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1d35638b 2024-06-07 08:41:45 maint: spelling and whitespace fixes Most of these spelling fixes are just to comments and documentation. However, some affect tests as follows: * t/cond36.sh (tparse.h): Fix misspelling of dependency. * t/disthook.sh: Fix misspelling of file. * t/help3.sh: Fix misspelling of long option. * t/instdir-ltlib.sh: Fix misspellings of macro names. This causes the test to fail, so someone with libtool expertise needs to look into this. * t/tap-no-spurious-numbers.sh (highno): Fix misspelling of shell var.
2e3b7da5 2024-06-02 10:47:20 maint: support test releases numbered from .90 for announcements. * maintainer/maint.mk (beta_version_rx, alpha_version_rx): update to use MAJOR.MINOR.90, .92, ..., for "beta" (test) releases, and .91, .93, ... for "alpha" (development). Follows the 2024-01-21 change. * HACKING: typo en passant.
788615aa 2024-05-31 08:55:10 maint: prepare for next pretest. * HACKING: typo, tweak release info. * maintainer/maint.mk: typo. * maintainer/syntax-checks.mk: typo, and exclude test-defs.sh (actually .in) from the `...` test because I can't figure out how to get the same results with $(...).
23e69f6e 2024-05-27 12:34:35 test: check that subsecond mtime works with make. Trying to fix https://bugs.gnu.org/68808. * m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): check that make works with subsecond mtimes, as well as sleep and ls. (Known to fail with the make 3.81 that ships with macOS.) * configure.ac (MTIME_RESOLUTION): notice if it erroneously expands to the empty string, i.e., fall back to 1 if $am_cv_filesystem_timestamp_resolution ended up being unset. * t/ax/test-defs.in (MTIME_RESOLUTION): also fall back to 1 if the variable to not set, with a message. Fix other typos en passant. * HACKING: tweak.
2f120f1b 2024-01-30 15:10:21 doc: mention pyenv. * HACKING: mention pyenv as a way to test different Python versions.
5bb9bb42 2024-01-24 15:43:24 doc: typo for Channels.pm, mention files for which we are the master. * HACKING: mention files for which we are the master. * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: typo for Automake::Channels; mention that we hold the master copy of this. * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: update/add text for master copy notice. * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/Getopt.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: likewise.
211dc035 2024-01-24 15:34:29 doc: more about pretest numbering. * HACKING: mention change to numbered pretests. * configure.ac: and hence am_beta_version_rx won't match any more. Let's just call all pretests development snapshots.
b80b5c47 2024-01-01 11:29:06 maint: make update-copyright
0249be1e 2023-12-25 15:38:15 test: force long sleep with explicit cache variable setting. From https://bugs.gnu.org/67670. * t/ax/test-defs.in: when MTIME_RESOLUTION is set to 1 because automake/autom4te do not support subsecond-mtime, also set am_cv_sleep_fractional_seconds=false. Otherwise the random parallel test failures from given bug and others return. * m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_SLEEP_FRACTIONAL_SECONDS): reformat. (_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): elide "the" in AC_CACHE_CHECK. * t/amassign.sh: end with :. * HACKING: more on debugging tests. * NEWS: update.
f033898f 2023-12-24 14:56:50 doc: update location of FETCHFILES variable. Report and patch: https://bugs.gnu.org/68004. * HACKING: FETCHFILES has been moved: Makefile.am -> maintainer/maint.mk.
80b72e67 2023-12-18 14:20:55 maint: announcement text tweaks. * HACKING: mention DEVEL_SNAPSHOT=1 for us. * NEWS: tweak text. * maintainer/maint.mk (announcement): tweak text, ls -l ./announcement as a clue as to where the result is.
5c8dce80 2023-12-13 10:17:49 doc: checklinkx tweaks. * HACKING: mention checklinkx to check for broken links. * contrib/checklinkx: mention us in version info; use warnings instead of -w.
