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Ralf Wildenhues 541518fe 2008-01-10T20:49:07 Clarify texinfo.tex and TEXINFO_TEX semantics. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Clarify that by default, texinfo.tex is searched in the same directory as the Makefile.am that needs it. Clarify that TEXINFO_TEX has precedence over AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, and that it requires the user to install and distribute it. * tests/txinfo22.test: Ensure TEXINFO_TEX is not distributed. * THANKS: Update. Reports by Dilyan Palauzov and Roumen Petrov.
Ralf Wildenhues d315aef0 2008-01-02T19:59:08 Bump copyright years. * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Likewise. * automake.in ($gen_copyright, version): Likewise. * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
Ralf Wildenhues c975987c 2007-11-10T10:20:08 Fix default includes ordering to be `-I. -I$(srcdir) ...' again. * automake.in (handle_compile): Put -I$(srcdir) before include paths for config headers, as was done before Automake 1.10, but keep uniquified list without multiple adjacent spaces. * doc/automake.texi (Program variables): List include paths in order. * NEWS: Mention 1.10 regression. * tests/stdinc.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. * THANKS: Update. Report by Kent Boortz.
Ralf Wildenhues c8db74fc 2007-11-08T22:32:15 Implement colorized test output. * automake.in (handle_tests): Set COLOR depending on `color-tests'. * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Use `color-tests'. * doc/automake.texi (Tests, Options): Document test results, document new option, document AM_COLOR_TESTS. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Handle it. * lib/am/check.am (am__tty_colors): New variable. Enable colored output if TERM is not dumb and depending on AM_COLOR_TESTS and whether stdout is connected to a terminal. (check-TESTS): Use am__tty_colors. * NEWS: Mention color-tests. * tests/color.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
NightStrike 9c315dae 2007-11-08T22:23:34 For PR automake/526: * doc/automake.texi (Basic Installation): Fix typo.
Ralf Wildenhues 409466a9 2007-10-29T20:40:38 * doc/automake.texi (Program variables): Clarify that Automake does not put DEFAULT_INCLUDES in AM_CPPFLAGS, but passes it directly to compilation commands.
Ralf Wildenhues 062ce249 2007-10-29T20:21:33 Move to git as primary source repository. * Makefile.am (git-dist, git-release): Renamed and adjusted from ... (cvs-dist, cvs-release): ... these. (git-diff): New target, taken and adjusted from cvs-diff. * Makefile.in: Regenerate. * bootstrap: Adjust. * NEWS: Announce change. * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): cvs-dist is git-dist now. (Timeline): Mention change.
Ralf Wildenhues 18711253 2007-10-09T20:02:57 * automake.in: Treat extension .sx also like preprocessed assembler (.S), following GCC. * NEWS: Update. * doc/automake.texi (Assembly Support) (Unified Parallel C Support): Adjust. * tests/asm3.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
Jim Meyering 495b4155 2007-10-09T14:52:20 Add lzma compression support. * NEWS: Mention it. * automake.in (handle_dist): Recognize dist-lzma. (make_paragraphs): Map LZMA to dist-lzma. * doc/automake.texi (Dist): Add dist-lzma. (Options): Likewise. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-lzma): New rule. (dist dist-all): Add command to create an lzma-compressed tarball. (distcheck): Handle lzma-compressed tarballs just like the others. * tests/defs.in: Test for lzma, too. * tests/lzma.test: New file, based on nogzip.test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add lzma.test. * tests/Makefile.in: Regenerate. Suggestion from Karl Berry. Author: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Ralf Wildenhues 56bac80c 2007-08-19T07:46:52 * doc/automake.texi (gettext): Fix link to gettext manual.
Ralf Wildenhues f2205d30 2007-07-22T09:27:37 * doc/automake.texi (VPATH Builds): Fix wording. Report by Reuben Thomas.
Ralf Wildenhues 2b08a717 2007-07-16T21:55:43 * doc/automake.texi: Remove Front-Cover and Back-Cover Texts, this manual is not printed by the FSF.
