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Commit	Date	Message
153298e2	2025-06-26T10:26:13	maint: prepare for 1.18.1 release. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.18.1. (APIVERSION remains 1.18.) * m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated). * HACKING: tweak release info some more. * NEWS: likewise.
9b92240a	2025-06-25T14:16:03	mdate-sh: ignore $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (again). * lib/mdate-sh: pay no attention to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. The previous change (2025-05-15) was a misunderstanding; looking at SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH causes spurious makeinfo rebuilds: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-06/msg00021.html * t/mdate5.sh: remove check for this. * t/txinfo-vtexi4.sh: likewise. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): remove mention of this. * NEWS: update.
5feae5cf	2025-06-20T18:06:20	automake: improve debuggability of installcheck failures. From https://bugs.gnu.org/78850. * lib/am/progs.am (installcheck-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Show the cause of each failure. * lib/am/scripts.am (installcheck-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Likewise. * NEWS: mention this.
423b04de	2025-06-20T09:04:52	test: adapt tests for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-06/msg00016.html. * t/mdate5.sh: allow years 19xx for old SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. * t/txinfo-vtexi3.sh: likewise. * t/txinfo-vtexi4.sh: if SDE is set, use mdate-sh to parse it into the expected UPDATED and UPDATED-MONTH values. Report from Frederic Berat. * NEWS: mention this.
971aae26	2025-05-26T09:10:25	maint: prepare for 1.18 release. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.18 (APIVERSION): also 1.18. * m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated). * doc/automake.texi: missing comma in make xref. * HACKING: tweak release info some more. * NEWS: likewise. * INSTALL: missed top-level update from make fetch.
b78b7061	2025-05-20T09:17:04	mdate-sh: support $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. From https://bugs.gnu.org/77805. * lib/mdate-sh: if $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, use it instead of the mtime of any file. Debian was removing @value{UPDATED}, etc., from manuals because of varying output. Try date --date, then date -r, then perl gmtime, then fall back to the file's mtime. Also, warn if more than one file argument is given. (mon_to_month): factor out conversion of Jan to January. * t/mdate5.sh: test it. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): mention it. * NEWS: mention it.
8cd1f563	2025-04-11T09:55:05	maint: doc fixes for 1.17.92 pretest. * NEWS: forgot to update the version. * HACKING: mention this.
0e480388	2025-04-09T10:00:05	test: force Autoconf config.site to /dev/null. From https://bugs.gnu.org/76622 (automake-patches). * t/ax/test-defs.in: Set `CONFIG_SITE' to `/dev/null' to avoid the local system's Autoconf site defaults from breaking the test environment. Original report from Nelson Beebe, 26 Feb 2025. * NEWS: mention this.
1349c729	2025-02-25T14:39:11	maint: doc and maintainer-check in preparation for 1.17.90. * HACKING: mention thanks to individuals. * NEWS: update for 1.17.90. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): now 1.17.90. * m4/amversion.m4 (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): 1.17.90 (auto-update). * maintainer/syntax-checks.mk (sc_tests_command_subst): allow whitespace before # shell comment line. (sc_tests_plain_sleep): emphasize using $sleep without a number; only replace sleep 1 or sleep 2; longer than that would be fine. * t/tap-stderr-prefix.tap: use $sleep instead of sleep 1.
fc9c308e	2025-02-24T15:35:09	automake: warn about install.sh being found, rather than error. Report from https://bugs.gnu.org/19964. * bin/automake.in (scan_autoconf_files): give a msg 'obsolete' rather than err_am. Mention where install.sh was found. (En passant, fix some doubled words.) * NEWS: mention this.
2d2ff607	2025-02-24T14:41:48	dist: change tar format default to ustar. Suggested in https://bugs.gnu.org74847. * m4/init.m4 (tar-ustar): make ustar the default instead of tar-v7. * doc/automake.texi (tar-formats): document this. * NEWS: mention this. * t/tar-override.sh: force tar-v7 for purposes of this test.
ba3a673d	2025-02-24T10:30:42	dist: correct sense of no-dist-built-sources option. Primarily from https://bugs.gnu.org/69908. * bin/automake.in (preprocess_file) <DIST_BUILT_SOURCES>: make the option name be "no-dist-built-sources", per Options.pm and automake.texi; then set it with a single !. * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir) [DIST_BUILT_SOURCES]: insert the dependency on $(BUILT_SOURCES) when DIST_BUILT_SOURCES is true, not false; i.e., sense was reversed. * t/dist-no-built-sources.sh: edit the test configure.ac in the no-dist-built-sources case. Rename the testopt value to match the Automake option. * NEWS: mention this.
e29a96c8	2025-02-23T09:57:47	doc: move --stderr-prefix doc details to a new subsubsection. Still in https://bugs.gnu.org/72536. * doc/automake.texi (TAP setup and examples): (TAP stderr examples), TAP stderr prefixing): split TAP examples into new subsubsections. Add discussion of race condition and other reordering from the open bug. * NEWS: mention --stderr-prefix.
29d21ffc	2025-02-21T09:58:12	m4: force newline after AM_SILENT_RULES, as before 1.17. From https://bugs.gnu.org/72267. * m4/silent.m4 (AM_SILENT_RULES): m4_newline() after the assignment. Report from Francis Dupont, suggestions from Francis and Nick Bowler. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add Francis.
735a386e	2025-02-21T09:38:52	dist: add bzip3 support. From https://bugs.gnu.org/73795 (automake-patches). * bin/automake.in (handle_dist): add bzip3 support. https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3 * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): likewise. * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-bzip3): likewise. * t/dist-formats.tap: likewise. * t/dist-bzip3.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add it. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add Kamila.
9650164c	2025-02-21T08:59:49	doc: dates of releases. * NEWS: add dates of releases.
32b3cfa5	2025-02-20T15:43:49	automake: add missing AC_MSG_RESULT calls to AM_SANITY_CHECK. From https://bugs.gnu.org/76448 (automake-patches). * m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Call AC_MSG_RESULT before erroring out so that a complete line is printed to stdout before the error message is written to stderr. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add Richard.
0ea7ef97	2025-02-09T09:36:24	python: restore more compatible behavior for $PYTHON. For https://bugs.gnu.org/74434. * lib/py-compile: if $PYTHON -V does not include the string "python" (case-insensitive), consider the support intentionally disabled and exit successfully, unless PYTHON is set to false, in which case exit unsuccessfully. This is closer to the old behavior. Mention this in the help message. * t/py-compile-env.sh: add test for PYTHON=:. * NEWS: mention this. (And, en passant, add some past bug#s and clarify that only RCS/SCCS pattern rules were disabled, not all.)
92f83bdb	2025-02-04T08:22:26	test: allow running with fatal warnings given in PERL5OPT. * HACKING: mention running the test suite with PERL5OPT=-Mwarnings=FATAL,all in the environment at new Perl (and Automake releases), to try to keep up with new Perl warnings. Suggestion from Jacob Bachmeyer, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-02/msg00001.html * t/parallel-tests-log-compiler-example.sh: explicitly use warnings so that this PERL5OPT setting won't be a fatal error. * NEWS: formatting.
db0c6028	2025-02-03T09:42:47	maint: text/test cleanups. * THANKS: add Jose. * NEWS: mention non-fatal Perl warnings and !! warning workaround. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add a68-demo.sh.
bbb06167	2025-02-02T10:11:24	Add support for the Algol 68 programming language. * bin/automake.in: Call register_language for Algol 68. (resolve_linker): handle A68LINK. (%_am_macro_for_cond): Add entry for am__fastdepGA68. * configure.ac: Look for ga68 and set GNU_GA68 and GNU_A68FLAGS if found. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_ac_macro_for_var): Add entries for GA68 and GA68FLAGS. * t/a68-demo.sh: New test. * doc/automake.texi (Algol 68 Support): New section. * NEWS: Add entry for Algol 68.
c22ff066	2025-01-01T14:37:27	Rename file to fix copyright update glitch * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST), NEWS: Adjust to file renaming. * NEWS-future: Rename from NEWS-2.0, so that "make update-copyright" does not think this is a man page and use \(en rather than - in year ranges. Change \(en back to -.
61075eab	2025-01-01T14:31:02	maint: make update-copyright
a2def8cd	2024-10-20T14:34:39	automake: require ABOUT-NLS only at gnits strictness. From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2024-10/msg00006.html. * bin/automake.in (handle_gettext): In require_file for ABOUT-NLS, change strictness level from GNU to GNITS. * NEWS: Add notice.
7e768ee0	2024-06-20T10:14:06	maint: wording tweaks for announcement. * NEWS: Automake 2.0 may not happen. * maintainer/maint.mk (announcement): missed newline.
cde0e3bb	2024-06-19T09:41:22	doc: rewrite subsecond NEWS entry, sanity.m4 "make" testing wrong, etc. * m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): mention that testing of "make" is wrong here; but $(MAKE) is not available? Do some special pleading that it won't matter in practice; we'll see. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2024-06/msg00051.html (AM_SANITY_CHECK): use $[]* instead of $[]2 to avoid the confusing apparent (but not) use of shell arrays; the square brackets are parsed off by m4. lib/am/check.am (output_system_information): en passant, mention that $(AWK) should always be defined since AC_PROG_AWK is part of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE nowadays. * NEWS: rewrite subsecond NEWS entry:workaround, more references.
eb20585d	2024-06-18T10:32:09	aclocal: add --aclocal-path option to override ACLOCAL_PATH envvar. From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2022-01/msg00029.html (plus wording tweaks from Karl; and thanks to Bogdan for research). * bin/aclocal.in (usage): relabel output of m4 search path components to be somewhat more correct (Karl), although it's still a mess. (parse_arguments): add new option --aclocal-path=s. (parse_ACLOCAL_PATH): use $aclocal_path instead of hardwiring envvar. * doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options): document it. (dirlist): new anchor so we can reference it. (Modifying the Macro Search Path: @file{ACLOCAL_PATH}): mention the option. (Possible future incompatibility): tone down; it might never happen. * t/aclocal-path-precedence.sh: test the option. * NEWS: mention the new option.