2d91e57b 2023-10-30 10:14:51 doc: user conditional for dependency tracking. * doc/automake.texi (Automatic dependency tracking): Describe basing a conditional for dependency tracking on the shell variable enable_dependency_tracking. Mentioned by Nick Bowler. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-09/msg00004.html * HACKING: Capitalization.
7db4d7d1 2023-06-24 18:31:29 doc: bring a few examples up to date. * doc/automake.texi (Built Sources Example): use @kbd for typed commands; show current output. (Checking the Distribution): refer to Third-Party Makefiles for the do-nothing dvi target example. Other small wording tweaks throughout. * HACKING: consistently omit $ prompt. Say a bit more about versions of Autoconf. Describe actual current status of branches (only master in use). Give some topic examples. "rerun" not "re-run". Other small wording tweaks throughout.
e5168045 2023-05-27 17:59:51 doc: HACKING bug merge; doc/local.mk help2man update hints. * HACKING: give bug merge example. * doc/local.mk: how to update help2man manually; fix checklinkx sleep comment.
34bdde96 2023-01-04 02:00:14 maint: make update-copyright
63216e55 2022-10-06 14:08:55 doc: typo in HACKING changes. * HACKING: allow backward compatibilities again.
96fd38d7 2022-10-01 09:19:57 more HACKING tweaks
7191c6b4 2022-10-01 09:02:15 aclocal: protect against Perl undefined warnings. * bin/aclocal.in (usage): check that envvars (ACLOCAL_AUTOMAKE_DIR, ACLOCAL_PATH) are defined before printing values. * HACKING: describe running scripts from checkout, et al.
b64df48b 2022-01-23 14:27:11 doc: singular/plural agreement, since it's easy. * HACKING: singular/plural agreement. * t/README: likewise.
6c8ff6a8 2022-01-12 14:15:12 maint: make update-copyright
522e0d40 2021-08-07 17:54:17 doc: typos from codespell. * HACKING: typo from codespell. * doc/local.mk: likewise. * lib/am/header-vars.am: likewise. * lib/am/lisp.am: likewise. * t/cond24.sh: likewise. * t/cond36.sh: likewise. * t/dist-auxdir-many-subdirs.sh: likewise. * t/link_override.sh: likewise. * t/parallel-tests-console-output.sh: likewise. * t/subobj11a.sh: likewise. * t/subobj11b.sh: likewise.
d5ca48a6 2021-07-17 12:55:12 doc: NEWS tweak * NEWS: Indent consistently.
bb0cd901 2021-07-17 18:10:21 doc: update HACKING. * HACKING: update for some current realities.
0c8100cb 2021-05-12 18:08:02 doc: HACKING updates. * HACKING: some additional tidbits.
7665b8e2 2020-02-29 08:11:23 doc: gender tweak * HACKING: s/his/their/
cf27a3df 2020-01-01 11:44:41 maint: make update-copyright
5ae02cc8 2019-10-14 13:46:55 maint: make update-copyright
e8c08f51 2018-01-15 16:42:09 maint: Document how to use Guix for Automake development * HACKING <Setting the development environment>: New part.
bbaa4cdc 2018-01-04 16:19:30 maint: Update copyright years to 2018 This update has been made with 'make update-copyright'.
2e6c978a 2017-11-24 13:28:24 maint: Update HACKING * HACKING (Working with git): Remove reference to the 'micro' branch and adapt branch descriptions to the current branching scheme.
5f1e0dde 2017-09-20 12:50:25 maint: 'master' should be merged into 'next' * HACKING: Fix instructions merge instructions.
ced195a8 2017-09-06 01:11:50 maint: Document new Branch names convention * HACKING: Update to new Branch names.
c2757b97 2017-09-19 13:43:07 maint: Reset master
3562e384 2017-09-16 13:03:36 Prefer https: URLs In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is downstream of, which I'll patch separately. Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers, and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other countries browse US-based websites. See, for example: Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626 HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should take some care here.