Ralf Wildenhues 09e45234 2007-07-10T22:39:36 * doc/automake.texi: New Back-Cover Text. Report by Karl Berry.
Ralf Wildenhues b4c497b7 2007-05-03T17:57:41 * doc/automake.texi, lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos. * automake.in: Likewise. (am_primary_prefixes): Keep the intentional typo there.
Ralf Wildenhues 5d72dc40 2007-04-23T16:36:58 * doc/automake.texi (Python): Fix typo.
Ralf Wildenhues 574df3f6 2007-03-29T23:02:05 * automake.in (handle_tests): Rewrite XFAIL_TESTS just like TESTS, appending $(EXEEXT), so that matching continues to work on w32. * NEWS: Mention this. * doc/automake.texi (EXEEXT, Extending): Update. * tests/check7.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. Bug report by Ed Hartnett.
Ralf Wildenhues d82eb892 2007-01-27T16:32:12 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Fix the multiple outputs with locking example.
Ralf Wildenhues b4174c07 2007-01-27T16:17:54 * doc/automake.texi (Subpackages): Fix ambiguous wording. Report and suggestions by Reuben Thomas. * THANKS: Update.
Ralf Wildenhues 59448d4f 2006-12-19T23:52:55 * doc/automake.texi: Fix typo.
Ralf Wildenhues 9a75cc99 2006-10-28T09:51:58 * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): autoconf creates configure, not configure.ac. * THANKS: Update.
Ralf Wildenhues dd3de3aa 2006-10-20T17:17:57 * doc/automake.texi (Dist, Dependency Tracking Evolution): Fix some typos. * lib/Automake/Condition.pm: Likewise. * lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm: Likewise. * lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm: Likewise. * lib/Automake/Options.pm: Likewise. * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Likewise. * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm: Likewise. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Likewise. * lib/Automake/Wrap.pm: Likewise. * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise. * m4/substnot.m4: Likewise.
Ralf Wildenhues 0bfc855e 2006-10-16T05:24:17 * lib/am/depend2.am (%SOURCEFLAG%): New substitution, goes right before the expanded source file name. * automake.in (%sourceflags): New global: per-extension flag to denote that the next compiler argument is the source file. (scan_autoconf_traces): Trace AC_FC_SRCEXT; initialize %sourceflags accordingly. (handle_single_transform): Store source file extension in... (%lang_specific_files): ...this and... (handle_languages): ...adjust here. Pass flag in SOURCEFLAG. * doc/automake.texi (Optional): Add AC_FC_SRCEXT. (Fortran 9x Support): Update. * tests/fort2.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. * NEWS, THANKS: Update. Suggested by Steven G. Johnson.
Ralf Wildenhues 5f634a9e 2006-10-16T05:00:33 * lib/am/header-vars.am (pkglibexecdir): New variable. * automake.in (%standard_prefix): Add it. * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document it. (Program Sources): Adjust. * NEWS: Update. * tests/libexec.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Update. Suggested by Eric Blake.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 6fe073e5 2006-10-15T19:06:52 * configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.10. * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Update for 1.10.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 37747ded 2006-10-15T16:49:57 * doc/automake.texi (Examples): Introduce the example, and point to Hello World. (Hello): Remove this obsolete node.
Ralf Wildenhues f5a4a78b 2006-10-15T16:37:22 For PR automake/507: * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): filename-length-max check is not done in sub-packages. * doc/automake.texi (Options): Document this. * tests/fn99subdir.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Update. * THANKS: Update.
Ralf Wildenhues 3364fed7 2006-10-14T17:51:39 * doc/automake.texi (Third-Party Makefiles): Fix typo. * THANKS: Update.
Ralf Wildenhues f74ae32b 2006-10-14T17:33:27 * automake.in: For preprocessed assembler, add `$(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES)' to the compile rule. * doc/automake.texi (Assembly Support): Update. * NEWS: Update. Suggested by Thomas Schwinge and Ralf Corsepius.
