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Fixes symlink.test failure. + +2009-12-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Avoid Solaris sh `set -e' bug in vala4.test. + * tests/vala4.test: New variable $cwd, holding the full path of the + current directory. Use it instead of `pwd` command substitution, + to avoid Heirloom/Solaris Sh bug with `set -e'. + +2009-12-05 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix requirements of silent8.test. + * tests/silent8.test: Require makeinfo --html, tex, texi2dvi -o, + dvips. + +2009-12-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + File `automake.in' is not meant to be executed (only to be + preprocessed into `automake'), so don't leave it executable. + * automake.in: Remove executable bit. + +2009-12-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + Don't make the generated Automake's Config.pm executable. + * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (Config.pm): Don't make the generated + `Config.pm' file executable. + +2009-11-28 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + do not put world-writable directories in distribution tarballs + * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): Do not make all directories + group- or world-writable. Instead, use 755. + * tests/subpkg4.test (test-distdir-is-readable): Check for new, + more restricted permissions. + +2009-11-29 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> + + Rewrite `gnupload --help' examples. + * lib/gnupload: Use GNU style version numbers, a generic package + name, and more useful examples. + +2009-11-28 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + avoid a warning from perl-5.11 + * lib/Automake/Wrap.pm (_tab_length): Remove useless use of tr's + "/d" modifier. + +2009-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Distribute the Automake bootstrap script. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add bootstrap. + Report by Jan Engelhardt. + +2009-11-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Coverage for corner cases in derive_suffix. + Ensure unrelatex SUFFIXES entries and unrelated inference rules + are ignored silently. + * tests/ext3.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Coverage for user-provided _LINK variables. + * tests/link_override.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + + Coverage: warn about substitutions that need EXTRA_PRIMARY. + * tests/extra9.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + + Coverage: warn about configure substitution in EXTRA_PRIMARY. + * tests/subst5.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Coverage for syntax errors with conditionals in included fragments. + * tests/condinc2.test: Amend test. + + Coverage: diagnose variables with forbidden dist_ prefix. + * tests/candist.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Coverage for conditional `else' and `endif' arguments. + * tests/cond46.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2009-10-31 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Don't let an envvar setting of "$fail" cause build failure. + Without this change, in a project using an automake-generated + Makefile, "make fail=anything" would fail inappropriately, + due to the `test -z "$$fail"' at the end of this emitted rule: + * lib/am/subdirs.am ($(RECURSIVE_TARGETS)): Initialize "fail=" to keep + an envvar setting of that variable from causing unwarranted failure. + ($(RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS)): Likewise. + * tests/subdir10.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2009-10-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Simplify Variable::_check_ambiguous_condition. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (_check_ambiguous_condition): No need + to check for $def since ambiguous_p returns an empty $message if + there is no other condition which is ambiguous to $cond. + + Coverage for DisjConditions.pm. + * lib/Automake/tests/DisjConditions.pl (test_basics): Increase + test coverage: test ->human, ->merge, ->simplify, ->multiply. + * lib/Automake/tests/DisjConditions-t.pl (test_basics): Likewise + changes, but including state copies across thread creation. + * lib/Automake/tests/DisjCon2.pl: New test. + * lib/Automake/tests/DisjCon3.pl: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Adjust. + + Coverage and fixes for Condition.pm. + * lib/Automake/Condition.pm (new): Catch common programming + errors better by checking type of passed argument before + munging them to all be strings through split. + * lib/Automake/tests/Condition.pl (test_basics): Also test + ->human. + (test_merge): New function, test ->merge, ->merge_conds, + ->strip. + * lib/Automake/tests/Condition-t.pl (test_basics, test_merge): + Likewise changes, but including state copies across thread + creation. + * lib/Automake/tests/Cond2.pl: New test for programming error. + * lib/Automake/tests/Cond3.pl: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Update. + + Coverage for Wrap.pm. + * lib/Automake/tests/Wrap.pl (@tests): Add test for word with + trailing space. + (test_makefile_wrap, @makefile_tests): New function, new list of + tests, to test makefile_wrap. + + Coverage for Version.pm. + * lib/Automake/tests/Version.pl (test_version_compare): Also + try Automake::Version::check for the version pairs, taking into + account the special-case naming of code forks. + (@tests): Add more test cases. + (test_bad_versions, @bad_versions): New function, new test cases, + to ensure bad version strings are rejected. + * lib/Automake/tests/Version2.pl: New test. + * lib/Automake/tests/Version3.pl: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add tests here ... + (XFAIL_TESTS): ... and here, new. + + Pod coverage for Perl modules. + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (parse_warnings): Fix + typo in Pod documentation. + * lib/Automake/Condition.pm: Add a couple of missing `=back' + lines. + (_has): Renamed from ... + (has): ... this, as this is an internal method. + (strip, false, true_when): Adjust callers. + * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Add Pod `Functions' section with + documentation for find_configure_ac and require_configure_ac. + * lib/Automake/Location.pm: Fix typo in Pod. Add `Methods' + section, document methods. + * lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm: New `Methods' Pod section. + * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm: Document `raw_value'. + * lib/Automake/Wrap.pm (_tab_length): Rename from ... + (tab_length): ... this, as this is an internal method. + (wrap): Adjust callers. + * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Reorganize Pod a bit, add `Methods' + section. + +2009-10-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Perl coverage support using Devel::Cover. + This introduces makefile rules to run the testsuite with Perl + coverage enabled. It skips tests that use perl ithreads, by + unsetting AUTOMAKE_JOBS and setting WANT_NO_THREADS to make the + threaded tests skip. + * Makefile.am (PERL_COVERAGE_DB, PERL_COVERAGE_FLAGS) + (PERL_COVER): New variables. + (check-coverage, recheck-coverage, clean-coverage): New phony + targets. + (check-coverage-run, recheck-coverage-run): New phony helper + targets. + (clean-local): New, depend on clean-coverage. + * lib/Automake/tests/Condition-t.pl: Skip if WANT_NO_THREADS is + set. + * lib/Automake/tests/DisjConditions-t.pl: Likewise. + * tests/defs.in: New required entry 'perl-threads'. + * tests/parallel-am.test: Use it to skip if WANT_NO_THREADS is + set. + * tests/parallel-am2.test: Likewise. + * tests/parallel-am3.test: Likewise. + + Add convenience `recheck' target to our toplevel Makefile.am. + * Makefile.am (recheck): New convenience target. + * tests/README: Give examples for running only failed or + outdated or otherwise selected tests. + + dist: allow running several compressors in parallel. + * lib/am/distdir.am (am__post_remove_distdir): New internal + variable. + (DIST_TARGETS): New variable, set to list of chosen distribution + formats. Order formats by expected duration, slowest first, for + better parallelism. + (dist-gzip, dist-bzip2, dist-lzma, dist-xz, dist-tarZ) + (dist-shar, dist-zip): Use $(am__post_remove_distdir). + (dist, dist-all): Do not depend on distdir. Instead of + replicating each compression command, use a recursive invocation + to allow running all $(DIST_TARGETS) in parallel. + * NEWS: Update. + Report by Peter Breitenlohner. + + Fix license headers of cscope tests to be GPLv2+. + * tests/cscope.test: Revert to GPL version 2. + * tests/cscope2.test: Likewise. + * tests/cscope3.test: Likewise. + + Sync auxiliary files from upstream. + * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, + lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from upstream. + + Doc and comment typos. + * automake.in (handle_ltlibraries): Fix typo in comment. + * tests/distcom7.test: Likewise. + * tests/lisp5.test: Likewise. + * doc/automake.texi (Usage of Conditionals): Fix typo. + +2009-10-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix race condition in werror2.test due to sanity sleep change. + * tests/werror2.test: Generate Makefile.in before configure so + that a Makefile.am update after configure has run is guaranteed + to be newer than Makefile.in. + * tests/subdir5.test: Document why this test does not need to be + fixed. + * tests/subdir8.test: Likewise. + + Improve description of the various *LINK variables. + * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): _LINK also + receives libraries to link against. _LINK may be generated. + (Program Variables): Document reasons when per-target _LINK is + used instead of LINK. + (How the Linker is Chosen): Document how a per-target _LINK + variable and per-target link flags override linker selection. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Dave Korn against gcc/libstdc++-v3. + + Allow variable override of, rather than by, silent variables. + When overriding variables, check the VAR_SILENT status of the + old condition, not the new one: we allow non-silent overrides + of silent variables (these do not hit ordering bugs in the + automake output), but there is no use case for doing so the + other way round. Fixes conditional overrides of variables + annotated AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE in configure.ac. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (_check_ambiguous_condition): Check + for VAR_SILENT in $ambig_cond not $cond. + * tests/cond44.test, tests/cond45.test: New tests, analogous to + cond23.test and cond24.test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Spotted originally in binutils/bfd. + + Fix `make clean check' for the Automake package. + * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Add `.' before `tests', + so that Config.pm is built first. + + Fix in-tree `recheck' after failed test that runs `check'. + If a test like pr401b-p.test fails for some reason, a `make + recheck' would cause another reason for failure because it sets + AM_MAKEFLAGS which gets propagated into the test and causes its + `make check' to fail. + * tests/defs.in: Also unset AM_MAKEFLAGS. + +2009-10-11 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + Updated code enabling Bourne-compatibility in test scripts. + * tests/defs.in: updated the code enabling Bourne-compatibility + mode in the shell (now it's copied from autoconf 2.64). + + Avoid leaking TEST_LOG_COMPILER in environment of test scripts. + * tests/defs.in: Unset variable `TEST_LOG_COMPILER'. + +2009-10-07 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + Testsuite: do not use `chmod -R' when cleaning up. + * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Do not use `chmod -R' on + the test directories, as that may change or try to change the mode + of installed files: the test directory may contain symlinks to + ltmain.sh files from a Libtool installation, and Solaris `chmod -R' + touches symlink targets. Instead, use the cleanup strategy used + in distdir.am (which is also employed in tests/defs.in). + +2009-10-06 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix 'compile' script to not call mv when target equals source. + * lib/compile: Don't attempt to move the generated file to its + target destination when it is already at the target destination. + Avoids an mv failure with subdir-objects. + * tests/ccnoco3.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + +2009-10-01 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> (tiny change) + + Fix recommended way to run automake's test scripts with Zsh. + * tests/README (Supported shells): Changed the recommended way + to run automake's test scripts with Zsh. Now we tell to use + the Zsh's command line option `-o no_function_argzero', not + `--no-function-argzero', since the latter does not work with + versions 3.x of Zsh. + +2009-09-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fixups and tests for cscope functionality. + It seems cscope is not able to take into account relative + file names of included cscope.files files, but it is able to + canonicalize file names containing '../' sequences. + This patch makes the cscope references relative again, and + fixes some corner cases. + * NEWS: Reword a bit. + * THANKS: Update. + * automake.in (handle_tags): Use $(am__cd). Provide default + empty rule for the `cscope' target, for empty sources. + * lib/am/tags.am (cscopelist): Construct relative path to files + in $(srcdir) if $(srcdir) is relative. + [TOPDIR_P] (cscope): Do not depend on cscope-clean. Only invoke + $(CSCOPE) if cscope.files is nonemtpy. + (clean-cscope): Rename from ... + (cscopeclean): ... this. + (cscope.files): Depend on clean-cscope. + (distclean-tags) [!TOPDIR_P]: No need to remove cscope files + here. + * tests/cscope.test, tests/cscope2.test, tests/cscope3.test: New + tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + +2009-09-25 Debarshi Ray <rishi@gnu.org> + + New target to generate cscope database. + * automake.in (handle_tags): Handle cscope. + * doc/automake.texi (Tags): Document cscope. + * lib/am/tags.am (CSCOPE): New macro. + [TOPDIR_P] (AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): Add cscope. + (cscope): New target. + (cscopeclean): Likewise. + (cscope.files): Likewise. + (cscopelist): Likewise. + (distclean-tags): Remove `cscope.out', `cscope.in.out', + `cscope.po.out' and `cscope.files'. + * NEWS: Update. + Based upon earlier patch from Jesse Barnes. + +2009-09-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Use silent-rules for building the Automake package. + * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add silent-rules option. + * Makefile.am (automake, aclocal, INSTALL): Add silencing + variables to recipe. + * doc/Makefile.am (update_mans, $(srcdir)/aclocal.1) + ($(srcdir)/automake.1, $(srcdir)/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (Config.pm): Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/parallel-tests.am) + ($(parallel_tests), defs-p): Likewise. + +2009-09-25 Jack Kelly <endgame.dos@gmail.com> + + Add silent rules support for texinfo outputs. + * automake.in (define_verbose_texinfo): Define several new verbose + tagvars and verbose vars. + (define_verbose_tagvar): Increase spacing to 8 to accommodate + MAKEINFO, TEXI2DVI, TEXI2PDF. + (handle_texinfo): Additional substitution for silencing dvips. + (output_texinfo_build_rules): Additional substitutions for + silencing texi2dvi and texi2pdf. + * lib/am/texibuild.am: Add silencing to makeinfo, makeinfo --html, + texi2dvi and texi2pdf rules. + * lib/am/texinfos.am: Add silencing to .dvi.ps rule. + * tests/Makefile.am: Add silent8.test. + * tests/silent8.test: New test: tests that silent texinfo rules + produce quiet messages. + * NEWS: Update. + +2009-09-18 Peter Johansson <trojkan@gmail.com> (tiny change) + + Fix link to "Recursive Make Considered Harmful" paper. + * doc/automake.texi (Alternative): Fix broken URL. + +2009-09-11 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> (tiny patch) + + Fix outdated reference to sh-utils in the manual. + * doc/automake.texi (Options): The reference to `sh-utils' + should be to `coreutils'. + +2009-09-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Avoid sleeping for one second most of the time in sanity check. + * m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Try sanity check first without + sleeping for a second, and only if that failed, sleep and try + again, to avoid the delay in the common case of a configure + script that is older than a second, or a system with sub-second + time stamp granularity. + Report and different patch by Jim Meyering. + +2009-09-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> (tiny change) + + tests/README: warn about zsh incompatibilities. + * tests/README (User interface, Getting details from failures): + Explicitly state that every test is a "shell script", not just + a "script", and that it's run by `/bin/sh' by default. + * tests/README (User interface, Supported shells): New subsection, + telling about expected portability of the automake test scripts, + describing a zsh incompatibility (w.r.t. $0), and a workaround to + it (with the `--no-function-argzero' option). + + testsuite: fix a minor glitch. + * tests/defs.in (exit trap): Use `$me', not `$as_me', as the + name of the current test (used in error messages). + * THANKS: Update. + +2009-07-08 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + manual: fix a trivial grammar error. + * doc/automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Fix grammar. + +2009-06-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + AM_PROG_GCJ: use AC_CHECK_TOOLS for gcj, for cross compilation. + * m4/gcj.m4 (AM_PROG_GCJ): Use AC_CHECK_TOOLS, rather than + AC_CHECK_PROGS, when searching for `gcj'. + * NEWS: Update. + Report by Jack Kelly. + +2009-05-24 Jack Kelly <endgame.dos@gmail.com> (tiny change) + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + AM_PROG_GCJ currently fails to define OBJEXT and EXEEXT. + * tests/gcj6.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update; mark gcj6.test as XFAIL. + * THANKS: Update. + +2009-05-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + parallel-tests: avoid GNU make 3.80 substitution bug. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (check-TESTS): Remove any + `.log' entries from `$(TEST_LOGS)' even if the list is nonempty, + to work around GNU make 3.80 substitution reference issue with + trailing white space in the variable. + * tests/parallel-tests10.test: New test. + * tests/parallel-tests6.test: Update comment. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS: Update. + Report by Bob Friesenhahn. + +2009-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + testsuite: unset installation directory variables. + * tests/defs.in: Before test execution, be sure to unset all + installation directory variables, so they cannot have an effect + on a `make -e install' command within a test. + Report by Dagobert Michelsen. + + testsuite: do not change the mode of installed Libtool files. + * tests/defs.in: Do not use `chmod -R' on the test directory, as + that may change or try to change the mode of installed files: + the test directory may contain symlinks to ltmain.sh files from + a Libtool installation, and Solaris `chmod -R' touches symlink + targets. Instead, use the cleanup strategy used in distdir.am. + * NEWS: Update. + Report by Dagobert Michelsen. + + testsuite: do not fail in cleanup code. + * tests/defs.in: Turn off errexit in the cleanup trap, to avoid + a test failure due to a nonzero command. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Dagobert Michelsen. + +2009-05-23 Peter O'Gorman <peter@pogma.com> + + python: do not install in system directories on Darwin 9. + On Darwin 9, get_python_lib returns a path below `/Library/Python' + regardless of the `prefix' argument it was passed, causing `make + install' to target the system directories regardless of `--prefix' + argument used. Work around this Darwin bug by ignoring the result + of get_python_lib if it points outside of the passed prefix, and + the prefix was not a system directory. + * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): If the prefix does not match the + initial portion of the pythondir returned by get_python_lib, then + ignore it unless the configured prefix is `/usr' or starts with + `/System'. Fixes instmany-python.test failure on Mac OS X 10.5.7. + * NEWS: Update. + +2009-05-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Clarify how to enable `silent-rules' and other global options. + * doc/automake.texi (Options): When introducing options, be more + careful to note that not all of them can be specified in + AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS statements, and that some do not make sense in + subdirectories. Note more prominently that `silent-rules' can + only be specified in configure.ac. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Improve error + message for `silent-rules', `tar-v7', `tar-ustar', `tar-pax' + options specified in Makefile.am files. + Report by Bruno Haible. + +2009-05-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Skip specflg10.test without a C++ compiler. + * tests/specflg10.test: Require g++. + Report by Thien-Thi Nguyen. + +2009-05-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Revert last patch, IRIX has an editor named `jot'. + * tests/instmany-mans.test: Do not try `jot'. + * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise. + * tests/instmany.test: Likewise. + Report by Peter O'Gorman. + +2009-05-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + testsuite: also try `jot' as `seq' replacement. + * tests/instmany-mans.test: Try BSD `jot' before resorting to a + slow but portable shell loop. + * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise. + * tests/instmany.test: Likewise. + Suggestion by Peter O'Gorman. + + Fix test failure when pkg.m4 is not found, only pkg-config. + * tests/vala5.test: Update comment, this test is not expected to + fail any more. Require valac version 0.7.0. Skip if configure + fails, could be due to unexpanded PKG_CHECK_MODULES or too old + valac. + Report by Simon Josefsson. + +2009-05-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Post-release version bump. + * configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.11a. + +2009-05-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Automake 1.11. + * configure.ac: Bump version to 1.11. + * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Add line for 1.11. Remove line + for 1.10b. + + Fix maintainer-check failures. + * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Use `$(am__cd)' instead + of plain `cd'. + * tests/vala2.test: Use `rm -f' instead of `rm'. + + Revert Automake license to GPLv2+. + Automake will move to GPLv3+ once the Exception statement has + been rewritten to use the new GPLv3 exception language. This + change does not impact the COPYING file that may be installed + by `automake --add-missing'. + * COPYING: Revert to GPLv2. All uses changed. + * NEWS: Update. + + Rewrite NEWS for 1.11. + * NEWS: Rewrite, merging 1.10b and 1.10c entries. + + Sync auxiliary files from upstream. + * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from + upstream. + + Update release statistics, improve release-stats rule. + * Makefile.am (release-stats): Output stderr of pstops in + addition to catching it, for better debugging. + * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Add line for 1.10.2. + + Cope with parallel BSD make -jN semantics. + When BSD `make -jN' is used without `-B' which enables backwards + compatible semantics, it may reuse the same shell for several + commands within a rule; so ensure we do not leave it in a + different directory, nor `exit 0' early in a multi-command rule. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): After running `distcleancheck', + change back to original working directory. + * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_HIN%): Run autoheader in a + subshell. + * lib/am/mans.am (uninstall-man%SECTION%): Do not `exit 0' early + in a rule that consists of several shell invocations. Parallel + NetBSD `make -jN' without `-B' will use only one shell for all + commands, but won't respawn one after `exit 0'. Fixes + notrans.test failure. + * tests/makej2.