199e7a44 2017-09-16 13:03:36 Prefer https: URLs In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is downstream of, which I'll patch separately. Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers, and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other countries browse US-based websites. See, for example: Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626 HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should take some care here.
29408e8b 2017-09-15 12:04:19 maint: Document how to handle assignment exemption * HACKING: Update.
386569b2 2017-05-18 14:50:03 bootstrap: Rename 'bootstrap.sh' to 'bootstrap'. Follow Gnulib's convention of using either "bootstrap" or "autogen.sh" file names for development bootstrap scripts. * bootstrap.sh: Rename to ... * bootstrap: ... this. * GNUmakefile (bootstrap): Adapt. * HACKING: Likewise. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Likewise. * doc/automake.texi (Future of aclocal) (Error required file ltmain.sh not found): Likewise. * maintainer/maint.mk (autodiffs, update-copyright): Likewise.
d8add592 2017-03-02 18:55:53 maint: Update copyright years to 2017. This update has been made with 'make update-copyright'.
1370ce5f 2017-01-01 08:34:49 maint: update copyright dates for 2017 * all files: Run this command, using update-copyright from gnulib: UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_FORCE=1 \ UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=2 \ UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_MAX_LINE_LENGTH=79 \ update-copyright $(git ls-files)
5de75f07 2015-01-05 22:48:33 maint: update copyright years to 2015 (branch 'micro') Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
a78f63c5 2014-04-21 15:10:54 maint: update copyright years We've been in 2014 already for few months now... Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
055893ba 2013-12-24 13:49:44 HACKING: minor clarification Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
86e45fe1 2013-05-23 20:12:17 Merge branch 'micro' into maint * micro: tests: avoid '$MAKE' redirections, use 'run_make' instead tests: avoid use of redirected 'run_make' invocations lint: warn against redirected 'run_make' invocations comments: next GNU make release 4.0, not 3.83 tests: fix a potential spurious failure due to global config.site HACKING: it's OK to do testsuite refactoring in a micro version Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
d9a3a447 2013-05-22 20:13:41 HACKING: it's OK to do testsuite refactoring in a micro version Reported-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
6aaa128d 2013-05-16 13:35:45 Merge branch 'micro' into maint * micro: tests: remove exec bit from all of them ('micro' branch) maint: tests no longer need to have executable bit set
48fc2d83 2013-05-16 12:13:32 maint: tests no longer need to have executable bit set It has been a while since they are runnable only through "make check" or "./runtest", and not directly. * HACKING: Adjust. * t/README: Likewise, and updated the surrounding text to get rid of obsolete statements and advices. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
52a76013 2013-05-15 22:54:15 Merge branch 'micro' into maint * micro: post-release: micro version bump (1.13.2a) release: stable micro release 1.13.2 vala tests: skip in a cross compiler setup HACKING: miscellaneous fixes, updates and enhancements NEWS: minor improvements to wording (about new versioning scheme) Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
3a4c7cf9 2013-05-15 19:34:41 HACKING: miscellaneous fixes, updates and enhancements Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
5daad702 2013-02-20 22:14:55 Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint * branch-1.13.2: coverage: expose automake bug#13760 tests: refactor/enhance tests about make dry-run mode maint: describe new versioning and branching scheme, and adjust to it Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
97aaf121 2013-02-17 10:25:29 maint: describe new versioning and branching scheme, and adjust to it See discussion about automake bug#13578 for more details and background. Basically, for the versioning scheme: - micro versions only for bug and regression fixing; - minor versions for new backward-compatible features, and new non-fatal deprecations; - major versions for backward-incompatibilities, complex new features, and major refactoring. And for the git branching scheme: + branch 'next' is for the upcoming major version; + branch 'master' is now for the upcoming minor version; + branch 'maint' is for the upcoming micro (bug-fixing) version; + the merging hierarchy is: 'maint' -> 'master' -> 'next'. * HACKING (Automake versioning and compatibility scheme): New. (Working with git): Adjust. * NEWS: Update and fix. * aclocal.in: Adjust some "FIXME" messages. * automake.in: Likewise. * m4/mkdirp.m4: Likewise. * t/aclocal-acdir.sh: Likewise. * t/aclocal-macrodir.tap: Likewise. * t/aclocal-macrodirs.tap: Likewise. * lib/Automake/Options.pm: Likewise. * m4/internal/ac-config-macro-dirs.m4: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