6cb69ad8	2024-06-17T14:44:28	test: Improve output of system information in test-suite.log. Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/71421. * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG): Use $(AWK) instead of 'awk'. Remove an extra space in uname output. Start the line with "System information", and other sections with "Distribution information". * NEWS: add reference to #71421.
a2d56238	2024-06-17T10:06:25	automake: allow omitting logs of skipped tests from test-suite.log. * doc/automake.texi (Parallel Test Harness): Describe the contents of test-suite.log. Mention IGNORE_SKIPPED_LOGS. (Command-line arguments for test drivers): Document the --collect-skipped-logs option. * lib/test-driver (print_usage): Document --collect-skipped-logs. (collect_skipped_logs): New variable. (gcopy): Use collect_skipped_logs. * lib/am/check.am (am__common_driver_flags): Add the contents of am__collect_skipped_logs. (am__check_pre): Set am__collect_skipped_logs. * t/parallel-tests-without-skipped-logs.sh: New file, based on t/parallel-tests-no-color-in-log.sh. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): Add it. * NEWS: Mention the change.
9b16e59f	2024-06-17T09:50:57	doc: more subsecond references. * NEWS: add the original commit reference: 720a11531, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-commit/2022-02/msg00009.html
18912ccd	2024-06-16T09:40:49	test: Accommodate C23 compilers. From https://bugs.gnu.org/71425. * t/yacc-deleted-headers.sh: Declare yyparse before use. * t/yacc-depend.sh: Likewise. * t/yacc-mix-c-cxx.sh: Likewise. * t/yacc-d-basic.sh: Likewise. Use void instead of empty parameter list. * t/yacc-depend2.sh: Likewise. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add Collin.
e09ee974	2024-06-16T08:41:06	aclocal: path separator is ; on OS/2 and Windows. Adapted from and fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/71534. * bin/aclocal.in (parse_ACLOCAL_PATH): use $^O to recognize OS/2 and Windows for the environment path element separator. * NEWS: mention this.
f3752617	2024-06-15T18:18:35	automake: sort keys for reproducibility. Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/25629. * bin/aclocal.in: sort keys for reproducibility. * bin/automake.in: likewise. * contrib/tap-driver.pl: likewise. * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/Condition.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/Getopt.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: likewise. * THANKS: Add Yves. * NEWS: mention this.
1d35638b	2024-06-07T08:41:45	maint: spelling and whitespace fixes Most of these spelling fixes are just to comments and documentation. However, some affect tests as follows: * t/cond36.sh (tparse.h): Fix misspelling of dependency. * t/disthook.sh: Fix misspelling of file. * t/help3.sh: Fix misspelling of long option. * t/instdir-ltlib.sh: Fix misspellings of macro names. This causes the test to fail, so someone with libtool expertise needs to look into this. * t/tap-no-spurious-numbers.sh (highno): Fix misspelling of shell var.
3000a024	2024-05-21T09:48:18	doc: NEWS subsecond reference. * NEWS: another subsecond reference.
70127e61	2024-02-03T08:38:49	test: make bug-reporting message on test failure more explicit. From https://bugs.gnu.org/68855. * NEWS: mention this. * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)) <please_report>: new fn, new wording. * t/ax/test-defs.in (failure_footer_text): new wording. (failure_footer_text_colorized): add red. * t/ax/tap-summary-aux.sh (failure_footer): use failure_footer_text. t/tap-doc2.sh: change grep. * t/testsuite-summary-color.sh: likewise. * t/testsuite-summary-count-many.sh: likewise. * t/testsuite-summary-count.sh: likewise. * t/testsuite-summary-reference-log.sh: likewise.
70128b8b	2024-01-20T14:33:14	python: use deb_system instead of posix_local if prefix = /usr. Continuing with https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=54412. * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON) <am_python_setup_scheme>: factor out common scheme-related code to this new variable. If the scheme is posix_local and the prefix is /usr, use deb_system (for Debian package builds). * NEWS: more explanations (and unrelated references, en passant).
ac64ce26	2024-01-17T14:48:13	python: use posix_prefix instead of posix_local on Debian. From https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=54412#17. (Patch slightly adapted by Bogdan from original by Gianfranco, as posted by Stefano Rivera in message#14.) * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): replace Debian's posix_local scheme with posix_prefix. * doc/automake.texi (Python) <pythondir>: say a bit more. * NEWS: mention this.
3cd8f545	2024-01-13T18:09:02	python: add 3.20 - 3.16 to the version search list. * m4/python.m4: Add python3.20 - python3.16. * NEWS: Mention these versions too.
b80b5c47	2024-01-01T11:29:06	maint: make update-copyright
21ac1161	2023-12-30T15:37:05	dist: Use -9 instead of --best, and only for gzip, to pacify Alpine. From https://bugs.gnu.org/68151. * lib/am/distdir.am (GZIP_ENV): Set to -9, not --best, since Alpine does not support --best. (distcheck): Don't use GZIP_ENV when invoking gzip for decompression, since Alpine does not support -1..-9 with decompression. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Document the change. * NEWS: mention this. (En passant, add more change links.)
5eb995c3	2023-12-26T14:26:20	doc: typos in NEWS. From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-12/msg00037.html. * NEWS: typos.
0249be1e	2023-12-25T15:38:15	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.
80b72e67	2023-12-18T14:20:55	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.
0d88793d	2023-12-10T15:05:40	doc: NEWS entry for OBJC[XX] tags. This helps https://bugs.gnu.org/67539. * NEWS: update; forgot to commit with prior code change.
cfdb83d4	2023-12-10T09:50:51	automake: again revise file mtime resolution support. This patch is from https://bugs.gnu.org/67670. In order for the Automake testsuite to be able to use sub-second delays to control whether certain files are considered newer than others, five(!) separate pieces of software all need to cooperate: automake itself, autoconf's internal `autom4te' utility, the Perl interpreter and its libraries, the sleep(1) shell utility, and finally the filesystem hosting the build directory. The existing tests for this are a combination of inadequate and incorrect. This patch, in conjunction with a patch just committed to Autoconf trunk, https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=39d96e6fff7ceae63b823872602caf4d255a38c8 should make everything much more robust, as follows: - _AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION is completely rewritten. It no longer looks for autom4te at all, because this macro is invoked unconditionally from AM_INIT, so every project that uses Automake would get this test that's only relevant to Automake's own testsuite. Also, it tries sleeping for as little as one millisecond (smaller delays consistently get rounded up to 1ms on my computer and I expect that's universal), it should accurately detect FAT's two-second resolution now, and it should not be tripped up anymore by running at precisely the moment that will make a 0.1s sleep cross a 1s boundary (this may sound unlikely but it used to cause a couple of test failures every time I ran the automake testsuite on a network filesystem that only supported 1s resolution). - In support of the above, the test for working ls -t moved from AM_SANITY_CHECK to _AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION. This allowed me to simplify the test for $srcdir/configure being older than a freshly created file. - If automake is capable of reading high-resolution file modification timestamps from the operating system, it prints `Features: subsecond-mtime' as the second line of --version output. (We can't just assume this works for sufficiently new automake, because it depends on whether the Perl interpreter provides this capability, and that's not a simple question of which version of Perl you have, either.) - The Autoconf patch mentioned above adds the same annotation to the output of autom4te --version. - Finally, t/ax/test-defs.in looks for the `Features: subsecond-mtime' string from both automake and autom4te and resets the sleep time to one second if it's not there. There might be a better place to put this, somewhere it'll execute every time the overall testsuite is invoked rather than once for each test, but I couldn't find one. Tested on x86-64-linux with development automake and development autoconf. Previous discussion: - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-03/msg00000.html - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-04/msg00002.html - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-12/msg00005.html - https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=64756 * m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): Rewrite for greater reliability. Don't probe autom4te at all here. Check for working ls -t here. (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Do not cache the result. Do not check for working `ls -t' here. Disentangle control flow in the loop probing the relative ages of build and source directory. * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Sync from autoconf. * bin/automake.in (version): Include `Features: subsecond-mtime' in the output if $Automake::FileUtils::subsecond_mtime is true. * configure.ac: Rename the substitution variable MODIFICATION_DELAY to MTIME_RESOLUTION. * t/ax/test-defs.in: Require both $AUTOMAKE and $AUTOM4TE to report support for high-resolution timestamps before setting $sleep to delay for less than one second. * NEWS: Update info.
fac41f94	2023-12-02T14:33:30	doc: autoconf portability link, python NEWS. More for https://bugs.gnu.org/67268. * doc/automake.texi (Usage of Conditionals): link to Autoconf's Limitations of Builtins, e.g., https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.71/html_node/Limitations-of-Builtins.html * NEWS: Python version preferences are not just miscellaneous.
6b4304c1	2022-01-26T06:36:32	python: prioritize python 3.x over 2.x Since Python 2.x went EOL years ago, stop searching for it before any of the Python 3 versions. * m4/python.m4: Move python2 after all python3 versions. * NEWS: Mention update in version search.