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Fix typo in comment. + * lib/am/install.am: Fix typo. + +2009-05-17 Matthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com> (tiny change) + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Let AM_PATH_PYTHON honor python's idea about the site directory. + * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): When computing pythondir and + pyexecdir, pass the expanded prefix resp. exec_prefix as `prefix' + to get_python_lib, so python can determine the name of the site + directory depending on the install location. Afterwards, replace + the directory names with the unexpanded values of $PYTHON_PREFIX + resp. $PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX again, to allow override according to + the documentation. Fixes site directory computation for Debian + and Ubuntu (`dist-packages' for a prefix of `/usr' or `/usr/local', + `site-packages' elsewhere). + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + +2009-05-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Vala: for now, require GNU make. + * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): GNU make is currently + required for Vala sources. + * tests/vala2.test, tests/vala3.test, tests/vala5.test: Require + GNU make. + +2009-05-17 Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch> + + Vala: Use $(srcdir) in rebuild rules. + valac is always run in srcdir as the generated files are distributed. + So srcdir needs to be taken into account in the rebuild rules to not + wrongly trigger a rebuild in the wrong directory. + * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Rebuild files in + $(srcdir). + * tests/vala2.test: Test rebuild rules from VPATH build. + + Vala: Add and test rebuild rules for generated header and vapi files. + valac will generate additional files when using, for example, -H in + VALAFLAGS. We need to recognize these options and add appropriate + rebuild rules to fix parallel build. + * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Recognize -H, -h, + --header, --internal-header, --vapi, --internal-api, --gir flags + to valac and rebuild rules for generated headers; distribute + and maintainer-clean them. + * tests/vala2.test: Test rebuild rules. + +2009-05-17 Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Vala: Fix build when using per-target VALAFLAGS. + This does not yet implement full per-target support for VALAFLAGS, + however, this change at least fixes building when there is only one + target per source file, which is the most common situation. + * automake.in: Remove `VALAFLAGS' from `flags' in language struct. + (lang_vala_finish_target): Handle `*_VALAFLAGS rewriting' manually + here; check `VALAFLAGS' user variables. + * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove vala5.test. + * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Document per-target flag + limitations. + +2009-05-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + For PR automake/540: + Document some formatting restrictions for Makefile.am files. + * doc/automake.texi (General Operation, Usage of Conditionals): + Variable assignments should not be indented by TABs, rule commands + should. Conditional keyword statements should not be indented. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Luo Yi. + +2009-05-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix copyright years in *.am files. + * lib/am/check.am, lib/am/check2.am, lib/am/distdir.am, + lib/am/program.am, lib/am/tags.am: Fix copyright years. + + distdir: avoid duplicate `find' traversal with subpackages. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir) [%?SUBDIRS%]: When recursing, set + `am__skip_mode_fix'. + [%?TOPDIR_P%]: When `$(am__skip_mode_fix)' is set, avoid tree + walk. + * tests/subpkg4.test: New test, to ensure that we still walk the + whole tree while fixing permissions. We don't ensure it is + walked once only. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Disable test cleanup trap with OSF1/Tru64 sh. + * configure.ac: Test whether /bin/sh has working 'set -e' + in conjunction with an exit trap. Set $am_cv_sh_errexit_works + accordingly, substitute sh_errexit_works, and warn about + leftover test directories with broken shells like Tru64 /bin/sh. + * tests/defs.in: Do not install any traps with broken shells. + +2009-05-02 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Recommend *-local hooks without commands, for extensibility. + * doc/automake.texi (Clean): Show how to write the clean-local + extension with separate phony target. + * tests/Makefile.am (clean-local-check): Practice what we preach + by marking this phony. For consistency, rename from ... + (check-clean-local): ... this. + +2009-04-28 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + + scripts: normalize all timestamps to UTC + * lib/compile (scriptversion): Update emacs hook. + * lib/depcomp (scriptversion): Likewise. + * lib/elisp-comp (scriptversion): Likewise. + * lib/gnupload (scriptversion): Likewise. + * lib/install-sh (scriptversion): Likewise. + * lib/mdate-sh (scriptversion): Likewise. + * lib/missing (scriptversion): Likewise. + * lib/mkinstalldirs (scriptversion): Likewise. + * lib/py-compile (scriptversion): Likewise. + * lib/ylwrap (scriptversion): Likewise. + +2009-04-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + silent-rules: fix alignment of less verbose output. + * automake.in (define_verbose_var): Define `$silent_var' as + VAR_ASIS, not VAR_PRETTY, to avoid squashing of multiple + adjacent spaces. + * tests/silent.test: Amend test. + Report by Jan Engelhardt. + +2009-04-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + manual: fix trivial grammar errors. + * doc/automake.texi (Subpackages, Vala Support, Java) + (Checking the Distribution, Timeline): Fix `a' vs. `an' errors + and duplicate `the'. + Report by Eric Blake. + + Indent rule commands consistently with a TAB. + * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Consistently use TAB, not + spaces, for indentation of commands, even if indentation may not + be needed at all. + * lib/am/texinfos.am (install-info-am): Likewise. + * THANKS: Update. + Prompted by report from John Calcote. + + parallel-tests: fix recheck* targets for non-GNU make. + * lib/am/check.am (recheck recheck-html): Override AM_MAKEFLAGS + to portably transport the TEST_LOGS settings through the + recursive `make' invocations. Fixes parallel-tests9.test + failure with Solaris make. + * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Also ensure that the test + summary is correct for `recheck'. + Suggestion by Akim Demaille. + +2009-04-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Avoid racy depmodes with universal builds. + * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): If universal builds are used, + avoid racy depmodes. + * lib/depcomp: Ignore `-arch' argument for makedepend depmode. + Report by Bruno Haible, analysis by Bruno Haible, Peter O'Gorman, + and Eric Blake. + +2009-04-21 Fabian Alenius <fabian.alenius@gmail.com> (tiny change) + + Fix link to autotools tutorial. + * doc/automake.texi (Autotools Introduction): Fix broken link. + * THANKS: Update. + +2009-04-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + testsuite: minor w32 fixes. + * tests/depend5.test: Don't fail if the system or file system + cannot handle weird characters, instead just try a few. + * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Really wait until the serial test + has finished, before letting the cleanup trap do its work. + Report by Bruno Haible. + + Avoid nonportable `./FILE' instead of `FILE' in test. + * tests/libtool3.test: Do not use `$(top_builddir)/sub/libname.la' + in *_LDADD entry if `$(top_builddir)' is `.'. Fixes test failure + with parallel NetBSD make. + + Detect make `include' style also with parallel non-GNU make. + Parallel NetBSD make outputs `--- $target ---' messages, + parallel HP-UX make outputs `Making target"$target"'. Just + ignore all additional output for the include test. + * m4/make.m4 (AM_MAKE_INCLUDE): Ignore additional output + produced by `make' to relax `include' style detection. + + manual: add FAQ `Debugging Make Rules'. + * doc/automake.texi (Debugging Make Rules): New FAQ section. + (Top, FAQ): Adjust menus, and capitalization of the description + of the `Hard-Coded Install Paths' node. + (Multiple Outputs): Add comment to restore font-lock for vim. + Suggestion by Karl Berry. + + Let XFile::lock warn and fail with parallel non-GNU make, too. + * lib/Automake/XFile.pm (lock): Also match `-j' for parallel BSD + make, and `-P' for parallel HP-UX make. + + Fix AM_PROG_VALAC version requirement detection. + * m4/vala.m4 (AM_PROG_VALAC): Remove `Vala ' from valac + --version string before comparing versions. + * tests/vala2.test: Require version 0.7.0 for the test. + Fixes failures of vala2.test and vala3.test with older valac. + + Correctly treat all assignments with bogus trailing comments. + Before this patch, automake would silently fail to diagnose and + to copy into the output those variable assignments which are + preceded by a comment, and end in backslash newline comment. + * automake.in (read_am_file): When determining whether an + escaped newline followed by a comment is an error, correctly use + the parser state, not the contents of a saved comment, which + could still be carried over from a comment before an assignment. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/commen11.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Report by Karl Berry. + +2009-04-14 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> + + manual: improve markup: itemize list in `Extending'. + * doc/automake.texi (Extending): Use `@item's for user override + semantics. + +2009-04-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + bin_PROGRAMS = $(EXTRA_PROGRAMS) should work. + * automake.in (am_install_var): For `PROGRAMS' primary, strip + `$(EXEEXT)' here already, so the name uniquifying works even + when we look at names repeatedly, with inconsistent executable + extension; through variable references, we might have added + the extension ourselves earlier. + (handle_programs): No need to strip `$(EXEEXT)' here any more. + * tests/extra8.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Daniel Richard G. + +2009-04-10 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + Fix grammar in comments and documentation. + * doc/automake.texi (API versioning): Fix grammar. + * automake.in: Fix grammar in comment. + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise. + * tests/ext2.test: Likewise. + +2009-04-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + More minor fixups to vala support. + * automake.in (lang_vala_finish_target): Fix typo in comment. + * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Fix typo. Declare vala + support as "initial". + * NEWS: Likewise, declare vala support as "initial". + +2009-04-05 Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch> + + Improve Vala support. + * automake.in: Update to Vala 0.7.0 semantics, recover from removal + of built sources, support silent-rules, drop _PKGNAME variables + * doc/automake.texi, NEWS: Update. + * lib/am/vala.am: Bump copyright years. + * m4/vala.m4: Likewise. + * tests/vala.test: Remove obsolete grep tests. + * tests/vala1.test: Likewise. + * tests/vala2.test: Test full build, distcheck, and distclean. + * tests/vala3.test: Likewise, also test with subdir-objects. + * tests/vala4.test: Bump copyright years. + * tests/vala5.test: New test for per-target flags, expected to fail. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * THANKS: Update. + +2008-10-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Minor fixups for Vala support. + * automake.in: $(VALAFLAGS) comes after $(AM_VALAFLAGS). + * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Add some references, + document AM_VALAFLAGS, streamline a bit. + * lib/am/vala.am: Copyright blurb. + * m4/vala.m4 (AM_PROG_VALAC): Rewrite using AS_VERSION_COMPARE. + * tests/vala.test: Fix minor nits. + * tests/vala1.test: Likewise. + * tests/vala2.test: Likewise. + * tests/vala3.test: Likewise. + * tests/vala4.test: New test, for version argument of + AM_PROG_VALAC. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2008-10-09 Mathias Hasselmann <mathias.hasselmann@gmx.de> + + * automake.in: Support Vala in non-recursive builds. Make sure + foo_VALAFLAGS really use used. Inject --library switch when building + Vala libraries. + * doc/automake.texi, NEWS: Document Vala support. + * m4/vala.m4: Rename AC_PROG_VALAC to AM_PROG_VALAC. + * tests/Makefile.am: Additional Vala tests. + * tests/vala.test: Also test VALAFLAGS support. + * tests/vala1.test: Test non-recursive Vala support. + * tests/vala2.test: Test _PKGNAME variables. + * tests/vala3.test: Test compiling of C code generated by Vala. + +2008-10-09 Mathias Hasselmann <mathias.hasselmann@gmx.de> + + Initial support for the vala programming language. + * automake.in: Add %known_libraries, lang_vala_rewrite, + lang_vala_finish and lang_vala_target_hook to support the Vala + programming language. Register Vala language hooks. + * lib/am/vala.am: Empty rules file to prevent creation of depend2 + based rules for Vala code. + * lib/am/Makefile.am (dist_am_DATA): Add vala.am. + * m4/vala.m4: Provide AC_PROG_VALAC for detecting the Vala compiler. + * m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Add vala.m4. + * tests/vala.test: Test Vala support. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2009-04-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + testsuite: do not fail on systems without read permissions. + * tests/instfail-info.test: Do not use the `non-root' + requirement for testing whether files may be made unreadable; + instead use `test -r' and skip the test if that still works. + * tests/instfail-java.test: Likewise. + * tests/instfail-libtool.test: Likewise. + * tests/instfail.test: Likewise. + * tests/instmany-mans.test: Likewise. + * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise. + * tests/instmany.test: Likewise. + * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Likewise. + + testsuite: parallel make fixes. + This patch fixes a couple of testsuite bugs exposed with + `MAKE=make\ -jN make check'. + * tests/libtoo10.test: Do not run `clean' in same $MAKE + invocation as `all check'. Fixes test failure with parallel + NetBSD `make -jN'. + * tests/nobase.test: Be sure to create a directory before + creating files in it. Fixes test failure with MAKE=`make -jN' + for NetBSD make. This issue is hidden with parallel GNU make + due to its parallel breadth first update order. + * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Skip if $MAKE contains `-j', + GNU make will use the environment variable $MAKE for recursion + and thus run in parallel even if `$MAKE -j1' was used on the + command line in the test. Also, after running the test proper, + wait long enough so that background jobs have finished and there + are no open files left when the cleanup code runs. + +2009-04-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + silent-rules reorganization, --enable-silent-rules switch. + This patch introduces a configure-time option to set the default + verbosity. Since configure now needs to know whether the + `silent-rules' automake option was set, the latter can only be + set within AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, or with a new AM_SILENT_RULES macro + but not any more through AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS or the automake + command line option `--silent-rules'. + * automake.in (define_verbose_var): Define the default verbose + variable in terms of `$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)'. + (handle_configure): Do not pass `--silent-rules' to automake. + (scan_autoconf_traces): Trace `AM_SILENT_RULES'. If seen, + enable global `silent-rules' option. + (usage): Do not document `--silent-rules'. + (parse_arguments): Do not accept `--silent-rules'. + * doc/automake.texi (Options): Overhaul. Document + AM_SILENT_RULES, --enable-silent-rules, --disable-silent-rules, + AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY. Show an example for user-added variables + for less verbose output. + (Invoking Automake): Remove documentation for `--silent-rules'. + (Public Macros): Document `AM_SILENT_RULES'. + * NEWS: Update. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Accept + `silent-rules' only as option in configure.ac. + * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): If the `silent-rules' option + was enabled, require `AM_SILENT_RULES'; move AM_BACKSLASH + initialization to ... + * m4/silent.m4 (AM_SILENT_RULES): ... this new file, new macro. + Deal with `--enable-silent-rules' switch; define + AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY. + * m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Add silent.m4. + * tests/dollarvar.test: Remove tests for `--silent-rules', use + `AM_SILENT_RULES'. + * tests/flavor.test: Remove test for `--silent-rules'. + * tests/silent.test: Use `AM_SILENT_RULES' instead of + `AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = silent-rules'; use `--enable-silent-rules'. + * tests/silent2.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent3.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent4.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent5.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent6.test: Likewise. Test `AM_SILENT_RULES' as well + as `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([silent-rules])' instead of + `--silent-rules'. + * tests/silent7.test: Use `AM_SILENT_RULES' instead of + `AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = silent-rules'; ensure the latter is rejected. + Test combinations of --enable-silent-rules and + --disable-silent-rules with `make V=0' and `make V=1'. + Suggestion for configure-time switch by Bob Friesenhahn. + + manual: Add note about parallelism and tests ordering. + * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): + Dependencies between test logs work for tests with known + extensions only. Hint that tests should be prepared to be run + in parallel. + + Fix maintainer-check failure. + * tests/suffix13.test: Use Exit not exit. + +2009-04-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + parallel-tests: more testsuite exposure. + * tests/parallel-tests.test: Also test overriding TEST_LOGS and + TESTS. + + parallel-tests: let VERBOSE=yes output appear before summary. + * lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): In `VERBOSE=yes' mode, + output contents of `$(TEST_SUITE_LOG)' before, rather than after + the test suite summary. This ensures that the email address + appears near the end of the output; also, the log file already + starts with a result summary anyway. + + parallel-tests: `clean recheck' should not rerun all tests. + * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-html): Do not rerun all + tests if `$(TEST_SUITE_LOG)' does not exist. + * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Adjust recheck test. + * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Adjust recheck-html test. + * NEWS: Update. + Suggestion by Akim Demaille. + +2009-04-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + + parallel-tests: Fix driver for nonempty executable extension. + * automake.in (handle_tests): New substitution `%am__EXEEXT%', + defined as 'FALSE' for non-generic rules, or if no programs are + built at all. Otherwise, define it as configure conditional. + * lib/am/check2.am [%am__EXEEXT%] (%EXT%$(EXEEXT).log): New + conditional generic rule. + * m4/init.m4: Hook an m4_provide of `_AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT' onto + Autoconf's `_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT' macro. + (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): If `_AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT' has been provided + at `AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE' time, then introduce a conditional + `am__EXEEXT', defined to true iff `$EXEEXT' is nonempty. + * tests/check5.test: Only match `_EXEEXT_[1-9]' here, to avoid + false positives stemming from `@am__EXEEXT_TRUE@'. + * NEWS: Update. + +2009-04-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix a couple of $(EXEEXT)-related testsuite failure. + * tests/check8.test: Allow executable extensions in test suite + output. + * tests/check9.test: Add `$(EXEEXT)' manually to @substituted@ + XFAIL_TESTS entries. + + * NEWS: Update for last patch. + +2009-04-07 Florian Briegel <briegel@zone42.de> (tiny change) + Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix renamed objects with subdir-objects and other languages. + * automake.in: Fixed bug when building with renamed objects + and foreign languages. + * tests/suffix13.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * THANKS: Update. + Reports by Florian Briegel and Stepan Kasal. + +2009-04-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Do not remove texinfo outputs upon mostlyclean. + * lib/am/texinfos.am: New substitutions %MOSTLYCLEAN%, + %MAINTCLEAN%. + (clean-aminfo): New target, remove %TEXICLEAN% if nonemtpy, + declare phony. Hook this target to ... + (clean-am): ... this and ... + (?CYGNUS?clean-info): ... this. + (maintainer-clean-aminfo): Remove %MAINTCLEAN% if nonempty, + for later. + (mostlyclean-aminfo): Remove %MOSTLYCLEAN%. + * automake.in (handle_texinfo_helper): Return three arrays + $MOSTLYCLEAN, $TEXICLEAN, $MAINTCLEAN, instead of one array. + Only put LaTeX helper files in $MOSTLYCLEAN, the rest in + $TEXICLEAN for now. + (handle_texinfo): Accept these, chop off extra newline, and + substitute them in `texinfos.am'. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/txinfo33.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Report by Bruno Haible. + +2009-04-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + testsuite: unset TESTS, TEST_LOGS, to avoid interference. + * tests/defs.in: Unset TESTS, TEST_LOGS. + + testsuite: generate $(parallel_tests) just when needed. + * tests/Makefile.am (check_SCRIPTS): No need to list + $(parallel_tests) here, they can be generated as needed during + the test run, following our recommendation in the manual. + + Remove superfluous line from recheck recheck-html. + * lib/am/check.am (recheck recheck-html): Remove superfluous + line, introduced bogusly in last commit. + +2009-04-06 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + parallel-tests: redo check-html, recheck, recheck-html. + * lib/am/check.am (recheck, recheck-am): Remove. + (recheck-TESTS): Rename to ... + (recheck): ... this and rewrite, factored ... + (recheck-html): ... with this rule. Pass TEST_LOGS rather than + RECHECK_LOGS to `check' and `check-html', respectively, to avoid + running outdated tests. Invoking the public macros ensures + `check_SCRIPTS' etc. are created in time. Do not output errors + for tests that were not run yet. If the testsuite has not run + at all, run all tests. + (check-html): Run `check' target, not `check-TESTS', to ensure + `check_SCRIPTS' etc. are created in time. + (.PHONY, .MAKE, AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): Adjust contents. + * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Expose the check-html and + recheck-html issues. + * tests/parallel-tests9.test: Expose the recheck issues. + Bugs in previous version pointed out by Akim, who already had + them fixed in his original version. + +2009-04-04 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + parallel-tests: LOG_COMPILER for tests without known extension. + * automake.in (handle_tests): If we don't match a known + extension, define `LOG_COMPILER' as `$(LOG_COMPILE) + $(AM_LOG_FLAGS) $(LOG_FLAGS)' and use it as %COMPILE% in check2. + * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): + Document it. In the examples, suggest using the AM_*LOG_FLAGS + flags in Makefile.am rather than the variables without `AM_' + prefix. + * lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (AM_PL_LOG_FLAGS): Renamed from + (PL_LOG_FLAGS): ... this variable, intended for the user. + * tests/parallel-tests7.test: Extend test. + * NEWS: Update. + Suggestion by Akim Demaille. + + More node renaming in the manual. + * doc/automake.texi (Top): Adjust menu to ... + (API Versioning): ... this node being renamed from ... + (API versioning): ... this, and ... + (Wildcards): ... this being renamed from ... + (wildcards): ... this. + Report by Karl Berry. + +2009-04-03 Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> + + * tests/instdir-java.test: Don't require gcj. Skip if javac is + not available. + +2009-04-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix testsuite failures due to nonexistent `dirlist' entries. + * tests/defs.in: When parsing `$aclocaldir/dirlist', only add + existing directories D to aclocal `-I D' flags, as aclocal + errors on nonexisting directories. + Report and analysis by Andreas Schwab. + +2009-03-31 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + Fix typo in manual. + * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): Fix + typo. + +2009-03-31 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + Avoid test failure due to paranoid TAR_OPTIONS envvar setting. + * tests/txinfo18.test: Don't let a TAR_OPTIONS=--keep-old-files + environment variable setting cause test failure. Fixed in + texi2dvi 4.13. + + Use more common spelling in diagnostic: s/canonic/canonical/. + * automake.in (check_typos): s/canonic/canonical/. + +2009-03-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.10c. + +2009-03-29 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.10b. + * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Add statistics for 1.10b. + + * NEWS: Minor update. + + Reorganize nodes in the manual. + Avoid texinfo sectioning commands without nodes, by either + introducing new nodes along with menus, or using headings + commands. Adjust all references. + * doc/automake.texi: Throughout the manual, adjust references to + new or changed node names. Rename `non-configured' to + `unconfigured', capitalize headings and section names better. + (Top): List new menus and nodes introduced below. + (Length Limitations): Renamed from ... + (Length limitations): ... this. + (aclocal Options): Renamed from ... + (aclocal options): ... this. + (Macro Search Path): Renamed from ... + (Macro search path): ... this. Rename subsubsections to + subsubheadings. + (Public Macros, Obsolete Macros, Private Macros): Renamed from + (Public macros, Obsolete macros, Private macros): ... these. + (Conditional Subdirectories): Introduce sub menu and split ... + (SUBDIRS vs DIST_SUBDIRS, Subdirectories with AM_CONDITIONAL) + (Subdirectories with AC_SUBST, Unconfigured Subdirectories): + ... into these new nodes. Adjust subsection names to node + names. + (Conditional Sources): Rename subsubsections to subsubheadings. + (Conditional Programs): Likewise. + (Program Variables): Renamed from ... + (Program variables): ... this. + (Libtool Issues): Introduce sub menu and split into ... + (Required file ltmain.sh not found) + (Objects created both with libtool and without): ... these new + nodes. + (Other Objects, Built Sources): Renamed from ... + (Other objects, Built sources): ... these. + (Built Sources Example): Renamed from ... + (Built sources example): this. Rename unnumberedsubsecs to + subsubheadings. + (Man Pages): Renamed from ... + (Man pages): ... this. + (Install): Introduce sub menu and split into ... + (Basics of Installation, The Two Parts of Install) + (Extending Installation, Staged Installs) + (Install Rules for the User): ... these new nodes. + (Dist): Introduce sub menu and split into ... + (Basics of Distribution, Fine-grained Distribution Control) + (The dist Hook, Checking the Distribution) + (The Types of Distributions): ... these new nodes. + (Tests): Introduce sub menu and split into ... + (Simple Tests, Simple Tests using parallel-tests, DejaGnu Tests) + (Install Tests): ... these new nodes. + (Conditionals): Move the portability paragraph up, introduce sub + menu and split into ... + (Usage of Conditionals, Limits of Conditionals): ... these new + nodes. Link to several sections throughout the manual that deal + with specific usage of conditionals. + (CVS): Rename subsections to subheadings. + (maintainer-mode): Likewise. + (Limitations on File Names): Renamed from ... + (limitations on file names): ... this. + (Flag Variables Ordering): Rename subsections to subheadings. + (Renamed Objects): Renamed from ... + (Renamed objects): ... this. + (Dependency Tracking Evolution): Introduce sub menu and split + into ... + (First Take on Dependencies, Dependencies As Side Effects) + (Dependencies for the User, Techniques for Dependencies) + (Recommendations for Tool Writers) + (Future Directions for Dependencies): ... these new nodes. + Report by Karl Berry. + +2009-03-29 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Update AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS for parallel-tests. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): + Add check, recheck, check-html, recheck-html. + +2009-03-29 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + parallel-tests: New target recheck-html. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (recheck-html): New phony, + recursive target. Factor common implementation with + `check-html'. + * doc/automake.texi (Tests): Document recheck-html. + * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Test it. + +2009-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + parallel-tests: redo lazy checking: recheck and RECHECK_LOGS. + Replace the LAZY_TEST_SUITE API with a simpler yet more powerful + one: RECHECK_LOGS specifies those tests which are to be removed + in any case before testing. Provide a `recheck' convenience + target to set RECHECK_LOGS to all failed and unexpectedly passed + tests. Document several ways to limit the set of tests run. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (RECHECK_LOGS): New variable, + default to $(TESTS_LOGS). + (check-TESTS): Remove $(RECHECK_LOGS) not $(TEST_LOGS). Drop use + of LAZY_TEST_SUITE. + ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Do not output note about lazy rerun, as + LAZY_TEST_SUITE is gone. + (recheck): New target. + (recheck-am, recheck-TESTS): New internal targets. + * doc/automake.texi (Tests): Update @vindex for TESTS and + TEST_LOGS. Replace description of LAZY_TEST_SUITE with a list + of ways the set of tests to be run can be modified. Document + RECHECK_LOGS and the recheck target. + * tests/defs.in: Unset RECHECK_LOGS not LAZY_TEST_SUITE. + * tests/parallel-tests.test: Adjust, replacing LAZY_TEST_SUITE + with corresponding RECHECK_LOGS settings. + * tests/parallel-tests9.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Suggestion and different implementation by Akim Demaille. + + parallel-tests: do not mark check-TESTS as `.MAKE'. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (.MAKE): Remove check-TESTS. + This rule removes files, which should not be executed with BSD + `make -n'. + + parallel-tests: warn about $(srcdir), $(top_srcdir) in TESTS. + * automake.in (handle_tests): Warn about portability issue + concerning generated TESTS files listed with a `$(srcdir)/' + or `$(top_srcdir)/' prefix. + * doc/automake.texi (TESTS): Document this issue. Mention that + the parallel-tests driver is still experimental. + * tests/parallel-tests8.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + check-html: Always create HTML output, note conversion failure. + * lib/am/check.am (check-html): Create `$(TEST_SUITE_HTML)' in + any case. Exit unsuccessfully if HTML creation failed. + * tests/parallel-tests2.test: Amend test to expose this. + +2009-03-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + parallel-tests: per-extension test driver: <EXT>_LOG_COMPILER. + For test files with extension <ext>, introduce the internal + variable <EXT>_LOG_COMPILE, which expands to + $(<EXT>_LOG_COMPILER) $(AM_<EXT>_LOG_FLAGS) $(<EXT>_LOG_FLAGS). + Turn also the lib/Automake/tests testsuite over to the new + test driver. + * doc/automake.texi (Tests): Document `EXT_LOG_COMPILER' and + `EXT_LOG_FLAGS'. + * lib/am/check2.am: Insert `%COMPILE%' right before test. + * automake.in (handle_tests): Substitute `COMPILE' for check2, + empty for tests without extension, and `$(ext_LOG_COMPILE)' for + extension `ext'. In the latter case, define it from the public + components. + * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Use `parallel-test' globally. + * tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove, not needed here + any more. + * lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Split ... + (PL_LOG_COMPILER, PL_LOG_FLAGS): ... into these new variables. + (TESTS_EXTENSIONS): New variable, initialize to `.pl'. + * tests/parallel-tests7.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Suggestion by Akim Demaille. + +2009-03-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + parallel-tests: also record logs of SKIPped tests. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Record + SKIPs as well. + Suggested by Jim Meyering. + + Minor optimization in parallel-tests text box creation. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL-TESTS] (am__text_box): Use only one + awk invocation, rather than several tools, to create a text box. + Suggestion from Akim Demaille. + +2009-03-29 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Rewrite maintainer-check in separate tests, parallelizable. + * Makefile.am (sc_diff_automake_in_automake, sc_perl_syntax) + (sc_no_brace_variable_expansions, sc_rm_minus_f) + (sc_no_for_variable_in_macro, sc_mkinstalldirs) + (sc_pre_normal_post_install_uninstall, sc_perl_no_undef) + (sc_perl_no_split_regex_space, sc_cd_in_backquotes) + (sc_cd_relative_dir, sc_perl_at_uscore_in_scalar_context) + (sc_perl_local_no_parens, sc_perl_local) + (sc_AMDEP_TRUE_in_automake_in, sc_tests_make_without_am_makeflags) + (sc_tests_plain_make, sc_tests_plain_autoconf) + (sc_tests_plain_autoupdate, sc_tests_plain_automake) + (sc_tests_here_document_format, sc_tests_Exit_not_exit) + (sc_tests_automake_fails, sc_tests_plain_aclocal) + (sc_tests_plain_perl, sc_tests_required_after_defs) + (sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline, sc_tests_plain_sleep) + (sc_tests_plain_egrep_fgrep, sc_mkdir_p, sc_perl_at_substs) + (sc_unquoted_DESTDIR, sc_tabs_in_texi, sc_at_in_texi): New rules, + all phony, all listed in ... + (syntax_check_rules): ... this new variable and split out from ... + (maintainer-check): ... this rule. Depend on $(syntax_check_rules). + + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Do not complain if DESTDIR is + passed as argument to `make'. + + * doc/automake.texi (Cross-Compilation): Fix underfull hbox. + + Sync auxiliary files from upstream. + * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, + lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from upstream. + +2009-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + manual: minor cleanups. + * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Adjust spacing in example. + (Mixing Fortran 77 With C and C++): Drop unneeded @page breaks. + + Sane (un)install for empty directory variables. + This patch fixes all install and uninstall rules to behave + sanely when $(wheredir) is the empty string, but $(where_HOW) is + nonempty, for all kinds of values of `where' and `HOW'. + * lib/am/data.am (install-%DIR%%PRIMARY%, uninstall-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): + Do not touch the install tree if the corresponding directory variable + $(%NDIR%dir) is empty. + * lib/am/java.am (install-%DIR%JAVA, uninstall-%DIR%JAVA): Likewise. + * lib/am/libs.am (install-%DIR%LIBRARIES, uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES): + Likewise. + * lib/am/lisp.am (install-%DIR%LISP, uninstall-%DIR%LISP): Likewise. + * lib/am/ltlib.am (install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES, uninstall-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): + Likewise. + * lib/am/mans.am (install-man%SECTION%, uninstall-man%SECTION%): + Likewise. + * lib/am/progs.am (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS, uninstall-%DIR%PROGRAMS): + Likewise. + * lib/am/python.am (install-%DIR%PYTHON, uninstall-%DIR%PYTHON): + Likewise. + * lib/am/scripts.am (install-%DIR%SCRIPTS, uninstall-%DIR%SCRIPTS): + Likewise. + * lib/am/texinfos.am (install-dvi-am, install-html-am, install-pdf-am) + (install-ps-am, uninstall-dvi-am, uninstall-html-am, uninstall-pdf-am) + (uninstall-ps-am): Likewise. + * tests/instdir2.test, tests/instdir-java.test, + tests/instdir-lisp.test, tests/instdir-ltlib.test, + tests/instdir-prog.test, tests/instdir-python.test, + tests/instdir-texi.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS: Update. + Suggestion by Akim Demaille. + + Ensure that empty directory variables work with empty content variables. + This test ensures that, if both $(wheredir) and $(where_HOW) are + the empty string, then the `install' and `uninstall' rules behave + sanely, for several directory variables `wheredir' and several + primaries `HOW'. + * tests/instdir.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2009-03-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Use --tag=FC with libtool also for .f90 files. + * automake.in: Set 'libtool_tag' for language `fc'. + * tests/fort5.test: Grep for the tag. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by John R. Cary. + +2009-03-22 Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + For PR automake/533: + DISTFILES containing a directory and files in that directory. + When the source tree contains non-writable files or directories + (as happens during distcheck), and directories or entries + thereof are listed multiple times in variables to be + distributed, then the corresponding directories below $(distdir) + need to be made writable recursively. Since file modes should + not change, they need to be copied recursively using `cp -f'. + * lib/am/distdir.am: Handle this situation. + * tests/distdir.test: Extend test to those cases. + * NEWS: Update. + Report by Peter Breitenlohner. + +2009-03-22 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + Fix a documentation typo. + * doc/automake.texi (Headers): Clarify the note telling when it's + better not to use noinst_HEADERS. + +2009-03-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Define AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS, for gnulib's GNUmakefile. + This new macro lists all public targets which invoke `make' + recursively, or depend on targets which do so. It allows to + prevent parallelism selectively, when multiple targets are + passed on the `make' command line. + * lib/am/distdir.am [%?SUBDIRS%] (AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): New + macro. + * lib/am/subdirs.am (AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): Likewise. + * lib/am/tags.am [%?SUBDIRS%] (AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): + Likewise. + +2009-03-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix LAZY_TEST_SUITE handling and $(TEST_SUITE_LOG) recreation. + * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Expand `$(TEST_LOGS)' only once + in the rule command, for systems with low command line limits. + Remove $(TEST_SUITE_LOG) even in LAZY_TEST_SUITE mode. + ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Always recreate $(TEST_SUITE_LOG). Mention + lazy mode in the summary output. + * tests/parallel-tests.test: Test LAZY_TEST_SUITE semantics. + +2009-03-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix parallel-tests with empty $(TESTS) for BSD make. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Ignore + empty line stemming from empty $(TEST_LOGS), to avoid counting + zero tests as one. + (check-TESTS): If `$(TESTS)' is empty, override TEST_LOGS to be + empty, rather than `.log', for BSD make. + * tests/parallel-tests6.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Mark check-html and check-TESTS as recursive for BSD make. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] (.MAKE): Add check-TESTS + and check-html prerequisites. + + Match XFAIL_TESTS correctly with Solaris make. + * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS]: VPATH rewriting may have + changed test names, so srcdir needs to be taken into account + explicitly when checking against the list of tests expected + to fail. Fixes spurious FAILures from XFAIL_TESTS. + + Use append mode to capture parallel test output. + * tests/lisp8.test: Use append mode for output from `make -j', + to avoid dropped lines. + * tests/parallel-tests3.test: Likewise. + + parallel-tests: Fix summary output. + * lib/am/check.am (am__text_box): Fix unportable sed script, + replacing `\n' in the right hand side of an `s' command with + a literal newline. Kudos to Bruno Haible for the newline idea. + * tests/parallel-tests.test: Update test to expose this. + +2009-03-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Overhaul of tests/README. + * tests/README: General overhaul. Mention parallel test suite + execution, the test-suite.log file; document `Exit' vs. `exit', + `defs' vs. `defs-p', the naming of `parallel-tests' tests. + * README: Simplify, point to tests/README. + + Documentation for the parallel-tests driver. + * doc/automake.texi (Tests, Options): Document the `parallel-tests' + option, including new features of the test driver. + * NEWS: Update. + + New tests for `parallel-tests'. + * tests/parallel-tests.test: New file, to expose a bunch of + features of `parallel-tests': VERBOSE, clean, TEST_SUITE_LOG, + test dependencies, DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS. + * tests/parallel-tests2.test: New file, test check-html. + * tests/parallel-tests3.test: New file, test concurrency. + * tests/parallel-tests4.test: New file, test suffix rules. + * tests/parallel-tests5.test: New file, demonstrate compile/test + concurrency. + * tests/defs.in: Add a `required' check for rst2html. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + parallel-tests: Ensure backward-compatible semantics. + For each test in Automake's test suite that uses TESTS, generate + an identical one that uses the `parallel-tests' option, for + coverage of backward-compatible functionality. + * tests/gen-parallel-tests: New file, generates distributed + Makefile.am snippet tests/parallel-tests.am to list all tests + that use the TESTS interface but not yet the `parallel-tests' + option, with names mangled to use suffix `-p.test', in ... + (parallel_tests): ... this new make macro. + * tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/parallel-tests.am) + ($(parallel_tests), defs-p): New rules. + (TESTS): Add check11.test and $(parallel_tests). + (check_SCRIPTS): Add defs-p, $(parallel_tests). + (check-clean-local): Remove `defs-p'. + (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute gen-parallel-tests. + (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): New variable, remove $(parallel_tests). + * bootstrap: Generate parallel-tests.am. + * tests/check8.test: Check for circular dependencies in rules. + * tests/check11.test: New test, check that SKIPs are not counted + as passed tests. + * tests/defs.in: Unset DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS, LAZY_TEST_SUITE, + VERBOSE, so the tests are not influenced by the way our test + suite is invoked. + +2009-03-08 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Parallel test execution: new option `parallel-tests'. + * automake.in (handle_tests): Set new conditional PARALLEL_TESTS + when reading check.am. Handle option `parallel-tests' and all + its new semantics. Define macros TEST_SUFFIXES, TEST_SUITE_LOG, + TEST_SUITE_HTML, TEST_LOGS, TEST_LOGS_TMP, suffix rules if + applicable, and per-target rules for other tests. Add all log + files to %clean_files at the `MOSTLY_CLEAN' level. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Accept + `parallel-tests'. + * lib/am/check.am [!PARALLEL_TESTS] (check-TESTS): Move existing + testsuite driver under this new conditional. + [PARALLEL_TESTS] + (am__rst_title, am__rst_section, am__text_box am__sh_e_setup) + (am__check_pre, am__check_post): New internal macros. + ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), check-TESTS, .log.html, check-html): New + rules. + * lib/am/check2.am: New file. + * lib/am/Makefile.am (dist_am_DATA): Add check2.am. + * tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Use `parallel-tests'. + (clean-local): Renamed from distclean-local. + * tests/defs.in: Drop VERBOSE handling, not needed here any more. + +2009-03-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Rename `silent' mode to `silent-rules' mode. + * automake.in (define_verbose_var, verbose_flag) + (define_verbose_tagvar, handle_options, handle_languages) + (handle_configure, parse_arguments): Rename the `silent' option + to `silent-rules', so it coincides with the `--silent-rules' + command line option; adjust all code and comments. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Likewise. + * doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake, Libtool Flags, Options): + Likewise. + * NEWS: Adjust. + * tests/dollarvar.test, tests/silent.test, tests/silent2.test, + tests/silent3.test, tests/silent4.test, tests/silent5.test, + tests/silent6.test, tests/silent7.test: Likewise. + Suggestion by Jan Engelhardt. + +2009-03-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + `silent' mode unconditionally overrides portability-recursive. + * automake.in (parse_arguments): Don't handle a global `silent' + option here; instead, ... + (handle_options): ... handle the "normal" `silent' option here. + Override `portability-recursive' here, at the last point we deal + with options, instead ... + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): ... of here. + * tests/silent6.test: Replace unportable make snippet, remove + FIXME note, add more test cases of options passed in the various + locations. + + Drop extra line from compile rules when `silent' is not used. + * lib/am/depend2.am [!%FASTDEP%]: Only use the `%VERBOSE% + @AM_BACKSLASH@' extra line if ?VERBOSE?. + Report by Ralf Corsepius. + +2009-03-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Keep `--silent-rules' across triggered automake reruns. + * automake.in (usage): Reformat to be a bit clearer. + (handle_configure): Remove substitutions %STRICTNESS% and + %USE-DEPS% in favor of a new substitution %AUTOMAKE-OPTIONS% + that carries over all needed flags. + * lib/am/configure.am (%MAKEFILE-IN%): Adjust rule. + * tests/flavor.test: New test, to ensure --$flavor (gnu, + gnits, foreign, cygnus), --ignore-deps, and --silent-rules are + preserved across automake reruns. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2009-03-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Provide variables for silencing of user rules. + * automake.in (handle_languages): Always define `AM_V_GEN' and + `AM_V_at'. + * doc/automake.texi (Options): Document these flags. + * tests/silent7.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Redo variable naming for `silent' machinery. + The public variables are named `AM_V_' plus the compiler + short-hand now, e.g.: AM_V_CC, AM_V_CXXLD, AM_V_GEN. The + dispatch variables are internal details and begin with + `am__v_'. + * automake.in (verbose_var): Update comment. + (verbose_private_var): New function. Order functions so that + ones not needed outside this section are listed first. + (verbose_dispatch): Remove, no need to factor this. + (define_verbose_var, define_verbose_libtool): Use + verbose_private_var. + (define_verbose_tagvar): Likewise; and simplify. + Report by Jan Engelhardt. + + Let -Wportability turn on/off the portability-recursive channel. + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (switch_warning): switch + `portability-recursive' channel as well if changing the + `portability' channel. + * tests/dollarvar2.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2009-03-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + New automake command line option `--silent-rules'. + * automake.in (parse_arguments): Accept `--silent-rules; let it + override command line warning settings. + (usage): Document it. + * doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake): Document it. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/dollarvar.test: Also test `--silent-rules'. + * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Use `$MAKE V=1' to enable verbose + output, which is matched later in the test. + * tests/silent6.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Documentation and tests for the `silent' option. + * NEWS: Update. + * doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake): `silent' turns off some + portability warnings. + (Libtool Flags): `silent' silences libtool. + (Options): Document the `silent' flag. + * tests/dollarvar.test, tests/silent.test, tests/silent2.test, + tests/silent3.test, tests/silent4.test, tests/silent5.test: New + tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Ignore `DESTDIR' and `V' when + checking for make variables that should not be overridden from + the command line. + +2009-03-07 Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Implement `silent' build rules. + * automake.in (ccer): New field in the language structure. + Initialize it for all registered languages. + (verbose_var, verbose_flag, verbose_dispatch) + (silent_flag, define_verbose_var, define_verbose_tagvar) + (define_verbose_libtool): New functions. + (handle_languages, handle_programs, handle_libraries) + (handle_ltlibraries, handle_configure) + (define_compiler_variable, define_linker_variable) + (define_per_target_linker_variable): Use them where appropriate + to define variables to implement the silent output machinery. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Accept + `silent', turning off `portability-recursive'. + * lib/am/depend2.am: Add %VERBOSE% and %SILENT% prefixes where + appropriate. + * lib/am/lex.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/library.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/ltlibrary.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/program.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/yacc.am: Likewise. + * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Substitute, but do not define, + AM_BACKSLASH. + * tests/defs.in: Unset `V', to avoid influencing inner tests. + +2009-03-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + New channel `portability-recursive'. + Add new channel for portability warnings about recursive make + variable expansions `$(var1$(var2))'. Enable it alongside + `-Wportability'. + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (Automake::ChannelDefs): Register + channel `portability-recursive'. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (_VARIABLE_CHARACTERS) + (_VARIABLE_RECURSIVE_PATTERN): New variables. + (check_variable_expansions): Diagnose recursive variable + expansions through the new channel. + +2009-03-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * NEWS: Update. + +2009-03-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Ignore warnings from autom4te about Libtool macros. + * tests/ltinstloc.test: When testing for presence of warnings, + filter out any that are not interesting for this test, e.g., + warnings about installed files or about bogusly named cache + variables in libtool.m4, emitted by recent Autoconf when older + Libtool is used. + +2009-03-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Relax depcomp test for MSVC to not require minuso. + * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): When checking the msvisualcpp + and msvcmsys depmodes, do not require `-c -o' to work just yet. + It is not needed by the depcomp script for these depmodes, and + works around the ordering issue between the tests. + Report by Peter Rosin. + +2009-03-09 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se> + + * tests/compile2.test: Fix typo. + +2009-03-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Improve NetBSD 'make -n' output for many standard targets. + * automake.in (handle_tags): Let .MAKE depend on + `tags-recursive' and `ctags-recursive' if appropriate. + (handle_all): Likewise for `all'. + (do_check_merge_target): Likewise for `check-am' and `check'. + * lib/am/ansi2knr.am (.MAKE): Depend on %ANSI2KNR-DIR%/ansi2knr. + * lib/am/install.am [%?maybe_BUILT_SOURCES%] (.MAKE): Depend on + `install'. + * tests/maken3.test, tests/maken4.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Improve `make -n dist' and `make -n distcheck' for GNU make. + Ensure that `make -n dist' and `make -n distcheck' do not change + files, due to GNU make executing rules containing `$(MAKE)'. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): Separate the creation of + `$(distdir)/$$subdir' for `$(DIST_SUBDIRS)' and the recursion + into the `$(DIST_SUBDIRS)' in two separate rule commands. + (distcheck): Exit recursive rule early when run with `make -n', + as detected by a witness file. + * tests/maken.test, tests/maken2.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS: Update. + +2009-03-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Solaris make testsuite fixes. + * tests/check10.test: When a rule fails, Solaris make will + output the complete command that failed; in this case the test + suite driver. Adjust the test to not bogusly match lines from + the driver, rather than its output. + * tests/distcleancheck.test: Avoid triggering VPATH rewriting, + not desirable in this test. + * tests/specflg10.test: Use BUILT_SOURCES to specify an + intermediate target, so Solaris make knows what to do. + + testsuite: SKIP compile tests if configure found no compiler. + * tests/depend6.test: configure will exit 77 if AC_PROG_CC found + no working compiler. Allow the test to be SKIPped in that case. + * tests/postproc.test: Likewise. + * tests/pr243.test: Likewise. + * tests/pr266.test: Likewise. + + Fix maintainer-check fallout. + * tests/compile2.test: Use `Exit', not `exit'. + +2009-03-07 Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Extract correct man section from files in man_MANS. + * lib/am/mans.am: Extract correct man section in the presence of + multiple dots in the file base name and/or directory components. + * tests/man5.test: New test case. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2009-03-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (maintainer-mode): Fix logic in + AM_MAINTAINER_MODE description. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Daniel Kahn Gillmor. + +2009-03-05 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/gnupload: Change conffile name to `.gnuploadrc'. + +2009-03-04 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> + + Replace bare `automake' with `@command{automake}' or `Automake'. + * doc/automake.texi: Avoid bare `automake' in the manual, + replacing occurrences with `@command{automake}' when the command + is meant, and `Automake' when speaking about the software + package in general. + +2009-03-04 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/depcomp: Various portability and quoting nits. + + reformat gnupload script. + * lib/gnupload: Reformat and reindent. + + gnupload touchups. + * lib/gnupload (conffile): New variable. Use throughout. + (dry_run): Use `false' and `:' values. Show, don't execute, + gpg signing commands upon --dry-run. + (usage): Typo and formatting fixes. Mention that commands are + applied in order. + (argument loop): Factorize a bit, fix quoting. + (dprint, mkdirective, mksymlink, upload): Formatting and + portability fixes. + +2009-03-04 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org> + + Various gnupload improvements. + Add support for uploading to download.gnu.org.ua. + Add support for a .gnupload configuration file. + Support creating and removing symlinks. + Allow for several operations in a single invocation. + Add debugging features. + * lib/gnupload: New options --delete, --symlink, --rmsymlink, + --symlink-regex, --dry-run; support `--' to separate options and + commands from files. New target download.gnu.org.ua. Expand + `.gnupload' file contents before command line arguments. + (usage): Expand. + (dprint, mkdirective, mksymlink, upload): New functions. + * THANKS: Update. + +2009-03-03 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se> + + Add depmode=msvcmsys for Microsoft Visual C++ on MSYS. + * lib/depcomp [msvisualcpp]: Fork fewer processes. Filter out + libtool in the preprocessor invocation (as is done in + depmode=cpp). Silence compiler stderr. + [msvcmsys]: New depmode as a derivative of depmode=msvisualcpp. + msvcmsys transforms any backslashes into forward slashes to + make the grep in depend.m4 match, instead of the "cygpath -u" + that is used in msvisualcpp. + +2009-03-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se> + + Fix w32 path handling in the `compile' script. + * lib/compile: Handle colons and backslashes in win32 paths. + * tests/compile2.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Report and initial patch by Peter Rosin. + +2009-03-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix `use constant' usage for MSYS Perl 5.6.0. + * automake.in (QUEUE_MESSAGE, QUEUE_CONF_FILE, QUEUE_LOCATION) + (QUEUE_STRING): Define using one `use constant' each; as perl + 5.6.0 (on MSYS) does not understand `use constant { ... }'. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Peter Rosin. + +2009-03-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix recursive html and install-* doc rules for BSD make. + * automake.in (%required_targets): Add html-am, + install-html-am, install-dvi-am, install-pdf-am, install-ps-am, + install-info-am. + * tests/txinfo32.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Fix comment typo. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): Fix typo in comment. + + Ignore generated files below doc/amhello for git. + * doc/amhello/.gitignore: New file. + +2009-02-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (Program variables): Add cross reference to + `Flag Variables Ordering' node. + Report by Karl Berry. + +2009-01-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix mmodely.test to work on Solaris 10. + * tests/mmodely.test: Define yylex, to satisfy needed symbol in + libfl. Return from main instead of using exit, undeclared. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Chris Hoogendyk. + +2009-01-30 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> + + * lib/gnupload: Add download URL to --help output. + +2009-01-23 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + + Use no-arg macros via AC_REQUIRE for consistency. + * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Require, rather than directly + expand, AM_PROG_INSTALL_SH and AM_PROG_INSTALL_STRIP. + * configure: Regenerate. + +2009-01-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Bump copyright years. + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Bump copyright years. + * automake.in (gen_copyright, version): Likewise. + * doc/automake.texi: Likewise. + +2008-12-29 Chris Pickett <chris.pickett@mail.mcgill.ca> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi (LIBOBJS): Clarify overriding of + `*_DEPENDENCIES'. + * THANKS: Update. + +2008-12-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Revamp semantics for `missing help2man' and manpage distribution. + Previously, `missing help2man' would create a missing man page + containing an error message, and exit 1. This does not play + well with `make': the next run will see this particular man page + as being up to date, and will only error out on the next + generated man page, if any; repeat until all pages are done. + This patch changes `missing' to exit successfully in this case, + but `make dist' will ensure that no such man pages are packaged. + * lib/missing: Exit successfully even if we create a replacement + page due to missing help2man. + * automake.in (make_paragraphs): Define %HAVE-MANS% to be true + if this makefile deals with man pages. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): If %INSTALL-MAN% and %HAVE-MANS%, + check that no man page in $(MANS) contains the replacement text + from `missing'. + * tests/man4.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS: Reorder a bit, update. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Werner Lemberg and Karl Berry. + + Do not use 'global' for makefile-wide settings. + * doc/automake.texi (Linking, Libtool Flags) + (Program and Library Variables, Flag Variables Ordering): + Reword instances of `global variables' that really mean + makefile-wide ones. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Andreas Bergmeier. + + Fix config.status depfiles failure. + * m4/depout.m4 (_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS): Commands are + again a single shell brace group, so they are correctly skipped + when dependencies are turned off. The failure is noisy with + ksh only. + * tests/depend6.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * THANKS: Update. + Report and different suggested patch by Markus Duft. + +2008-12-21 Zoltan Rado <z.rado@chello.hu> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi (DESTDIR): Fix a couple of typos. + * THANKS: Update. + +2008-12-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix nonportable sed script in 'missing'. + * lib/missing: In sed script, do not use ';' after 't' commands. + +2008-12-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + PR automake/531: + * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained) + (Mixing Fortran 77 With C and C++): Fix broken links to + Autoconf manual. + Report by Michael Ploujnikov. + +2008-12-07 Michael Ploujnikov <ploujj@gmail.com> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi (Optional, Future of aclocal): Various + spelling and grammar fixes. + * THANKS: Update. + +2008-12-03 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> + + Simple typographical and grammar errors in automake.texi. + * doc/automake.texi: Fix object/article consistency (eg "an + flag" becomes "a flag"), correct minor punctuation errors, etc. + + * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs, Python, Rebuilding): + Replace 'configure' with '@command{configure}' as appropriate. + +2008-11-29 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fixup release rules. + * Makefile.am (cvs-diff): Remove. + (git-dist): Do not use clcommit any more. Use new-style tag + name. Pass $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) to $(MAKE). + (git-diff): Adjust. + (git-release): Do not upload to sources.redhat.com. + +2008-11-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix portability issues in distcleancheck_listfiles doc example. + * doc/automake.texi (Dist): In the `distcleancheck_listfiles' + code example, add `.' path, for Solaris `find', also rewrite so + `{}' appears only once and as separate argument, for Posix. + * tests/distcleancheck.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Jan Engelhardt and Andreas Schwab. + +2008-11-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + + Cope with whitespace in $MISSING and $install_sh. + * configure.ac (am_AUTOHEADER): New substitution, save the value + of $AUTOHEADER before AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE may add $MISSING. + * tests/defs.in: Use am_AUTOHEADER. + * lib/am/install.am: Fix typo. + * m4/install-sh.m4 (AM_PROG_INSTALL_SH): Add suitable + single-quote quoting to install_sh, but only if needed. + * m4/missing.m4 (AM_MISSING_HAS_RUN): Add suitable double-quote + quoting to MISSING, but only if needed. + * m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): Abort configure if `pwd` or + $srcdir contain shell meta-characters that cannot be handled; + space and tab are allowed in the former only. + * tests/sanity.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * NEWS: Update. + Reports by Jim Meyering and others. + +2008-11-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Let `missing' also work with versioned and prefixed programs. + * lib/missing: Ignore prefixes of `gnu-', `gnu', and `g' when + testing for known programs; also, ignore suffixes. + * tests/missing.test: Amend test. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report by Tim Rice. + +2008-11-23 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> + + * doc/automake.texi (Macro search path, Extending aclocal) + (Local Macros, Serials, Public macros, Directories) + (Conditional Subdirectories, Nesting Packages) + (Building a program, Libtool Modules) + (Program and Library Variables, Default _SOURCES, LIBOBJS): + Correct verb/object tense agreement, swap some words, + and general trivial cleanup. + +2008-11-22 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (VPATH Builds, Nested Packages) + (Length limitations, Auxiliary Programs, Invoking Automake) + (Requirements, Optional): Fix typos and grammaros, correct URL + to 'config' source repository. Rewrite description of AC_SUBST. + (true): Cross-reference to `Default _SOURCES' node. + +2008-11-22 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> + + * configure.ac: Quote APIVERSION. + +2008-11-22 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + * tests/xz.test: Fix typo introduced by Ralf in last patch. + + Add xz compression support. + * NEWS: Mention xz as well as lzma (xz will displace lzma). + * automake.in (handle_dist): Recognize dist-xz. + (make_paragraphs): Map XZ to dist-xz. + * doc/automake.texi (Dist): Add dist-xz. + (Options): Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Accept + dist-xz. + * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz): New rule. + (dist dist-all): Add command to create an xz-compressed tarball. + (distcheck): Handle xz-compressed tarballs just like the others. + * tests/xz.test: New file, based on nogzip.test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add xz.test. + +2008-11-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + When installing COPYING, recommend adding the file to VCS. + * automake.in (require_file_internal): If installing `COPYING', + mention that we install the GPLv3 file and recommend adding the + file to version control. + * doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake): Point to `Gnits' node + for `--add-missing'. + (Gnits): Clarify semantics: that for strictness gnu or higher, + INSTALL is installed, and that COPYING is installed as GPLv3 + if no COPYING file exists. + * tests/license2.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report by Brian Cameron. + +2008-11-20 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> + + * doc/automake.texi (Timeline): Fix typos and grammaros. + +2008-11-12 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> + + New gnupload option --delete to remove archive files. + * lib/gnupload: Accept --delete to remove files from + alpha.gnu.org or ftp.gnu.org. + +2008-11-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Testsuite fixes for ksh. + * tests/check10.test: Add ':' as last command in subshell, for + zero exit status of the subshell. + * tests/parallel-am.test: Do not let failing 'unset' of + nonexistent variable exit the test. + * tests/parallel-am2.test: Likewise. + * tests/parallel-am3.test: Likewise. + +2008-11-11 Charles Wilson <libtool@cwilson.fastmail.fm> (tiny change) + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Cleanup config.lt in case LT_OUTPUT is in use. + * lib/am/libtool.am [TOPDIR_P] (distclean-libtool): clean up + config.lt as well as libtool. + * tests/libtoo11.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS: Update. + +2008-11-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, + lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from upstream. + +2008-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Update to GFDL 1.3. + * doc/fdl.texi: Update to GFDL 1.3. + * doc/automake.texi (GNU Free Documentation License): Adjust. + * NEWS: Update. + + * NEWS: Fix typos. + * automake.in: Fix typos in comments. Remove extraneous + whitespace. + +2008-11-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Cope with absent Perl modules threads and Thread::Queue. + * automake.in: Instead of `use threads', use `require threads; + import threads' inside a BEGIN section. Likewise for + Thread::Queue. + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (Automake::ChannelDefs): Likewise. + * lib/Automake/tests/Condition-t.pl: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/tests/DisjConditions-t.pl: Likewise. + * configure.ac: Likewise, use `require' and `import'. + Report by Eric Blake, fix suggested by Ben Pfaff. + +2008-11-04 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Multiple 'make uninstall' should not fail even for TEXINFOS. + * lib/am/texinfos.am (uninstall-info-am): Do not fail due to + install-info if the installed file does not exist (any more). + * tests/txinfo26.test: Issue multiple `make uninstall'. + * tests/instmany-mans.test: Likewise. + * tests/instmany-python.test: Likewise. + * tests/instmany.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo26.test: Likewise. + * NEWS: Update. + +2008-11-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + New public macro AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE. + * m4/substnot.m4 (AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE): New public macro; invoke + _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE with arguments. + * doc/automake.texi (Optional): Document it. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/subst4.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Suggestion by Bruno Haible. + + Fix regression introduced by AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT. + * automake.in (handle_source_transform): Use the right variable + when determining whether to apply the old rule for the libtool + library default source name. + Testsuite failure exposed by Bob Proulx' build daemon. + +2008-11-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + New maintainer target release-stats. + * Makefile.am (release-stats): New target, to help computing the + entries in the statistics table in automake.texi. + * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Reformat a bit. Add number of + generated files. Add entry for 1.10.1. + + Choose default source extension: AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT. + * automake.in (handle_source_transform): Accept unconditional + literal extension in AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT as override for the + default source extension `.c'. If set, ignore the old default + source rule for libtool libraries. + * doc/automake.texi (Default _SOURCES): Document this. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/specflg10.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Suggestion by Akim Demaille. + + Fix maintainer-check failure. + * tests/parallel-am.test: Rename variable to not match pattern + used in maintainer-check. + +2008-10-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * NEWS: Fix typo. + Spotted by Jim Meyering. + +2008-10-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Parallel automake --add-missing: serialized file installs. + * automake.in (QUEUE_CONF_FILE, QUEUE_LOCATION, QUEUE_STRING): + New serialization keys. + ($required_conf_file_queue): New file global. + (queue_required_conf_file, require_queued_conf_file): New + functions, to queue and dequeue requirements for aux dir files. + (require_conf_file): Enqueue if needed. + (get_number_of_threads): Can do threads with --add-missing now. + (handle_makefiles_threaded): Let worker threads enqueue, let + master attend to queued requirements at the right time. + * tests/parallel-am.test: Explain the purpose of the include + chain used here. + * tests/parallel-am2.test: Also cope with --add-missing. + * tests/parallel-am3.test: New test, test absence of races with + concurrent same-file installs stemming from --add-missing. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + + Implement serialization for Locations. + * lib/Automake/Location.pm (serialize, deserialize): New + functions. They allows to serialize a Location in an array, and + to restore a Location from a thread queue. The API is + unsymmetric (array vs. queue) because enqueuing data needs to + happen atomically. + + Parallel automake: ordered output messages. + * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (%_default_options): New options + `ordered' default enabled, `queue', default zero (no queue), + `queue_key' default undefined. + (_merge_options): Ensure `ordered' channels cannot have fatal + messages or backtrace output. + (_enqueue, _dequeue): New functions, to push messages onto a + Thread::Queue, and output messages from such a queue, suitably + weeded for duplicates in the same manner as _print_message. + (_print_message): If the channel is ordered and has an + associated queue, then enqueue messages instead of printing + them. + (setup_channel_queue, pop_channel_queue): New functions, + to set a Thread::Queue for channels, and to flush a queue. + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Unset channel option `ordered' + for fatal, automake, and verb channels. + * automake.in (QUEUE_MESSAGE): New global constant, used as + serialization key. + (handle_makefiles_threaded): Create message queues for each + input file; workers queue messages, and the master outputs them + ordered, using the new Channels.pm functions. + * tests/parallel-am.test: Also check for ordered output (in the + absence of --add-missing races). + * tests/parallel-am2.test: New test; check for ordered output of + warning and (regular) error messages. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + + Parallel automake execution: AUTOMAKE_JOBS. + * lib/Automake/Config.in (perl_threads): New global. + * automake.in: Use it. If the perl supports interpreter-based + threading, then use `threads' and `Thread::Queue'. + (handle_makefile, handle_makefiles_serial): New functions, + factored out from main. + (get_number_of_threads): New function, compute number of threads + to use, based on environment variable `AUTOMAKE_JOBS' and number + of independent makefiles. + (handle_makefiles_threaded): New function. Spawn threads, use + thread queue to distribute handling the different makefiles. + Collect $exit_code values from threads. + (main): Use new functions. + * aclocal.in: No threads here. + * configure.ac: Substitute PERL_THREADS; enabled with perl >= + 5.7.2 and when ithreads are available. + * bootstrap (dosubst): Likewise. + * Makefile.am (do_subst): Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (do_subst): Likewise. + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Use `Automake::Config' and + `threads'. + (verb): Prepend thread ID (tid) to verbose messages. + * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (msg): Before exiting, flush stderr, + needed for worker threads. + * lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENT): Also + include the build tree path, so Config.pm is found. + * tests/parallel-am.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake): Document AUTOMAKE_JOBS. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report about long execution times by Joakim Tjernlund and others. + +2008-10-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Minor file checking optimization: set_dir_cache_file. + * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm (set_dir_cache_file): New function. + * automake.in (require_file_internal): Instead of resetting the + cache when a file has been installed, simply correct the cache + using set_dir_cache_file. + + No uniquifying for fatal, prog_error, and verbose messages. + There is no point in dropping critical messages, even if they + are duplicates (unlikely to happen unless they have been sent + as non-critical messages before), and verbose messages should + enable to show progress, even using duplicate statements. + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (fatal, automake, verb): Set + `uniq_part' to `UP_NONE' when registering these channels. + + Fix 'config.status --file=... depfiles' with new Autoconf. + * m4/depout.m4 (_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS): Eval + $CONFIG_STATUS contents if we detect the quoting used by + Autoconf 2.62 and newer for --file=. + * tests/depend5.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report by Sam Steingold against gnulib. + +2008-10-26 Johan Dahlin <jdahlin@async.com.br> + + Support for Python 3.0, drop support for pre-2.0. + * lib/py-compile: Do not import string; use sys.stdout.write + instead of print, files.split instead of string.split. + * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): Also look for python3 and + phython3.0; do not look for python1.5. Use sys.stdout.write. + (AM_PYTHON_CHECK_VERSION): Do not use string; adjust to xrange + removal in Python 3.0, and changed semantics of map. + * doc/automake.texi (Python, Hard-Coded Install Paths): Update + Python versions mentioned in the manual, using 2.5 everywhere. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + +2008-10-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/Automake/Channels.pm (@chain): Drop unused variable. + + Cleanup of per-input global variables in automake.in. + * automake.in ($output_vars, $output_all, $output_header) + ($output_rules, $output_trailer): Fix comment, and sort + declarations in the order they will appear in the output. + ($all_target): Unused variable, remove. + (Variables not reset by &initialize_per_input.): New section, + clarify that %am_file_cache is not reset. + (initialize_per_input): Reset $am_file_name, $am_relative_dir, + $in_file_name, $relative_dir, and $topsrcdir to `undef' rather + than the empty string; $topsrcdir was not reset at all. Sort + remaining variables in the same order as in the section + `Variables reset by &initialize_per_input'. + + Let stderr output end up on fd 2 in testsuite. + * tests/defs.in (AUTOMAKE_run): Output recorded stderr on file + descriptor 2. + * tests/getopt.test: Fix erroneous multiple redirection, + uncovered by above change. + +2008-10-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix DisjConditions module to be thread-safe for perl >= 5.7.2. + Self-hashes of blessed references are not correctly transported + through thread creation. This patch fixes that by recreating + the hashes upon thread creation with a CLONE special subroutine, + which is automatically invoked by new enough Perl versions. + * lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm (CLONE): New special + subroutine to fix self hashes upon thread creation. + * lib/Automake/tests/Condition-t.pl: New, sister test to + Condition.pl, but spawns a new threads after each creation of a + new condition; skip test if perl is too old or ithreads are not + available. + * lib/Automake/tests/DisjConditions-t.pl: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them. + +2008-10-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix comment typos. + * automake.in (require_file_internal): Fix typos in comments. + * m4/amversion.in: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise. + + Diagnose unsupported uses of `backname' helper function. + * automake.in (backname): Error out if the path points outside + the directory it started in. + +2008-10-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Nicer 'make dist' output. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): Hide the complex script + used for computing the relative subdirs; echo the sub-make + command. + +2008-10-12 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> (tiny patch) + + * tests/defs.in: Fix comment typo. + +2008-10-12 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix grammar w.r.t. plurals in test reports. + * lib/am/check.am: Fix singular/plural forms in test reports. + * tests/check10.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2008-10-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Require texi2dvi in tests, makeinfo may not be enough. + * tests/txinfo16.test: RHEL 5.2 has makeinfo and texi2dvi in + separate packages, so also list the latter as required, as the + test generates DVI and/or PDF output (through distcheck). + * tests/txinfo18.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo21.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo22.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo3.test: Likewise. + * tests/version7.test: Likewise. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Alexander Martens. + + Fix bootstrap to remove read-only directories right. + * bootstrap: Remove automake-$APIVERSION correctly. + +2008-10-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Improve test coverage of current TESTS semantics. + * tests/check8.test: New test, for subdir tests and setting of + $srcdir. + * tests/check9.test: New test, check @substituted@ TESTS. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2008-10-05 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * m4/minuso.m4 (AM_PROG_CC_C_O): Work around shell quoting issue + with AIX sh; fixes depcomp6.test failure. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report by Rainer Tammer. + + Print captured output before failing. + * tests/acloca14.test, tests/acloca17.test, tests/acloca18.test, + tests/aclocal.test, tests/acsilent.test, tests/alpha.test, + tests/check4.test, tests/color.test, tests/fn99.test, + tests/fn99subdir.test, tests/help.test, tests/init.test, + tests/lisp8.test, tests/missing3.test, tests/pr220.test, + tests/python11.test, tests/python4.test, tests/python5.test, + tests/unused.test, tests/version8.test: When Exit is called + after a command that has stdout or stderr redirected to a file + for later inspection, output the file before failing the test. + + Fix some comment typos. + * automake.in: Fix some comment typos. + * lib/Automake/Condition.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/tests/DisjConditions.pl: Likewise. + +2008-09-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/aclibobj.test: Fix race condition. + +2008-09-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix man page creation without installed files. + * doc/Makefile.am (update_mans): Use wrappers in tests/ + directory. + ($(srcdir)/aclocal-$(APIVERSION).1): Use versioned wrapper as + input program to help2man. + ($(srcdir)/automake-$(APIVERSION).1): Likewise. + Report by Eric Blake. + +2008-09-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Remove unneeded per-rule *INSTALL variables. + * NEWS: Update. + * lib/am/data.am (%DIR%%PRIMARY%_INSTALL): Remove. + (install-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): Adjust. + * lib/am/libs.am (%DIR%LIBRARIES_INSTALL): Remove. + (install-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Adjust. + * lib/am/ltlibs.am (%DIR%LTLIBRARIES_INSTALL): Remove. + (install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): Adjust. + * lib/am/progs.am (%DIR%PROGRAMS_INSTALL): Remove. + (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Adjust. + * lib/am/python.am (%DIR%PYTHON_INSTALL): Remove. + (install-%DIR%PYTHON): Adjust. + * lib/am/scripts.am (%DIR%SCRIPT_INSTALL): Remove. + (install-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Adjust. + + Compactify program rules using ternary operators. + * lib/am/progs.am (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Uglify^WCompactify + using ternary operators `%KEY?TRUE:FALSE%'. + (uninstall-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Likewise. + + New doc section about command line length limits. + * doc/automake.texi (Length limitations): New node. + (Alternative): `nobase_' is not always equivalent to several + base variables. + (Install): Mention multi-file install. + * NEWS: Expand on the issue, list some more user-visible + consequences. + + Install nobase_lib_LTLIBRARIES before bin_PROGRAMS. + * automake.in (generate_makefile): If nobase_lib_LTLIBRARIES are + used, add an ugly hack to install them before bin_PROGRAMS, just + like done with lib_LTLIBRARIES. + * tests/ltorder.test: Add program, to expose this. + + Do not reorder nobase ltlib installation. + This patch changes back the order of installation of nobase + LTLIBRARIES to that in which files are listed in the variables. + It does not fix the issue of strict dependency ordering, as + implied by *_LIBADD, but as before allows to steer the order by + listing the libraries in nobase_*_LTLIBRARIES appropriately. + As an advantage over the state of 1.10, multiple consecutive + nobase libraries to be installed in the same directory are + passed to libtool in one invocation. + * lib/am/ltlib.am (install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES) [!%?BASE%]: Do not + reorder libraries upon installation. Remove spurious empty + line. + * tests/ltorder.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + Fix -rpath arguments for nobase_*_LTLIBRARIES. + * automake.in (handle_ltlibraries): New hash %instsubdirs to + track the dirname of nobase ltlibraries, and tack it onto the + end of the -rpath argument. Also, fix the warning about ltlibs + installed in multiple locations to fit a bit better. + * tests/pr300-ltlib.test: Expose this bug here. + * tests/ltinstloc.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS: Update. + + Man pages for automake and aclocal. + * configure.ac (HELP2MAN): New substitution. + * doc/Makefile.am (dist_man1_MANS, MAINTAINERCLEANFILES) + (update_mans): New macros. + ($(srcdir)/aclocal-$(APIVERSION).1) + ($(srcdir)/automake-$(APIVERSION).1): New rules, generate + man pages from the command line help with help2man. + ($(srcdir)/aclocal.1, $(srcdir)/automake.1): New rules, for + `.so' man page links to the versioned pages. + * NEWS: Update. + +2008-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Faster install for libtool outputs. + * lib/am/ltlib.am (install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): Invoke `libtool + --mode=install' with multiple libraries at once. + (%DIR%LTLIBRARIES_INSTALL): No need to use install_sh any more. + * lib/am/progs.am (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Likewise, remove much + of the libtool special-casing by invoking it for multiple + programs at once. + +2008-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fast install and uninstall for SCRIPTS. + * lib/am/scripts.am [%?INSTALL%]: Include inst-vars.am + independent of `%?BASE%'. + (install-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Install multiple scripts at once, + using awk and a number of sed scripts. + (uninstall-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Compute the installed names, and + remove them, all at once. + (%DIR%SCRIPT_INSTALL) [!BASE]: No need to use install-sh any + more. + + Multi-file install for PROGRAMS. + * lib/am/progs.am (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Allow to install + several programs with one install invocation, when not using + libtool; employs some trickery to cater for nobase_, $(EXEEXT), + create needed directories, libtool, while only forking a + constant number of times in the fast path; uses awk and sed also + in the default path. + (%DIR%PROGRAMS_INSTALL) [!BASE]: No need to use install-sh any + more. + + Enhance cleaning of programs in libtool mode. + * lib/am/progs.am (clean-%DIR%PROGRAMS) [?LIBTOOL?]: Fork less + often, avoid removing programs twice if $(EXEEXT) is empty. + * tests/nobase-libtool.test: Also test PROGRAMS, in order to + exercise the code path. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Toralf Förster. + +2008-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + + Reliable multi-file install for man pages. + * lib/am/mans.am: Include inst-vars.am. + (install-man%SECTION%): Gather lists of man pages to install, + and install up to 40 of those that do not have to be renamed + at once. Fail if installation of any file fails. + (uninstall-man%SECTION%): Rewrite to use fewer sed invocations. + * doc/automake.texi (Man pages): Hint the user to the fast path. + Indentation fix. + * tests/instmany-mans.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2008-09-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Faster `make uninstall'; fast install for JAVA. + * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__nobase_strip_setup) + (am__nobase_strip): New macros. + (am__nobase_list): Factorize. + * lib/am/data.am (uninstall-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): Use them, for a + constant number of forks per uninstall. + * lib/am/libs.am (uninstall-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise. + * lib/am/lisp.am (uninstall-%DIR%LISP): Likewise. + * lib/am/progs.am (uninstall-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Fast uninstall. + * lib/am/python.am (uninstall-%DIR%PYTHON): Fast uninstall. + Echo all `rm' commands that are are executed. + * lib/am/java.am (install-%DIR%JAVA, uninstall-%DIR%JAVA): + Fast install and uninstall. + + AIX ranlib dislikes spaces in the argument. + * lib/am/libs.am (install-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Fix instsh.test + failure on AIX due to ranlib and whitespace in the directory. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by John F Trudeau. + + Fail upon install or ranlib failure, part two. + * lib/am/java.am (install-%DIR%JAVA): Fail upon install failure. + * lib/am/lisp.am (install-%DIR%LISP): Likewise. + * lib/am/ltlib.am (install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): Likewise. + * lib/am/libs.am (install-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise, for + `install' as well as `ranlib'. + * lib/am/progs.am (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS): If `install' fails, + return its exit failure, not 1. + * tests/instfail.test: New test, for PROGRAMS (without libtool), + LIBRARIES, including nobase variants. + * tests/instfail-info.test: Likewise, for TEXINFOS. + * tests/instfail-java.test: Likewise, for JAVA. + * tests/instfail-libtool.test: Likewise, for PROGRAMS (with + libtool) and LTLIBRARIES. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + + Exit upon `install' failure, part one. + * lib/am/data.am (install-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): Exit if any install + command fails. + * lib/am/python.am (install-%DIR%PYTHON): Likewise. + * lib/am/scripts.am (install-%DIR%SCRIPTS): Likewise. + * lib/am/texinfos.am (install-dvi-am, install-html-am) + (install-info-am:, install-pdf-am): Likewise. + * tests/instmany.test: New test, for SCRIPTS, DATA, and HEADERS. + * tests/instmany-python.test: New test, for PYTHON. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + +2008-09-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix multi-file installation for files in srcdir. + For files that can live in the build tree or the source tree, + we have to expect that prepending `$(srcdir)/' to each name + will let the install command line exceed length limitations. + Thus use a new macro, $(am__base_list), to install in chunks + of 40 files, similar to what we do for nobase_* files. There, + lower the limit to 40, too. + * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__install_max): Lower to 40. + (am__base_list): New macro. + * lib/am/data.am (install-%DIR%%PRIMARY%) [%?BASE%]: Use it. + * lib/am/texinfos.am (install-dvi-am, install-html-am) + (install-info-am, install-pdf-am, install-ps-am): Likewise. + +2008-09-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Use `Exit' instead of `exit' in test suite. + Cater to Bourne shells like Solaris sh that do not pass the + `exit' argument as status to the cleanup trap. + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Check that here-documents + use only `END' or `EOF' as delimiter in the test suite. + Check that, outside of here-documents, the tests do not use + `exit' with an argument, but use `Exit' instead. + * tests/defs.in (Exit): New function. Use it throughout, + starting with the introduction of the exit trap. + * tests/aclibobj.test, tests/acloca10.test, tests/acloca11.test, + tests/acloca12.test, tests/acloca13.test, tests/acloca14.test, + tests/acloca15.test, tests/acloca16.test, tests/acloca17.test, + tests/acloca18.test, tests/acloca19.test, tests/acloca20.test, + tests/acloca21.test, tests/acloca22.test, tests/aclocal.test, + tests/aclocal3.test, tests/aclocal4.test, tests/aclocal5.test, + tests/aclocal6.test, tests/aclocal7.test, tests/aclocal8.test, + tests/aclocal9.test, tests/acoutbs.test, tests/acoutbs2.test, + tests/acoutnoq.test, tests/acoutpt.test, tests/acoutpt2.test, + tests/acoutqnl.test, tests/acsilent.test, tests/acsubst.test, + tests/acsubst2.test, tests/all.test, tests/alloca.test, + tests/alloca2.test, tests/alpha.test, tests/alpha2.test, + tests/amassign.test, tests/ammissing.test, tests/amopt.test, + tests/amsubst.test, tests/ansi.test, tests/ansi10.test, + tests/ansi2.test, tests/ansi3.test, tests/ansi3b.test, + tests/ansi4.test, tests/ansi5.test, tests/ansi6.test, + tests/ansi7.test, tests/ansi8.test, tests/ansi9.test (main), + tests/ar.test, tests/ar2.test, tests/asm.test, tests/asm2.test, + tests/asm3.test, tests/automake.test, tests/auxdir.test, + tests/auxdir2.test, tests/auxdir3.test, tests/auxdir4.test, + tests/backsl.test, tests/backsl2.test, tests/backsl3.test, + tests/backsl4.test, tests/badline.test, tests/badopt.test, + tests/badprog.test, tests/block.test, tests/bsource.test, + tests/canon-name.test, tests/canon.test, tests/canon2.test, + tests/canon3.test, tests/canon4.test, tests/canon5.test, + tests/ccnoco.test, tests/ccnoco2.test, tests/check.test, + tests/check2.test, tests/check3.test, tests/check4.test, + tests/check5.test, tests/check6.test, tests/check7.test, + tests/checkall.test, tests/clean.test, tests/clean2.test, + tests/colneq.test, tests/colneq2.test, tests/colon.test, + tests/colon2.test, tests/colon3.test, tests/colon4.test, + tests/colon5.test, tests/colon6.test, tests/colon7.test, + tests/color.test (test_no_color), tests/commen10.test, + tests/comment.test, tests/comment2.test, tests/comment3.test, + tests/comment4.test, tests/comment5.test, tests/comment6.test, + tests/comment7.test, tests/comment8.test, tests/comment9.test, + tests/compile.test, tests/compile_f90_c_cxx.test, + tests/compile_f_c_cxx.test, tests/cond.test, tests/cond10.test, + tests/cond11.test, tests/cond13.test, tests/cond14.test, + tests/cond15.test, tests/cond16.test, tests/cond17.test, + tests/cond18.test, tests/cond19.test, tests/cond2.test, + tests/cond20.test, tests/cond21.test, tests/cond22.test, + tests/cond27.test, tests/cond3.test, tests/cond37.test, + tests/cond39.test, tests/cond4.test, tests/cond40.test, + tests/cond41.test, tests/cond5.test, tests/cond6.test, + tests/cond7.test (AC_INIT), tests/cond8.test, tests/cond9.test, + tests/condd.test, tests/condhook.test, tests/condinc.test, + tests/condinc2.test, 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tests/fonly.test, + tests/fort1.test, tests/fort2.test, tests/fort4.test, + tests/fort5.test, tests/fortdep.test, tests/fpinst2.test, + tests/fpinstall.test, tests/gcj.test, tests/gcj2.test, + tests/gcj3.test, tests/gcj4.test, tests/gcj5.test, + tests/getopt.test, tests/gettext.test, tests/gettext2.test, + tests/gettext3.test, tests/gnits.test, tests/gnits2.test (main), + tests/gnits3.test, tests/gnumake.test, tests/gnuwarn.test, + tests/gnuwarn2.test, tests/header.test, tests/help.test, + tests/hosts.test, tests/implicit.test, tests/include.test, + tests/include2.test, tests/info.test, tests/init.test, + tests/insh2.test, tests/install2.test, tests/installdir.test, + tests/instdat.test, tests/instdat2.test, tests/instexec.test, + tests/insthook.test, tests/instman.test, tests/instman2.test, + tests/instsh.test, tests/instsh2.test, tests/instsh3.test, + tests/instspc.test, tests/interp.test, tests/interp2.test, + tests/java.test, tests/java2.test, tests/java3.test, + tests/javaprim.test, tests/javasubst.test, tests/ldadd.test, + tests/ldflags.test, tests/lex.test, tests/lex2.test, + tests/lex3.test, tests/lex4.test, tests/lex5.test (main), + tests/libexec.test, tests/libobj10.test, tests/libobj11.test, + tests/libobj12.test, tests/libobj13.test, tests/libobj2.test, + tests/libobj3.test, tests/libobj4.test, tests/libobj5.test, + tests/libobj7.test, tests/libobj8.test, tests/library.test, + tests/library2.test, tests/library3.test, tests/libtoo10.test, + tests/libtool.test, tests/libtool2.test, tests/libtool3.test + (main), tests/libtool4.test, tests/libtool5.test, + tests/libtool6.test, tests/libtool7.test, tests/libtool8.test, + tests/libtool9.test (main), tests/license.test, + tests/link_c_cxx.test, tests/link_dist.test, + tests/link_f90_only.test, tests/link_f_only.test, + tests/link_fc.test, tests/link_fccxx.test, tests/link_fcxx.test, + tests/lisp2.test, tests/lisp3.test, tests/lisp4.test, + tests/lisp5.test, tests/lisp6.test, tests/lisp7.test, + tests/lisp8.test, tests/listval.test, tests/location.test, + tests/longlin2.test, tests/longline.test, tests/ltcond.test, + tests/ltcond2.test, tests/ltconv.test, tests/ltdeps.test, + tests/ltlibobjs.test, tests/ltlibsrc.test, tests/lzma.test, + tests/maintclean.test, tests/make.test, tests/makej.test, + tests/makevars.test, tests/man.test, tests/man2.test, + tests/man3.test, tests/mclean.test, tests/mdate.test, + tests/mdate2.test, tests/mdate3.test, tests/mdate4.test, + tests/mdate5.test, tests/missing.test, tests/missing2.test, + tests/missing3.test, tests/missing4.test, tests/missing5.test, + tests/missing6.test, tests/mkinst2.test, tests/mkinst3.test, + tests/mkinstall.test, tests/mmode.test, tests/mmodely.test, + tests/multlib.test, tests/nobase-libtool.test, + tests/nobase-python.test, tests/nobase.test, tests/nodef.test, + tests/nodef2.test, tests/nodep.test, tests/nodep2.test, + tests/nodepcomp.test, tests/nodist.test, tests/nodist2.test, + tests/nodist3.test, tests/nogzip.test, tests/nogzip2.test, + tests/noinst.test, tests/noinstdir.test, tests/nolink.test, + tests/nostdinc.test, tests/notrans.test, tests/number.test, + tests/objc.test, tests/objc2.test, tests/obsolete.test, + tests/order.test, tests/outdir.test, tests/output-order.test, + tests/output.test, tests/output10.test, tests/output11.test, + tests/output12.test, tests/output13.test, tests/output2.test, + tests/output3.test, tests/output4.test, tests/output5.test, + tests/output6.test, tests/output7.test, tests/output8.test, + tests/output9.test, tests/overrid.test, tests/parse.test, + tests/pluseq.test, tests/pluseq10.test, tests/pluseq2.test, + tests/pluseq3.test, tests/pluseq4.test, tests/pluseq5.test, + tests/pluseq6.test, tests/pluseq7.test, tests/pluseq8.test, + tests/pluseq9.test, tests/postproc.test, tests/ppf77.test, + tests/pr2.test, tests/pr204.test, tests/pr211.test, + tests/pr220.test, tests/pr224.test, tests/pr229.test, + tests/pr243.test, tests/pr266.test, tests/pr279-2.test, + tests/pr279.test, tests/pr287.test, tests/pr300-lib.test, + tests/pr300-ltlib.test, tests/pr300-prog.test, tests/pr307.test, + tests/pr401.test, tests/pr401b.test, tests/pr401c.test, + tests/pr72.test, tests/pr87.test, tests/pr9.test, + tests/prefix.test, tests/primary.test, tests/primary2.test, + tests/primary3.test, tests/proginst.test, tests/python.test, + tests/python10.test, tests/python11.test, tests/python12.test, + tests/python2.test, tests/python3.test, tests/python4.test, + tests/python5.test, tests/python6.test, tests/python7.test, + tests/python8.test, tests/python9.test, tests/recurs.test, + tests/recurs2.test, tests/regex.test, tests/remake.test, + tests/remake2.test, tests/remake3.test, tests/remake4.test, + tests/remake5.test, tests/remake6.test, tests/remake7.test, + tests/req.test, tests/reqd.test, tests/reqd2.test, + tests/rulepat.test, tests/scripts.test, tests/seenc.test, + tests/sinclude.test, tests/space.test, tests/specflg.test, + tests/specflg2.test, tests/specflg3.test, tests/specflg6.test, + tests/specflg7.test, tests/specflg8.test, tests/specflg9.test, + tests/spell.test, tests/spell2.test, tests/spell3.test, + tests/spelling.test, tests/spy.test, tests/srcsub.test, + tests/srcsub2.test, tests/stamph2.test, tests/stdinc.test, + tests/stdlib.test, tests/stdlib2.test, tests/strip.test, + tests/subcond.test, tests/subcond2.test, tests/subcond3.test, + tests/subdir.test, tests/subdir2.test, tests/subdir3.test, + tests/subdir4.test, tests/subdir5.test, tests/subdir6.test, + tests/subdir7.test, tests/subdir8.test, tests/subdir9.test, + tests/subdirbuiltsources.test, tests/subobj.test, + tests/subobj10.test, tests/subobj2.test, tests/subobj3.test, + tests/subobj4.test, tests/subobj5.test, tests/subobj6.test, + tests/subobj7.test, tests/subobj8.test, tests/subobj9.test, + tests/subobjname.test, tests/subpkg.test, tests/subpkg2.test, + tests/subpkg3.test, tests/subst.test, tests/subst2.test, + tests/subst3.test, tests/substre2.test, tests/substref.test, + tests/substtarg.test, tests/suffix.test, tests/suffix10.test, + tests/suffix11.test, tests/suffix12.test, tests/suffix2.test, + tests/suffix3.test, tests/suffix4.test, tests/suffix5.test, + tests/suffix6.test, tests/suffix7.test, tests/suffix8.test, + tests/suffix9.test, tests/symlink.test, tests/symlink2.test, + tests/symlink3.test, tests/syntax.test, tests/tags.test, + tests/tagsub.test, tests/tar.test, tests/tar2.test, + tests/tar3.test, tests/target-cflags.test, + tests/targetclash.test, tests/transform.test, tests/txinfo.test, + tests/txinfo10.test, tests/txinfo13.test, tests/txinfo16.test, + tests/txinfo17.test, tests/txinfo18.test, tests/txinfo19.test, + tests/txinfo2.test, tests/txinfo20.test, tests/txinfo21.test, + tests/txinfo22.test, tests/txinfo23.test, tests/txinfo24.test, + tests/txinfo25.test, tests/txinfo26.test, tests/txinfo27.test, + tests/txinfo28.test, tests/txinfo29.test, tests/txinfo3.test, + tests/txinfo30.test, tests/txinfo31.test, tests/txinfo4.test, + tests/txinfo5.test, tests/txinfo6.test, tests/txinfo7.test, + tests/txinfo8.test, tests/txinfo9.test, tests/unused.test, + tests/upc.test, tests/upc2.test, tests/upc3.test, + tests/vars.test, tests/vars3.test, tests/vartar.test, + tests/version.test, tests/version2.test, tests/version3.test, + tests/version4.test, tests/version6.test, tests/version7.test, + tests/version8.test, tests/vpath.test, tests/vtexi.test, + tests/vtexi2.test, tests/warnopts.test, tests/werror.test, + tests/werror2.test, tests/whoami.test, tests/xsource.test, + tests/yacc.test, tests/yacc2.test, tests/yacc3.test, + tests/yacc4.test, tests/yacc5.test, tests/yacc6.test, + tests/yacc7.test, tests/yacc8.test, tests/yaccpp.test, + tests/yaccvpath.test: Use `Exit $arg' instead of `exit $arg' + throughout, except inside created files. + +2008-09-04 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Avoid Heisenbug with verbose testing on HP-UX. + * tests/output-order.test: Remove spurious redirection line + from output for comparison. + + For all possibly-relative subdirs, use $(am__cd). + Up to now, $(am__cd) was only used within backquotes, to avoid + extraneous output. This patch also uses it for every `cd' to a + relative subdir, to prevent CDPATH from entering an unwanted + directory. + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Fix current check for + $(am__cd) within backquotes a bit. Add new check for `cd' to a + relative subdir. + * automake.in (handle_tags, handle_configure): Adjust rules. + * lib/am/ansi2knr.