Fix typo in comment. * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise. * tests/lisp5.test: Likewise. * doc/automake.texi (Usage of Conditionals): Fix typo. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues c18b90ac 2009-10-11T13:47:15 Merge branch 'maint'
Ralf Wildenhues f3b4702d 2009-10-11T13:44:37 Improve description of the various *LINK variables. * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): _LINK also receives libraries to link against. _LINK may be generated. (Program Variables): Document reasons when per-target _LINK is used instead of LINK. (How the Linker is Chosen): Document how a per-target _LINK variable and per-target link flags override linker selection. * THANKS: Update. Report by Dave Korn against gcc/libstdc++-v3. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Debarshi Ray ffad4816 2009-09-25T21:39:33 New target to generate cscope database. * automake.in (handle_tags): Handle cscope. * doc/automake.texi (Tags): Document cscope. * lib/am/tags.am (CSCOPE): New macro. [TOPDIR_P] (AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): Add cscope. (cscope): New target. (cscopeclean): Likewise. (cscope.files): Likewise. (cscopelist): Likewise. (distclean-tags): Remove `cscope.out', `cscope.in.out', `cscope.po.out' and `cscope.files'. * NEWS: Update. Based upon earlier patch from Jesse Barnes. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Peter Johansson d5441f98 2009-09-18T20:11:36 Fix link to "Recursive Make Considered Harmful" paper. * doc/automake.texi (Alternative): Fix broken URL. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Reuben Thomas 11e738d4 2009-09-11T19:41:22 Fix outdated reference to sh-utils in the manual. * doc/automake.texi (Options): The reference to `sh-utils' should be to `coreutils'. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Jim Meyering 37bd57c8 2009-07-08T21:24:26 manual: fix a trivial grammar error. * doc/automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Fix grammar.
Ralf Wildenhues 32e88686 2009-05-23T22:06:07 Clarify how to enable `silent-rules' and other global options. * doc/automake.texi (Options): When introducing options, be more careful to note that not all of them can be specified in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS statements, and that some do not make sense in subdirectories. Note more prominently that `silent-rules' can only be specified in configure.ac. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Improve error message for `silent-rules', `tar-v7', `tar-ustar', `tar-pax' options specified in Makefile.am files. Report by Bruno Haible. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 2505a3e3 2009-05-17T16:25:01 Version 1.11. * configure.ac: Bump version to 1.11. * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Add line for 1.11. Remove line for 1.10b. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 5ad5fdf4 2009-05-17T14:12:24 Update release statistics, improve release-stats rule. * Makefile.am (release-stats): Output stderr of pstops in addition to catching it, for better debugging. * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Add line for 1.10.2. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 0619d409 2009-05-17T10:26:15 Vala: for now, require GNU make. * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): GNU make is currently required for Vala sources. * tests/vala2.test, tests/vala3.test, tests/vala5.test: Require GNU make. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Jürg Billeter b629ff7b 2009-05-17T10:14:13 Vala: Fix build when using per-target VALAFLAGS. This does not yet implement full per-target support for VALAFLAGS, however, this change at least fixes building when there is only one target per source file, which is the most common situation. * automake.in: Remove `VALAFLAGS' from `flags' in language struct. (lang_vala_finish_target): Handle `*_VALAFLAGS rewriting' manually here; check `VALAFLAGS' user variables. * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove vala5.test. * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Document per-target flag limitations. Signed-off-by: Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch> Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 27f63d48 2009-05-12T00:15:43 Document some formatting restrictions for Makefile.am files. For PR automake/540: * doc/automake.texi (General Operation, Usage of Conditionals): Variable assignments should not be indented by TABs, rule commands should. Conditional keyword statements should not be indented. Report by luoyi.ly@gmail.com. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Bruno Haible 763de95b 2009-05-02T09:26:58 Recommend *-local hooks without commands, for extensibility. * doc/automake.texi (Clean): Show how to write the clean-local extension with separate phony target. * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Practice what we preach by marking this phony. For consistency, rename from ... (check-clean-local): ... this. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 642786a5 2009-04-25T14:45:24 manual: fix trivial grammar errors. * doc/automake.texi (Subpackages, Vala Support, Java) (Checking the Distribution, Timeline): Fix `a' vs. `an' errors and duplicate `the'. Report by Eric Blake. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Fabian Alenius 07939c25 2009-04-21T20:52:23 Fix link to autotools tutorial. * doc/automake.texi (Autotools Introduction): Fix broken link. * THANKS: Update. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 0b77cd4e 2009-04-18T23:03:17 manual: add FAQ `Debugging Make Rules'. * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): New FAQ section. (Top, FAQ): Adjust menus, and capitalization of the description of the `Hard-Coded Install Paths' node. (Multiple Outputs): Add comment to restore font-lock for vim. Suggestion by Karl Berry. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues ef895abc 2009-04-19T08:50:46 Merge branch 'next' * next: (64 commits) More minor fixups to vala support. Improve Vala support. testsuite: do not fail on systems without read permissions. testsuite: parallel make fixes. silent-rules reorganization, --enable-silent-rules switch. manual: Add note about parallelism and tests ordering. Fix maintainer-check failure. parallel-tests: more testsuite exposure. parallel-tests: let VERBOSE=yes output appear before summary. parallel-tests: `clean recheck' should not rerun all tests. parallel-tests: Fix driver for nonempty executable extension. Fix a couple of $(EXEEXT)-related testsuite failure. Document last change in NEWS. Fix renamed objects with subdir-objects and other languages. Do not remove texinfo outputs upon mostlyclean. testsuite: unset TESTS, TEST_LOGS, to avoid interference. testsuite: generate $(parallel_tests) just when needed. Remove superfluous line from recheck recheck-html. parallel-tests: redo check-html, recheck, recheck-html. parallel-tests: LOG_COMPILER for tests without known extension. ...
