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fab4fb3a 2018-01-03 01:52:34 doc: Document the portability of various tar formats better * doc/automake.texi (List of Automake options): Document the portability of the tar-ustar and tar-pax options better.
bbaa4cdc 2018-01-04 16:19:30 maint: Update copyright years to 2018 This update has been made with 'make update-copyright'.
5e202df2 2017-09-23 12:19:43 maint: Make Emacs use 'makefile-automake-mode' * bin/local.mk: Specify mode name in the first line. * contrib/t/local.mk: Likewise. * doc/local.mk: Likewise. * lib/Automake/local.mk: Likewise. * lib/am/local.mk: Likewise. * lib/local.mk: Likewise. * m4/local.mk: Likewise. * t/local.mk: Likewise.
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.
f389ecb8 2017-08-31 19:23:42 Merge branch 'minor'
e94c0186 2017-08-31 14:42:13 build: Rename "Makefile.inc" Makefile fragments to "local.mk" This is done to follow a convention used by a lot of GNU packages. * bin/Makefile.inc: Rename to ... * bin/local.mk: ... this. * doc/Makefile.inc: Rename to ... * doc/local.mk: ... this. * lib/Automake/Makefile.inc: Rename to ... * lib/Automake/local.mk: ... this. * lib/am/Makefile.inc: Rename to ... * lib/am/local.mk: ... this. * lib/Makefile.inc: Rename to ... * lib/local.mk: ... this. * m4/Makefile.inc: Rename to ... * m4/local.mk: ... this. * contrib/t/Makefile.inc: Rename to ... * contrib/t/local.mk: ... this. * t/Makefile.inc: Rename to ... * t/local.mk: ... this. Adapt. * Makefile.am: Adapt.
ab2d33e6 2017-08-29 21:15:14 aclocal: Support ACLOCAL_AUTOMAKE_DIR environment variable * bin/aclocal.in: Reset '@automake_includes' and '@system_includes' in for build environment. Allow setting '@automake_includes' with ACLOCAL_AUTOMAKE_DIR environment variable. (parse_arguments): Ignore 'dirlist' when '@system_includes' is empty. * doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options): Document ACLOCAL_AUTOMAKE_DIR. * bin/wrap-aclocal.in: Remove extra command line options. * pre-inst-env.in: Set ACLOCAL_AUTOMAKE_DIR and ACLOCAL_PATH environment variables. * t/ax/test-defs.in: Adapt. * t/ansi2knr-no-more.sh (warn_rx): Likewise.
dd0b8142 2017-08-29 14:16:24 config: Support AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR environment variable * lib/Automake/Config.in: Let AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR environment variable override the default location for '$libdir'. * doc/automake.texi (automake Invocation): Document AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR. * pre-inst-env.in (AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR): Set AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR. * bin/wrap-automake.in: Don't use "--libdir" option.
361f25da 2017-08-29 13:04:57 build: Extend PATH from 'pre-inst-env' script * configure.ac (ACLOCAL, AUTOMAKE): Use 'pre-inst-env'. * Makefile.am (extend_PATH): Delete. * doc/Makefile.inc (update_mans, $(srcdir)/%D%/amhello-1.0.tar.gz) (setup_autotools_paths): Use 'pre-inst-env' instead of $(extend_PATH).
9322f409 2017-08-08 23:55:29 doc: Update to latest help2man This fixes bug#27773. * doc/help2man: Sync with version 1.47.3 to support reproducible builds by using $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
bea673a5 2017-07-16 02:01:28 doc: Fix typo "nothing" => "noting" This fixes bug#24476. * doc/automake.texi (Checking the Distribution): Fix typo. * THANKS: Update.
5864fb55 2017-07-16 01:02:49 doc: Fix typos This fixes bug#23099. * doc/automake.texi (Scripts-based Testsuites) (Parallel Test Harness): Fix typos. * THANKS: Update.
cc7231cc 2017-06-16 23:07:00 Merge branch 'minor'
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'.
cdf80d50 2017-02-23 16:40:03 doc: fix typo "requited" => "required" This change fixes automake bug#25413. * doc/automake.texi (Serial Test Harness): Fix typo.
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)
2f0293e1 2015-01-05 22:55:51 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: maint: update copyright years to 2015 (branch 'micro')
5de75f07 2015-01-05 22:48:33 maint: update copyright years to 2015 (branch 'micro') Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
36812809 2014-12-30 20:59:22 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: docs: "make distcheck" implementation details are not to be abused NEWS: improve and adjust in light of the oncoming 1.15 release shell-no-trail-bslash: improve diagnostic in case of failure Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
4cb0327a 2014-12-30 20:45:48 docs: "make distcheck" implementation details are not to be abused * doc/automake.texi: State explicitly and in detail that the exact location and the exact structure of the subdirectory used by "make distcheck" is to be considered an implementation detail, which can change at any time. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
033293c2 2014-12-22 19:10:55 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: cleanup: refactor code to initialize DIST_COMMON dist: ordering of files in DIST_COMMON is deterministic now tests: refactor some tests on DIST_COMMON maint: make output of 'gen-testsuite-part' deterministic When computing lispdir, don't load emacs site wide init file. PATH: quote $(PATH_SEPARATOR) as well Improve detection of GNU make, avoiding "Arg list too long" errors.
88ac92b2 2014-12-22 17:56:22 Merge branch 'micro' into minor * micro: cleanup: refactor code to initialize DIST_COMMON dist: ordering of files in DIST_COMMON is deterministic now tests: refactor some tests on DIST_COMMON maint: make output of 'gen-testsuite-part' deterministic When computing lispdir, don't load emacs site wide init file. PATH: quote $(PATH_SEPARATOR) as well Improve detection of GNU make, avoiding "Arg list too long" errors.