68db06db	2023-11-23T09:13:38	missing: add autoreconf, autogen and perl as supported programs. From: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2015-08/msg00000.html * lib/missing: add autoreconf, autogen and perl as supported programs, potentially especially useful from bootstrap scripts. Alphabetize. * NEWS: mention. * THANKS: new contributor.
8cdbdda5	2023-11-21T08:30:00	automake: make the ARFLAGS default 'cr' instead of 'cru'. In some GNU/Linux distributions people started to compile 'ar' binary with --enable-deterministic-archives (binutils project). That, however, in combination with our previous long time working default AR_FLAGS=cru causes warnings on such installations: ar: `u' modifier ignored since `D' is the default (see `U') The 'u' option (at least with GNU binutils) did small optimization during repeated builds because it instructed 'ar' to not open/close unchanged .o files and to rather read their contents from old archive file. However, its removal should not cause a big performance hit for usual workflows. Distributions started using --enable-deterministic-archives knowing that it would disable the 'u', just to rather have a bit more deterministic builds. Also, to justify this change a bit more, keeping 'u' in ARFLAGS could only result in many per-project changes to override Automake's ARFLAGS default, just to silence such warnings. Fixes bug#20082. Reported by Eric Blake. bin/automake.in (handle_libraries): Use 'ARFLAGS=cr' by default. * doc/automake.texi (Building a library): Mention the changed ARFLAGS default. (@c LocalWords): Replace 'cru' with 'cr'. * m4/ar-lib.m4 (AM_PROG_AR): Cut out 'cru' string into separate ARFLAGS variable with new default 'cr'. * NEWS: Document.
cfb00bd3	2023-11-01T18:05:53	doc: more NEWS on fractional seconds. * NEWS: fixed autom4te is not yet released.
a1c34d1f	2023-11-01T17:41:53	doc: add bug numbers to NEWS. * NEWS: add some bug numbers.
edd08396	2023-11-01T09:18:57	m4: update invocation of AC_PROG_LEX. * m4/lex.m4: Pass on any arguments given to AC_PROG_LEX. * doc/automake.texi: Describe this. * NEWS: Mention this. * THANKS: New contributor.
1c618bce	2023-10-06T08:18:33	automake: new option posix to emit .POSIX target first. This patch is from https://bugs.gnu.org/55025. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): declare new option "posix". * bin/automake.in (generate_makefile): if the "posix" option is present, add a .POSIX special target as the first non-comment line in the Makefile.in files. * NEWS: mention this. * doc/automake.texi: likewise.
dbdfa65c	2023-07-20T18:03:27	automake: disable GNU make's internal pattern rules, for speed. From https://bugs.gnu.org/64743. * lib/am/footer.am: Disable GNU make's internal pattern rules. * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (_conditionals_for_rule): Add special handling for these pattern rules from footer.am. (define): Likewise. * t/nodep.sh: Update test to avoid matching the new %:: rules. * t/fnoc.sh: Update test to avoid matching the new %:: SCCS rule. * NEWS: Mention this. * doc/automake.texi (Suffixes): Likewise. (Doc changes written by Karl.)
5c85a9d3	2023-07-13T15:32:34	texi: assume .texi.in generates .texi. This change refines the fix for https://bugs.gnu.org/54063. * bin/automake.in (scan_texinfo_file): if .texi doesn't exist, but .texi.in exists, read the latter for the Texinfo source. Use the @setfilename argument, if present, to generate rules. * t/txinfo-no-texi-but-texi-in.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): document this. * NEWS: mention this. (Doc changes written by Karl.)
65ad31d8	2023-07-09T09:57:15	tests: avoid some SunOS declaration conflicts. This change: finishes fixing https://bugs.gnu.org/34151 and https://bugs.gnu.org/30612 and https://bugs.gnu.org/42393; fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/44795 and https://bugs.gnu.org/49755; partially fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/45205 and https://bugs.gnu.org/55073. Still open: https://bugs.gnu.org/15256; * t/lex-clean-cxx.sh: test __cplusplus, __sun, and __EXTERN_C__ before using extern "C" for the yylex decl, as explained at https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=45205#13. * t/lex-depend-cxx.sh: likewise. * t/yacc-cxx.sh: "using" std::exit, std::free, std::malloc. * t/yacc-d-cxx.sh: likewise. * t/yacc-mix-c-cxx.sh: likewise. * NEWS: mention this.
4bd4640e	2023-07-01T08:34:55	automake: do not warn that POSIX variables are non-POSIX. This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/9587. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (_VARIABLE_PATTERN_EXTRA_POSIX): new variable for $(D) and the like. (_VARIABLE_PATTERN): use it. t/vars3.sh: update test. * NEWS: mention this. POSIX spec (currently): https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/make.html
0e127700	2023-02-07T22:39:29	Revert "maint: require perl 5.010 or later" This reverts commit 4e3744a15c4d8bdb46c11ead2fb56c5f591b714b. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
0901ccdd	2023-03-01T15:03:30	doc: tweak old NEWS about ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS. * NEWS: any ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS deprecation will be in a major release (the hypothetical 2.0), not sooner. * NEWS-2.0: developers who don't wish to be maintainers are also welcome and needed.
4e3744a1	2023-02-02T14:13:24	maint: require perl 5.010 or later This is needed for better treatment of high-res timestamps.
34bdde96	2023-01-04T02:00:14	maint: make update-copyright
e0d24592	2022-09-28T10:17:35	doc: rearrange NEWS. * NEWS: reclassify bugs vs. features.
8a4ecd4f	2022-09-28T09:08:20	forgot NEWS update
cea8158f	2022-09-27T18:04:20	automake: do not use -Q with emacs invocations. This change is for https://bugs.gnu.org/58102. (By the way, the previous two commits were for bugs 58026 (silent .elc compilation) and 58025 (load bytecomp), respectively, but I forgot to mention them.) * m4/lispdir.m4 (AM_PATH_LISPDIR): omit -Q option. Also (from karl), use -no-site-file (one hyphen) for consistency with the other options. * NEWS: mention this. * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): likewise.
bee2ab12	2022-09-26T08:57:43	automake: silent make output for Emacs byte compilation. * lib/am/lisp.am: Use $(AM_V_GEN) in .el.elc rule. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add new contributor.
f9fdcdfd	2022-05-23T13:47:02	deps: create empty file instead of dummy file. This change is per an automake thread, see both before and after: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2022-05/msg00006.html * lib/am/depend.am ($(am__depfiles_remade)): create empty files for dependencies instead of files with a line '# dummy'. Turns out this is noticeably faster. * THANKS: update Jan's email address. * NEWS: mention this.
bde43d04	2022-02-06T01:25:59	py-compile: fix optimized compiling for Python 3.5+ Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/38043. Split the optimized compilation logic into a new section. This avoids trying to support multiple versions of major versions in a single script as it gets harder to verify new changes don't break old versions as time goes on. Now for Python 3.5+, compile with -O0 (which is "higher" than -O). * NEWS: Mention fix. * THANKS: Add Michal Górny. * lib/py-compile: Add new section for compiling Python 3.5+.
8abf0894	2022-02-20T13:28:48	automake: support embedded \# in variable appends Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/7610. Use of \# is not portable. POSIX does not provide any way of retaining the # marker in variables. There is wide spread support for \# though in GNU & BSD Make implementations. Today, with plain variable assignments, Automake leaves the line alone: foo = blah\#blah This will leave it to the implementation to decide what to do. But if you try to append to it, Automake follows POSIX and strips it: foo = blah\#blah foo += what -> foo = blah\ what Instead, let's issue a portability warning whenever \# is used, even if it isn't being appended, and do not strip the \# when appending. Now: foo = blah\#blah foo += what -> warning: escaping \# comment markers is not portable -> foo = blah\#blah what * NEWS: Mention change in \# handling. * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm: Do not strip # if escaped. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Warn if \# is used. * t/comment12.sh: New test. * t/comments-escaped-in-var.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add comment12.sh & comments-escaped-in-var.sh.
3099097d	2022-02-17T03:50:55	rm: handle -f w/no arguments gracefully Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/10828. Delete the configure check that would abort if `rm -f` does not work, and delete the plans to make this a hard requirement in the future. Instead, test to see if `rm -f` fails w/out arguments. If it does, define am__rm_f such that it always passes at least the "" argument when deleting files. If it doesn't fail, then we can omit the "". Then go through lib/am/ and update places where we use the pattern `test -z ... \|\| rm -f ...` and replace with $(am__rm_f). * NEWS: Mention support for `rm -f` w/out arguments. * PLANS/rm-f-without-args.txt: Remove. * lib/am/check.am: Use new $(am__rm_f) helper. * lib/am/clean.am: Likewise. * lib/am/header-vars.am: Likewise. * lib/am/inst-vars.am: Likewise. * lib/am/libs.am: Likewise. * lib/am/ltlib.am: Likewise. * lib/am/progs.am: Likewise. * lib/am/texinfos.am: Likewise. * m4/init.m4: Delete `rm -f` checks and call _AM_PROG_RM_F. * m4/rmf.m4: Define new _AM_PROG_RM_F macro. * t/rm-f-probe.sh: Update test.
31237ca4	2022-02-20T19:54:38	NEWS: fix typo in fix-timestamp.sh script name As pointed out by Eric Blake. * NEWS: Fix typo.
720a1153	2022-02-12T03:41:06	m4: speed up filesystem modification checks The current code sleeps at least 1 second to make sure the generated files are strictly newer than the source files. It does this for a few reasons: POSIX only guarantees that `sleep` accept integers, and filesystems have a history (c.f. Windows) of bad timestamp resolution. For the first part, we can easily probe sleep to see if it accepts a decimal number with a fractional part -- just run `sleep 0.001`. For the second part, we can create two files and then run sleep in a loop to see when one is considered newer than the other. For many projects, this 1 second delay is largely amortized by the rest of the configure script. Autoconf lends itself to being both large & slow. But in projects with many smallish configure scripts with many cached vars, the time to rerun is dominated by this single sleep call. For example, building libgloss against a compiler with many (60+) multilib configurations, we see: [Using sleep 1] $ time ./config.status real 2m28.164s user 0m33.651s sys 0m9.083s [Using sleep 0.1] $ time ./config.status real 0m39.569s user 0m33.517s sys 0m8.969s And in case anyone wonders, going below 0.1s doesn't seem to make a statistically significant difference, at least in this configuration. It appears to be within "noise" limits. [Using sleep 0.001] $ time ./config.status real 0m39.760s user 0m33.342s sys 0m9.080s * NEWS: Mention updated timestamp checking. * m4/sanity.m4: Determine whether `sleep` accepts fractional seconds. Determine (roughly) the filesystem timestamp resolution. Use this to sleep less when waiting for generated file timestamps to update.