57b72c4b 2013-02-13 19:39:38 style: call perl functions 'like_this()', not '&like_this()' We can do so now that our build rules auto-generate a list of prototypes for all functions ins our scripts. * automake.in: Adjust throughout. * HACKING: Adjust advises. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1ab8fb6d 2013-01-11 18:57:28 HACKING: suggest more checks before releasing In particular, "make check-no-trailing-backslash-in-recipes", "make check-cc-no-c-o" and "make maintainer-check" should also be run. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
01685620 2013-01-10 23:28:45 HACKING: minor typofix Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
38bb5c65 2013-01-10 23:27:21 HACKING: bug-tracker, the PLANS directory, and how to plan "big" changes Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
27fc8979 2013-01-10 23:16:37 HACKING: rewindable branches should live in the 'experimental/*' namespace Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
ca307a40 2013-01-10 23:10:58 HACKING: fixlets about git branch rewinding policy Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
801cbef2 2013-01-10 23:10:02 HACKING: commit messages are not to follow GCS ChangeLog rules too strongly Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
d7aef9bd 2013-01-10 23:06:27 HACKING: "detailed explanation" in commit messages is almost mandatory Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
7138cc5e 2013-01-10 23:04:06 HACKING: we use "merge --log" even when merging master Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
ad2e3170 2013-01-10 23:01:28 HACKING: typofix Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
7df8b28c 2012-12-31 18:18:37 maint: update copyright year for 2013 (in branch maint) Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
f72c2300 2012-12-15 14:09:10 HACKING: release process: fixlets about the announcement * HACKING: The announcement should be generate *before* bumping the version number to the next alpha number. Also, only an abridged version of the announcement should be copied on the Savannah news feed (a link to the complete announcement should be linked from there, though). Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
4c550df0 2012-12-13 16:03:35 HACKING: update instructions to update the manuals at www.gnu.org Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
49fb69d8 2012-12-08 20:11:39 docs: add rule to generate manuals for www.gnu.org Less clerical work to do by hand. * Makefile.am (web-manuals): New rule. (clean_texinfo_clutter): New macro. * clean-web-manuals, clean-texinfo-clutter: New cleaning rules. (clean-local): Depend on them. * .gitignore: Update. * HACKING: Adjust instructions for generation of manuals. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
6e8997d8 2012-12-08 19:49:33 docs: copy the 'gendocs.sh' script from Texinfo CVS repository As well as the 'gendocs_template' file. And enhance the "make fetch" target to keep them synced. It's better than having to fetch these files by hand each time a release is to be made. * Makefile.am (FETCHFILES): List 'gendocs.sh' and 'gendocs_template'. (fetch): Fetch them, into 'lib/'. (EXRA_DIST): Distribute them. * HACKING: Adjust instructions for generation of manuals. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
234a9cad 2012-12-08 18:45:42 release: generate a stub for the release announcement It's much better than having to write it my hand each time; after all, most of it is either boilerplate or a cope of NEWS entries. * Makefile.am (determine_release_type): Also set the shell variable '$announcement_type' appropriately. (print-release-type): Print the value of this new variable as well. (announcement): New phony target, generate a files with the same name. The recipe uses the shell variable '$announcement_type'. (CLEANFILES): Clean it. (PACKAGE_MAILINGLIST): New make macro, used when generating the 'announcement' file. * HACKING: Explain how to take advantage of the new convenience target. * .gitignore: Ignore the 'announcement' file. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