3c72ada8 2014-07-30 17:41:15 When computing lispdir, don't load emacs site wide init file. When computing the lispdir emacs was previously invoked with the '-q' option to avoid loading the users initialisation files, however, the site wide initialisation file was still loaded, in some cases this can cause emacs to hang, with the result that a configure can also hang. The lisp code that aclocal causes to be executed reduces the load-path list (in emacs) to empty. The load-path is used by emacs to find packages which it wants to load. Currently, if emacs tries to auto load a package during shut down, and the package is not found, then emacs will hang. This does seem like an emacs bug, but protecting against this in aclocal is simply a case of not loading the site wide initialisation file. In this patch then the '-q' option to emacs is replaced with '-Q', this has the same, the '-Q' option is similar to '-q --no-site-file --no-splash'. * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): Update explanation of emacs code used to get lispdir. * m4/lispdir.m4 (AM_PATH_LISPDIR): Update emacs flags. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
682c4456 2014-12-19 13:31:46 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: Fix stupid typo in test, causing spurious failure sync: update third-part files from upstream Make sure AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE has a trailing newline dist: adjust warning messages about shar and tarZ deprecation docs: improve description of ${PACKAGE}, ${VERSION}, and similar variables
78964087 2014-12-19 13:09:39 Merge branch 'micro' into minor * micro: sync: update third-part files from upstream Make sure AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE has a trailing newline dist: adjust warning messages about shar and tarZ deprecation docs: improve description of ${PACKAGE}, ${VERSION}, and similar variables Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
79c8f00e 2014-12-17 20:45:47 docs: improve description of ${PACKAGE}, ${VERSION}, and similar variables In particular, suggesting that $PACKAGE and $VERSION should be aliases of the $PACKAGE_TARNAME and $PACKAGE_VERSION definitions coming from AC_INIT, and not be defined via an obsolete 2-argument invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE; and why that is the best default, given all our historical baggage. See discussion in http://debbugs.gnu.org/16623 for more information and background. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. * THANKS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
4b4d6300 2014-12-17 18:21:04 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: Fix dumb logic error preventing $install_sh from being be overridden Automake docs: fix typos and use of British English Expose automake bug#19311 build: fix race in parallel builds build: fix race in parallel builds
58257710 2014-12-17 17:53:32 Merge branches 'pr19311' and 'micro' into minor * pr19311: Expose automake bug#19311 build: fix race in parallel builds * micro: Automake docs: fix typos and use of British English build: fix race in parallel builds
153745f2 2014-12-17 17:47:59 Automake docs: fix typos and use of British English * doc/automake.texi: Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
a000546b 2014-04-21 15:12:29 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: maint: update copyright years maint: sync files from upstream ("make fetch") 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>
e385260c 2014-04-21 15:03:47 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: Typofixes in warning messages and manual Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
3a851d64 2014-04-21 10:22:29 Typofixes in warning messages and manual Fixes automake bug#16827 and bug#16997. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
7573a457 2014-04-21 10:09:41 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: doc: fix encoding error with UTF-8 characters NEWS: a typofix, and better word wrapping parallel-tests: avoid possible implicit "make all" in test-suite.log rule
9b8c797c 2014-04-21 10:09:25 Merge branch 'micro' into minor * micro: doc: fix encoding error with UTF-8 characters
49035b4d 2014-01-03 20:52:29 doc: fix encoding error with UTF-8 characters * doc/automake.texi: Specify @documentencoding and @documentlanguage, to prevent encoding errors for parts of this input file that are UTF-8. This also causes the .info output to use curly quotes, which is easier to read though it does assume UTF-8 support.
bd31e343 2013-12-26 21:01:30 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: Allow user to extend .PRECIOUS target cosmetics: remove a couple of extra trailing white spaces tests: fix a spurious failure on Mac OS X docs: make clear the JAVA primary is frozen install-sh: a slightly better diagnostic, and tests enhancements install-sh: be stricter in catching invalid usages tests: more significant names for some tests tests: some cosmetic fixes tests: more significant names for a test docs: drop a few obsolescent FIXME/TODO comments, and associated text testsuite harness: report test exit status in log file TAP driver: no need to invoke AC_PROG_AWK directly TAP driver: remove perl implementation (move it into contrib/) Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
50a08a2b 2013-12-26 15:46:13 docs: make clear the JAVA primary is frozen * doc/automake.texi: Here. The JAVA primary is broken in several ways, and will no longer be developed, not even for bug fixes. See also automake bugs #9088, #8662 and #8540. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
b04ea3e9 2013-12-25 16:44:17 Merge branches 'fix-pr11814' and 'drop-perl-tap-driver' into minor * fix-pr11814: docs: drop a few obsolescent FIXME/TODO comments, and associated text testsuite harness: report test exit status in log file * drop-perl-tap-driver: TAP driver: remove perl implementation (move it into contrib/) Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
d1efc3dd 2013-12-24 21:16:23 docs: drop a few obsolescent FIXME/TODO comments, and associated text Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
203d0775 2013-12-24 22:02:15 TAP driver: no need to invoke AC_PROG_AWK directly It is already required by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE anyway. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust examples. * t/tap-doc2.sh: Adjust documentation-tracking test. * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Explicitly tell that the AC_PROG_AWK requirement is also needed whenever the TAP driver is used. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