Ralf Wildenhues cf6e012f 2006-10-14T17:17:22 * doc/automake.texi (Options): `no-dependencies' is similar to `--ignore-deps', not `--include-deps'. * m4/as.m4 (AM_PROG_AS): If `no-dependencies', do not invoke _AM_DEPENDENCIES. * tests/nodep2.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust.
Ralf Wildenhues 85cb0d4d 2006-10-14T17:02:13 * automake.in ($seen_gettext_intl): New variable. (handle_gettext): Consider it. (scan_autoconf_traces): Add AM_GNU_GETTEXT_INTL_SUBDIR to the list. Set $seen_gettext_intl when it is seen. * doc/automake.texi (gettext, Optional): Update. * tests/gettext3.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am: Update.
Ralf Wildenhues f83d84f8 2006-08-28T16:04:24 * doc/automake.texi, lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix some typos. * NEWS: Likewise. Clarify that only one LIBOBJDIR is supported.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz d9b3aff9 2006-08-22T10:04:52 * NEWS: Mark de-ANSI-fication as being obsolete. * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz c5881ccb 2006-08-19T18:31:51 * lib/am/lex.am, lib/am/yacc.am: Drop the inline rules, always use ylwrap. Suggested by Akim Demaille long ago, to ease maintenance. * automake.in (handle_languages): Do not define MORE-THAN-ONE. (yacc_lex_finish_helper, lang_yacc_finish, lang_lex_finish): Always require ylwrap. * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs, Yacc and Lex): Update the documentation of ylwrap. * tests/lex.test, tests/lex4.test, tests/mmodely.test, tests/yacc.test, tests/yacc2.test, tests/yacc3.test, tests/yaccpp.test: Adjust.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 5258922a 2006-08-19T16:18:21 * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Update statistics until 1.9.6.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz d5358968 2006-08-19T15:55:53 * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Check for mkdir_p. * automake.texi (Obsolete macros): Document AM_PROG_MKDIR_P. * lib/am/data.am, lib/am/distdir.am, lib/am/install.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: Use MKDIR_P instead of mkdir_p. * m4/mkdirp.m4 (AM_PROG_MKDIR_P): Define mkdir_p using $MKDIR_P, not as '$(MKDIR_P)', otherwise it will break `Makefile.in's that use mkdir_p without defining MKDIR_P. * tests/distdir.test, tests/instman.test, tests/txinfo21.test: Adjust.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz df436f0b 2006-08-19T13:53:52 * doc/automake.texi (Standard Directory Variables): Fix multitable width. (Autotools Introduction): Fix @uref usage.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 2327a87d 2006-08-19T13:35:39 * doc/automake.texi: Fix some typos in the introduction, adjust some spacing; spell `GNU Build System' consistently. (menu): Unify node naming. (Standard Directory Variables): Clarify that this list is not exhaustive. (DESTDIR): Fix example.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 1a0147fd 2006-08-19T13:28:25 * doc/automake.texi (Autotools Introduction) New chapter. Thanks to Ben Pfaff and Ralf Wildenhues for comments. (Auxiliary Programs, Install, Dist, Third-Party Makefiles) (distcleancheck): More cross references. * doc/amhello/configure.ac, doc/amhello/README, doc/amhello/Makefile.am, doc/amhello/src/Makefile.am, doc/amhello/src/main.c: New files. * doc/Makefile.am (dist_noinst_DATA): Distribute them. ($(srcdir)/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): New rule. (dist_doc_DATA): Install amhello-1.0.tar.gz. * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Update comment.