d85a97bd 2012-11-17 19:42:58 hacking: release procedure: fix order of some steps * HACKING (Release procedure): The manuals should be rebuilt and uploaded at at www.gnu.org *before* bumping the version number to the next alpha release. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1726b6d5 2012-08-12 21:30:56 readme: fixlets to HACKING * HACKING: Use longer "=====" lines to separate different section (this is just eye-candy admittedly, but I prefer it). (Release procedure): Don't tell to "update NEWS"; that should be updated throughout the normal course of development. Instead, tell to just check it. Improve description of the re-bootstrapping and rechecking procedure, also suggesting to use "git clean" beforehand (with all due warnings!). Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
a36a8f6e 2012-05-19 15:11:36 release: remove overly picky check * Makefile.am (git-tag-release): Do not check that the version number NEWS is updated w.r.t. $(VERSION); given the new way we manage NEWS, that would cause gratuitous spurious failures. * HACKING: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
f44ae9ea 2012-04-30 21:17:06 hacking: copyright notices must be updated before releasing * HACKING (Release procedure): Suggest to use "make update-copyright". Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
5f810d0d 2012-04-28 10:21:31 fixup: avoid unconditional re-bootstrapping on "make dist" Since our 'bootstrap' script is distributed, the 'distdir' target depends on it. But in our GNUmakefile, we also have a 'bootstrap' target declared .PHONY, which when called re-bootstrap the Automake distribution. Thus, whenever we run "make dist", GNU make sees it must remake the 'bootstrap' target (as it is a dependency of the 'distdir' target), and thus ends up re-bootstrapping all the package (because of the .PHONY 'bootstrap' target in GNUmakefile). We fix this issue by renaming our bootstrap script to 'bootstrap.sh'. * bootstrap: Renamed ... * bootstrap.sh: ... to this. * GNUmakefile (bootstrap): Adjust. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Likewise. (autodiffs): Likewise. * HACKING: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
fdf80a97 2012-04-18 18:31:24 hacking: fix typo * HACKING (Test suite): Refer to file 't/README', not to the non-existent 'tests/README'. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
68be923c 2012-04-11 20:21:35 hacking: fixlets w.r.t. the release procedure * HACKING (Release procedure): Do not state that the result of "make fetch" is woefully incomplete: this is not true anymore today. Suggest to re-run the testsuite after a "make fetch", in case any file has been updated. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
0d0cafcd 2012-04-02 18:16:38 hacking: described new branching policy for 1.12 an later This change closes automake bug#11153. * HACKING (Working with git): Document the new policy for automake branching and merging, which will start being applied after 1.12 is released: - the maintenance branch will be 'maint', and we will cut the maintenance releases directly from there; - the development branch will be 'master', and we will cut the new releases directly from there; - 'maint' will be kept regularly merged into 'master'. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
24cd4ca1 2012-04-02 17:41:41 hacking: autotools-generated files are not committed anymore * HACKING (Working with git) Generated files like 'configure', 'Makefile.in' and 'aclocal.m4' are not committed anymore in our git repository since some months. Remove obsoleted advices that assumed they still were. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
55c8794d 2012-04-02 17:36:24 hacking: simplify documentation of bootstrapping process * HACKING (Working with git): Do not suggest that, to ensure the bootstrapping process is performed with the latest autotools, the developer could explicitly pass $AUTOCONF and $AUTOM4TE in the environment to the ./bootstrap and ./configure invocations: that is a little tricky and quite fragile. Instead, suggest to just put modern-enough version of the autotools early in PATH. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
db1138c5 2012-03-18 22:31:45 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: install-mans: avoid spurious failure with NetBSD make install: don't create empty dirs when an empty 'foo_PRIMARY' is used aclocal: remove a couple of useless imports aclocal: create local directory where to install m4 files Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