a6d6734f 2013-12-24 16:27:28 TAP driver: remove perl implementation (move it into contrib/) That implementation was only meant as a standard against which the portable awk+shell implementation was to be measured. Now, since Automake 1.12, the latter implementation is fully functional and already used in the wild, and in fact feature-par with the perl implementation. So the perl implementation is now just slowing down and complicating our testsuite. Let's move it to 'contrib/' (we don't want to remove it, in case someone is actually using it in the wild). * lib/tap-driver.pl: Move it ... * contrib/tap-driver.pl: ... here. While at it, convert quoting `like this' to quoting 'like this', and remove an obsolescent FIXME comment. * lib/Makefile.inc (dist_script_DATA): Drop '%D%/tap-driver.pl'. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add 'contrib/tap-driver.pl'. * doc/automake.texi: Remove one stray reference to 'tap-driver.pl', and reference 'tap-driver.sh' instead, as intended. * t/ax/am-test-lib.sh ($am_tap_implementation): Delete definition and uses. (fetch_tap_driver): Simplify to unconditionally assume the shell+awk implementation of the TAP driver is used. (get_shell_script): Make more flexible so that it can cater to the needs of 'fetch_tap_driver()'. * t/tap-bad-prog.tap: Likewise. * t/tap-bailout-leading-space.sh: Likewise. * t/tap-signal.tap: Likewise. * t/tap-test-number-0.sh: Likewise. * t/test-driver-cond.sh: Use 'tap-driver.sh' instead of 'tap-driver.pl'. * gen-testsuite-part (%test_generators): Do not generate sister tests that use the perl TAP driver rather than the shell+awk one. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
65fecfc5 2013-11-02 10:57:50 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: cosmetics: fix typo in a user-facing message in tests automake: account for perl hash order randomization tests: avoid use of intervals to capitalize letters cosmetics: untabify the install-sh script install-sh: assume that "set -f" and "set +f" work... install-sh: assume ${var:-value} works as expected install-sh: assume 'dirname' is available and working correctly distcheck: don't allow overriding of --prefix and --srcdir by the user tests: expose bug#14991 (relates to 'distcheck')
9b156829 2013-10-30 21:41:39 distcheck: don't allow overriding of --prefix and --srcdir by the user Not through AM_DISTCHECK_FLAGS, nor through DISTCHECK_FLAGS. Apparently, some packages got in the habit of relaying all the options passed to the original ./configure invocation through to the configure invocations in "make distcheck". This was causing problems, because it also passed through the original --srcdir and --prefix options. Fixes: expose bug#14991 (relates to 'distcheck') * lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): Pass the hard-coded --srcdir and --prefix options *after* both the developer-defined options in $(AM_DISTCHECK_FLAGS) and the user-defined options in $(DISTCHECK_FLAGS). * t/list-of-tests.mk (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove the now-passing test 'distcheck-no-destdist-or-srcdir-override.sh'. * doc/automake.texi (Checking the Distribution): Update. * NEWS: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
b7bdb2c3 2013-10-30 01:04:24 Merge branch 'minor' * minor: tests: fix spurious failure when zip is present but unzip is not tests: fix spurious failure due to localization issues NEWS: update with the changes since v1.14 docs: correct typos in the fix-timestamp.sh script python: byte-compile nobase_*_PYTHON files only once cosmetics: typofix in the 'missing' script test: avoid false positives in 'cc-no-c-o' script test harness: improve catching of usage errors in script 'test-driver' tests: fix a spurious failure on NetBSD-current am-ft: make the environment available earlier NEWS: post-release tweaks (for 1.14.x series) tests: avoid a spurious failure on MacOS X 10.6.8 tests: don't risk hanging on the 'cl' requirement
7a8b3b0c 2013-09-10 12:03:30 docs: correct typos in the fix-timestamp.sh script * doc/automake.texi: Here. The original version of this example script makes no sense at all, using 'configure' instead of the intended 'touch' in few key places. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes Signed-off-by: Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
fefd26d9 2013-05-28 21:05:30 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: NEWS: report recent documentation fix about AM_PROG_MKDIR_P NEWS: Automake 2.0 will assume "rm -f" without args work NEWS: on assuming "rm -f" without arguments work NEWS: fix a couple of typos in older entries docs: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P: will not be removed in 2.0 release of Automake docs: AM_PROG_CC_C_O: correct imprecise statements about it maint: sanity checks in 'check-minimal-autoconf' convenience target maint: test minimal supported autoconf through convenience target maint: install minimal supported autoconf through convenience targets test-lib: typofix in comments Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
94d57f3d 2013-05-28 17:53:03 Merge branch 'micro' into maint * micro: docs: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P: will not be removed in 2.0 release of Automake maint: sanity checks in 'check-minimal-autoconf' convenience target maint: test minimal supported autoconf through convenience target maint: install minimal supported autoconf through convenience targets test-lib: typofix in comments
e833dfe6 2013-05-28 17:52:15 docs: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P: will not be removed in 2.0 release of Automake See the 'PLANS/obsolete-removed/am-prog-mkdir-p.txt' file in the 'maint' branch (as of commit v1.13.2-201-gd99e3f3) for details. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
d99e3f32 2013-05-28 17:45:25 docs: AM_PROG_CC_C_O: correct imprecise statements about it * doc/automake.texi: Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
020fb48d 2012-06-06 10:27:46 subdir-objects: enable unconditionally See automake bug#13378. The fact that Automake-generated Makefiles places compiled object files in the current directory by default, also when the corresponding source file is in a subdirectory, is basically an historical accident, due to the fact that the 'subdir-objects' option had only been introduced in April 1999, starting with commit 'user-dep-gen-branchpoint-56-g88b5959', and never made the default, likely to avoid backwards-compatibility issues. Since we believe the behaviour enabled by the 'subdir-objects' is the only natural and most useful one, we make it the only only one available, simplifying the Automake implementation and APIs a little in the process. This change is basically an adjusted backport of Automake-NG commit 'v1.12.1-313-g14fe163' of 2012-06-07, "[ng] subdir-objects: enable unconditionally". * NEWS: Update. * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): The output object files are no longer placed in the current directory by default, but rather in the same