5c9e117c	2022-02-08T00:39:40	elisp: run emacs with --no-site-file Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/21547. If users have interactive site file logic, the lispdir probing can hang, as can the compilation of elisp files. Use --no-site-file to disable loading any of that possible user logic. * NEWS: Note emacs --no-site-file change. * doc/automake.texi: Run emacs with --no-site-file. * lib/am/lisp.am: Likewise. * m4/lispdir.m4: Likewise.
8b2d281d	2022-02-06T00:22:50	py-compile: drop support for Python 0.x & 1.x Python 2.0 was released in 2000. There's really no way for us to check those old versions, so let's just drop them. No one will miss them. * NEWS: Note Python version support removal. * lib/py-compile: Abort if major version 0 or 1 is found. * t/py-compile-env.sh: Rework slightly to handle new version probing.
9daa34db	2022-01-24T03:08:13	texi: define new AM_TEXI2FLAGS variable To provide a bit more flexibility when invoking TEXI2DVI & TEXI2PDF, and provide a bit of symmetry with .info & .html generation, provide a AM_TEXI2FLAGS setting that is passed to all TEXI2xxx invocations. * doc/automake.texi: Mention new AM_TEXI2FLAGS setting. * lib/am/texibuild.am: Pass $(AM_TEXI2FLAGS) to TEXI2DVI & TEXI2PDF. * NEWS: Mention AM_TEXI2FLAGS. * t/txinfo-many-output-formats.sh: Check for AM_TEXI2FLAGS.
930a9a73	2022-01-26T06:33:19	python: add 3.10 - 3.15 to the version search list Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/53530. Based on the cadence of Automake releases, add the current Python release (3.10), the current Python development (3.11), and then 4 more versions on top of that. It doesn't hurt to check for a few extra versions here since this is the fallback logic when the main `python` and `python3` programs aren't found. * m4/python.m4: Add python3.10 - python3.15. * NEWS: Mention new Python versions.
975ea4d9	2022-01-19T05:14:47	progs, libs: support _RANLIB overrides Much like we have per-target support for _AR and _LINK, add an _RANLIB override too. This allows selection of specific ranlib tools in case a non-standard archiver tool was forced. * bin/automake.in: Check for _RANLIB per-target settings. * doc/automake.texi: Document _RANLIB override. * lib/am/library.am: Change $(RANLIB) to $(%XLIBRARY%_RANLIB). * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add ranlib_override.sh. * t/ranlib_override.sh: New test. * NEWS: Mention new feature.
6c8ff6a8	2022-01-12T14:15:12	maint: make update-copyright
18416d64	2021-10-03T19:47:14	version 1.16.5 * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.5. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.
524d9961	2021-10-03T19:48:31	maint: remove trailing white space from a few files * NEWS: Remove trailing white space. * NEWS-2.0: Likewise. * contrib/checklinkx: Likewise. * doc/local.mk (chlx_args): Likewise. * m4/python.m4: Likewise. * t/test-extensions-empty.sh: Likewise.
56387843	2021-09-19T15:12:27	python: only use Python's sys.* values if the new option --with-python-sys-prefix is specified; otherwise, return to previous behavior of using the GNU ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix}. * doc/automake.texi (Python): document the new behavior. * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): conditionalize use of Python's sys.* values on the new option --with-python-sys-prefix. * t/python-prefix.sh: doc update. * t/python-vars.sh: test both GNU and Python prefix values. * NEWS: mention this.
00517c1c	2021-09-18T11:08:24	doc: update NEWS for yyerror const arg; update THANKS. * THANKS: update with missed recent committer. * NEWS: mention yyerror decl in our tests now uses const.
4ffbab93	2021-09-10T15:45:29	automake: consistently depend on install-libLTLIBRARIES. Report and patch: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2021-08/msg00016.html * bin/automake.in (generate_makefile): depend on install-libLTLIBRARIES for all PROGRAMS and LTLIBRARIES, such as install-pkglibLTLIBRARIES. * NEWS: mention this.
39c0005a	2021-07-25T21:59:59	version 1.16.4 * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.4. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.
d5ca48a6	2021-07-17T12:55:12	doc: NEWS tweak * NEWS: Indent consistently.
7e50be6b	2021-07-14T20:21:49	tests: use testsuite/ directory in DejaGnu tests Patch posted: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-07/msg00009.html * t/check12.sh: Consistently use the directory name, testsuite/, for all DejaGnu tests, and always use recursive make to run DejaGnu, for backward and forward compatibility. * t/dejagnu3.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu4.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu5.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu6.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu7.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-absolute-builddir.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-relative-srcdir.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-siteexp-extend.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-siteexp-useredit.sh: Likewise. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: new contributor.
57688bd5	2021-07-15T18:37:09	automake: silent make output for custom link commands. Patch posted: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-07/msg00010.html * bin/automake.in (define_per_target_linker_variable): Use AM_V_${target}_LINK if defined as the verbose variable name for custom link commands. * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Document the new variable. * t/link_override.sh: Add extra checks for silent make rules. * NEWS: Mention this. * THANKS: new contributor.
13659a73	2021-07-09T09:03:30	dist: add new "dist-no-built-sources" automake option. Fixes automake bug https://debbugs.gnu.org/49317. * bin/automake.in: implement new option "no-dist-built-sources" to omit the dependency of distdir on $(BUILT_SOURCES). (Allison's original patch used the option name dist-pure; trivially renamed.) * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir) [DIST_BUILT_SOURCES]: conditionalize the dependency. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): list it. * doc/automake.texi (List of Automake options): document it. * NEWS: mention it. * t/dist-no-built-sources.sh: test it. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add it.
6a986bc0	2021-07-07T18:00:21	maint: missed commits. * INSTALL: Update from gnulib via make fetch. * NEWS: mention config.{guess,sub} restoration of `...`.
16569085	2021-07-01T18:21:51	dist: accept .md versions for README et al. This change was suggested by madmurphy; some ideas were taken from the patch he provided. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-06/msg00005.html * bin/automake.in (@toplevelmd_ok): new global, listing the files for which we will accept .md versions. (@common_files): remove those files from there. (handle_dist): check for .md if non-.md is absent. (handle_minor_options): check for README-alpha.md. (check_gnu_standards): accept .md version if present. (check_gnits_standards): likewise. (usage): output list of .md-accepted files. * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): document. * t/toplevelmd.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: mention new feature.
2765c894	2021-05-18T18:11:02	doc: move future 2.0 incompatibilities to separate file. * NEWS: move info to ... * NEWS-2.0: ... this new file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): add it.
b83830c8	2021-05-18T15:12:56	python: new python-prefix test. * t/python-prefix.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: describe new Python prefix behavior.
4a122012	2021-02-27T09:14:47	automake: sort hash keys needed for reproducible output. This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/46744. * bin/automake.in: sort keys, in: handle_LIBOBJS, handle_clean, handle_factored_dependencies, scan_autoconf_traces, lang_vala_finish. * NEWS: mention this.
d2ccbd7e	2020-12-05T18:11:55	tags: support setting CTAGS, ETAGS, CSCOPE vars via ./configure. This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/45013. * m4/init.m4: add default settings and AC_SUBST calls for the variables `CTAGS', `ETAGS' and `CSCOPE'. * lib/am/tags.am: remove default settings of the above variables. * doc/automake.texi (Tags): mention and index. * NEWS: mention.
a5af212c	2020-11-23T18:04:56	tests: create log file before running the test script. This change partially fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/35762. * lib/test-driver: create $log_file before running the test script. Also quote $log_file. Combined suggestions from howaboutsynergy and Eric Blake.
0188451e	2020-11-18T18:08:41	version 1.16.3 * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.3. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.
37b70ac4	2020-11-13T17:50:09	dejagnu: quote `pwd` when writing "set objdir" line to site.exp. This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/44600. * lib/am/dejagnu.am (site.exp): quote set objdir line. * NEWS: mention this.
db65189f	2020-11-12T17:49:31	install-sh: new option -S SUFFIX for simple file backups. * lib/install-sh: implement and document -S. Patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00004.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-13.01 * t/install-sh-option-S.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: mention it.
a296ffe1	2020-11-10T18:03:47	install-sh: new option -p to preserve mtime. * lib/install-sh: new option -p to call cp -p. Idea from patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00002.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-11.02 * NEWS: mention this. 2020-11-10 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
6b182dc5	2020-11-10T17:54:06	install-sh: do not chown existing directories. * lib/install-sh: do not chown existing directories. Original patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00003.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-11.01 * NEWS: mention this.