368f1c4c 2012-03-16 23:48:53 install: don't create empty dirs when an empty 'foo_PRIMARY' is used Fixes automake bug#11030 and bug#10997. An empty declaration of "foo_PRIMARY" in a Makefile.am used to cause the generated install rules to create the directory $(foodir) anyway, even if nothing was to be installed there. While this could be seen as a convenient way to create a $(foodir) directory upon "make install" (respecting $(DESTDIR) settings and such), it also caused problems with conditionals; for example, an input of: if FALSE pgkdata_DATA = something endif caused the generated install rules to unconditionally create the $(pkgdatadir) directory (see automake bug#10997). Also, a user wanting to create an empty directory upon installation can easily do so with a custom install hook, as in: installdirs-local: $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(foodir) install-data-hook: installdirs-local On the other hand, the old behavior of "always create $(foodir), even if 'foo_PRIMARY' is empty" was harder and more tricky to override. Thus, from now on, an empty declaration of "foo_PRIMARY" will not cause the directory $(foodir) to be created upon "make install" anymore. * lib/am/data.am, lib/am/java.am, lib/am/libs.am, lib/am/lisp.am, lib/am/ltlib.am, lib/am/mans.am, lib/am/progs.am, lib/am/python.am, lib/am/scripts.am, lib/am/texinfos.am: Adjust install rules to avoid creating an installation directory if no files are actually to be installed there. * tests/instdir-empty.test: Remove, it was testing a semantic opposite to the one we now want and implement. * tests/instdir-no-empty.test: New test, check the new semantic. * tests/instdir-cond.test: Enhance. Move the still-failing part of the test ... * tests/instdir-cond2.test: ... here. * tests/list-of-tests.mk, tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Update. * tests/java3.test: Adjust to avoid spurious failures. * HACKING, NEWS, THANKS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
3a814608 2012-03-07 21:08:06 Merge branch 'msvc' into maint This merge remedies the confusing situation that some changes destined for both the master branch and the release branch (a.k.a. branch-1.11) currently needs to be made on the non-obvious msvc branch and not on the more natural maint branch. This has caused a seemingly endless string of less than optimal commits. The reason for the confusion stems from the fact that the changes made on the msvc branch became too radical and was considered only suitable for the master branch, and was thus written in a form suitable for master and then merged there. Later, the msvc branch was merged directly into branch-1.11, in order to rush the new features to the market and to keep the released scripts (lib/ar-lib, lib/compile and lib/depcomp) consistent with those on the master branch. However, some changes had to be made to the features added by the msvc branch in order for them to fit the requirements of branch-1.11, notably that the warnings issued in the extra-portability class cannot be enabled by -Wall in the 1.11.x maintenance releases. In retrospect, it would have been better to not merge msvc directly into branch-1.11, but instead do it via the maint branch (followed up with a dummy merge from maint into master) the moment it was decided that the msvc changes should make it into branch-1.11. All in all, this merge is going to affect neither the master branch nor branch-1.11, since it is followed up with dummy merges masking all changes. The merge is made to maintain the sanity of the poor developers, who wishes to once again have a working maint branch. Discussion about merging the msvc branch into branch-1.11: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-10/msg00030.html Discussion about why this merge hasn't happened before: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-12/msg00051.html Extra edits below. * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use the version from branch-1.11. * tests/ar-lib3.test: Likewise. * tests/ar-lib4.test: Likewise. * tests/extra-portability.test: Likewise. * tests/extra-portability2.test: Likewise. * tests/extradep.test: Likewise. * tests/extradep2.test: Likewise. * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Likewise. * HACKING: Backport the version from branch-1.11 while at it (as the change on branch-1.11 is also present on master via an unrelated commit), even though this change has nothing to do with the changes on the msvc branch.