directory of the source file. (LIBOBJS): Now the $(LIBOBJS) and $(ALLOCA) variables can also be used outside of the directory where their sources lie. (List of Automake options): Report the 'subdir-objects' option as a no-op, existing only for compatibility with older versions of Automake. Other related minor adjustments. * bin/automake.in (LANG_PROCESS): Remove, it's no longer needed. (handle_languages): Don't test whether option 'subdir-objects' is set (just assume it is), and do not use the '%SUBDIROBJ%' transform when processing '.am' fragments. (lang_sub_obj): Delete, it would just return 'LANG_SUBDIR' unconditionally now. (lang_lex_rewrite): Adjust. Don't test whether the option 'subdir-objects' is set (just assume it is). (lang_yacc_rewrite): Likewise. (handle_single_transform): Likewise. Remove an obsolete comment. Add a proper "FIXME" comments about a fragment of code that might have become dead code now. (handle_LIBOBJS_or_ALLOCA): Simplify assuming that the option 'subdir-objects' is always set. Accordingly, there's no need to warn anymore if '$(LIBOBJS)' or '$(ALLOCA)' are used outside the '$config_libobj_dir' directory (as specified by autoconf macro 'AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR'). * lib/am/depend2.am: Assume the '?SUBDIROBJ?' Automake time conditional is always true, and remove its uses accordingly. * t/compile_f_c_cxx.sh: Adjust. * t/cscope.tap: Likewise. * t/depcomp8a.sh: Likewise. * t/depcomp8b.sh: Likewise. * t/libtool3.sh: Likewise. * t/ltlibsrc.sh: Likewise. * t/pr401.sh: Likewise. * t/pr401b.sh: Likewise. * t/pr401c.sh: Likewise. * t/subobj.sh: Likewise. * t/lex-line.sh: Likewise. * t/yacc-line.sh: Likewise. * t/yacc5.sh: Likewise. * t/vala-libs.sh: Likewise. * t/fort4.sh: Likewise, and extend a bit. * t/fort5.sh: Likewise. * t/gcj.sh: Likewise. * t/subpkg.sh: Likewise. * t/subpkg-yacc.sh: Likewise. * t/xsource.sh: Likewise. * t/libobj20a.sh: Remove as obsolete. * t/libobj20b.sh: Adjust heading comments. * t/libobj20c.sh: Likewise. * t/subobj4.sh: Remove as obsolete. * t/sourcefile-in-subdir.sh: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1ffdec45 2013-05-10 21:56:12 dist: remove support for shar and tarZ formats See also discussion about automake wishlist bug#13324. * lib/Automake/Options.pm: Give fatal errors (rather than warnings) if the 'dist-shar' or 'dist-tarZ' options are used. * lib/distdir.am: Remove the 'dist-tarZ' and 'dist-shar' targets, and references to the '.tar.Z' and '.shar' archives. * bin/automake.in (preprocess_file): Remove 'COMPRESS' and 'SHAR' transforms. (handle_dist): Remove lingering references to 'dist-tarZ' and 'dist-shar' options. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust, removing references to the removed targets and distribution formats. * t/dist-shar.sh: Adjust to expect fatal errors rather than warnings. * t/dist-tarZ.sh: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
0cf58ea7 2013-05-10 21:18:40 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: news: document new 'subdir-objects' warning PLANS: one minor fixlet (mostly cosmetic) PLANS: we have already dropped support for split info files in master NEWS: fix a reference to Automake 1.14 where Automake 2.0 was intended PLANS: fix reference to non-existent 'next' branch PLANS: fix botched version reference maintcheck: fix two references to old location of aclocal and automake dist: deprecated shar and tar+compress formats
780299d9 2013-05-10 19:22:06 dist: deprecated shar and tar+compress formats See also discussion about automake wishlist bug#13324. * lib/Automake/Options.pm: Give proper warnings in the 'obsolete' category if the 'dist-shar' or 'dist-tarZ' options are used. * lib/distdir.am: When the 'dist-tarZ' or 'dist-shar' targets are invoked, make them give a non-fatal warning. * doc/automake.texi: Report the new deprecations. * t/dist-shar.sh: New test. * t/dist-tarZ.sh: Likewise. * t/lzma.sh: While at it, rename ... * t/dist-lzma.sh: ... like this, and tweak it to keep more in sync with the new tests. * t/dist-formats.tap: Remove references to deprecated formats. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
0dd95c8d 2013-05-10 13:33:52 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: automake: typofix in comments: s/AC_CONFIG_HEADER/AC_CONFIG_HEADERS/ am: prefer a shorter idiom where possible cosmetics: fix few typos, grammaros and missing whitespace fixup: remove an obsolete comment docs: we still don't have the promised better Java interface build: move automake and aclocal in 'bin' subdir build: break up monolithic Makefile.am in subdir-specific fragments + Extra non-trivial edits: * m4/Makefile.inc (dist_automake_ac_DATA): Drop lead-dot.m4 and mkdirp.m4. * lib/Automake/Makefile.inc (dist_perllib_DATA): Drop Configure_ac.pm. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
0736c67c 2013-05-10 13:31:59 Merge branch 'dog-feeding' into maint * dog-feeding: build: move automake and aclocal in 'bin' subdir build: break up monolithic Makefile.am in subdir-specific fragments
5a37b0e7 2013-05-10 10:53:15 Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint * branch-1.13.2: cosmetics: fix few typos, grammaros and missing whitespace fixup: remove an obsolete comment docs: we still don't have the promised better Java interface
4ccf9a80 2013-05-09 20:23:40 docs: we still don't have the promised better Java interface Reported by Michael Zucchi: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-05/threads.html> See also automake bug#9088. * doc/automake.texi (Java): Adjust and clarify. * THANKS: Update. Reported-by: Michael Zucchi <notzed@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
ce70cf4b 2013-05-09 11:57:20 build: move automake and aclocal in 'bin' subdir * automake.in: Rename ... * bin/automake.in: ... like this. * aclocal.in: Rename ... * bin/aclocal.in: ... like this. * Makefile.am: Move parts that dealt with the building/distribution of aclocal and Automake .. * bin/Makefile.inc): ... in this new included fragment. Adjust as needed, and make deliberate use of the '%D%' substitution. * lib/gen-perl-protos: Move ... * bin/gen-perl-protos: ... here. * bootstrap.sh, configure.ac, maintainer/rename-tests, t/wrap/aclocal.in, t/wrap/automake.in, doc/Makefile.inc, t/ax/tap-setup.sh, .gitignore: Adjust. * maintainer/syntax-checks.mk: Likewise, and enhance a little. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