153298e2

2025-06-26T10:26:13

maint: prepare for 1.18.1 release. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.18.1. (APIVERSION remains 1.18.) * m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated). * HACKING: tweak release info some more. * NEWS: likewise.

9b92240a

2025-06-25T14:16:03

mdate-sh: ignore $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (again). * lib/mdate-sh: pay no attention to SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. The previous change (2025-05-15) was a misunderstanding; looking at SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH causes spurious makeinfo rebuilds: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-06/msg00021.html * t/mdate5.sh: remove check for this. * t/txinfo-vtexi4.sh: likewise. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): remove mention of this. * NEWS: update.

5feae5cf

2025-06-20T18:06:20

automake: improve debuggability of installcheck failures. From https://bugs.gnu.org/78850. * lib/am/progs.am (installcheck-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Show the cause of each failure. * lib/am/scripts.am (installcheck-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Likewise. * NEWS: mention this.

423b04de

2025-06-20T09:04:52

test: adapt tests for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-06/msg00016.html. * t/mdate5.sh: allow years 19xx for old SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. * t/txinfo-vtexi3.sh: likewise. * t/txinfo-vtexi4.sh: if SDE is set, use mdate-sh to parse it into the expected UPDATED and UPDATED-MONTH values. Report from Frederic Berat. * NEWS: mention this.

971aae26

2025-05-26T09:10:25

maint: prepare for 1.18 release. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.18 (APIVERSION): also 1.18. * m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated). * doc/automake.texi: missing comma in make xref. * HACKING: tweak release info some more. * NEWS: likewise. * INSTALL: missed top-level update from make fetch.

b78b7061

2025-05-20T09:17:04

mdate-sh: support $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. From https://bugs.gnu.org/77805. * lib/mdate-sh: if $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, use it instead of the mtime of any file. Debian was removing @value{UPDATED}, etc., from manuals because of varying output. Try date --date, then date -r, then perl gmtime, then fall back to the file's mtime. Also, warn if more than one file argument is given. (mon_to_month): factor out conversion of Jan to January. * t/mdate5.sh: test it. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): mention it. * NEWS: mention it.

8cd1f563

2025-04-11T09:55:05

maint: doc fixes for 1.17.92 pretest. * NEWS: forgot to update the version. * HACKING: mention this.

0e480388

2025-04-09T10:00:05

test: force Autoconf config.site to /dev/null. From https://bugs.gnu.org/76622 (automake-patches). * t/ax/test-defs.in: Set `CONFIG_SITE' to `/dev/null' to avoid the local system's Autoconf site defaults from breaking the test environment. Original report from Nelson Beebe, 26 Feb 2025. * NEWS: mention this.

1349c729

2025-02-25T14:39:11

maint: doc and maintainer-check in preparation for 1.17.90. * HACKING: mention thanks to individuals. * NEWS: update for 1.17.90. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): now 1.17.90. * m4/amversion.m4 (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): 1.17.90 (auto-update). * maintainer/syntax-checks.mk (sc_tests_command_subst): allow whitespace before # shell comment line. (sc_tests_plain_sleep): emphasize using $sleep without a number; only replace sleep 1 or sleep 2; longer than that would be fine. * t/tap-stderr-prefix.tap: use $sleep instead of sleep 1.

fc9c308e

2025-02-24T15:35:09

automake: warn about install.sh being found, rather than error. Report from https://bugs.gnu.org/19964. * bin/automake.in (scan_autoconf_files): give a msg 'obsolete' rather than err_am. Mention where install.sh was found. (En passant, fix some doubled words.) * NEWS: mention this.

2d2ff607

2025-02-24T14:41:48

dist: change tar format default to ustar. Suggested in https://bugs.gnu.org74847. * m4/init.m4 (tar-ustar): make ustar the default instead of tar-v7. * doc/automake.texi (tar-formats): document this. * NEWS: mention this. * t/tar-override.sh: force tar-v7 for purposes of this test.

ba3a673d

2025-02-24T10:30:42

dist: correct sense of no-dist-built-sources option. Primarily from https://bugs.gnu.org/69908. * bin/automake.in (preprocess_file) <DIST_BUILT_SOURCES>: make the option name be "no-dist-built-sources", per Options.pm and automake.texi; then set it with a single !. * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir) [DIST_BUILT_SOURCES]: insert the dependency on $(BUILT_SOURCES) when DIST_BUILT_SOURCES is true, not false; i.e., sense was reversed. * t/dist-no-built-sources.sh: edit the test configure.ac in the no-dist-built-sources case. Rename the testopt value to match the Automake option. * NEWS: mention this.

e29a96c8

2025-02-23T09:57:47

doc: move --stderr-prefix doc details to a new subsubsection. Still in https://bugs.gnu.org/72536. * doc/automake.texi (TAP setup and examples): (TAP stderr examples), TAP stderr prefixing): split TAP examples into new subsubsections. Add discussion of race condition and other reordering from the open bug. * NEWS: mention --stderr-prefix.

29d21ffc

2025-02-21T09:58:12

m4: force newline after AM_SILENT_RULES, as before 1.17. From https://bugs.gnu.org/72267. * m4/silent.m4 (AM_SILENT_RULES): m4_newline() after the assignment. Report from Francis Dupont, suggestions from Francis and Nick Bowler. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add Francis.

735a386e

2025-02-21T09:38:52

dist: add bzip3 support. From https://bugs.gnu.org/73795 (automake-patches). * bin/automake.in (handle_dist): add bzip3 support. https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3 * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): likewise. * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-bzip3): likewise. * t/dist-formats.tap: likewise. * t/dist-bzip3.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add it. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add Kamila.

9650164c

2025-02-21T08:59:49

doc: dates of releases. * NEWS: add dates of releases.

32b3cfa5

2025-02-20T15:43:49

automake: add missing AC_MSG_RESULT calls to AM_SANITY_CHECK. From https://bugs.gnu.org/76448 (automake-patches). * m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Call AC_MSG_RESULT before erroring out so that a complete line is printed to stdout before the error message is written to stderr. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add Richard.

0ea7ef97

2025-02-09T09:36:24

python: restore more compatible behavior for $PYTHON. For https://bugs.gnu.org/74434. * lib/py-compile: if $PYTHON -V does not include the string "python" (case-insensitive), consider the support intentionally disabled and exit successfully, unless PYTHON is set to false, in which case exit unsuccessfully. This is closer to the old behavior. Mention this in the help message. * t/py-compile-env.sh: add test for PYTHON=:. * NEWS: mention this. (And, en passant, add some past bug#s and clarify that only RCS/SCCS pattern rules were disabled, not all.)

92f83bdb

2025-02-04T08:22:26

test: allow running with fatal warnings given in PERL5OPT. * HACKING: mention running the test suite with PERL5OPT=-Mwarnings=FATAL,all in the environment at new Perl (and Automake releases), to try to keep up with new Perl warnings. Suggestion from Jacob Bachmeyer, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2025-02/msg00001.html * t/parallel-tests-log-compiler-example.sh: explicitly use warnings so that this PERL5OPT setting won't be a fatal error. * NEWS: formatting.

db0c6028

2025-02-03T09:42:47

maint: text/test cleanups. * THANKS: add Jose. * NEWS: mention non-fatal Perl warnings and !! warning workaround. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add a68-demo.sh.

bbb06167

2025-02-02T10:11:24

Add support for the Algol 68 programming language. * bin/automake.in: Call register_language for Algol 68. (resolve_linker): handle A68LINK. (%_am_macro_for_cond): Add entry for am__fastdepGA68. * configure.ac: Look for ga68 and set GNU_GA68 and GNU_A68FLAGS if found. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_ac_macro_for_var): Add entries for GA68 and GA68FLAGS. * t/a68-demo.sh: New test. * doc/automake.texi (Algol 68 Support): New section. * NEWS: Add entry for Algol 68.

c22ff066

2025-01-01T14:37:27

Rename file to fix copyright update glitch * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST), NEWS: Adjust to file renaming. * NEWS-future: Rename from NEWS-2.0, so that "make update-copyright" does not think this is a man page and use \(en rather than - in year ranges. Change \(en back to -.

61075eab

2025-01-01T14:31:02

maint: make update-copyright

a2def8cd

2024-10-20T14:34:39

automake: require ABOUT-NLS only at gnits strictness. From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2024-10/msg00006.html. * bin/automake.in (handle_gettext): In require_file for ABOUT-NLS, change strictness level from GNU to GNITS. * NEWS: Add notice.

7e768ee0

2024-06-20T10:14:06

maint: wording tweaks for announcement. * NEWS: Automake 2.0 may not happen. * maintainer/maint.mk (announcement): missed newline.

cde0e3bb

2024-06-19T09:41:22

doc: rewrite subsecond NEWS entry, sanity.m4 "make" testing wrong, etc. * m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): mention that testing of "make" is wrong here; but $(MAKE) is not available? Do some special pleading that it won't matter in practice; we'll see. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2024-06/msg00051.html (AM_SANITY_CHECK): use $[]* instead of $[*]2 to avoid the confusing apparent (but not) use of shell arrays; the square brackets are parsed off by m4. * lib/am/check.am (output_system_information): en passant, mention that $(AWK) should always be defined since AC_PROG_AWK is part of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE nowadays. * NEWS: rewrite subsecond NEWS entry:workaround, more references.

eb20585d

2024-06-18T10:32:09

aclocal: add --aclocal-path option to override ACLOCAL_PATH envvar. From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2022-01/msg00029.html (plus wording tweaks from Karl; and thanks to Bogdan for research). * bin/aclocal.in (usage): relabel output of m4 search path components to be somewhat more correct (Karl), although it's still a mess. (parse_arguments): add new option --aclocal-path=s. (parse_ACLOCAL_PATH): use $aclocal_path instead of hardwiring envvar. * doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options): document it. (dirlist): new anchor so we can reference it. (Modifying the Macro Search Path: @file{ACLOCAL_PATH}): mention the option. (Possible future incompatibility): tone down; it might never happen. * t/aclocal-path-precedence.sh: test the option. * NEWS: mention the new option.