Ralf Wildenhues 221ccb46 2006-08-15T06:45:25 * doc/automake.texi: Fix some typos.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 49d9a341 2006-08-14T20:38:43 * automake.in: Register "Unified Parallel C" as language. (lang_upc_rewrite): New function. (resolve_linker): Consider UPCLINK. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_ac_macro_for_var): Suggest AM_PROG_UPC for UPC and UPCFLAGS. * m4/upc.m4: New file. * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Add UPC case. * m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Add upc.m4. * doc/automake.texi (Unified Parallel C Support): New node. (Public macros): Mention AM_PROG_UPC. (Program and Library Variables, Flag Variables Ordering): Mention UPCFLAGS. * tests/upc.test, tests/upc2.test, tests/upc3.test: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them. * tests/ext.test: Also test upc files.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 552cd603 2006-08-04T16:27:38 * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix some errors in previous patch.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 14e61765 2006-08-04T16:14:40 * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Revamp. Show an example of script built from configure.ac. Discuss CLEANFILES and EXTRA_DIST for other built scripts.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz b19b2ef0 2006-08-04T10:23:14 * doc/automake.texi (Conditionals): Split in two sections, "Usage" and "Portability", and add a third one, "Limits" to explain how conditional definitions inside multi-lines definitions can be handled. * automake.in (handle_options): Do not assume that AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS is defined in TRUE, but diagnose conditional definitions of AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS. Report from Bas Wijnen. * tests/amopt.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
Ralf Wildenhues 69882dea 2006-05-26T16:47:05 * doc/automake.texi (Options): Add anchor `tar-formats'.
Ralf Wildenhues f67c9d61 2006-05-15T16:01:38 * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs): Fix URL to GCC repository, they use SVN now.
Ralf Wildenhues 24019d55 2006-04-26T06:45:05 * doc/automake.texi (Dependency Tracking Evolution): Fix typo.
Ralf Wildenhues 84d10a1c 2006-04-17T12:14:07 * lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm (find_file): Fix a typo in the description; eliminate the duplicate error message. * doc/automake.texi (@direntry): `Invoking Automake' is the name of the usage node for `automake' * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_gen_varname): Fix typos in the comment.
Ralf Wildenhues 17a8ec36 2006-03-21T19:09:21 * aclocal.in (parse_arguments): Added wildcard support to the dirlist parser. * doc/automake.texi (Macro search path): Document it. * tests/dirlist2.test: New test. * m4/dirlist, tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. * NEWS, THANKS: Update.
Ralf Wildenhues b9df3285 2006-03-20T20:31:29 * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add `_AM_DEPENDENCIES(OBJC)' to `AC_PROG_OBJC' if provided, to fix Objective C depmode handling. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_ac_macro_for_var): Add entries for OBJC and OBJCFLAGS. * tests/ext.test: Adjust. * tests/objc.test, tests/objc2.test: New tests. * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. * doc/automake.texi (Objective C Support): New node. (Support for Other Languages): Adjust. * NEWS: Update.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 0ea21f85 2006-03-10T10:52:00 * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Make -Wportability the default in gnu and gnits modes. * doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake): Adjust.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 7523b0fe 2006-02-21T20:29:25 * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that `.ypp' and `.lpp' file extensions are recognized.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 14187051 2006-02-21T20:27:05 * doc/automake.texi (Complete, Extending aclocal, Public macros) (Python, Conditionals, API versioning): Always quote macro arguments. Report from Stepan Kasal.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 98257927 2006-02-16T21:03:05 * doc/automake.texi (Python): More examples.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 97c94c98 2006-02-05T05:53:38 * doc/automake.texi (distcleancheck): Fix bad wording. Report from Bob Rossi. (Man pages): Show dist_man_MANS, not EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS).
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 3dae6da4 2006-01-29T17:35:12 Append $(EXEEXT) to programs that may be listed in TESTS. Report from Simon Josefsson. * automake.in (%known_programs): New global. (initialize_per_input): Reset it. (append_exeext): Take a predicate as first argument to select the filename to rewrite. (handle_programs): Fill %known_programs. (handle_tests): Append $(EXEEXT) to all tests that are in %known_programs. (am_install_var): Update call to append_exeext. * doc/automake.texi (EXEEXT): TESTS is also rewritten. (Tests): More about the difference between check_PROGRAMS and TESTS. Give an example of TEST_ENVIRONMENT. * tests/cond32.test: Augment with a nested condition. * tests/exeext4.test: Also check TESTS. * tests/check5.test: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add check5.test.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 3118f494 2006-01-06T00:45:22 * doc/automake.texi (Linking, Program and Library Variables): Mention the file extensions that usually appear in _DEPENDENCIES, and point to BUILT_SOURCES and example of _DEPENDENCIES uses. A couple of people have been listing sources files in _DEPENDENCIES lately.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 8af369f4 2006-01-05T23:47:36 * doc/automake.texi: Bump copyright year. * automake.in ($gen_copyright, version): Likewise. * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Likewise.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 8f5ad628 2005-10-17T20:59:29 * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Typo. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (transform_variable_recursively): Typo in a comment.