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/configure.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/distdir.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/remake-hdr.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/subdirs.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/tags.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/texibuild.am: Likewise. + + Fix nobase-python.test for BSD make. + * tests/nobase-python.test: Listing a dependency to be found + via VPATH search explicitly, without the path, as a target, + will turn off VPATH search for FreeBSD make. So move the + creation of the files outside of the Makefile. + +2008-09-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Implement AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([DEFAULT-MODE]). + * m4/maintainer.m4 (AM_MAINTAINER_MODE): Allow for an optional + first argument of `enable' or `disable', setting the default. + * doc/automake.texi (Optional, maintainer-mode): Document. + * tests/mmode.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * NEWS: Update. + Suggestion by Vincent Lefevre. + +2008-08-31 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Copyright year updates. + * lib/am/header-vars.am: Update copyright years. + * lib/am/remake-hdr.am: Likewise. + * lib/am/tags.am: Likewise. + +2008-08-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * THANKS: Use Cyrillic name instead of ASCII transcription. + +2008-08-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix rebuilding of removed subdir/Makefile.in files. + * lib/am/configure.am (%MAKEFILE-IN%) [?!TOPDIR_P?]: If + subdir/Makefile.in was removed, am--refresh would not update + it. Fix up for it by running the per-directory rebuild rule. + * tests/remake6.test, tests/remake7.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report and initial patch by Ilya N. Golubev. + +2008-08-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/notrans.test: Use multiple man files of each type. + + Fix maintainer-check failures. + * doc/automake.texi (Conditionals): Drop TAB. + * tests/missing6.test: Use 'rm -f'. + +2008-08-19 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> (tiny patch) + + * doc/automake.texi (Flag Variables Ordering, Per-Object Flags): + Fix grammaros. + +2008-08-02 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> + + * lib/gnupload: Provide also a simple example. + +2008-06-25 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> + + Small doc fix. + * doc/automake.texi (Public Macros): Close open paren. + +2008-06-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Introduce macro $(am__mv) to facilitate 'libtool --dry-run'. + * lib/am/depend.am (am__mv): New macro, set to 'mv -f'. + * lib/am/depend2.am: Use throughout to move the temporary + depfile *.Tpo to its final destination *.Po. + +2008-06-18 Rafael Espindola <espindola@google.com> + + * lib/config-ml.in: don't handle --enable-shared and --enable-static. + +2008-06-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__install_max): New variable. + (am__nobase_list): Use it. + + Fix conditional rules competing with config.status rules. + * automake.in (handle_configure): Teach targets about the + conditional config.status rule. + * tests/cond39.test: Adjust test to expose this. + + For AC_CONFIG_LINKS(X,X), do not clean X in a non-VPATH build. + * automake.in (rewrite_inputs_into_dependencies): Do distribute + inputs where input and output name are equal. This relies on + the assumption that it only happens with AC_CONFIG_LINKS. + (handle_configure) <CONFIG_CLEAN_VPATH_FILES>: New variable, for + links where source and dest are equal. + * lib/am/clean.am (distclean-generic): Remove, if build tree not + equal source tree. + * tests/conflnk4.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * NEWS: Update. + +2008-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (Extending): Fix ambivalent wording. + Report by Ben Pfaff. + +2008-06-04 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Install, Hard-Coded Install Paths): Fix + punctuation and markup. + (Extending): Improve wording and clarify order semantics of + *-local and *-hook targets. + +2008-06-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (Extending): Fix grammar. + Report by Karl Berry. + +2008-05-13 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> + + Fix typos. + * doc/automake.texi (Timeline): Reported by Reuben Thomas. + * lib/am/remake-hdr.am: A few typos in comments. + +2008-04-10 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + + Prefer a released version of autoconf. + * NEWS: Bump requirement to autoconf 2.62. + * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Likewise. + * configure.ac: Likewise. + (AC_PREREQ): Remove check, done by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE instead. + + AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION can inadvertently expand to a macro name. + * m4/amversion.in (AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): Use proper + m4 quoting. + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal): Likewise. + * tests/missing6.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Run it. + * tests/missing4.test: Adjust. + +2008-04-02 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + + Make gnupload friendlier for VPATH usage. + * lib/gnupload: Allow uploads from separate directory. + +2008-03-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Implement conditional AC_CONFIG_FILES: AM_COND_IF. + * automake.in (%ac_config_files_condition): New. + (scan_autoconf_config_files): Record condition if any. + (scan_autoconf_traces): Trace _AM_COND_IF, _AM_COND_ELSE, + _AM_COND_ENDIF, updating @cond_stack as appropriate. + (handle_configure): Prefix config.status rule with condition. + Check that m4 quotation is done consistently. + * m4/cond.m4 (AM_CONDITION): Define `_AM_COND_VALUE_name' + with `name' being the name of the condition, to its shell + condition. + * m4/cond-if.m4: New file. + (_AM_COND_IF, _AM_COND_ELSE, _AM_COND_ENDIF): New trace helpers. + (AM_COND_IF): New macro, implements conditionals. + * m4/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * doc/automake.texi (Requirements, Optional, Conditionals): + Document AM_COND_IF. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/cond39.test, tests/cond40.test, tests/cond41.test, + tests/cond42.test, tests/cond43.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + +2008-03-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (@ovar): New macro, from autoconf.texi. + (Python): Use it. + Suggestion by Eric Blake. + +2008-03-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from upstream. + +2008-03-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (Requirements, Linking, Extending): + Fix underfull and overfull lines, fix wording a bit. + + * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from + upstream. + + * Makefile.am (WGET_SV_GIT_CF): New. + (fetch): Pull config.guess and config.sub from git repo now. + + * lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm (handle_exec_errors): New argument + $hint, show if the executing program does not exist. + (xsystem_hint): New function, like xsystem but allows to pass + a hint. + +2008-03-11 Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de> + + Implement the `notrans_' prefix for untransformed manpages. + * automake.in (handle_man_pages), lib/am/mans.am: Implement + notrans_ prefix for MANS primary and rework dependencies for + install-man%SECTION%; use only vars defined in Makefile.am. + * doc/automake.texi (Renaming, Uniform, Man pages): + Document notrans_ prefix. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/notrans.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + * automake.in (handle_man_pages): Reindent, for next patch. + +2008-03-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Use `install' with multiple files at once for some primaries. + With nobase targets, at most 50 files are installed at once, + to avoid quadratic string concatenation and line length limits. + This isn't yet done with base targets. One hope is that there, + the typical file name length is lower. If this turns out to be + a problem, it should be revisited. + + * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__nobase_list): New helper macro for + installation of multiple nobase files at once: sorts and lists + files keyed by their target directory. + * lib/am/data.am (%DIR%%PRIMARY%_INSTALL): No need to set it to + $(install_sh_DATA) any more, not even for nobase targets. + (install-%DIR%%PRIMARY%): Split base and nobase cases. + Rewrite to pass lists of files which all go in the same + directory to `install'. In the nobase case, make use of + $(am__nobase_list) and $(MKDIR_P) each directory before + populating it. Take care of files in source and build trees, + and avoid creating directories where no files are to be + installed. + * lib/am/libs.am (%DIR%LIBRARIES_INSTALL): Likewise. + (install-%DIR%LIBRARIES): Likewise. + * lib/am/python.am (%DIR%PYTHON_INSTALL): Likewise. + (install-%DIR%PYTHON): Likewise. Also take care to keep note of + a list for byte compilation after installation. + * lib/am/texinfos.am (install-dvi-am, install-html-am) + (install-info-am, install-pdf-am, install-ps-am): Use file lists + to install multiple files at once. + * NEWS: Update. + Suggested by Akim Demaille. + +2008-03-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Require unreleased Autoconf for fixed AC_PROG_INSTALL. + * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Bump AC_PREREQ to 2.61-341, + regenerate files. + * configure.ac: Also require Autoconf 2.61-341, to catch + failure early and provide a sensible error message. + + Drop usage of obsolete macros AC_EXEEXT and AC_OBJEXT. + * tests/ansi4.test: Drop AC_OBJEXT and AC_EXEEXT. + * tests/ansi6.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi7.test: Likewise. + * tests/condlib.test: Likewise. + * tests/cygwin32.test: Likewise. + * tests/exeext2.test: Likewise. + * tests/libobj11.test: Likewise. + * tests/library.test: Likewise. + * tests/txinfo5.test: Likewise. + +2008-03-03 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Skip instsh3.test if `touch -t' does not work. + * tests/instsh3.test: Test for `touch -t', fails with Solaris + /usr/ucb/touch. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Younes Younes. + +2008-02-27 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (wildcards): Improve "Why doesn't Automake + support wildcards" node's English and sense. + +2008-02-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): In the case patterns for + XFAILed tests, add literal bracket expression for matching + whitespace, as NetBSD 4.99.54 ksh does not understand a + bracket expression resulting from variable expansion. + * README: Explain how to run the Automake test suite, including + setting MAKE to test gmake. + Report by Patrick Welche. + +2008-02-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + PR automake/498 + * m4/options.m4 (_AM_SET_OPTIONS): Use m4_foreach_w instead of + obsolete AC_FOREACH. + Report by NightStrike and gurganbl@rose-hulman.edu. + +2008-02-17 Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> (tiny change) + + * lib/am/tags.am (ID): Fix typo in workaround for old awk. + +2008-02-05 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/.gitignore: Ignore files generated by `make ps pdf html'. + +2008-02-05 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (CVS): configure.ac will appear newer, not + older, than configure. Use `lexical' instead of `alphabetical'. + +2008-01-30 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/man3.test: Avoid `make VAR=value'. + + * tests/subst3.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + * tests/instsh2.test: Split off testing of `install-sh -C' ... + * tests/instsh3.test: ... to this new test, requiring non-root. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Theodoros V. Kalamatianos. + +2008-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/nobase.test: Extend test to generated files. + + * tests/nobase-python.test: New test, nobase for python files. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + * tests/nobase.test: Split off libtool part of nobase.test for + increased test exposure, to ... + * tests/nobase-libtool.test: ... this new test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2008-01-23 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + + Fix color.test when using BSD grep. + * tests/color.test: Ensure that grep can handle non-printing + characters. + +2008-01-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/lisp3.test: Fix typo. + +2008-01-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/mans.am (install-man%SECTION%): Prefer generated manpages + over distributed ones. + Report and patch by Peter Breitenlohner. + * tests/man3.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2008-01-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/tar.test: Skip if no appropriate tar was found. + +2008-01-19 NightStrike <nightstrike@gmail.com> + + * doc/automake.texi (Dependency Tracking): Fix typo. + +2008-01-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/config-ml.in, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, + lib/symlink-tree: Sync from upstream. + + * Makefile.am (WGET_SV_CVS): Renamed from WGETSGO. + (WGET_SV_GIT_AC, WGET_SV_GIT_GL, WGET_GCC): New. + (fetch): Update to match current upstream locations. + +2008-01-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (DESTDIR, Built sources example): Fix wording. + * THANKS: Update. + Reports and suggestions by William Pursell and nightstrike@gmail.com. + +2008-01-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Do not fail if `autoupdate' is not present. + * tests/obsolete.test: Check for presence of autoupdate. Apparently, + FreeBSD may install the other Autoconf programs without a version + suffix but not autoupdate. + + Fix Heisenbug trying to unset a sometimes-not-set variable. + * tests/check5.test: Do not error out upon `unset TESTS' due to + `set -e', in case TESTS was not set. + * tests/color.test: Likewise. + + * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Fix odd sentence. + Report by nightstrike@gmail.com. + +2008-01-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * m4/init.m4 (_AC_AM_CONFIG_HEADER_HOOK): Rewrite to be more + resistant to different quoting styles of $1. + + Clarify texinfo.tex and TEXINFO_TEX semantics. + * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Clarify that by default, + texinfo.tex is searched in the same directory as the Makefile.am + that needs it. Clarify that TEXINFO_TEX has precedence over + AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, and that it requires the user to install and + distribute it. + * tests/txinfo22.test: Ensure TEXINFO_TEX is not distributed. + * THANKS: Update. + Reports by Dilyan Palauzov and Roumen Petrov. + +2008-01-11 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/output-order.test: New test, for the stable output fix. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2008-01-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * Makefile.am (dist-hook): New, ensure world-executable tests. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Arto C. Nirkko. + + * tests/acloca20.test: Use `--force' with the second $AUTOCONF, + to force update on fast machines where both autoconf invocations + happen within the same second. + Report by Greg Schafer. + +2008-01-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (scan_autoconf_files): Sort loop over + %required_aux_file, for stable verbose output. + Report by Bruno Haible. + + * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from + upstream. + + * tests/ccnoco.test (Mycomp): Use a tighter match for -c -o, + to avoid matching for example `LDFLAGS=-Wl,--sort-common'. + * THANKS: Update. + Report and analysis by Carsten Lohrke and Mike Frysinger. + +2008-01-07 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com> + + * automake.in (handle_texinfo_helper, handle_lib_objects): Fix + typos in comments. + +2008-01-02 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Bump copyright years. + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Likewise. + * automake.in ($gen_copyright, version): Likewise. + * doc/automake.texi: Likewise. + +2007-12-18 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + * lib/gnupload (GPG): Don't use an absolute path. + This reverts part of the 2004-01-28 change. + +2007-12-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm (open_quote): New function. + (update_file, contents): Use it. + + Reword the copyright notices to match what's suggested in GPLv3. + +2007-12-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/defs.in: Quote $srcdir, $PATH; skip libtool and gettext + tests if the absolute source or build tree name contain whitespace. + + Modify some tests for absolute trees containing whitespace. + * tests/missing.test: Use "./missing" instead of "`pwd`/missing". + * tests/missing2.test: Likewise. + * tests/mmodely.test: Add `pwd` to $PATH instead of absolute + references to myyacc.sh and mylex.sh. + * tests/multlib.test: Likewise for mycc. + * tests/txinfo26.test: Skip if `pwd` contains whitespace, as + an absolute --srcdir does not work there. + + * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/config-ml.in, lib/config.guess, + lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: Sync from upstream. + + Fix the distdir target to cope with spaces in absolute file names. + * lib/am/distdir.am: Quote all instances of $(distdir) and + $(top_distdir). They could contain white space, coming from + a toplevel package bootstrapped with an older Automake version. + (am__relativize): New macro, taken from gnulib code, written by + Bruno Haible. + (distdir): Use it to compute relative paths to distdir and + top_distdir for enclosed subpackages. + Also, quote $(distuninstallcheck_dir). + * lib/am/texinfos.am: Likewise, quote $(distdir). + +2007-11-26 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Quote file names in tests that can be absolute. + * tests/auxdir.test, tests/check3.test, tests/check4.test, + tests/compile.test, tests/cond33.test, tests/condhook.test, + tests/distdir.test, tests/dollar.test, tests/empty.test, + tests/gnits2.test, tests/gnits3.test, tests/include2.test, + tests/insthook.test, tests/java.test, tests/libtool7.test, + tests/lisp4.test, tests/lisp5.test, tests/lisp6.test, + tests/ltcond.test, tests/ltconv.test, tests/mkinst2.test, + tests/multlib.test, tests/nobase.test, tests/nodist2.test, + tests/obsolete.test, tests/pr287.test, tests/pr300-lib.test, + tests/pr300-ltlib.test, tests/pr300-prog.test, tests/python10.test, + tests/python3.test, tests/strip.test, tests/transform.test, + tests/txinfo13.test, tests/txinfo19.test, tests/txinfo22.test, + tests/txinfo23.test, tests/txinfo26.test, tests/txinfo27.test: + Likewise. + + Quote @abs_top_builddir@ and @abs_top_srcdir@. + * tests/aclocal.in: Likewise. + * tests/automake.in: Likewise. + + Fix TAGS and GTAGS rules to cope with whitespace in `pwd`. + * lib/am/tags.am (TAGS): Use positional parameters to avoid + the need to quote absolute file names. + (GTAGS): Quote absolute file name. + (CTAGS): Simplify, dropping unused variable `$tags'. + +2007-11-25 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/ltlib.am (uninstall-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): Fix another instance + of am__strip_dir. Fixes nobase and pr300-ltlib test failures. + +2007-11-25 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + Several *-local in a rule do not work. + * tests/all.test: Check this case. + Use set -e. + * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Add it. + +2007-11-25 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + Fix uses of am__strip_dir. + * lib/am/libs.am, lib/am/ltlib.am: Catch up with the change of + definition of am__strip_dir. + +2007-11-25 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + Define and use register_action. + * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix a few typos in the doc. + (&rule): Use || to simplify the code. + (®ister_action): New. + Export it. + * automake.in (&handle_factored_dependencies, &file_contents_internal): + Use it. + +2007-11-25 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + * bootstrap: Fix typos on redirections. + +2007-11-24 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + Skip comments and empty lines in dirlist in the tests. + * defs.in (extra_includes): Skip comments and empty lines in dirlist. + +2007-11-24 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + + Ternary operator in lib/am files. + * automake.in (&transform_token): New. + (&transform): Use it. + Support %KEY?TRUE:FALSE%. + (&make_paragraphs): Adjust the regexp to call %transform. + * lib/am/data.am, lib/am/libs.am, lib/am/lisp.am, lib/am/ltlib.am, + * lib/am/progs.am, lib/am/python.am, lib/am/scripts.am: + Use %KEY?TRUE:FALSE%. + * lib/am/inst-vars.am (am__strip_dir): Assign the result to f + to be more alike am__vpath_adj. + Adjust dependencies. + +2007-11-24 Akim Demaille <demaille@gostai.com> + + * automake.in: Normalize white spaces. + +2007-11-24 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * configure.ac (ACLOCAL, AUTOMAKE): Fix quoting for rebuilding + rules, if the absolute build directory name contains white space. + +2007-11-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * aclocal.in (trace_used_macros): Quote input files. + + * lib/ylwrap: Cope with white space in `PROGRAM' and `pwd`. + + * lib/am/tags.am (ID, TAGS, CTAGS): Make awk scripts portable again. + (CTAGS): Drop unneeded variable `here'. + +2007-11-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/output13.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + Prompted by report from Bruno Haible in + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-10/msg00479.html>. + + Fix signal handling in aclocal. + * aclocal.in (unlink_tmp): If invoked by a signal, note so + in verbose mode. Reinstall default signal handler and reraise, + to transport the interrupt information. + +2007-11-13 Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> + + Fix color test failure on dumb (and other) terminals. + * tests/color.test: Set TERM to `ansi'. + +2007-11-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Avoid spurious test failure with `make check TESTS=check5.test'. + * tests/check5.test: unset TESTS. + + Fix maintainer-check failure. + * tests/color.test: unset TESTS, use `make -e' rather than + `make MACRO=val'. + +2007-11-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Require version 1.10a. + + * automake.in (handle_tests): Remove debugging leftover. + + Run each test in a process-private subdirectory. + * tests/defs.in: Employ a trap to clean up at the end of the + test in case the test succeeded. This needs to be revisited + because we would like to keep the output of XPASSing tests. + Also, note when we were interrupted by a signal. Code taken + from Autoconf's _AC_INIT_PREPARE. + If $keep_testdirs is set, keep them even for successful tests. + * tests/Makefile.am (check-clean-local): New target. Remove all + tests subdirs, but also make them writable first. The latter + was already needed without per-test subdirs. + (distclean-local): Depend upon check-clean-local. + * tests/Makefile.in: Regenerate. + * tests/.cvsignore, tests/.gitignore: Adjust. + + Fix default includes ordering to be `-I. -I$(srcdir) ...' again. + * automake.in (handle_compile): Put -I$(srcdir) before include + paths for config headers, as was done before Automake 1.10, but + keep uniquified list without multiple adjacent spaces. + * doc/automake.texi (Program variables): List include paths + in order. + * NEWS: Mention 1.10 regression. + * tests/stdinc.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Kent Boortz. + +2007-11-08 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> + + Implement colorized test output. + * automake.in (handle_tests): Set COLOR depending on `color-tests'. + * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Use `color-tests'. + * doc/automake.texi (Tests, Options): Document test results, + document new option, document AM_COLOR_TESTS. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): Handle it. + * lib/am/check.am (am__tty_colors): New variable. Enable colored + output if TERM is not dumb and depending on AM_COLOR_TESTS and + whether stdout is connected to a terminal. + (check-TESTS): Use am__tty_colors. + * NEWS: Mention color-tests. + * tests/color.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + +2007-11-08 NightStrike <nightstrike@gmail.com> (tiny change) + + For PR automake/526: + * doc/automake.texi (Basic Installation): Fix typo. + +2007-10-29 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Accommodate for new macro AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION. + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal): Use AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION rather + than m4_PACKAGE_VERSION. Define the former if not defined. + * m4/amversion.in (AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): Likewise. + * tests/missing4.test: Use AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION. + +2007-10-29 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Program variables): Clarify that + Automake does not put DEFAULT_INCLUDES in AM_CPPFLAGS, but + passes it directly to compilation commands. + +2007-10-29 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Move to git as primary source repository. + * Makefile.am (git-dist, git-release): Renamed and adjusted from ... + (cvs-dist, cvs-release): ... these. + (git-diff): New target, taken and adjusted from cvs-diff. + * Makefile.in: Regenerate. + * bootstrap: Adjust. + * NEWS: Announce change. + * doc/automake.texi (General Operation): cvs-dist is git-dist now. + (Timeline): Mention change. + +2007-10-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in: Treat extension .sx also like preprocessed + assembler (.S), following GCC. + * NEWS: Update. + * doc/automake.texi (Assembly Support): Adjust. + * tests/asm3.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2007-10-09 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + Add lzma compression support. + * NEWS: Mention it. + * automake.in (handle_dist): Recognize dist-lzma. + (make_paragraphs): Map LZMA to dist-lzma. + * doc/automake.texi (Dist): Add dist-lzma. + (Options): Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_process_option_list): + (dist dist-all): Add command to create an lzma-compressed tarball. + (distcheck): Handle lzma-compressed tarballs just like the others. + * tests/defs.in: Test for lzma, too. + * tests/lzma.test: New file, based on nogzip.test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add lzma.test. + Suggestion from Karl Berry. + +2007-09-30 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (TARGET_PATTERN): Allow leading digit. + * tests/exeext3.test: Adjust to expose this. + Report by Claudio Fontana and Laurence Finston. + +2007-08-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/defs.in (required): For gcj, check whether `gcj -v' + works, to avoid broken installations without libgcj.spec. + Export $GCJ. + * tests/gcj4.test: Setting GCJ not needed any more. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Jesse Chisholm. + +2007-08-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/config-ml.in, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, + lib/symlink-tree, lib/texinfo.tex: New upstream versions. + +2007-08-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (gettext): Fix link to gettext manual. + +2007-08-18 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + In ChangeLog files, use more-permissive notice rather than GPL, + as per usual GNU standards these days. + +2007-08-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (handle_programs): Also clean .libs/_libs + directory for _PROGRAMS. + * tests/libtoo10.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Guillermo Ontañón. + +2007-08-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * configure.ac: Actually require version 2.60 in the test for + Autoconf, and recommend it in the error messages. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Robert Swafford. + +2007-07-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (VPATH Builds): Fix wording. + Report by Reuben Thomas. + +2007-07-22 Noah Misch <noah@cs.caltech.edu> + + * tests/subst.test: Move the AC_SUBST into a macro definition. + Avoids an error from CVS Autoconf. + * THANKS: Update. + Report by Benoit Sigoure. + +2007-07-22 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/am/configure.am (%?REGEN-ACLOCAL-M4%): New target + $(am__aclocal_m4_deps) without any dependencies, to avoid the + "deleted .m4 file" problem. + * tests/acloca22.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS: Update. + +2007-07-22 Francesco Salvestrini <salvestrini@gmail.com> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/ltlib.am (install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES) + (uninstall-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): Use $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) and + $(LIBTOOLFLAGS). + * lib/am/progs.am (install-%DIR%PROGRAMS) + (uninstall-%DIR%PROGRAMS): Likewise. + * tests/libtool7.test: Update test for `install' and + `uninstall' cases. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + +2007-07-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi: Remove Front-Cover and Back-Cover Texts, + this manual is not printed by the FSF. + +2007-07-16 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * NEWS: Clarify that COPYING files are not updated. + +2007-07-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi: New Back-Cover Text. + Report by Karl Berry. + +2007-07-07 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * aclocal.in (version): Fix output to match GCS requirements. + * automake.in (version): Likewise. + Report by Eric Blake. + + * COPYING, lib/COPYING: Update to GPLv3. All uses changed. + * NEWS: Update. + +2007-06-30 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/gnupload: Fix shell portability issues with for loops. + Report by Karl Berry. + +2007-06-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal): Warn about autoconf + incompatibilities instead of making them fatal. + * tests/missing4.test: Adjust. + * NEWS: Update. + Problem reported by Bruno Haible in + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2007-06/msg00010.html>. + +2007-05-03 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * doc/automake.texi, lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix typos. + * automake.in: Likewise. + (am_primary_prefixes): Keep the intentional typo there. + +2007-04-25 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + + * doc/stamp-vti: Remove generated file from revision control. + * doc/version.texi: Likewise. + +2007-04-23 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi (Python): Fix typo. + +2007-03-30 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/mdate-sh (ls_command): Use -n when available to avoid + problems with spaces in user/group names. + * tests/mdate5.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + +2007-03-30 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (handle_tests): Rewrite XFAIL_TESTS just like + TESTS, appending $(EXEEXT), so that matching continues to work + on w32. + * NEWS: Mention this. + * doc/automake.texi (EXEEXT, Extending): Update. + * tests/check7.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + Bug report by Ed Hartnett. + +2007-03-30 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * m4/depout.m4 (_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS): Again search + the whole file, but use sed to reduce the line length. + Fixes 1.10 regression. Report by David Byron. + * THANKS, NEWS: Update. + +2007-03-29 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/depcomp (aix): Rewrite depmode in the spirit of the tru64 + one. Fixes failure to catch dependencies with libtool and xlc + in case of enable_static=no (which is the default on AIX without + runtimelinking). + * tests/depcomp7.test: Run test once with --disable-shared and + once with --disable-static, to expose failure systematically. + * NEWS: Update. + +2007-03-29 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (handle_LIBOBJS_or_ALLOCA): Fix the error message. + * tests/pr401.test: Update to expose the error. + * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise. + * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise. + +2007-03-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (scan_autoconf_config_files): Warn about leading + `./' in config file names. + * tests/canon-name.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * THANKS: Update. + Suggestion by Claudio Fontana. + + * tests/yacc6.test: Add the generated headers to `BUILT_SOURCES' + as documented in the manual. Fixes parallel make failure. + Report by Dieter Jurzitza. + * THANKS: Update. + + * ChangeLog, TODO, tests/exdir3.test: Fix copyright notice. + + * TODO: Kill a couple of outdated items. + * tests/exdir3.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2007-01-27 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Fix the multiple outputs + with locking example. + +2007-01-27 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (Subpackages): Fix ambiguous wording. + Report and suggestions by Reuben Thomas. + * THANKS: Update. + +2007-01-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/defs.in (is_newest): Cope with multiple newer files. + * NEWS: mention `install-sh -C'. + +2006-12-25 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/install-sh (initialize_posix_glob): New var. + Use it instead of setting posix_glob inline. + (posix_glob): Use '?'/''/: instead of ''/yes/no, for convenience. + (cmpprog, CMPPROG): New vars, since we use cmp rather than the diff + of Akim's patch. + Use LC_ALL before invoking 'ls' when we depend on its output format. + Don't use awk; just use the shell's builtin features. + Clean up $dsttmp if -C detects no installation is needed. + * tests/defs.in (is_newest): Renamed from is_younger; the new + name is more accurate. All uses changed. + (old_timestamp): New var. + * tests/instsh2.test: Rewrite to avoid the need for sleeping. + +2006-12-25 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> + + * lib/install-sh: Implement install-sh -C. + (This patch is the remaining part of the patch proposed in + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2006-10/msg00077.html>.) + (usage): Document it. + (copy_on_change): New var. + * tests/defs.in (is_younger): New function. + * tests/instsh2.test: Check install-sh -C. + +2006-12-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/install-sh: Fix typo in previous patch for handling --. + Use more-consistent style for ';;'. + Prefer || to if-then-else-:. + * tests/install2.test: Rework to avoid set -e problems. + +2006-12-24 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> + + Simplify install-sh and its test. This shouldn't change any behavior. + (This patch is a subset of the patch proposed in + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2006-10/msg00077.html>.) + * lib/install-sh (usage): Use usual GNU style. + (dstarg): Rename as... + (dst_arg): this for consistency. + Simplify quoting of assignments. + Sort them. + Don't use '\' to continue commands: && suffices. + Remove useless "continue" in the argument processing, + and factor the shifts. + * tests/defs.in: Some improvements to make it set -e clean. + Use the traditional ":" trick to protect loops from being empty. + Remove an empty straightforward piece of code prepared to define + additional variables. + Use test instead of [], for consistency. + * tests/install2.test: Use set -e, to simplify code. + +2006-12-20 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi: Fix typo. + +2006-11-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/Makefile.am: Use $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) for building + amhello, to prevent gmake from invoking make with MAKEFLAGS + it does not understand. + Report by Patrick Welche. + + * lib/gnupload: Revert last change. Add pointer to upload + instructions of the GNU Maintenance Instructions. + Suggestion by Karl Berry. + +2006-11-08 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/gnupload: Add missing 'gnu' to example URL. + Report by Karl Berry. + +2006-10-28 Bobby Jack <bobbykjack@yahoo.co.uk> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): autoconf creates + configure, not configure.ac. + * THANKS: Update. + +2006-10-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (Dist, Dependency Tracking Evolution): + Fix some typos. + * lib/Automake/Condition.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Options.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Wrap.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise. + * m4/substnot.m4: Likewise. + +2006-10-16 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/gnupload: Update to version 1.1 of directive file. + +2006-10-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/depend2.am (%SOURCEFLAG%): New substitution, goes + right before the expanded source file name. + * automake.in (%sourceflags): New global: per-extension flag + to denote that the next compiler argument is the source file. + (scan_autoconf_traces): Trace AC_FC_SRCEXT; initialize + %sourceflags accordingly. + (handle_single_transform): Store source file extension in... + (%lang_specific_files): ...this and... + (handle_languages): ...adjust here. Pass flag in SOURCEFLAG. + * doc/automake.texi (Optional): Add AC_FC_SRCEXT. + (Fortran 9x Support): Update. + * tests/fort2.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Suggested by Steven G. Johnson. + + For PR automake/480. + * automake.in (lang_f77_rewrite, lang_fc_rewrite) + (lang_ppfc_rewrite, lang_ppf77_rewrite, lang_ratfor_rewrite): + return `lang_sub_obj' to support subdir-object mode for the + Fortran dialects. + * tests/fort4.test, tests/fort5.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * NEWS, THANKS: Update. + Report by Davyd Madeley and Shannon L. Brown. + + * lib/am/header-vars.am (pkglibexecdir): New variable. + * automake.in (%standard_prefix): Add it. + * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Document it. + (Program Sources): Adjust. + * NEWS: Update. + * tests/libexec.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Suggested by Eric Blake. + +2006-10-15 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/gnupload: Update to version 1.1 of directive file. + + * configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.10a. + + * configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.10. + * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Update for 1.10. + + * lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: New upstream versions. + + * lib/am/depend2.am: Typo. + * lib/depcomp (scriptversion): Bump, to account for recent changes. + + * doc/automake.texi (Examples): Introduce the example, and point + to Hello World. + (Hello): Remove this obsolete node. + +2006-10-15 Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + For PR automake/507: + * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): filename-length-max check is not + done in sub-packages. + * doc/automake.texi (Options): Document this. + * tests/fn99subdir.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + * THANKS: Update. + +2006-10-14 Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi (Third-Party Makefiles): Fix typo. + * THANKS: Update. + +2006-10-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal): Improve warning for mismatched + Autoconf version. + + * automake.in: For preprocessed assembler, add `$(DEFS) + $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES)' to the compile rule. + * doc/automake.texi (Assembly Support): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + Suggested by Thomas Schwinge and Ralf Corsepius. + + For PR automake/492. + * automake.in (output_flag): Set to `-o' for Assembler and + preprocessed Assembler, assuming that all understand `-c -o'. + * THANKS, NEWS: Update. + * tests/subobj10.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + Report by Thomas Schwinge. + + * automake.in (%_macro_for_cond): New variable. + (cond_stack_if): Use it for better error message about + missing dependency tracking conditionals. + * tests/asm2.test: New test, modelled after asm.test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + Report by Ralf Corsepius. + + * doc/automake.texi (Options): `no-dependencies' is similar + to `--ignore-deps', not `--include-deps'. + * m4/as.m4 (AM_PROG_AS): If `no-dependencies', do not invoke + _AM_DEPENDENCIES. + * tests/nodep2.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + + * automake.in (handle_LIBOBJS_or_ALLOCA): If we are in the + LIBOBJDIR, then we should not add a DEPDIR prefix. + * tests/pr401.test: Update test. + * tests/pr401b.test: Likewise. + * tests/pr401c.test: Likewise. + Report by Jim Meyering and Eric Blake. + + * lib/depcomp (gcc3): Put dependency extraction flags before the + `-c' flag, so they appear at the same position as in %FASTDEP% + mode in depend2.am. Fixes build failure for FreeBSD's c89, + which ignores unknown options only after the first non-option. + Bug report against M4 by Nelson H. F. Beebe. + +2006-10-14 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in ($seen_gettext_intl): New variable. + (handle_gettext): Consider it. + (scan_autoconf_traces): Add AM_GNU_GETTEXT_INTL_SUBDIR to the list. + Set $seen_gettext_intl when it is seen. + * doc/automake.texi (gettext, Optional): Update. + * tests/gettext3.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2006-10-14 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/install-sh (posix_mkdir): Reject FreeBSD 6.1 mkdir -p -m, + which incorrectly sets the mode of an existing destination + directory. In some cases the unpatched install-sh could do the + equivalent of "chmod 777 /" or "chmod 0 /" on a buggy FreeBSD + system. We hope this is rare in practice, but it's clearly worth + fixing. Problem reported by Alex Unleashed in + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2006-10/msg00012.html>. + Also, don't bother to check for -m bugs unless we're using -m; + suggested by Stepan Kasal. + +2006-10-14 Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@apple.com> (tiny change) + + * m4/multi.m4: Non-default multilibs may be cross compilation. + +2006-10-14 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in: Fix some typos in comments. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Likewise. + +2006-10-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (handle_compile): Use subst, for maintainer-check. + +2006-10-09 Andreas Köhler <andi5.py@gmx.net> (tiny change) + + For PR automake/505: + * lib/am/configure.am (am__CONFIG_DISTCLEAN_FILES): + Fix typo: `config.status.lineno', not `configure.status.lineno'. + +2006-09-05 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * NEWS: Mention that `install-sh' needs executable permissions. + * tests/nobase.test: Adjust. + Report by Patrick Welche. + +2006-09-01 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Fix matching of XFAIL_TESTS + against currently running test for the first and last element + of $(TESTS): add spacing so Solaris make does VPATH expansion + on these words, too. + * tests/check6.test: Update. + +2006-08-30 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + For PR automake/501: + * lib/am/depend2.am (?GENERIC?%EXT%.o, ?!GENERIC?%OBJ%): + Abbreviate output a bit by not bothering to quote the .Po file + name (the quoting doesn't suffice in general anyway), and by not + bothering to remove junk .Tpo files (as they'll be removed later). + This also lets 'make' run faster by avoiding a subshell. + +2006-08-30 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in: Fortran 77 and Fortran should require variables + F77 resp. FC to be defined, and suggest the respective Autoconf + macros otherwise. + * tests/fort1.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + * tests/ext.test: Add extensions f95, F90, F95. + +2006-08-30 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + For PR automake/500: + * automake.in (handle_compile) <$default_includes>: Do not output + the same -I twice. Use @am__isrc@ instead of ` -I$(srcdir)'. + * m4/init.m4: Define am__isrc as ` -I$(srcdir)' only in + non-VPATH builds since we always have `-I.'. + * tests/subpkg.test: Make sure config headers are found in VPATH + and non-VPATH builds. + +2006-08-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi, lib/Automake/Rule.pm: Fix some typos. + * NEWS: Likewise. Clarify that only one LIBOBJDIR is supported. + +2006-08-23 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm (usage): Mention that -Wportability + is enabled by default with gnu and gnits strictness. + Report from Bruno Haible. + +2006-08-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * NEWS: Mark de-ANSI-fication as being obsolete. + * doc/automake.texi: Likewise. + +2006-08-21 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * Makefile.am, THANKS: Fix typos. + +2006-08-20 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * NEWS, configure.ac: Bump version to 1.9c. + + * NEWS, configure.ac: Bump version to 1.9b. + + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Check for mkdir_p in automake.in + too. + * automake.in (require_build_directory): Use MKDIR_P, not mkdir_p. + + * m4/mkdirp.m4: Typo in previous patch. + + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Fine-tune the "Unescaped @" + check so it doesn't complain about the '@ 's in node "Standard + Directory Variables". + + * INSTALL, lib/INSTALL, lib/texinfo.tex, lib/config.sub: New + upstream versions. + + * m4/mkdirp.m4 (AM_PROG_MKDIR_P): Prefix mkdir_p with + $(top_builddir)/ if it is a relative directory. + +2006-08-19 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/am/lex.am, lib/am/yacc.am: Drop the inline rules, always use + ylwrap. Suggested by Akim Demaille long ago, to ease maintenance. + * automake.in (handle_languages): Do not define MORE-THAN-ONE. + (yacc_lex_finish_helper, lang_yacc_finish, lang_lex_finish): Always + require ylwrap. + * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs, Yacc and Lex): Update the + documentation of ylwrap. + * tests/lex.test, tests/lex4.test, tests/mmodely.test, + tests/yacc.test, tests/yacc2.test, tests/yacc3.test, + tests/yaccpp.test: Adjust. + + * doc/automake.texi (Releases): Update statistics until 1.9.6. + + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Check for mkdir_p. + * automake.texi (Obsolete macros): Document AM_PROG_MKDIR_P. + * lib/am/data.am, lib/am/distdir.am, lib/am/install.am, + lib/am/java.am, lib/am/libs.am, lib/am/lisp.am, lib/am/ltlib.am, + lib/am/mans.am, lib/am/progs.am, lib/am/python.am, + lib/am/scripts.am, lib/am/texinfos.am: Use MKDIR_P instead of mkdir_p. + * m4/mkdirp.m4 (AM_PROG_MKDIR_P): Define mkdir_p using $MKDIR_P, not + as '$(MKDIR_P)', otherwise it will break `Makefile.in's that use + mkdir_p without defining MKDIR_P. + * tests/distdir.test, tests/instman.test, tests/txinfo21.test: + Adjust. + + * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Build lib first, for lib/Automake/Config.pm. + * configure.ac (ACLOCAL): Use --acdir=m4 in addition to + -I m4. Running aclocal during the rebuild rules will fail + if the default acdir does not exist. + + * NEWS, configure.ac, m4/init.m4, m4/lispdir.m4, m4/mkdirp.m4: + Require Autoconf 2.60 instead of some intermediate development + version. + + * doc/automake.texi (Standard Directory Variables): Fix multitable + width. + (Autotools Introduction): Fix @uref usage. + +2006-08-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi: Fix some typos in the introduction, + adjust some spacing; spell `GNU Build System' consistently. + (menu): Unify node naming. + (Standard Directory Variables): Clarify that this list is not + exhaustive. + (DESTDIR): Fix example. + +2006-08-19 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Autotools Introduction) New chapter. + Thanks to Ben Pfaff and Ralf Wildenhues for comments. + (Auxiliary Programs, Install, Dist, Third-Party Makefiles) + (distcleancheck): More cross references. + * doc/amhello/configure.ac, doc/amhello/README, + doc/amhello/Makefile.am, doc/amhello/src/Makefile.am, + doc/amhello/src/main.c: New files. + * doc/Makefile.am (dist_noinst_DATA): Distribute them. + ($(srcdir)/amhello-1.0.tar.gz): New rule. + (dist_doc_DATA): Install amhello-1.0.tar.gz. + * Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Update comment. + +2006-08-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi: Fix some typos. + +2006-08-14 Jonathan Higa <jthiga@gmail.com> + + * automake.in: Register "Unified Parallel C" as language. + (lang_upc_rewrite): New function. + (resolve_linker): Consider UPCLINK. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_ac_macro_for_var): Suggest + AM_PROG_UPC for UPC and UPCFLAGS. + * m4/upc.m4: New file. + * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Add UPC case. + * m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Add upc.m4. + * doc/automake.texi (Unified Parallel C Support): New node. + (Public macros): Mention AM_PROG_UPC. + (Program and Library Variables, Flag Variables Ordering): + Mention UPCFLAGS. + * tests/upc.test, tests/upc2.test, tests/upc3.