6cb69ad8

2024-06-17T14:44:28

test: Improve output of system information in test-suite.log. Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/71421. * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG): Use $(AWK) instead of 'awk'. Remove an extra space in uname output. Start the line with "System information", and other sections with "Distribution information". * NEWS: add reference to #71421.

a2d56238

2024-06-17T10:06:25

automake: allow omitting logs of skipped tests from test-suite.log. * doc/automake.texi (Parallel Test Harness): Describe the contents of test-suite.log. Mention IGNORE_SKIPPED_LOGS. (Command-line arguments for test drivers): Document the --collect-skipped-logs option. * lib/test-driver (print_usage): Document --collect-skipped-logs. (collect_skipped_logs): New variable. (gcopy): Use collect_skipped_logs. * lib/am/check.am (am__common_driver_flags): Add the contents of am__collect_skipped_logs. (am__check_pre): Set am__collect_skipped_logs. * t/parallel-tests-without-skipped-logs.sh: New file, based on t/parallel-tests-no-color-in-log.sh. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): Add it. * NEWS: Mention the change.

9b16e59f

2024-06-17T09:50:57

doc: more subsecond references. * NEWS: add the original commit reference: 720a11531, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-commit/2022-02/msg00009.html

18912ccd

2024-06-16T09:40:49

test: Accommodate C23 compilers. From https://bugs.gnu.org/71425. * t/yacc-deleted-headers.sh: Declare yyparse before use. * t/yacc-depend.sh: Likewise. * t/yacc-mix-c-cxx.sh: Likewise. * t/yacc-d-basic.sh: Likewise. Use void instead of empty parameter list. * t/yacc-depend2.sh: Likewise. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add Collin.

e09ee974

2024-06-16T08:41:06

aclocal: path separator is ; on OS/2 and Windows. Adapted from and fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/71534. * bin/aclocal.in (parse_ACLOCAL_PATH): use $^O to recognize OS/2 and Windows for the environment path element separator. * NEWS: mention this.

f3752617

2024-06-15T18:18:35

automake: sort keys for reproducibility. Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/25629. * bin/aclocal.in: sort keys for reproducibility. * bin/automake.in: likewise. * contrib/tap-driver.pl: likewise. * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/Condition.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/Getopt.pm: likewise. * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: likewise. * THANKS: Add Yves. * NEWS: mention this.

1d35638b

2024-06-07T08:41:45

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.

3000a024

2024-05-21T09:48:18

doc: NEWS subsecond reference. * NEWS: another subsecond reference.

70127e61

2024-02-03T08:38:49

test: make bug-reporting message on test failure more explicit. From https://bugs.gnu.org/68855. * NEWS: mention this. * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)) <please_report>: new fn, new wording. * t/ax/test-defs.in (failure_footer_text): new wording. (failure_footer_text_colorized): add red. * t/ax/tap-summary-aux.sh (failure_footer): use failure_footer_text*. * t/tap-doc2.sh: change grep. * t/testsuite-summary-color.sh: likewise. * t/testsuite-summary-count-many.sh: likewise. * t/testsuite-summary-count.sh: likewise. * t/testsuite-summary-reference-log.sh: likewise.

70128b8b

2024-01-20T14:33:14

python: use deb_system instead of posix_local if prefix = /usr. Continuing with https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=54412. * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON) <am_python_setup_scheme>: factor out common scheme-related code to this new variable. If the scheme is posix_local and the prefix is /usr, use deb_system (for Debian package builds). * NEWS: more explanations (and unrelated references, en passant).

ac64ce26

2024-01-17T14:48:13

python: use posix_prefix instead of posix_local on Debian. From https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=54412#17. (Patch slightly adapted by Bogdan from original by Gianfranco, as posted by Stefano Rivera in message#14.) * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): replace Debian's posix_local scheme with posix_prefix. * doc/automake.texi (Python) <pythondir>: say a bit more. * NEWS: mention this.

3cd8f545

2024-01-13T18:09:02

python: add 3.20 - 3.16 to the version search list. * m4/python.m4: Add python3.20 - python3.16. * NEWS: Mention these versions too.

b80b5c47

2024-01-01T11:29:06

maint: make update-copyright

21ac1161

2023-12-30T15:37:05

dist: Use -9 instead of --best, and only for gzip, to pacify Alpine. From https://bugs.gnu.org/68151. * lib/am/distdir.am (GZIP_ENV): Set to -9, not --best, since Alpine does not support --best. (distcheck): Don't use GZIP_ENV when invoking gzip for decompression, since Alpine does not support -1..-9 with decompression. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Document the change. * NEWS: mention this. (En passant, add more change links.)

5eb995c3

2023-12-26T14:26:20

doc: typos in NEWS. From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-12/msg00037.html. * NEWS: typos.

0249be1e

2023-12-25T15:38:15

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.

80b72e67

2023-12-18T14:20:55

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.

0d88793d

2023-12-10T15:05:40

doc: NEWS entry for OBJC[XX] tags. This helps https://bugs.gnu.org/67539. * NEWS: update; forgot to commit with prior code change.

cfdb83d4

2023-12-10T09:50:51

automake: again revise file mtime resolution support. This patch is from https://bugs.gnu.org/67670. In order for the Automake testsuite to be able to use sub-second delays to control whether certain files are considered newer than others, five(!) separate pieces of software all need to cooperate: automake itself, autoconf's internal `autom4te' utility, the Perl interpreter and its libraries, the sleep(1) shell utility, and finally the filesystem hosting the build directory. The existing tests for this are a combination of inadequate and incorrect. This patch, in conjunction with a patch just committed to Autoconf trunk, https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=39d96e6fff7ceae63b823872602caf4d255a38c8 should make everything much more robust, as follows: - _AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION is completely rewritten. It no longer looks for autom4te at all, because this macro is invoked unconditionally from AM_INIT, so *every* project that uses Automake would get this test that's only relevant to Automake's own testsuite. Also, it tries sleeping for as little as one millisecond (smaller delays consistently get rounded up to 1ms on my computer and I expect that's universal), it should accurately detect FAT's two-second resolution now, and it should not be tripped up anymore by running at precisely the moment that will make a 0.1s sleep cross a 1s boundary (this may sound unlikely but it used to cause a couple of test failures *every time* I ran the automake testsuite on a network filesystem that only supported 1s resolution). - In support of the above, the test for working ls -t moved from AM_SANITY_CHECK to _AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION. This allowed me to simplify the test for $srcdir/configure being older than a freshly created file. - If automake is capable of reading high-resolution file modification timestamps from the operating system, it prints `Features: subsecond-mtime' as the second line of --version output. (We can't just assume this works for sufficiently new automake, because it depends on whether the Perl interpreter provides this capability, and that's not a simple question of which version of Perl you have, either.) - The Autoconf patch mentioned above adds the same annotation to the output of autom4te --version. - Finally, t/ax/test-defs.in looks for the `Features: subsecond-mtime' string from both automake and autom4te and resets the sleep time to one second if it's not there. There might be a better place to put this, somewhere it'll execute every time the *overall testsuite* is invoked rather than once for each test, but I couldn't find one. Tested on x86-64-linux with development automake and development autoconf. Previous discussion: - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-03/msg00000.html - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-04/msg00002.html - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2023-12/msg00005.html - https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=64756 * m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): Rewrite for greater reliability. Don't probe autom4te at all here. Check for working ls -t here. (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Do not cache the result. Do not check for working `ls -t' here. Disentangle control flow in the loop probing the relative ages of build and source directory. * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Sync from autoconf. * bin/automake.in (version): Include `Features: subsecond-mtime' in the output if $Automake::FileUtils::subsecond_mtime is true. * configure.ac: Rename the substitution variable MODIFICATION_DELAY to MTIME_RESOLUTION. * t/ax/test-defs.in: Require both $AUTOMAKE and $AUTOM4TE to report support for high-resolution timestamps before setting $sleep to delay for less than one second. * NEWS: Update info.

fac41f94

2023-12-02T14:33:30

doc: autoconf portability link, python NEWS. More for https://bugs.gnu.org/67268. * doc/automake.texi (Usage of Conditionals): link to Autoconf's Limitations of Builtins, e.g., https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.71/html_node/Limitations-of-Builtins.html * NEWS: Python version preferences are not just miscellaneous.

6b4304c1

2022-01-26T06:36:32

python: prioritize python 3.x over 2.x Since Python 2.x went EOL years ago, stop searching for it before any of the Python 3 versions. * m4/python.m4: Move python2 after all python3 versions. * NEWS: Mention update in version search.

68db06db

2023-11-23T09:13:38

missing: add autoreconf, autogen and perl as supported programs. From: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2015-08/msg00000.html * lib/missing: add autoreconf, autogen and perl as supported programs, potentially especially useful from bootstrap scripts. Alphabetize. * NEWS: mention. * THANKS: new contributor.