Paul Eggert 6bbf73af 2005-09-13T23:14:57 * doc/automake.texi (limitations on file names): New section. * lib/install-sh: Rewrite to support '*' in file names. Also, tune so that we don't invoke so many commands in the usual case. * tests/instspc.test: The "*" test is now fixed.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 874cbcf2 2005-07-27T19:05:21 * doc/automake.texi (Linking, Program and Library Variables): Suggest reserving -l for third-party libraries.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz e4790b31 2005-07-27T06:34:18 * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs): Fix a typo. * tests/suffix11.test: Fix a typo. * tests/colon3.test: s/EGREP/FGREP/.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 5448bc99 2005-07-09T09:30:31 * doc/automake.texi (Public macros): Typo. * aclocal.in: Typo in comment.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 3d3ae2c6 2005-07-02T11:33:29 * doc/automake.texi (Public macros) <AM_WITH_DMALLOC>: Reword to fix an underful hbox. * lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: New upstream version.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 7a54608c 2005-06-29T20:34:36 * doc/automake.texi (Include, Extending aclocal): Typos. Report from Karl Berry.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz a515a314 2005-06-08T18:46:17 * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal): Typo.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 2ff80273 2005-05-14T19:01:44 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> Support for remote LIBOBJS (and friends) with subdir-objects. Fixes PR automake/401. * automake.in (config_libobj_dir): New variable. (scan_autoconf_traces): Set config_libobj_dir from AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR. (handle_LIBOBJS_or_ALLOCA, require_libsource_with_macro): New functions. (handle_LIBOBJS, handle_ALLOCA): Use them. Adjust location of dependency files, possibly in a subdirectory. * tests/pr401.test, tests/pr401b.test, tests/pr401c.test: New tests. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them. * doc/automake.texi (Optional) <AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR>: Document. (LIBOBJS): Document changes in behaviour of LIBOBJS, ALLOCA, LTLIBOBJS & LTALLOCA in the presence of subdir-objects and an invocation of AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR.
Jim Meyering b6386d2c 2005-04-18T07:10:46 s/Speaking about potential distribution errors,... /Speaking of potential distribution errors,.../
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 61902d87 2005-03-31T18:35:24 * doc/automake.texi: When the phrase "for instance" introduces a sentence, it should be delimited by a comma.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz aa1bb7f4 2005-03-31T18:22:23 * doc/automake.texi: Fix a few typos.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 858a195a 2005-03-30T19:50:52 * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Use xmldir instead of htmldir as example, since the GCS now define htmldir. (Auxiliary Programs): Mention config-ml.in and symlink-tree. Give a URL for texinfo.tex. (Public macros): Sort alphabetically, and move obsolete macros... (Obsolete macros): ... here. Prompted by Karl Berry.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz ecbd83fa 2005-03-29T23:41:28 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Fix mistakes reported by Jim Meyering.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 013193a6 2005-03-29T23:34:50 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Fix mistakes reported by Jim Meyering.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz de0c3eca 2005-03-29T20:21:05 * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Fix mistakes reported by Jim Meyering.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 54951ffa 2005-03-29T18:46:55 * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Prevent races if the recover rule is run with `make -j'. * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Adjust. * tests/lisp6.test: Augment it. * tests/lisp8.test: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add lisp8.test. Suggested by Bruno Haible.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 3608e817 2005-03-27T12:39:17 * doc/automake.texi: Use @:, @., @!, and @tie{} where appropriate.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz aca86b10 2005-03-05T16:36:54 * doc/automake.texi: Replace wicked whiches by thats.