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| author | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2022-02-17 03:50:55 -0500 |
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| committer | Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> | 2022-02-20 19:57:40 -0500 |
| commit | 3099097d74c96bbb30aa38233091f96634eda27a (patch) | |
| tree | ccbfc36511854bed963a6d21495b0acf460babcd /NEWS | |
| parent | 31237ca48d1ec04c8498312aa7e3e5b5174a37d6 (diff) | |
| download | automake-3099097d74c96bbb30aa38233091f96634eda27a.tar.gz | |
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.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ New in 1.17: - Generated file timestamp checks now handle filesystems with sub-second timestamp granularity dynamically. + - Systems with non-POSIX "rm -f" behavior are now supported, and intent to + drop support for them has been reversed. The ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM + setting no longer exists. + * Obsolescent features: - py-compile no longer supports Python 0.x or 1.x versions. Python 2.0, |