8cdbdda5

2023-11-21T08:30:00

automake: make the ARFLAGS default 'cr' instead of 'cru'. In some GNU/Linux distributions people started to compile 'ar' binary with --enable-deterministic-archives (binutils project). That, however, in combination with our previous long time working default AR_FLAGS=cru causes warnings on such installations: ar: `u' modifier ignored since `D' is the default (see `U') The 'u' option (at least with GNU binutils) did small optimization during repeated builds because it instructed 'ar' to not open/close unchanged *.o files and to rather read their contents from old archive file. However, its removal should not cause a big performance hit for usual workflows. Distributions started using --enable-deterministic-archives knowing that it would disable the 'u', just to rather have a bit more deterministic builds. Also, to justify this change a bit more, keeping 'u' in ARFLAGS could only result in many per-project changes to override Automake's ARFLAGS default, just to silence such warnings. Fixes bug#20082. Reported by Eric Blake. * bin/automake.in (handle_libraries): Use 'ARFLAGS=cr' by default. * doc/automake.texi (Building a library): Mention the changed ARFLAGS default. (@c LocalWords): Replace 'cru' with 'cr'. * m4/ar-lib.m4 (AM_PROG_AR): Cut out 'cru' string into separate ARFLAGS variable with new default 'cr'. * NEWS: Document.

cfb00bd3

2023-11-01T18:05:53

doc: more NEWS on fractional seconds. * NEWS: fixed autom4te is not yet released.

a1c34d1f

2023-11-01T17:41:53

doc: add bug numbers to NEWS. * NEWS: add some bug numbers.

edd08396

2023-11-01T09:18:57

m4: update invocation of AC_PROG_LEX. * m4/lex.m4: Pass on any arguments given to AC_PROG_LEX. * doc/automake.texi: Describe this. * NEWS: Mention this. * THANKS: New contributor.

1c618bce

2023-10-06T08:18:33

automake: new option posix to emit .POSIX target first. This patch is from https://bugs.gnu.org/55025. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): declare new option "posix". * bin/automake.in (generate_makefile): if the "posix" option is present, add a .POSIX special target as the first non-comment line in the Makefile.in files. * NEWS: mention this. * doc/automake.texi: likewise.

dbdfa65c

2023-07-20T18:03:27

automake: disable GNU make's internal pattern rules, for speed. From https://bugs.gnu.org/64743. * lib/am/footer.am: Disable GNU make's internal pattern rules. * lib/Automake/Rule.pm (_conditionals_for_rule): Add special handling for these pattern rules from footer.am. (define): Likewise. * t/nodep.sh: Update test to avoid matching the new %:: rules. * t/fnoc.sh: Update test to avoid matching the new %:: SCCS rule. * NEWS: Mention this. * doc/automake.texi (Suffixes): Likewise. (Doc changes written by Karl.)

5c85a9d3

2023-07-13T15:32:34

texi: assume .texi.in generates .texi. This change refines the fix for https://bugs.gnu.org/54063. * bin/automake.in (scan_texinfo_file): if .texi doesn't exist, but .texi.in exists, read the latter for the Texinfo source. Use the @setfilename argument, if present, to generate rules. * t/txinfo-no-texi-but-texi-in.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): document this. * NEWS: mention this. (Doc changes written by Karl.)

65ad31d8

2023-07-09T09:57:15

tests: avoid some SunOS declaration conflicts. This change: finishes fixing https://bugs.gnu.org/34151 and https://bugs.gnu.org/30612 and https://bugs.gnu.org/42393; fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/44795 and https://bugs.gnu.org/49755; partially fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/45205 and https://bugs.gnu.org/55073. Still open: https://bugs.gnu.org/15256; * t/lex-clean-cxx.sh: test __cplusplus, __sun, and __EXTERN_C__ before using extern "C" for the yylex decl, as explained at https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=45205#13. * t/lex-depend-cxx.sh: likewise. * t/yacc-cxx.sh: "using" std::exit, std::free, std::malloc. * t/yacc-d-cxx.sh: likewise. * t/yacc-mix-c-cxx.sh: likewise. * NEWS: mention this.

4bd4640e

2023-07-01T08:34:55

automake: do not warn that POSIX variables are non-POSIX. This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/9587. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (_VARIABLE_PATTERN_EXTRA_POSIX): new variable for $(*D) and the like. (_VARIABLE_PATTERN): use it. * t/vars3.sh: update test. * NEWS: mention this. POSIX spec (currently): https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/make.html

0e127700

2023-02-07T22:39:29

Revert "maint: require perl 5.010 or later" This reverts commit 4e3744a15c4d8bdb46c11ead2fb56c5f591b714b. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes

0901ccdd

2023-03-01T15:03:30

doc: tweak old NEWS about ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS. * NEWS: any ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS deprecation will be in a major release (the hypothetical 2.0), not sooner. * NEWS-2.0: developers who don't wish to be maintainers are also welcome and needed.

4e3744a1

2023-02-02T14:13:24

maint: require perl 5.010 or later This is needed for better treatment of high-res timestamps.

34bdde96

2023-01-04T02:00:14

maint: make update-copyright

e0d24592

2022-09-28T10:17:35

doc: rearrange NEWS. * NEWS: reclassify bugs vs. features.

8a4ecd4f

2022-09-28T09:08:20

forgot NEWS update

cea8158f

2022-09-27T18:04:20

automake: do not use -Q with emacs invocations. This change is for https://bugs.gnu.org/58102. (By the way, the previous two commits were for bugs 58026 (silent .elc compilation) and 58025 (load bytecomp), respectively, but I forgot to mention them.) * m4/lispdir.m4 (AM_PATH_LISPDIR): omit -Q option. Also (from karl), use -no-site-file (one hyphen) for consistency with the other options. * NEWS: mention this. * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): likewise.

bee2ab12

2022-09-26T08:57:43

automake: silent make output for Emacs byte compilation. * lib/am/lisp.am: Use $(AM_V_GEN) in .el.elc rule. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add new contributor.

f9fdcdfd

2022-05-23T13:47:02

deps: create empty file instead of dummy file. This change is per an automake thread, see both before and after: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2022-05/msg00006.html * lib/am/depend.am ($(am__depfiles_remade)): create empty files for dependencies instead of files with a line '# dummy'. Turns out this is noticeably faster. * THANKS: update Jan's email address. * NEWS: mention this.

bde43d04

2022-02-06T01:25:59

py-compile: fix optimized compiling for Python 3.5+ Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/38043. Split the optimized compilation logic into a new section. This avoids trying to support multiple versions of major versions in a single script as it gets harder to verify new changes don't break old versions as time goes on. Now for Python 3.5+, compile with -O0 (which is "higher" than -O). * NEWS: Mention fix. * THANKS: Add Michal Górny. * lib/py-compile: Add new section for compiling Python 3.5+.

8abf0894

2022-02-20T13:28:48

automake: support embedded \# in variable appends Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/7610. Use of \# is not portable. POSIX does not provide any way of retaining the # marker in variables. There is wide spread support for \# though in GNU & BSD Make implementations. Today, with plain variable assignments, Automake leaves the line alone: foo = blah\#blah This will leave it to the implementation to decide what to do. But if you try to append to it, Automake follows POSIX and strips it: foo = blah\#blah foo += what -> foo = blah\ what Instead, let's issue a portability warning whenever \# is used, even if it isn't being appended, and do not strip the \# when appending. Now: foo = blah\#blah foo += what -> warning: escaping \# comment markers is not portable -> foo = blah\#blah what * NEWS: Mention change in \# handling. * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm: Do not strip # if escaped. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Warn if \# is used. * t/comment12.sh: New test. * t/comments-escaped-in-var.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add comment12.sh & comments-escaped-in-var.sh.

3099097d

2022-02-17T03:50:55

rm: handle -f w/no arguments gracefully Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/10828. Delete the configure check that would abort if `rm -f` does not work, and delete the plans to make this a hard requirement in the future. Instead, test to see if `rm -f` fails w/out arguments. If it does, define am__rm_f such that it always passes at least the "" argument when deleting files. If it doesn't fail, then we can omit the "". Then go through lib/am/ and update places where we use the pattern `test -z ... || rm -f ...` and replace with $(am__rm_f). * NEWS: Mention support for `rm -f` w/out arguments. * PLANS/rm-f-without-args.txt: Remove. * lib/am/check.am: Use new $(am__rm_f) helper. * lib/am/clean.am: Likewise. * lib/am/header-vars.am: Likewise. * lib/am/inst-vars.am: Likewise. * lib/am/libs.am: Likewise. * lib/am/ltlib.am: Likewise. * lib/am/progs.am: Likewise. * lib/am/texinfos.am: Likewise. * m4/init.m4: Delete `rm -f` checks and call _AM_PROG_RM_F. * m4/rmf.m4: Define new _AM_PROG_RM_F macro. * t/rm-f-probe.sh: Update test.

31237ca4

2022-02-20T19:54:38

NEWS: fix typo in fix-timestamp.sh script name As pointed out by Eric Blake. * NEWS: Fix typo.