c8f106c7 2013-05-09 11:17:47 build: break up monolithic Makefile.am in subdir-specific fragments This is convenient to do, now that we have improved "relative directory" support with the '%reladir%' (a.k.a. '%D%') and '%canon_reladir%' (a.k.a. '%C%') Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments. This move also satisfy our philosophy of using new Automake features in our own build system, as a way of facilitating early discovery of possible bugs or interface warts. * Makefile.am: Break up ... * doc/Makefile.inc, lib/Automake/Makefile.inc, lib/Makefile.inc, lib/am/Makefile.inc, m4/Makefile.inc, t/Makefile.inc): ... in this new included fragments. Adjust as needed, and make deliberate use of the '%D%' substitution. * contrib/t/local.am: Rename ... * contrib/t/Makefile.inc: ... like this. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
df3490b7 2013-05-06 11:21:57 docs: fix warnings given by Texinfo 5.x These warnings: doc/automake.texi:3885: warning: node next `Public Macros' in menu \ `Private Macros' and in sectioning `Obsolete Macros' differ doc/automake.texi:4050: warning: node `Private Macros' is next for \ `Obsolete Macros' in sectioning but not in menu doc/automake.texi:4050: warning: node prev `Obsolete Macros' in menu \ `Private Macros' and in sectioning `Public Macros' differ doc/automake.texi:4090: warning: node `Obsolete Macros' is next for \ `Private Macros' in menu but not in sectioning doc/automake.texi:4090: warning: node prev `Private Macros' in menu \ `Public Macros' and in sectioning `Obsolete Macros' differ * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
dc4eaab2 2013-04-30 16:24:41 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch" maintcheck: remove outdated whitelisting tar: format 'ustar' cannot support UID/GID longer than 21 bits docs: issues with configure substitutions in TESTS tests: avoid possible autotools caching issues (automake bug#13832) tests: rename some with more descriptive names docs: add myself and Ralf Wildenhues as authors authors: add myself dry-run: don't get confused by '-I' option tests: avoid a spurious failure with the Korn Shell dry-run: with GNU make, prefer $(MFLAGS) over $(MAKEFLAGS) header vars: can determine whether we are running under GNU make NEWS: improve wording for automake bug#13514 fix NEWS: document fix for automake bug#13514
f0d1288f 2013-04-26 20:39:40 Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint * branch-1.13.2: docs: issues with configure substitutions in TESTS tests: avoid possible autotools caching issues (automake bug#13832) docs: add myself and Ralf Wildenhues as authors authors: add myself dry-run: don't get confused by '-I' option tests: avoid a spurious failure with the Korn Shell dry-run: with GNU make, prefer $(MFLAGS) over $(MAKEFLAGS) header vars: can determine whether we are running under GNU make NEWS: improve wording for automake bug#13514 fix NEWS: document fix for automake bug#13514
526df875 2013-04-25 21:03:40 docs: issues with configure substitutions in TESTS Motivated by automake bug#14019. * doc/automake.texi: Currently, when the parallel test harness is in use, configure substitutions in TESTS definitions can only work if they expand to tests that ends with a suffix listed in TEST_EXTENSIONS. Document this limitation. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
fa55c5d8 2013-04-25 21:34:17 docs: add myself and Ralf Wildenhues as authors * doc/automake.texi: Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
57c72009 2013-04-19 18:40:49 compat: reinstate support for obsolete $(INCLUDES) variable Since INCLUDES and AM_CPPFLAGS can be both used at the same time in a single project, and interact in a non-obvious way, switching away from INCLUDES is, unfortunately, not simply a matter of doing a mindless INCLUDES -> AM_CPPFLAGS substitution. In fact, the transition from a "INCLUDES + CPPFLAGS" setup to a "AM_CPPFLAGS only" setup could cause subtle bugs to sneak into the build systems of the client packages doing the transition. Forcing this risk upon our users is definitely not worth the small enhancement in consistency and cleanliness that the removal of INCLUDES would give us. For a more extended rationale and related discussions, see: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-02/msg00001.html> This change basically reverts commit v1.13-8-g880595d. * automake.in: Re-introduce support for INCLUDES (its use will cause warnings in the 'obsolete' category rather than fatal errors). * doc/automake.texi: Adjust to re-add mention of INCLUDES. * t/includes-no-more.sh: Rename ... * t/includes-deprecation.sh: ... like this, and adjust. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Update. * t/warnopts.sh: Minor fixlet while at it. Suggested-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
547c776a 2013-03-05 16:32:55 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: preproc: enhance and extend tests preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments
ba25a9f1 2013-02-08 09:11:45 preproc: add support for relative names in included fragments The rationale for this change is that it is annoying to have to repeat the directory name when including a Makefile fragment. For deep directory structures these repeats can generate a lot of bloat. It also hinders reuse and easy directory restructuring if all Makefile fragments have to know exactly where they live. Suggested by Bob Friesenhahn, and later discussed in bug#13524. In the course of discussion, the following notations were rejected: &{reldir}& - to hard to type, {reldir} - interferes with ${reldir}, {am_reldir} - short form {D} interferes with ${D}, @am_reldir@ - short form @D@ interferes with AC_SUBST([D]) as well as invading the config.status turf. Other notations were also suggested... * automake.in (read_am_file): Add third argument specifying the relative directory of this Makefile fragment compared to the main Makefile. Replace %reldir% and %canon_reldir% in the fragment with this relative directory (with slashes etc, or canonicalized). (read_main_am_file): Adjust. * t/preproc-reldir.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Augment. * doc/automake.texi (Include): Document the new feature. NEWS: Add new feature. Co-authored-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
664a0456 2013-01-22 13:49:02 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: docs: '.txi' and '.texinfo' extensions are deprecated NEWS: document recent documentation improvements docs: more precise cross reference docs: 'dist-shar' and 'dist-tarZ' are obsolescent today docs: improve documentation of 'dist-*' targets slightly docs: make even clearer 'dist-gzip' is the default. docs: document 'dist-xz' together with the other 'dist-*' options docs: 'no-define' option and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE three-args usage: fixlets warn: correct broken hyperlink in warning message
