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Paul Eggert 61075eab 2025-01-01T14:31:02 maint: make update-copyright
Paul Eggert b80b5c47 2024-01-01T11:29:06 maint: make update-copyright
Pavel Raiskup 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.
Mike Frysinger 34bdde96 2023-01-04T02:00:14 maint: make update-copyright
Mike Frysinger d096d4e6 2022-01-31T02:40:14 AM_PROG_AR: require before AC_PROG_AR The new autoconf AC_PROG_AR macro has similar logic to what we have in AM_PROG_AR, but less than what we need (since autoconf doesn't support the MS archiver), so make sure we are run before AC_PROG_AR. * m4/ar-lib.m4: Call AC_BEFORE for AC_PROG_AR.
Jim Meyering 6c8ff6a8 2022-01-12T14:15:12 maint: make update-copyright
Jim Meyering a470a47f 2021-07-11T19:19:42 maint: make update-copyright
Jim Meyering cf27a3df 2020-01-01T11:44:41 maint: make update-copyright
Paul Eggert 5ae02cc8 2019-10-14T13:46:55 maint: make update-copyright
Mathieu Lirzin bbaa4cdc 2018-01-04T16:19:30 maint: Update copyright years to 2018 This update has been made with 'make update-copyright'.
Mathieu Lirzin c2757b97 2017-09-19T13:43:07 maint: Reset master
Mathieu Lirzin d8add592 2017-03-02T18:55:53 maint: Update copyright years to 2017. This update has been made with 'make update-copyright'.
Jim Meyering 1370ce5f 2017-01-01T08:34:49 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)
Stefano Lattarini 5de75f07 2015-01-05T22:48:33 maint: update copyright years to 2015 (branch 'micro') Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini a78f63c5 2014-04-21T15:10:54 maint: update copyright years We've been in 2014 already for few months now... Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini e90126cf 2013-05-15T10:14:46 AM_PROG_CC_C_O: don't rely on AC_PROG_CC_C_O, re-implement similar logic ** Theoretical problems of AC_PROG_CC_C_O: Both cc and $CC are checked to see if they support the '-c' and '-o' options together. This behaviour is highly inconsistent with that of the other macros related to C compiler checks -- which test only $CC. It can also cause unwarranted uses of the 'compile' script on systems where the default 'cc' is inferior, but the user is compiling with a proper, different compiler (e.g., gcc). ** Practical problems with our previous implementation of C support m4 macros in Automake: - AM_PROG_AR must now be called *before* AC_PROG_CC; this wasn't the case before, and it turns out there are packages in the wild that relied on the old behaviour. - The cross-referenced requirements and macro rewrites juggled among AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CC_C_O and AM_PROG_CC_C_O caused warnings in autoconf; for example, in our test 't/libobj3.sh', we could see warnings like these (here slightly tweaked for legibility): configure.ac:5: AC_REQUIRE: `AC_PROG_CC' expanded before required autoconf/c.m4:567: AC_PROG_CC_C_O is expanded from... autoconf/c.m4:429: AC_LANG_COMPILER(C) is expanded from... autoconf/lang.m4:329: AC_LANG_COMPILER_REQUIRE is expanded from... autoconf/general.m4:2606: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from... m4sugar/m4sh.m4:639: AS_IF is expanded from... autoconf/general.m4:2031: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from... autoconf/general.m4:2052: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from... aclocal.m4:70: AM_PROG_AR is expanded from... configure.ac:5: the top level ** Fix all of that: We fix all of the described issues with a new internal m4 macro _AM_PROG_CC_C_O (inspired to, but not based on, AC_PROG_CC_C_O) that gets tacked on to AC_PROG_CC automatically (this is done in the Automake-generated aclocal.m4) and that takes care of checking and adjusting '$CC' for "-c -o" support. The macro AM_PROG_CC_C_O is still present, but is now just a thin wrapper around such Automake-enhanced AC_PROG_CC. It is worth noting that the present patch causes three slight *backward-incompatibilities*: 1. The name cache variable used by AM_PROG_CC_C_O is no longer computed (at configure runtime!) from the content of '$CC', but is statically defined as 'am_cv_prog_cc_c_o'. 