3b5f6115 2012-02-25 22:01:17 hacking: document format for git commit messages * HACKING (Writing a good commit message): New section. (Working with git): A related minor adjustment. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
05613b2e 2012-02-23 15:40:31 hacking: update advice w.r.t. release process * HACKING: Don't describe the obsolete 'git-release' target anymore. Instead, document the new and improved targets 'git-tag-release' and 'git-upload-release' (introduced in commit v1.11-674-gaf5f939 of 25-01-2012, "release: revamp rules to tag and upload the releases").
88ac75a6 2012-02-23 15:27:36 hacking: do not quote `like this', as per GCS recommendation * HACKING: Quote 'like this' or "like this", not `like this'. This is done for consistency with the new recommendations in the GNU Coding Standards, and because I've come to actually prefer the '...' and "..." quoting format over the `...' one.
641a5a4b 2012-02-16 10:46:23 maint: run "make update-copyright"
bdfd2295 2012-02-12 11:02:32 docs: move chapter on automake history out of main manual The chapter on Automake history, while certainly interesting and even fascinating, does not truly pertain to a reference manual, so move it out from there and into its own dedicated file. This change is made more advisable and pressing by the fact that such and "Automake history" chapter hasn't been updated since the 1.9.6 release, so it has been becoming less faithful and useful since then. * doc/history.texi: New, manual on the history of the automake package; extracted from ... * doc/automake.texi: ... this file, with related adjustments. * doc/Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Add 'history.texi'. (history_TEXINFOS): New, list included file 'fdl.texi'. * Makefile.am (release-stats): Remove as obsolete. * HACKING (Release Procedure): Don't advise anymore to run the "release-stats" target and to update the manual with its output. * NEWS: Update. * .gitignore: Likewise.
3c66523f 2012-01-31 08:31:59 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: tests: do not assume the object file extension is .o tests: avoid spurious failure of 'transform2.test' on Cygwin tests: avoid spurious failure of deleted-am.test with FreeBSD make tests: avoid possibly undeserved PASS from check8.test warnings: more precise category and message for one warning release: revamp rules to tag and upload the releases amversion: add missing dependency hacking: update advice w.r.t. synced files hacking: don't reference ChangeLog anymore + Extra non-trivial edits: * tests/suffix8.tap: Copy in (by hand) the modifications done to 'suffix8.test' on maint, i.e., the addition of an explicit '.y_.obj:' suffix rule to Makefile.am.
5060920b 2012-01-25 10:09:17 hacking: update advice w.r.t. synced files * HACKING: Update and improve advices and explanations about files in the automake repository that are now owned by automake, but mirrored from other upstreams. Also, don't list these files explicitly, rather point the reader to the $(FETCHFILES) variable in Makefile.am. * Makefile.am (FETCHFILES): Don't state that "there should be a lot more here", as this is not true anymore today. Only 'COPYING' must be synced by hand.
bff57e68 2012-01-25 09:50:54 hacking: don't reference ChangeLog anymore * HACKING: Don't reference the ChangeLog file anymore, since that is now generated from the git commit messages, not maintained by hand. So remove advice that is obsolete, and speak about "git commit message" instead of "ChangeLog entry" for advice that is still relevant.
72c8dcb2 2011-12-22 22:16:12 Merge branch 'maint' into master. * m4/regex.m4: Bump serial number by some notches, for good measure. Prefer the deprecation message from maint over that from master. * m4/python.m4: Bump serial number. * tests/Makefile.am (canon6.log): Depend on `libtool-macros.log'. (canon7.log): Likewise. (extradep2.log): Likewise. (ar-lib4.log): Likewise. (ar-lib6a.log): Likewise. (ar-lib6b.log): Likewise. (vartypo2): Likewise. (posixsubst-ltlibraries.log): Likewise. * tests/defs: Adjust the path of the included `get.sh' scripts generated by `libtool-macros.test' and `gettext-macros.test'. * aclocal.m4: Delete, it's auto-generated now. * configure: Likewise. * Makefile.in: Likewise. * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise. * m4/Makefile.in: Likewise. * tests/Makefile.in: Likewise. * lib/Makefile.in: Likewise. * lib/am/Makefile.in: Likewise. * lib/Automake/Makefile.in: Likewise. * lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.in: Likewise. * .gitignore: Correctly ignored the autogenerated files that are not committed anymore.