720a1153

2022-02-12T03:41:06

m4: speed up filesystem modification checks The current code sleeps at least 1 second to make sure the generated files are strictly newer than the source files. It does this for a few reasons: POSIX only guarantees that `sleep` accept integers, and filesystems have a history (c.f. Windows) of bad timestamp resolution. For the first part, we can easily probe sleep to see if it accepts a decimal number with a fractional part -- just run `sleep 0.001`. For the second part, we can create two files and then run sleep in a loop to see when one is considered newer than the other. For many projects, this 1 second delay is largely amortized by the rest of the configure script. Autoconf lends itself to being both large & slow. But in projects with many smallish configure scripts with many cached vars, the time to rerun is dominated by this single sleep call. For example, building libgloss against a compiler with many (60+) multilib configurations, we see: [Using sleep 1] $ time ./config.status real 2m28.164s user 0m33.651s sys 0m9.083s [Using sleep 0.1] $ time ./config.status real 0m39.569s user 0m33.517s sys 0m8.969s And in case anyone wonders, going below 0.1s doesn't seem to make a statistically significant difference, at least in this configuration. It appears to be within "noise" limits. [Using sleep 0.001] $ time ./config.status real 0m39.760s user 0m33.342s sys 0m9.080s * NEWS: Mention updated timestamp checking. * m4/sanity.m4: Determine whether `sleep` accepts fractional seconds. Determine (roughly) the filesystem timestamp resolution. Use this to sleep less when waiting for generated file timestamps to update.

5c9e117c

2022-02-08T00:39:40

elisp: run emacs with --no-site-file Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/21547. If users have interactive site file logic, the lispdir probing can hang, as can the compilation of elisp files. Use --no-site-file to disable loading any of that possible user logic. * NEWS: Note emacs --no-site-file change. * doc/automake.texi: Run emacs with --no-site-file. * lib/am/lisp.am: Likewise. * m4/lispdir.m4: Likewise.

8b2d281d

2022-02-06T00:22:50

py-compile: drop support for Python 0.x & 1.x Python 2.0 was released in 2000. There's really no way for us to check those old versions, so let's just drop them. No one will miss them. * NEWS: Note Python version support removal. * lib/py-compile: Abort if major version 0 or 1 is found. * t/py-compile-env.sh: Rework slightly to handle new version probing.

9daa34db

2022-01-24T03:08:13

texi: define new AM_TEXI2FLAGS variable To provide a bit more flexibility when invoking TEXI2DVI & TEXI2PDF, and provide a bit of symmetry with .info & .html generation, provide a AM_TEXI2FLAGS setting that is passed to all TEXI2xxx invocations. * doc/automake.texi: Mention new AM_TEXI2FLAGS setting. * lib/am/texibuild.am: Pass $(AM_TEXI2FLAGS) to TEXI2DVI & TEXI2PDF. * NEWS: Mention AM_TEXI2FLAGS. * t/txinfo-many-output-formats.sh: Check for AM_TEXI2FLAGS.

930a9a73

2022-01-26T06:33:19

python: add 3.10 - 3.15 to the version search list Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/53530. Based on the cadence of Automake releases, add the current Python release (3.10), the current Python development (3.11), and then 4 more versions on top of that. It doesn't hurt to check for a few extra versions here since this is the fallback logic when the main `python` and `python3` programs aren't found. * m4/python.m4: Add python3.10 - python3.15. * NEWS: Mention new Python versions.

975ea4d9

2022-01-19T05:14:47

progs, libs: support _RANLIB overrides Much like we have per-target support for _AR and _LINK, add an _RANLIB override too. This allows selection of specific ranlib tools in case a non-standard archiver tool was forced. * bin/automake.in: Check for _RANLIB per-target settings. * doc/automake.texi: Document _RANLIB override. * lib/am/library.am: Change $(RANLIB) to $(%XLIBRARY%_RANLIB). * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add ranlib_override.sh. * t/ranlib_override.sh: New test. * NEWS: Mention new feature.

6c8ff6a8

2022-01-12T14:15:12

maint: make update-copyright

18416d64

2021-10-03T19:47:14

version 1.16.5 * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.5. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.

524d9961

2021-10-03T19:48:31

maint: remove trailing white space from a few files * NEWS: Remove trailing white space. * NEWS-2.0: Likewise. * contrib/checklinkx: Likewise. * doc/local.mk (chlx_args): Likewise. * m4/python.m4: Likewise. * t/test-extensions-empty.sh: Likewise.

56387843

2021-09-19T15:12:27

python: only use Python's sys.* values if the new option --with-python-sys-prefix is specified; otherwise, return to previous behavior of using the GNU ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix}. * doc/automake.texi (Python): document the new behavior. * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): conditionalize use of Python's sys.* values on the new option --with-python-sys-prefix. * t/python-prefix.sh: doc update. * t/python-vars.sh: test both GNU and Python prefix values. * NEWS: mention this.

00517c1c

2021-09-18T11:08:24

doc: update NEWS for yyerror const arg; update THANKS. * THANKS: update with missed recent committer. * NEWS: mention yyerror decl in our tests now uses const.

4ffbab93

2021-09-10T15:45:29

automake: consistently depend on install-libLTLIBRARIES. Report and patch: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2021-08/msg00016.html * bin/automake.in (generate_makefile): depend on install-libLTLIBRARIES for all PROGRAMS and LTLIBRARIES, such as install-pkglibLTLIBRARIES. * NEWS: mention this.

39c0005a

2021-07-25T21:59:59

version 1.16.4 * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.4. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.

d5ca48a6

2021-07-17T12:55:12

doc: NEWS tweak * NEWS: Indent consistently.

7e50be6b

2021-07-14T20:21:49

tests: use testsuite/ directory in DejaGnu tests Patch posted: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-07/msg00009.html * t/check12.sh: Consistently use the directory name, testsuite/, for all DejaGnu tests, and always use recursive make to run DejaGnu, for backward and forward compatibility. * t/dejagnu3.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu4.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu5.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu6.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu7.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-absolute-builddir.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-relative-srcdir.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-siteexp-extend.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-siteexp-useredit.sh: Likewise. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: new contributor.

57688bd5

2021-07-15T18:37:09

automake: silent make output for custom link commands. Patch posted: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-07/msg00010.html * bin/automake.in (define_per_target_linker_variable): Use AM_V_${target}_LINK if defined as the verbose variable name for custom link commands. * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Document the new variable. * t/link_override.sh: Add extra checks for silent make rules. * NEWS: Mention this. * THANKS: new contributor.

13659a73

2021-07-09T09:03:30

dist: add new "dist-no-built-sources" automake option. Fixes automake bug https://debbugs.gnu.org/49317. * bin/automake.in: implement new option "no-dist-built-sources" to omit the dependency of distdir on $(BUILT_SOURCES). (Allison's original patch used the option name dist-pure; trivially renamed.) * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir) [DIST_BUILT_SOURCES]: conditionalize the dependency. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): list it. * doc/automake.texi (List of Automake options): document it. * NEWS: mention it. * t/dist-no-built-sources.sh: test it. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add it.

6a986bc0

2021-07-07T18:00:21

maint: missed commits. * INSTALL: Update from gnulib via make fetch. * NEWS: mention config.{guess,sub} restoration of `...`.

16569085

2021-07-01T18:21:51

dist: accept .md versions for README et al. This change was suggested by madmurphy; some ideas were taken from the patch he provided. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-06/msg00005.html * bin/automake.in (@toplevelmd_ok): new global, listing the files for which we will accept .md versions. (@common_files): remove those files from there. (handle_dist): check for .md if non-.md is absent. (handle_minor_options): check for README-alpha.md. (check_gnu_standards): accept .md version if present. (check_gnits_standards): likewise. (usage): output list of .md-accepted files. * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): document. * t/toplevelmd.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: mention new feature.

2765c894

2021-05-18T18:11:02

doc: move future 2.0 incompatibilities to separate file. * NEWS: move info to ... * NEWS-2.0: ... this new file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): add it.

b83830c8

2021-05-18T15:12:56

python: new python-prefix test. * t/python-prefix.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: describe new Python prefix behavior.

4a122012

2021-02-27T09:14:47

automake: sort hash keys needed for reproducible output. This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/46744. * bin/automake.in: sort keys, in: handle_LIBOBJS, handle_clean, handle_factored_dependencies, scan_autoconf_traces, lang_vala_finish. * NEWS: mention this.

d2ccbd7e

2020-12-05T18:11:55

tags: support setting CTAGS, ETAGS, CSCOPE vars via ./configure. This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/45013. * m4/init.m4: add default settings and AC_SUBST calls for the variables `CTAGS', `ETAGS' and `CSCOPE'. * lib/am/tags.am: remove default settings of the above variables. * doc/automake.texi (Tags): mention and index. * NEWS: mention.

a5af212c

2020-11-23T18:04:56

tests: create log file before running the test script. This change partially fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/35762. * lib/test-driver: create $log_file before running the test script. Also quote $log_file. Combined suggestions from howaboutsynergy and Eric Blake.

0188451e

2020-11-18T18:08:41

version 1.16.3 * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.3. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.

37b70ac4

2020-11-13T17:50:09

dejagnu: quote `pwd` when writing "set objdir" line to site.exp. This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/44600. * lib/am/dejagnu.am (site.exp): quote set objdir line. * NEWS: mention this.

db65189f

2020-11-12T17:49:31

install-sh: new option -S SUFFIX for simple file backups. * lib/install-sh: implement and document -S. Patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00004.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-13.01 * t/install-sh-option-S.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: mention it.

a296ffe1

2020-11-10T18:03:47

install-sh: new option -p to preserve mtime. * lib/install-sh: new option -p to call cp -p. Idea from patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00002.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-11.02 * NEWS: mention this. 2020-11-10 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>

6b182dc5

2020-11-10T17:54:06

install-sh: do not chown existing directories. * lib/install-sh: do not chown existing directories. Original patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00003.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-11.01 * NEWS: mention this.

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