c3db2386 2013-01-22 13:37:41 Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint * branch-1.13.2: docs: '.txi' and '.texinfo' extensions are deprecated NEWS: document recent documentation improvements docs: more precise cross reference docs: 'dist-shar' and 'dist-tarZ' are obsolescent today docs: improve documentation of 'dist-*' targets slightly docs: make even clearer 'dist-gzip' is the default. docs: document 'dist-xz' together with the other 'dist-*' options docs: 'no-define' option and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE three-args usage: fixlets warn: correct broken hyperlink in warning message Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
fd273c14 2013-01-22 13:28:38 docs: '.txi' and '.texinfo' extensions are deprecated And Automake will warn about them (since commit 'v1.13.1-6-ge1ed314'). * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
13f1d58a 2013-01-22 13:02:25 docs: more precise cross reference See automake bug#13520. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here, cross-reference "List of Automake options" rather then the more generic node "Options". Improve wording while at it. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
a8f36147 2013-01-22 12:30:15 docs: 'dist-shar' and 'dist-tarZ' are obsolescent today Both the options and the formats; and they might be deprecated and removed in future automake versions (see discussion on automake bug#13324). In any case, it's better if the documentation starts advising against their use right now. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here. (List of Automake options): And here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
e5932416 2013-01-22 12:14:20 docs: improve documentation of 'dist-*' targets slightly * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
6b8f2008 2013-01-22 12:08:43 docs: make even clearer 'dist-gzip' is the default. See automake bug#13520. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
7d0372ac 2013-01-22 12:03:35 docs: document 'dist-xz' together with the other 'dist-*' options See automake bug#13520. * doc/automake.texi (List of Automake options): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
ae340386 2013-01-22 10:56:57 docs: 'no-define' option and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE three-args usage: fixlets See automake bug#13519. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2c72b157 2013-01-21 15:48:48 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: tests: more information about Lex and Yacc programs lint: fix spurious failure for 'sc_rm_minus_f' syntax check maint: bump version 1.13.1a -> 1.13.2a maint: update copyright in files generated by automake and aclocal tests: avoid a spurious failure when running inside Emacs tests: make two new test executable m4: rename an m4 file to a more appropriate name NEWS: update w.r.t. recent documentation fixes compat: reinstate AM_CONFIG_HEADER and AM_PROG_CC_STDC docs: parallel-tests is no longer experimental docs: serial-tests are not deprecated, just discouraged plans: we are not going to remove AM_PROG_MKDIR_P in Automake 1.14 NEWS: we are not going to remove AM_PROG_MKDIR_P in Automake 1.14 init.m4: add probe to check "rm -f" without args work Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
63fe125a 2013-01-21 14:52:37 Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint That branch is for the "emergency" bug-fixing release 1.13.2. * branch-1.13.2: maint: update copyright in files generated by automake and aclocal tests: avoid a spurious failure when running inside Emacs tests: make two new test executable m4: rename an m4 file to a more appropriate name NEWS: update w.r.t. recent documentation fixes compat: reinstate AM_CONFIG_HEADER and AM_PROG_CC_STDC docs: parallel-tests is no longer experimental docs: serial-tests are not deprecated, just discouraged NEWS: we are not going to remove AM_PROG_MKDIR_P in Automake 1.14 Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
81527ed5 2013-01-18 12:02:23 docs: parallel-tests is no longer experimental So don't declare it as such in the documentation. Reported by Brandon Black: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-01/msg00052.html> * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. * THANKS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
a7b2069b 2013-01-18 11:39:28 docs: serial-tests are not deprecated, just discouraged We don't plan to remove support for them, nor to have the serial-tests option give any kind of runtime warning, so don't alarm the users still using serial tests with pointless "deprecation" or "obsolescence" warnings. Fixes automake bug#13478. See also: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-01/msg00058.html> * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. * THANKS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
030ecb45 2013-01-14 20:43:24 compat: restore AM_PROG_MKDIR, again OK, this is getting ridiculous, but we cannot remove this macro yet (and, yes, the fault for this mess lies entirely on me; let's not dwell on that, thank you very much). Gettext (so far the greatest "offender" in the use of AM_PROG_MKDIR), in its latest release 0.18.2, has removed all the uses of that macro still present in its code base. So I thought we could finally and safely remove it. Wrong. If a package's 'configure.ac' contains a call like: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18]) then the 'autopoint' script will bring the data files from the Gettext release *1.18* into the package's tree -- yes, even even if the developer has installed *and is using* Gettext 1.18.2! Now, these data files comprise m4 files (that will be seen by subsequent aclocal and autoconf calls), and of course, the pre-0.18.2 version of some of these files still contains occurrences of AM_PROG_MKDIR_P -- so Automake 1.13 errors out, and we lose. This has already happened in practice: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2013-01/msg00003.html> Moreover, while we might see it as not unreasonable to ask a developer using Automake 1.14 to also update Gettext to 1.18.2, that would not be enough; in order for gettext to use the correct data files, our developer would have to update his configure.ac to read: AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18.2]) thus requiring *all* of his co-developers to install Gettext 1.18.2, even if they are still using, say, Automake 1.13. Bad. So we re-instate this macro as a simple alias for AC_PROG_MKDIR (plus a non-fatal runtime warning in the 'obsolete' category), and drop any plan to remove it (see how much good those plans have done us so far). Note that NEWS is not yet adjusted, since we'll have to adjust it in maint before (to minimize spurious merge conflicts). * doc/automake.texi: Update. * PLANS/obsolete-removed/am-prog-mkdir-p.txt: Likewise. * t/gettext-macros.sh: Adjust. * t/am-prog-mkdir-p.sh: New test. * t/mkdir_p.sh: Remove, folded into the new one. * t/am-prog-mkdir-p-no-more: Remove as superseded. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Adjust. * t/obsolete-err.m4: Re-instate AM_PROG_MKDIR_P as a working alias for AC_PROG_MKDIR_P (albeit giving runtime warnings, and calling AC_SUBST on 'mkdir_p' too). * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): No longer call AC_SUBST for 'mkdir_p', as that is once again AM_PROG_MKDIR_P's business. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