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 0d3ad21b 2005-02-27T00:24:31 * m4/lispdir.m4: Use datarootdir instead of datadir to match GCS. * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): Adjust.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 39d76e98 2005-02-27T00:09:04 * doc/automake.texi: Replace many uses of @samp by @code, and vice versa. Use @command, @option, and @env where appropriate.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz b500f951 2005-02-26T21:32:18 * doc/automake.texi: "filename" -> "file name", for consistency with GNU Coding Standards. See also Paul's change on 2004-08-20 in Autoconf.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 51d3f873 2005-02-26T21:21:28 * doc/automake.texi (A Library, Libtool Libraries): Show how to link a program with a static or libtool library. (Program and Library Variables): Make clearer that _LDADD and _LIBADD may also list libraries. Prompted by a mail from Bruce Korb.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 71b2f81d 2005-02-26T10:33:10 * doc/automake.texi (Alternative): Show how to rewrite nobase_ variables using custom directory variables, and link to node Uniform. Suggested by Leonardo Boiko.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 09f36fa6 2005-02-26T10:05:19 * doc/automake.texi (Flag Variables Ordering, User Variables): Make clearer who the maintainer is, and that he can AC_SUBST AM_ variables in configure.ac. Suggested by Norman Gray. (Uniform, Public macros, Libtool Issues, Java Support, Conditionals): Use `---' for em dash, and stick them to the enclosing text.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 98f55c87 2005-02-26T01:09:48 * doc/automake.texi: Reword a few sentences to fix all underflow and overflow warnings during `make dvi'. (Auxiliary Programs) <configure.guess, config.sub>: Update URL. (Public macros) <AM_WITH_DMALLOC>: Likewise.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 967a9707 2005-02-12T21:24:34 * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): New node. (Extending, Extending aclocal, Python): Link to it. (Extending): Don't show how to install a file in /etc/ directly, this is insane.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz fb6fa130 2005-02-08T21:41:17 * doc/automake.texi (Requirements, Options): Typos.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz a1d34cdc 2005-02-07T22:48:57 * doc/automake.texi (Requirements): Show one example of AC_CONFIG_FILES with multiple outputs, and correct a few typos.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 16ca5753 2005-02-06T12:33:32 * aclocal.in (usage, parse_arguments): New --dry-run and --diff options. (install_file, write_aclocal): Honor --dry-run and --diff. * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options): Document --dry-run and --diff. (Serials): Mention --diff. * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm (handle_exec_errors): Accept an $expected_exit_code argument. (xsystem): Take a list of arguments, not a string. * tests/acloca18.test: Use --dry-run and --diff. Suggested by Paul Eggert.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz fdfebffa 2005-02-06T10:32:59 * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Macro search path, Extending aclocal, Local Macros, Serials, Future of aclocal): Make these subsection of ... (Invoking aclocal): ... this.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz a2ca2620 2005-02-06T10:22:29 * aclocal.in ($serial_line_rx): Allow trailing garbage after the serial number. (scan_file): Explicitly mark the "ill-formed serial" message as a warning. * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Link to... (Serials): ... this new section.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 678fab8e 2005-02-01T20:51:24 * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options): Typo.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz dfa86f00 2005-01-31T23:41:10 * aclocal.in (list_compare): New functions. (scan_file): Honor #serial lines. * tests/acloca18.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Document #serial.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz d3a058fb 2005-01-30T17:47:39 Preliminary support for `aclocal --install'. This still lacks #serial support. * aclocal.in (reset_maps, install_file): New functions. (write_aclocal): Copy files if --install. (usage, parse_arguments): Recognize --install. ("MAIN"): Start aclocal again if some file were installed. * tests/acloca10.test: Augment to test --install. * tests/aclocal.in, tests/defs.in: Add support for ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS, used by acloca10.test. * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Document --install. (Future of aclocal): Adjust.