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2017-09-16T13:03:36
Prefer https: URLs In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is downstream of, which I'll patch separately. Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers, and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other countries browse US-based websites. See, for example: Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626 HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should take some care here.
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#! /bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# Ensure 'make distcheck' passes when help2man generates man pages,
# even if the 'missing' script is involved.
required=help2man
. test-init.sh
# Avoid a spurious failure due to a known FreeBSD make incompatibility.
useless_vpath_rebuild \
&& skip_ "VPATH useless rebuild detected (see bug#7884)"
cat > Makefile.am << 'END'
dist_man_MANS = $(srcdir)/foobar.1 bazquux.1 zardoz.1
dist_bin_SCRIPTS = foobar bazquux zardoz
$(srcdir)/foobar.1:
$(HELP2MAN) --output=$@ $(srcdir)/foobar
bazquux.1:
$(HELP2MAN) --output=$@ $(srcdir)/bazquux
zardoz.1:
$(HELP2MAN) --output=$(srcdir)/zardoz.1 $(srcdir)/zardoz
END
cat >> configure.ac <<'END'
AM_MISSING_PROG([HELP2MAN], [help2man])
AC_OUTPUT
END
cat > foobar <<'END'
#! /bin/sh
while test $# -gt 0; do
case $1 in
-h | --help) echo "usage: $0 [OPTIONS]..."; exit 0;;
-v | --version) echo "$0 1.0"; exit 0;;
esac
shift
done
END
cp foobar bazquux
cp foobar zardoz
chmod +x foobar bazquux zardoz
$ACLOCAL
$AUTOMAKE
$AUTOCONF
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
# Sanity check.
grep '^HELP2MAN *=.*/missing help2man' Makefile
$MAKE
$FGREP foobar ../foobar.1
$FGREP bazquux ./bazquux.1
$FGREP zardoz ../zardoz.1
$MAKE distdir
$FGREP foobar $me-1.0/foobar.1
$FGREP bazquux $me-1.0/bazquux.1
$FGREP zardoz $me-1.0/zardoz.1
$MAKE distcheck
cd ..
rm -f *.1 # Remove leftover generated manpages.
./configure
# Sanity check.
grep '^HELP2MAN *=.*/missing help2man' Makefile
$MAKE
$FGREP foobar foobar.1
$FGREP bazquux bazquux.1
$FGREP zardoz zardoz.1
$MAKE distdir
$FGREP foobar $me-1.0/foobar.1
$FGREP bazquux $me-1.0/bazquux.1
$FGREP zardoz $me-1.0/zardoz.1
$MAKE distcheck
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