2aa49391 2013-01-12 18:19:44 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: ywrap: remove an obsolete FIXME comment ywrap: style fixes (no semantic change intended) convenience: "make lint" as an alias for "make maintainer-check" docs: typofix in manual coverage: using multiple lexers in a single program Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
610d2e5c 2013-01-12 17:38:32 docs: typofix in manual * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Here, don't write "automake -i" where "automake -a" is actually intended. Re-wrap some text while at it. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
9cb18f18 2013-01-11 21:53:19 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers HACKING: suggest more checks before releasing tests: can fake a compiler not grasping "-c -o" -- globally in all tests sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch" typofix: in comments in GNUmakefile Rename 'maint/' -> 'maintainer/', for Git's sake HACKING: minor typofix HACKING: bug-tracker, the PLANS directory, and how to plan "big" changes HACKING: rewindable branches should live in the 'experimental/*' namespace HACKING: fixlets about git branch rewinding policy HACKING: commit messages are not to follow GCS ChangeLog rules too strongly HACKING: "detailed explanation" in commit messages is almost mandatory HACKING: we use "merge --log" even when merging master HACKING: typofix depend2.am: fix comments on verbosity of compilation rules depend2.am: improve comments a little plans: automake 1.14 is to assume "rm -f" with no args is OK plans: we want to active subdir-objects unconditionally in automake 1.14 Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
34001a98 2013-01-09 23:16:53 compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilers Do so seen when only source files in the "current" directory are present. This commit is part of a series of related changes addressing automake bug#13378 (see also the plan 'PLANS/subdir-objects.txt'). Before this change, Automake-generated C compilation rules mistakenly passed the "-c -o" options combination unconditionally (even to losing compiler) when the 'subdir-objects' was used but sources were only present in the top-level directory. Issue spotted by Nick Bowler: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=13378#35> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=13378#44> We fix this by having Automake redefine AC_PROG_CC to take over the role of AM_PROG_CC_C_O and to require the 'compile' script unconditionally (albeit that will continue to be invoked only when inferior compilers are detected). Among other things, this means AM_PROG_CC_C_O explicitly is no longer required; that macro is still supported for backward-compatibility, but calling it is basically a no-op now. This change has some pros and some cons (obviously, we believe the former outweighs the latter). Here are the most relevant ones: + Pros 1: Some logic in the Automake script has been simplified. + Pros 2: That simplification has automatically fixed an actual bug (see Nick's mails referenced above; admittedly, that was present only in corner-case situations, but still); the test 't/ccnoco4.sh', which demonstrated the bug and has been failing so far, now passes. + Pros 3: Things works more "automagically" now (no need to manually add the AM_PROG_CC_C_O macro to configure.ac anymore). * Cons 1: The 'compile' script will be required in all projects using C compilation; this will only be a problem for packages not using '--add-missing'. However, such packages are definitely more rare than the ones using '--add-missing', and adjusting them will be trivial -- just copy the compile script over from the new Automake installation. * Cons 2: The copy & paste of autoconf internals hack this change has introduced in our "rewrite" of AC_PROG_CC is really an egregious abomination. It can only be justified with the fact that we expect future versions of autoconf to implement the semantics we need directly in AC_PROG_CC, so that we'll be able to leverage that (since Automake 1.14 will require the latest Autoconf version released). Now, the detailed list of file-by-file changes ... * automake.in ($seen_cc_c_o): Remove this global variable. (scan_autoconf_traces): Don't set it, and do not trace the 'AM_PROG_CC_C_O' m4 macro. (lang_c_rewrite): Remove, no longer needed. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust expected "autoreconf --install" output in the amhello example. Remove statements about the need for the AM_PROG_CC_C_O macro. Report it is obsolete now. * m4/init.m4: Re-write AC_PROG_CC to append checks about whether the C compiler supports "-c -o" together. These checks have basically been ripped out (with adaptations) from the 'AC_PROG_CC_C_O' macro of Autoconf and ... * m4/minuso.m4 (AM_PROG_CC_C_O): ... this macro of ours, which has thus basically become a no-op. * t/ax/am-test-lib.sh (am_setup_testdir): Also copy the 'compile' script in the test directory; if we don't do so, every test using AC_PROG_CC should call automake with the "--add-missing" option, or copy the 'compile' script itself. * t/cond11.sh: No need to create a dummy 'compile' script: that is already brought in by 'am_setup_testdir()', that is automatically invoked when 'test-lib.sh' is sourced. * t/add-missing.tap: Adjust: we expect the 'compile' script to be required by a mere AC_PROG_CC call now. * t/dist-auxdir-many-subdirs.sh: Likewise. * t/specflg6.sh: Likewise. * t/subobj4.sh: Likewise. * t/cxx-lt-demo.sh: Likewise, and update comments to match. * t/distcom2.sh: Enhance a little. * t/dollarvar2.sh: Adjust. * t/extra-portability.sh: Likewise. * t/libobj19.sh: Likewise. * t/per-target-flags.sh: Likewise. * t/repeated-options.sh: Likewise. * t/subobj.sh: Likewise, and enhance a little. * t/ccnoco2.sh: Remove as obsolete. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): Adjust. (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove 't/ccnoco4.sh'. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
bfd7cc5a 2013-01-09 12:04:52 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: tests: adjust stale references to old test names tests: rename the last aclocal test with dumb name tests: fix an old botched change to an aclocal test tests: fix some botched inter-test references in heading comments coverage: compile rules used "-c -o" also with losing compilers texi: remove extra verbosity in creation of dirstamp directory coverage: user can avoid distributing '.info' pages plans: add some on-going plans (already registered on the bug tracker) docs: mention dist-hook help for EXTRA_DIST texi: remove workaround for older Texinfo (4.1) NEWS: improve wordings in entry deprecating suffix-less info files plans: add the "PLANS" directory