dcc28ec3 2011-12-22 21:47:41 hacking: distribute it, and mention it in the ChangeLog Not distributing the HACKING file might make it more difficult, for some random curious user, to get informed about or interested in the Automake development process, or to send us patches. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add HACKING. * HACKING: It's OK to distribute this file, and to mention it in the ChangeLog.
ea67a2ea 2011-12-08 21:48:25 configure: print proper message for test releases * configure.ac: If the current release is detected to be a test release or a development snapshot, print a proper warning for the user. * README-alpha: Delete, it's obsolete now (and in fact this file hasn't been touched in eleven years, since release 1.4b or so). * HACKING (Release procedure): Don't say to update README-alpha.
c5f878ab 2011-12-20 14:14:08 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: test defs: hack to support autoconf-wrapper programs tests: fix a minor spurious failure with FreeBSD make tests: make two test scripts executable readme: reference webpages for automake mailing lists readme: update advice about testsuite execution readme: don't reference the old homepage at sources.redhat.com hacking: some more fixlets * NEWS: Fix typo in 'make dist-bzip2' description. release: don't run "make distcheck" automatically hacking: update on-line documentation for stable releases only hacking: described release procedure applies to beta releases too readme: the documentation is production quality now hacking: tell about platform-testers mailing list hacking: we don't use sources.redhat.com anymore hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes
e94a2808 2011-12-12 10:20:00 hacking: some more fixlets * HACKING (Release Procedure): Place the list of pre-release bootstrap-and-test commands on a line of its own, so it's easy to select and then paste it into a terminal window. Fix the explanation of "make git-release", as, since the previous change, "make git-release" would simply run "make dist" rather than "make distcheck". Suggestion from Jim Meyering.
9508ef35 2011-12-10 18:26:52 release: don't run "make distcheck" automatically * Makefile.am (git-dist): The developers should test extensively before finally creating the release tarball; so don't run "make distcheck" on their behalf here; instead ... * HACKING (Release procedure): ... state here that "make check" and "make distcheck" should be run before calling "make git-dist".
6416c6b8 2011-12-05 20:18:00 hacking: update on-line documentation for stable releases only * HACKING (Release procedure): On-line documentation at www.gnu.org should be updated for stable releases only.
f2d8555c 2011-12-05 20:15:46 hacking: described release procedure applies to beta releases too * HACKING (Release procedure): Explicitly state that the described procedure is valid for alpha/beta versions as well.
38087e06 2011-12-05 19:57:07 hacking: tell about platform-testers mailing list * HACKING (Release procedure): Announces for alpha and beta releases should be sent to the `platform-testers@gnu.org' mailing list. Some related rewording.
beff03e0 2011-12-05 19:48:34 hacking: we don't use sources.redhat.com anymore * HACKING (Release procedure): Don't explain how to upload the web pages at sources.redhat.com; we don't use that anymore.
c3d58912 2011-12-05 19:41:19 hacking: miscellaneous minor fixes * HACKING (Administrivia): If a commit fixes a bug registered at GNU debbugs, its bug number be reported in the ChangeLog entry. Re-order the entries to give more visibility to the advice on how to verify that a commit really fixes a bug. (Working with git): Improve advice about which pre-existing branch a topic branch should be based on.
8c4d0f06 2011-08-18 21:47:11 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: * THANKS (Daniel Richard G.): Update e-mail address. java: avoid compilation errors when CLASSPATH is empty parallel-tests: no more spurious successes for FreeBSD make hacking: we now require autoconf 2.68