2. 'cc' is no longer checked by AM_PROG_CC_C_O, only '$CC' is. 3. AM_PROG_CC_C_O no longer AC_DEFINE the C preprocessor symbol 'NO_MINUS_C_MINUS_O'. Given however that the third change can easily be worked around, that the first two changes can be legitimately seen as bug fixes, and that the new semantics introduced by such changes will simplify the transition to Automake 2.0 (when the 'subdir-objects' will always be enabled unconditionally), we believe they are acceptable to be shipped with Automake 1.14. With this patch, we also revert some of the testsuite adjustments done in previous commit v1.13.2-178-g9877109 of 2013-05-24 (compile: rewrite AC_PROG_CC with AM_PROG_CC_C_O contents). Such adjustments are no longer needed. * m4/minuso.m4 (_AM_PROG_CC_C_O): New internal macro, basically and adjusted version of a merge between Autoconf-provided AC_PROG_CC_C_O and our old implementation of AM_PROG_CC_C_O. (AM_PROG_CC_C_O): Redefine as a simple wrapper around AC_PROG_CC. * m4/init.m4 (AC_PROG_CC): Append _AM_PROG_CC_C_O, not AM_PROG_CC_C_O, to the pre-existing expansion of this macro. * m4/ar-lib.m4 (AM_PROG_AR): No longer require it to be expanded after AC_PROG_CC. * t/aclocal-deps.sh: Move AC_PROG_CC invocation after AC_PROG_RANLIB and AM_PROG_AR invocations. Things should work this way too (as they used to). * t/subobj-clean-lt-pr10697.sh: Likewise. * t/alloca.sh: Move AC_PROG_CC invocation after AM_PROG_AR invocation. * t/condlib.sh: Likewise. * t/aclocal-deps.sh: Move AC_PROG_CC invocation after LT_INIT and AM_PROG_AR invocations. Make autoconf and autoheader warnings fatal. * t/am-prog-cc-c-o.sh: Adjust to the new semantics, enhance a little, and reduce code duplication. * t/ccnoco.sh: Make autoconf warnings fatal. * t/subpkg.sh: Likewise. * t/ccnoco-lib.sh: Likewise, and fix a comment. * t/link_cond.sh: Enhance a couple of error messages. * configure.ac: Drop "nullification" of AM_PROG_CC_C_O. * NEWS: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini 9877109c 2013-05-14T16:08:32 compile: rewrite AC_PROG_CC with AM_PROG_CC_C_O contents This is a much simpler rewrite than the one we attempted in the past, and that was later removed by commit 'v1.13.1d-137-g32eb770' of 2013-05-11 (compile: avoid AC_PROG_CC messy rewrite). Not only this change simplifies the code a little, but has the welcome collateral effect of making automatic dependency tracking work better with compilers that doesn't grasp the '-c' and '-o' options together. Issues in that setup have been caught by several failures in the target 'check-no-cc-c-o'. Unfortunately, this change has less welcome collateral effects: 1. AM_PROG_AR must now be called *after* AC_PROG_CC; 2. Autoconf emits extra warnings when used with Automake-generated aclocal.m4. These are unacceptable regressions for a release, but since we are going to fix them soon enough in a follow-up patch (surely to be applied before Automake 1.14 is released) we don't worry too much. * m4/init.m4: Redefine AC_PROG_CC early, to automatically invoke AM_PROG_CC_C_O as well. Accordingly, drop now-unneeded "automagical" AM_PROG_CC_C_O expansion at later time (which took place thanks to a AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE call). * m4/minuso.m4 (AM_PROG_CC_C_O): Ensure the expansion of the body of this macro takes place with C as "current Autoconf language" (use AC_LANG_PUSH/AC_LANG_POP). * m4/ar-lib.m4 (AM_PROG_AR): Likewise. Also, require this macro to be expanded *after* AC_PROG_CC (so that any rewrite of $CC, if required, has already taken place). * t/add-missing.tap: Adjust to avoid spurious failures. * t/aclocal-deps.sh: Likewise, by having AM_PROG_AR called *after* AC_PROG_CC. * t/subobj-clean-lt-pr10697.sh: Likewise. * t/alloca.sh: Likewise. * t/condlib.sh: Likewise. * t/discover.sh: Likewise. * t/objc-megademo.sh: Likewise. * t/ccnoco.sh: Extend a little. * t/ccnoco-deps.sh: New test. * t/ccnoco-lib.sh: Likewise. * t/ccnoco-lt.sh: Likewise. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add them. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini 7df8b28c 2012-12-31T18:18:37 maint: update copyright year for 2013 (in branch maint) Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini 6e3c0b92 2012-07-14T18:49:25 m4: get rid of "# serial" lines The "#serial" lines are only considered by aclocal for the system-wide third-party '.m4' files, not for the Automake-provided ones. So they serve no real purpose in the Automake '.m4' files. In addition, now that we use git and topic branches, and that we are also writing the Automake-NG fork, the "#serial" lines are becoming more and more unreliable (e.g., different version of the same file in different branches can easily end up having the same serial numbers). So let's just nuke all the "#serial" lines. See also automake bug#11932. * m4/*.m4: All "# serial" lines removed. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Stefano Lattarini 641a5a4b 2012-02-16T10:46:23 maint: run "make update-copyright"
Stefano Lattarini eea57793 2011-11-05T21:35:40 ar-lib: fix configure output for "unrecognized archiver interface" * m4/ar-lib.m4: Ensure that, even when an error is hit while trying to determine the archiver interface kind, the "checking archiver interface" message from configure is properly terminated before an error message is printed, to avoid slightly garbled output. * tests/ar4.test: Enhance. * tests/ar5.test: Likewise.
Peter Rosin c7a6a92e 2011-10-21T00:23:34 ar-lib: new 'AM_PROG_AR' macro, triggering the 'ar-lib' script * m4/ar-lib.m4: New macro AM_PROG_AR, which locates an archiver and triggers the auxiliary 'ar-lib' script if needed. * m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Update. * automake.in ($seen_ar): New variable. (scan_autoconf_traces): Set it. (handle_libraries, handle_ltlibraries): Require AM_PROG_AR for portability. * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros): Mention the new 'AM_PROG_AR' macro. (Subpackages): Add AM_PROG_AR to the example. (A Library): Adjust recommendations for AR given the new AM_PROG_AR macro. * All relevant tests: Adjust to new portability requirements due to the new AM_PROG_AR macro. * tests/ar-lib2.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers install of ar-lib. * tests/ar-lib3.test: New test, checking that lib_LIBRARIES requires AM_PROG_AR. * tests/ar-lib4.test: New test, checking that lib_LTLIBRARIES requires AM_PROG_AR. * tests/ar-lib5a.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers use of ar-lib when the archiver is Microsoft lib. * tests/ar-lib5b.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR triggers use of ar-lib when the archiver is a faked lib. * tests/ar-lib6a.test: New test, checking the ordering of AM_PROG_AR and LT_INIT. * tests/ar-lib6b.test: New test, checking the ordering of AM_PROG_AR and AC_PROG_LIBTOOL. * tests/ar-lib7.test: New test, checking that automake warns if ar-lib is missing. * tests/ar3.test: New test, checking that AR and ARFLAGS may be overridden by the user even if AM_PROG_AR is used. * tests/ar4.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR bails out if it cannot determine the archiver interface. * tests/ar5.test: New test, checking that AM_PROG_AR runs its optional argument if it cannot determine the archiver interface. * tests/defs.in: New required entry 'lib'. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se>