5df23a7a 2013-01-03 16:09:23 docs: mention dist-hook help for EXTRA_DIST * automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): mention dist-hook as working around the problems of whole directories in EXTRA_DIST. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
e4fc1dad 2013-01-03 14:42:55 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: build: don't enable 'color-tests' automake option explicitly build: enable all warnings as fatal in our own build system texi: Texinfo sources and CLEANFILES definition should co-exist peacefully tests: make two new test executable runtest: better command line API tests: move runtest.in away from the top-lever directory maint: move more maintainer files in the 'maint/' subdir tests: more significant names for some tests maint: add some of my maintainer-specific scripts texi: deprecate hack about info files in CLEANFILES variables texi: info files can be generated in the builddir
0b1576ae 2013-01-03 13:27:26 Merge branch 'info-in-builddir' into maint * info-in-builddir: texi: deprecate hack about info files in CLEANFILES variables texi: info files can be generated in the builddir Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
97d770d6 2013-01-02 14:45:42 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: tests: reorganize tests on backslash issues style: add trailing ':' to some test cases tests: tweak tests on obsolete EXTRA_DATA variable tests: more significant names for some tests cosmetics: remove few occurrences of trailing whitespace docs: re-introduce mention of two-args AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocation texi: warn against '.txi' and '.texinfo' input suffixes cleanup: remove two lines of dead code in automake texi: warn against suffix-less info files build: respect silent rules in generation of "amhello" example tarball
10ead727 2013-01-01 23:29:02 cosmetics: remove few occurrences of trailing whitespace Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
1c48cbe0 2013-01-01 23:06:36 docs: re-introduce mention of two-args AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocation Albeit obsolescent and raising warnings in the 'obsolete' category, that usage is still supported, and will need to be until Autoconf improves its handling of configure-time-generated package version numbers. So it's better to explicitly document it again, stating that it is obsoleted but still working (and why), rather then leaving it as Yet Another Undocumented Feature (that will mysteriously and suddenly break some random day in the future). It's worth giving some background about how we ended up in the situation that this patch fixes. We had originally removed support for the long-deprecated two-args AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocation (see commit v1.12-67-ge186355). Before that removal could land in a released Automake version, Bob Friesenhahn made a quite compelling point that the two-args AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocation could still be useful for modern, maintained packages like GraphicsMagick, at least until Autoconf is fixed to offer better support for "dynamic" package versions (see commit v1.12.2-245-g2abe183 for more in-depth rationales and references). However, in that commit we didn't revert the removal of the *documentation* for this two-arguments AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocation (and no rationale for not doing so was given in the commit message). Time to remedy that. Indirectly suggested by Diego Elio Pattenò: <http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/01/autotools-mythbuster-automake-pains> * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. * NEWS: Update. * THANKS: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
36ee783a 2012-04-03 22:02:55 texi: info files can be generated in the builddir User can now ask info files to be built in the $(builddir), rather than the $(srcdir), by specifying the Automake option 'info-in-builddir'. This feature was requested by the developers of GCC, GDB, GNU binutils and the GNU bfd library. See the extensive discussion about automake bug#11034 for more details. OK, to be honest, having '.info' files built in the builddir was *already* possible, but only using ugly and undocumented hacks involving definition of the CLEANFILES and/or DISTCLEANFILES. For example, the binutils project did something like this in the relevant 'Makefile.am': # Automake 1.9 will only build info files in the objdir if they are # mentioned in DISTCLEANFILES. It doesn't have to be unconditional, # though, so we use a bogus condition. if GENINSRC_NEVER DISTCLEANFILES = binutils.info endif See also the extensive discussion about automake bug#11034; in particular, the following messages: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11034#65> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11034#80> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11034#86> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11034#101> * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): Recognize the new 'info-in-builddir' option. * automake.in (handle_texinfo_helper): If that option is set, initialize '$insrc' to '0', so that info files will be generated in the builddir. Adjust comments to match. * t/txinfo-builddir.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. * NEWS: Update. * doc/automake.texi: Document the new options. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
e4a5f2bf 2013-01-01 01:33:12 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: tests: don't always look for a C++ compiler named 'RCC' tests: fix bug in pkg-config-macros.sh, could cause spurious SKIPs docs: autom4te cache can break CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES coverage: test CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES coverage: test CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES
a1de6563 2013-01-01 00:47:33 docs: autom4te cache can break CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES In fact, the new test 'remake-configure-dependencies.sh' only works because it disables the autom4te cache :-( That is more of an AUtotools design issue than an Automake bug, so better just document it ... * doc/automake.texi (Rebuilding): ... here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
a2e9a713 2013-01-01 00:32:34 coverage: test CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES * t/remake-configure-dependencies.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. * doc/automake.texi: Reference it in comments. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>