Ralf Wildenhues ad9df850 2009-04-19T08:09:13 Merge branch 'mh-vala-support' into next * mh-vala-support: More minor fixups to vala support. Improve Vala support. Minor fixups for Vala support. Support Vala in non-recursive builds; more tests and fixes. Initial support for the vala programming language.
Ralf Wildenhues 00db1950 2009-04-19T08:06:51 More minor fixups to vala support. * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Fix typo in comment. * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Fix typo. Declare vala support as "initial". * NEWS: Likewise, declare vala support as "initial". Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Jürg Billeter 62796cb9 2009-04-05T15:16:48 Improve Vala support. * automake.in: Update to Vala 0.7.0 semantics, recover from removal of built sources, support silent-rules, drop _PKGNAME variables * doc/automake.texi, NEWS: Update. * lib/am/vala.am: Bump copyright years. * m4/vala.m4: Likewise. * tests/vala.test: Remove obsolete grep tests. * tests/vala1.test: Likewise. * tests/vala2.test: Test full build, distcheck, and distclean. * tests/vala3.test: Likewise, also test with subdir-objects. * tests/vala4.test: Bump copyright years. * tests/vala5.test: New test for per-target flags, expected to fail. * tests/Makefile.am: Update. * THANKS: Update. Signed-off-by: Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch> Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 6c4b250d 2009-04-19T07:59:42 Merge branch 'next' (early part) into mh-vala-support * 'next' (early part): (135 commits) parallel-tests: LOG_COMPILER for tests without known extension. More node renaming in the manual. Fix instdir-java.test failure. Fix testsuite failures due to nonexistent `dirlist' entries. Fix typo in manual. Avoid test failure due to paranoid TAR_OPTIONS envvar setting. Use more common spelling in diagnostic: s/canonic/canonical/. Post-release version bump. Version 1.10b. Minor NEWS update. Reorganize nodes in the manual. Update AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS for parallel-tests. parallel-tests: New target recheck-html. Rewrite maintainer-check in separate tests, parallelizable. Fix maintainer-check failure. Fix latex warning in manual. Sync auxiliary files from upstream. parallel-tests: redo lazy checking: recheck and RECHECK_LOGS. parallel-tests: do not mark check-TESTS as `.MAKE'. parallel-tests: warn about $(srcdir), $(top_srcdir) in TESTS. ...
Karl Berry 32386e0d 2009-04-14T21:43:08 manual: improve markup: itemize list in `Extending'. * doc/automake.texi (Extending): Use `@item's for user override semantics. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 2c74a340 2009-04-13T23:17:39 silent-rules reorganization, --enable-silent-rules switch. This patch introduces a configure-time option to set the default verbosity. Since configure now needs to know whether the `silent-rules' automake option was set, the latter can only be set within AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, or with a new AM_SILENT_RULES macro but not any more through AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS or the automake command line option `--silent-rules'. * automake.in (define_verbose_var): Define the default verbose variable in terms of `$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)'. (handle_configure): Do not pass `--silent-rules' to automake. (scan_autoconf_traces): Trace `AM_SILENT_RULES'. If seen, enable global `silent-rules' option. (usage): Do not document `--silent-rules'. (parse_arguments): Do not accept `--silent-rules'. * doc/automake.texi (Options): Overhaul. Document AM_SILENT_RULES, --enable-silent-rules, --disable-silent-rules, AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY. Show an example for user-added variables for less verbose output. (Invoking Automake): Remove documentation for `--silent-rules'. (Public Macros): Document `AM_SILENT_RULES'. * NEWS: Update. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Accept `silent-rules' only as option in configure.ac. * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): If the `silent-rules' option was enabled, require `AM_SILENT_RULES'; move AM_BACKSLASH initialization to ... * m4/silent.m4 (AM_SILENT_RULES): ... this new file, new macro. Deal with `--enable-silent-rules' switch; define AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY. * m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Add silent.m4. * tests/dollarvar.test: Remove tests for `--silent-rules', use `AM_SILENT_RULES'. * tests/flavor.test: Remove test for `--silent-rules'. * tests/silent.test: Use `AM_SILENT_RULES' instead of `AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = silent-rules'; use `--enable-silent-rules'. * tests/silent2.test: Likewise. * tests/silent3.test: Likewise. * tests/silent4.test: Likewise. * tests/silent5.test: Likewise. * tests/silent6.test: Likewise. Test `AM_SILENT_RULES' as well as `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([silent-rules])' instead of `--silent-rules'. * tests/silent7.test: Use `AM_SILENT_RULES' instead of `AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = silent-rules'; ensure the latter is rejected. Test combinations of --enable-silent-rules and --disable-silent-rules with `make V=0' and `make V=1'. Suggestion for configure-time switch by Bob Friesenhahn. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Ralf Wildenhues 2e959a81 2009-04-13T13:36:19 manual: Add note about parallelism and tests ordering. * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Dependencies between test logs work for tests with known extensions only. Hint that tests should be prepared to be run in parallel. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>