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 82bf79e1 2005-01-30T12:44:48 * doc/automake.texi (Macro search path): Using --acdir is not obvious, it's erroneous.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 956346f3 2005-01-30T11:38:52 * doc/automake.texi (direntry): Let `info Automake' point to the manual, and `info automake' to the `Invoking automake' node. Like in Autoconf.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz b5aee628 2005-01-23T22:19:36 * doc/automake.texi (How the Linker is Chosen): Explain how the linker is chosen without diagram, and update to match the code. Suggestion from Adrian Bunk.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz dd477a4e 2005-01-09T12:06:08 * doc/automake.texi (A Library, LIBOBJS): Mention that empty libraries are not portable.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 26169ba6 2005-01-03T21:32:19 Fix handling of per-target flags in link rules. * automake.in (define_per_target_linker_variable): New function. (handle_programs, handle_ltlibraries): Use it. (%link_languages): New map. (register_language): Fill it. * lib/am/ltlibrary.am (%LTLIBRARY%): Do not append $(%XLTLIBRARY%_LDFLAGS) to the command, this is now done by define_per_target_linker_variable if needed. * lib/am/program.am (%PROGRAM%%EXEEXT%): Likewise with $(%XPROGRAM%_LDFLAGS). * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Mention AM_LDFLAGS and AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS in the definition of maude_LDFLAGS and maude_LIBTOOLFLAGS. * tests/libtool9.test: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. * NEWS: Explain the backward incompatibility. Report from Akim Demaille.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz 25eca5c6 2005-01-01T17:19:14 * doc/automake.texi (Requirements) <AC_CONFIG_FILES>: Discuss specifications with shell variables. (Optional) <AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_CONFIG_LINKS>: Point to AC_CONFIG_FILES for this explanation. * automake.in (substitute_ac_subst_variables_worker, substitute_ac_subst_variables): Mew functions. (rewrite_inputs_into_dependencies): Use substitute_ac_subst_variables to ignore dependencies that contain unAC_SUBSTed shell variables. (handle_configure): Likewise, do not output rules for AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_CONFIG_FILES, and AC_CONFIG_LINKS targets that unAC_SUBSTed contain shell variables. * tests/autohdr4.test: Use an AC_SUBST variable in a specification. * tests/output11.test, tests/output12.test: New files. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add output11.test and output12.test.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz ae6b80f3 2004-12-30T23:10:52 Support for `install-dvi', `install-html', `install-ps', and `install-pdf', as recently introduced into the GNU Coding Standard. * automake.in (handle_factored_dependencies): Reject uninstall-dvi-local, uninstall-html-local, uninstall-info-local, uninstall-ps-local, and uninstall-pdf-local. Allow install-info-local even when no-installinfo is not used. (handle_data): Allow datarootdir, dvidir, htmldir, pdfdir, and psdir. (%standard_prefix): Declare these new standard directory variables. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo, Third-Party Makefiles): Document install-dvi, install-html, install-pdf, and install-ps. (Extending): Document install-local-dvi, install-local-html, install-local-info, install-local-pdf, and install-local-ps. * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (%dependencies): Add new install rules, and remove uninstall-info. * /cvs/automake/automake/lib/am/texinfos.am (install-dvi, install-dvi-am, install-dvi-recursive, install-html, install-html-am, install-html-recursive, install-pdf, install-pdf-am, install-pdf-recursive, install-ps, install-ps-am, install-ps-recursive, uninstall-dvi-am, uninstall-html-am, uninstall-pdf-am, uninstall-ps-am): New rules. (uninstall-info): Delete. * tests/txinfo21.test: Augment to check for these new rules. * tests/exdir2.test: Do not use `htmldir' as example of undefined directory. * tests/overrid.test: Do not be fooled by install-ps and install-html. * tests/txinfo10.test: Do not grep for uninstall-info-recursive.
Alexandre Duret-Lutz b0b42cd2 2004-12-18T17:54:28 * doc/automake.texi (gettext): Move the paragraph about dist_list_LISP... (Emacs Lisp): ... here. Report from Bruno Haible.