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them. + * tests/ext.test: Also test upc files. + +2006-08-04 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Fix some errors in previous patch. + + * doc/automake.texi (Scripts): Revamp. Show an example of script + built from configure.ac. Discuss CLEANFILES and EXTRA_DIST for + other built scripts. + + * m4/init.m4: Suggest fixing the call to AC_INIT when + AC_PACKAGE_NAME or AC_PACKAGE_VERSION is undefined. This is for + newcomers who call AC_INIT and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE without arguments. + * tests/init.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + +2006-08-04 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * automake.in (dist_dirs, fill_dist_dirs): Remove. + * lib/am/distdir.am (DISTDIRS): Remove. + * tests/distdir.test, tests/pr2.test: Do not grep, use + `make distdir' instead. + +2006-08-04 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Conditionals): Split in two sections, "Usage" + and "Portability", and add a third one, "Limits" to explain how + conditional definitions inside multi-lines definitions can be + handled. + * automake.in (handle_options): Do not assume that + AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS is defined in TRUE, but diagnose conditional + definitions of AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS. + Report from Bas Wijnen. + * tests/amopt.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + + * aclocal.in (install_file): Cannot use /dev/null while diffing + new files, because Tru64's diff do not handle /dev/null. So + create an empty destination file before running diff on a new + file, and erase it afterward. Fall back to using /dev/null only + if we cannot create this file. + Report and initial patch from Ralf Wildenhues. + (unlink_tmp): New function. + * test/acloca18.test: Make sure the empty file has been erased. + +2006-08-04 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (handle_LIBOBJS_or_ALLOCA): With subdir-objects, + do not prefix `$(top_builddir)/' aka `./' to nonempty LIBOBJDIR, + to help BSD Make find the files also in a VPATH build. + Also return the same path, possibly prefixed, for correct + depdir computation. + * tests/pr401.test: Update to expose wrong depdir computation. + Rewrite to not use the same file name for library object and + main program. + * tests/pr401b.test, tests/pr401c.test: Likewise. + +2006-07-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/install-sh: Don't incorrectly claim that this implementation + can install only one file at a time. + (doit_exec): New var, for using 'exec' if possible, to save a process. + (test_mode, intermediate_mode): Remove. + (mode): Check for IFS or globbing characters in mode, since they might + cause weird behavior with the other changes below. All later uses + of '"$mode"' changed to '$mode', since the ""s no longer matter. + Use octal modes if the invoker specifies an octal mode, and use + octal umask values if 'umask' outputs octal values; this is more + likely to work with older operating systems since Automake uses + octal modes, and also works around a bug with HP-UX 11.23 + 'mkdir -p -m u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx,u+wx' reported by Ralf Wildenhues in + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2006-06/msg00024.html>. + (cp_umask, mkdir_umask): New variables, to avoid + temporarily creating files or directories with too-permissive modes. + (mkdir_mode): Use the FreeBSD 'install' method for computing modes of + intermediate directories; this is safer. + (posix_mkdir): Also test mkdir -p -m ... by making a directory in + /tmp and checking the resulting mode with 'ls', to catch a bug in + HP-UX 11.23 and IRIX 6.5 mkdir reported by Ralf in the same message. + Use ':' for true, not 'true'; this is a bit faster on + traditional implementations. + +2006-07-09 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + + * lib/depcomp: "in in" -> "in" in comment. + +2006-07-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/defs.in (AUTOMAKE_run): Redirect stdout before stderr, + for consistency with the recommendation prompted by this report: + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-06/msg00225.html>. + +2006-06-24 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * m4/mkdirp.m4 (AM_PROG_MKDIR_P): Set `mkdir_p' to + `'$(MKDIR_P)'', so that it retains the per-directory value + computed by config.status. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir): do not use `$(mkdir_p)' from + a changed directory. Bugs reported by Ralf Menzel. + * THANKS: Update. + +2006-06-24 Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (scan_texinfo_file): Fix matching file extension. + * tests/txinfo31.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2006-06-07 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * automake.in (handle_LIBOBJS): Don't rely on the caller defining $1. + +2006-06-07 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * m4/mkdirp.m4 (AM_PROG_MKDIR_P): Rewrite using AC_PROG_MKDIR_P. + +2006-06-06 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/distdir.am: Do not call $(mkdir_p) for each + distributed file, collect them and create them in one run, + and strip $(srcdir) and $(top_srcdir) all at once. + Fix some comment typos. + +2006-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): The IRIX MIPSpro compiler + 7.4.4m may omit the first included header dependency information + with `-MDupdate'. Refine test to catch this. + + * configure.ac (ACLOCAL): Use `-I m4' to match `./bootstrap' + procedure. + + * tests/gettext.test: AM_PROG_GETTEXT of gettext >= 0.14.3 + requires `config.rpath' to be present, and automake now enforces + this. Test this, but only if the gettext installation works and + is recent enough to provide this diagnosis. + * tests/gettext.test: Provide a dummy `config.rpath' for all + subsequent checks. + * tests/gettext2.test, tests/subcond.test: Likewise. + + * tests/pr401.test: Replace "perl -i" with sed and mv, for + MinGW perl. + * tests/pr401b.test, tests/pr401c.test, tests/python11.test, + * tests/yacc6.test, tests/yacc8.test: Likewise. + + * m4/depout.m4 (_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS): Do not use + plain `grep' on the Makefile, as its line length may exceed that + for grep. Bug report against coreutils by Sam Sirlin. + * THANKS: Update. + +2006-05-26 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi (Options): Add anchor `tar-formats'. + +2006-05-25 Noah Misch <noah@cs.caltech.edu> + + * lib/Automake/XFile.pm (lock): Allow EOPNOTSUPP, besides + ENOLCK. Only mention `make -j' when applicable. Only raise + fatal errors when `make -j' is involved. Improve error message. + +2006-05-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm (find_configure_ac): Use + `$configure_in' instead of `configure.in', to preserve + directory component. + * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: Add note that Automake owns + this file. + * lib/Automake/Channels.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Automake/Struct.pm: Likewise. + +2006-05-16 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: + New upstream versions. + +2006-05-15 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs): Fix URL to GCC + repository, they use SVN now. + +2006-05-13 Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org> + + * lib/gnupload: Add support for savannah.gnu.org and + savannah.nongnu.org. + +2006-05-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/Automake/Channels.pm, lib/Automake/Condition.pm, + lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm, lib/Automake/Options.pm, + lib/Automake/VarDef.pm, lib/Automake/Wrap.pm: Fix some typos. + +2006-05-11 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/install-sh: Sync from Autoconf, as follows: + Don't use 'path' to talk about file names, + as per GNU coding standards. Close a race condition reported by Ralf + Wildenhues and Stepan Kasal. There is still a race condition + on hosts that predate Posix 1003.1-1992, but we can't help this. + Don't mishandle weird characters like space on pre-Posix hosts. + Invoke mkdir at most once per dir arg on pre-Posix hosts. + +2006-05-11 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/missing.test, tests/missing2.test: Do not require + GNUmake. + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Make sure `required=' does not + follow `. ./defs' in the tests. + + * tests/ansi10.test: Use AC_PROG_CC_STDC. Fix test that + ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc isn't just used by Automake code in + `configure'. + * tests/ansi6.test, tests/ansi7.test: Likewise. + * tests/ansi9.test: Likewise. Do not override by setting + $U and $(ANSI2KNR) at `make' time; that will be fragile. + * tests/libobj8.test: Use AC_PROG_CC_STDC. + * tests/subobj3.test: Likewise. Use `set -e'. + + * lib/install-sh: Initialize IFS, so field splitting isn't + turned off later. + * lib/mkinstalldirs: Likewise. + + * lib/am/java.am (class%DIR%.stamp): Do not assume `$?' has + the path of the prerequisite added; IRIX 6.5 make does not add + it, Solaris 2.6 make is inconsistent about adding it. Fixes + java.test failure. + + * tests/distdir.test: Do not use leading `./' in EXTRA_DIST for + files in the source tree. Fixes failures with HP-UX and Tru64 + make. + + * lib/am/ansi2knr.am (ansi2knr): Rename target as... + (./ansi2knr): ...this, for BSD make. + (%ANSI2KNR-DIR%/ansi2knr): Adjust. + +2006-05-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Cater for OpenBSD + /bin/sh -e issue with failing commands in if clauses. + + * tests/defs.in (Be Bourne compatible): Update from current + Autoconf. + + * configure.ac: Recommend perl-5.8.2. + * tests/automake.test: Do not fail because of buggy Getopt::Long + in perl < 5.8.2. + + * tests/longlin2.test: Do not use `grep' on Makefile.am: + it has long lines and is thus not a text file; AIX 5.1 grep + fails to scan non-plain patterns from long lines. + + * tests/overrid.test: Change all regexes for warning messages to + match after a colon, so that the prepended file names do not + cause false matches. Tighten overrides regex. Fix typo + `cleam-am-local' -> `clean-am-local'. + + * tests/java.test: `configure' uses a trap, so use `(exit 77); + exit 77' to portably set the exit status similar to AS_EXIT. + * tests/fn99.test: propagate nonzero exit status from subshell. + + * tests/mkinst3.test: Fix `mkdir' wrapper to not be confused + if ``pwd`' contains the string `-p'. Create the wrapper in a + subdirectory so that `.' in $PATH does not lead to an endless + loop. + + * lib/depcomp (ia64hp): Rename dependency style to.. + (hp2): ..this, as it works with aCC on HPPA, too; adjust + comment. Report by Olivier Fourdan (PR automake/481). + * THANKS: Update. + + * tests/aclocal7.test: Add `$sleep's between file touching + and automake resp aclocal+automake invocations, to ensure + they complete with a time stamp strictly later than the touched + file. + + * lib/missing: Remove superfluous quotes. Replace all uses of + `[' by `test', for consistency, and for.. + * tests/missing5.test: ..this new test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + + * lib/missing (sed_minuso, sed_output): New variables. + (autom4te, help2man, makeinfo): Use them. Unifies detection of + `-o FILE', `--output FILE', `--output=FILE', stricter regex. + Fixes `missing' to detect `--output' for help2man. Fixes + PR automake/483. Report by Dennis J. Linse. + (autom4te): Document in `missing --help'. + * THANKS: Update. + +2006-04-26 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org> (tiny change) + + * doc/automake.texi (Dependency Tracking Evolution): Fix typo. + +2006-04-25 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * lib/install-sh: Simplify the expr implementation of dirname. + +2006-04-24 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/install-sh: Handle --, and diagnose unknown options. + * m4/mkdirp.m4 (AM_PROG_MKDIR_P): In the normal case, set + mkdir_p='mkdir -p', not to 'mkdir -p --', for consistency with + the other ways that mkdir_p might be set. + +2006-04-21 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * m4/amversion.in (_AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION): New macro. + (AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): Call it. + * aclocal.in (trace_used_macros): Trace _AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION. + (write_aclocal): Output a check for Autoconf's version in aclocal.m4. + Doing so ensures that users cannot build configure and Makefiles + with two different autoconf versions. Report from Noah Misch. + * tests/missing4.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + +2006-04-20 Paul Lunau <temp@lunau.me.uk> (tiny change) + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/dejagnu.am (check-DEJAGNU): Fail when at least one test + failed, instead of when the last one failed (PR automake/488). + Report from Paul Lunau. + * tests/dejagnu4.test: Update to expose this. + * THANKS: Update. + +2006-04-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/check.am (check-TESTS): Match XFAIL_TESTS delimited by + TABs as well as spaces. Fixes PR automake/490. + * tests/check6.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am, THANKS: Update. + Report from Diab Jerius <djerius@cfa.harvard.edu>. + +2006-04-17 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm (find_file): Fix a typo in the + description; eliminate the duplicate error message. + * doc/automake.texi (@direntry): `Invoking Automake' is the name + of the usage node for `automake' + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_gen_varname): Fix typos in the + comment. + +2006-04-17 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * m4/lispdir.m4 (AM_PATH_LISPDIR): Require Autoconf 2.59c, + because it uses `datarootdir'. Bump copyright year and serial. + +2006-04-10 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * NEWS: Fix typo. + +2006-04-09 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (_hash_varname, _hash_values): New functions. + (_gen_varname): Use _hash_values, and return a flag indicating whether + the variable name was generated or reused. + (transform_variable_recursively): Do not redefine variables that + are reused, and try to reuse the variable being transformed. + * tests/check2.test: Make sure TESTS hasn't been redefined. + * tests/check5.test, tests/exeext4.test: Make sure variables have + been reused. + * tests/subst2.test: Make sure bin_PROGRAMS gets rewritten. + + * automake.in (%ignored_configure_vars): New variable. + (scan_autoconf_traces): Trace for _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE and fill + %ignored_configure_vars. + (define_configure_variable): Declare ignored configure variables + as VAR_SILENT. Do not special-case AMDEPBACKSLASH and ANSI2KNR + w.r.t. VAR_SILENT. + * m4/substign.m4: New file. + * m4/Makefile.am (dist_m4data_DATA): Add substign.m4. + * m4/cond.m4: _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE $1_TRUE and $1_FALSE (PR automake/477). + * m4/depend.m4: _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE AMDEPBACKSLASH. + * m4/protos.m4: _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE ANSI2KNR. + * tests/cond.test: Make sure TEST_FALSE and TEST_TRUE are not defined. + * tests/amsubst.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + +2006-04-09 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Preserve directories in + direct suffix rules. + * tests/suffix12.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + Report from John Ratliff. + +2006-03-25 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> (tiny change) + Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * aclocal.in ($m4_include_rx): Do not recognize `include', and + adjust scan_configure_dep and scan_file accordingly. + (scan_configure_dep): Do not search white lines. + (scan_file): Strip comments from current line after checking + for serial, so that aclocal does not trip on `m4_include' macros + in comments. Report from Mike Frysinger. + * tests/acloca21.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + +2006-03-24 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * tests/mmodely.test: Fix the test on systems with no lex. + +2006-03-23 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * automake.in (libtool_new_api): Fix a typo in the comment. + * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (Config.pm): Likewise. + * lib/am/depend2.am: Likewise. + * tests/xsource.test: With `set -e', `|| exit 1' is no longer + needed. + +2006-03-23 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Change back to + using `$MAKE && exit 1', but make sure the last command in the + test is successful. + +2006-03-21 Clifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at> (tiny change) + Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * aclocal.in (parse_arguments): Added wildcard support to the + dirlist parser. + * doc/automake.texi (Macro search path): Document it. + * tests/dirlist2.test: New test. + * m4/dirlist, tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + +2006-03-20 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add `_AM_DEPENDENCIES(OBJC)' + to `AC_PROG_OBJC' if provided, to fix Objective C depmode + handling. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_ac_macro_for_var): Add entries for + OBJC and OBJCFLAGS. + * tests/ext.test: Adjust. + * tests/objc.test, tests/objc2.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + * doc/automake.texi (Objective C Support): New node. + (Support for Other Languages): Adjust. + +2006-03-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm (DESCRIPTION): Typo. + + * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: Fix failure logic + to work with `set -e'. + + * tests/depcomp6.test, tests/depcomp7.test: New tests, + for general `depcomp' functionality, with and without + `subdir-objects', with and without `libtool'. + * tests/Makefile.am: Adjust. + + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal): Unlink `aclocal.m4' before + writing into it, to break a symlinked file. + * tests/acloca20.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Updated. + +2006-03-19 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Allow package trees (packages with subpackages) to share + common distributed auxiliary files (and directories) that + reside within a subpackage. + + * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir %?TOPDIR_P%): Do not fail if + `$(distdir)' already exists. + (%?SUBDIRS%): Set `am__remove_distdir' to `:' to prevent + removal of subpackage trees for distribution. + * tests/subpkg3.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am: Update. + +2006-03-18 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * tests/check5.test, tests/nobast.test: Fix $MAKE and rm + invocations to please maintainer-check. + +2006-03-10 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * automake.in (lang_c_rewrite): Typo in previous change. + * tests/ccnoco2.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add ccnoco2.test. + + * automake.in (lang_c_rewrite): Make the AM_PROG_CC_C_O requirement + a 'portability' warning, so that people can ignore it. Suggested + by Ralf Wildenhues. + + * lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm: Make -Wportability the default in + gnu and gnits modes. + * doc/automake.texi (Invoking Automake): Adjust. + +2006-02-21 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Document that `.ypp' and + `.lpp' file extensions are recognized. + +2006-02-21 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Complete, Extending aclocal, Public macros) + (Python, Conditionals, API versioning): Always quote macro arguments. + Report from Stepan Kasal. + +2006-02-16 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Python): More examples. + +2006-02-05 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (distcleancheck): Fix bad wording. Report + from Bob Rossi. + (Man pages): Show dist_man_MANS, not EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS). + +2006-01-29 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + Append $(EXEEXT) to programs that may be listed in TESTS. + Report from Simon Josefsson. + + * automake.in (%known_programs): New global. + (initialize_per_input): Reset it. + (append_exeext): Take a predicate as first argument to select + the filename to rewrite. + (handle_programs): Fill %known_programs. + (handle_tests): Append $(EXEEXT) to all tests that are in + %known_programs. + (am_install_var): Update call to append_exeext. + * doc/automake.texi (EXEEXT): TESTS is also rewritten. + (Tests): More about the difference between check_PROGRAMS and TESTS. + Give an example of TEST_ENVIRONMENT. + * tests/cond32.test: Augment with a nested condition. + * tests/exeext4.test: Also check TESTS. + * tests/check5.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add check5.test. + +2006-01-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/install-sh (dstdir): Don't use semicolons inside { } in + sed scripts, as Posix says it's not portable. + * lib/missing (file): Likewise. + * lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): Likewise. + * tests/comment7.test, tests/comment9.test, tests/confh.test: Likewise + * tests/distcom2.test, tests/distcom3.test: Likewise. + * tests/distcom4.test, tests/distcom5.test: Likewise. + * tests/distcom6.test, tests/include.test, tests/pluseq8.test: Likewise. + +2006-01-12 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * ChangeLog: Move 2004's entries to ... + * ChangeLog.04: ... this new file. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add ChangeLog.04. + + * tests/txinfo13.test: Test fix below. + +2006-01-12 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/texinfos.am (dist-info): Tighten glob to avoid unwanted + extra files in distribution. Reported by Vincent Lefevre. + +2006-01-06 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Linking, Program and Library Variables): + Mention the file extensions that usually appear in _DEPENDENCIES, + and point to BUILT_SOURCES and example of _DEPENDENCIES uses. A + couple of people have been listing sources files in _DEPENDENCIES + lately. + + * doc/automake.texi: Bump copyright year. + * automake.in ($gen_copyright, version): Likewise. + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, version): Likewise. + +2006-01-05 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * automake.in (topsrcdir): New global. + (generate_makefile): Compute it. + (fill_dist_dirs): New function extracted from handle_dist. + (handle_dist, handle_configure): Use fill_dist_dirs. + * tests/distdir.test: Test for cases where $(top_srcdir) or + $(srcdir) appear in EXTRA_DIST. Report from Sander Niemeijer. + +2006-01-05 Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> + Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/depcomp: Add 'ia64hp' dependency style. + Zack's original patch was contributed to GCC on 2005-06-13. + (tru64): Typo. + +2005-11-01 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * lib/install-sh: Use "trap '' 0" instead of "trap - 0", so that + the code is portable to both POSIX and pre-POSIX shells. + +2005-10-17 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * tests/nobase.test: Use `chmod a-x' instead of `chmod -x', + suggested by Eric Blake. + +2005-10-17 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Typo. + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (transform_variable_recursively): Typo + in a comment. + +2005-10-03 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * ChangeLog.03, automake.in, tests/overrid.test: Typos. + +2005-10-03 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * tests/nobase.test: Exercise previous patch. + +2005-10-03 Peter O'Gorman <peter@pogma.com> (tiny change) + + * lib/am/distdir.am: Remove $(SHELL) when calling install_sh + * m4/strip.m4: Ditto. + * m4/install-sh.m4: Add $(SHELL) to the definition of install_sh + +2005-09-13 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * doc/automake.texi (limitations on file names): New section. + * lib/install-sh: Rewrite to support '*' in file names. + Also, tune so that we don't invoke so many commands in the usual case. + This has the side effect of fixing `install-sh -d' to not fail if it + loses the race in creating the last path component against another + process. + * tests/instspc.test: The "*" test is now fixed. + +2005-09-13 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * automake.in (Languages) <cppasm>: Fix typo in the comment. + +2005-09-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * lib/am/ltlib.am (uninstall-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES): Do not put + shell in verbose mode. + +2005-08-07 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (variable_value): Do not read the TRUE + value of a conditionally defined variable. + Report from Juergen Leising. + + * automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Use AM_MAKEFLAGS in recursive + $(MAKE) invocations. + * lib/am/texibuild.am (?GENERIC_INFO?%SOURCE_SUFFIX%%DEST_SUFFIX%): + Likewise. + * lib/am/texi-vers.am (%STAMPVTI%): Likewise. + * lib/am/remake-hdr.am (%CONFIG_H%): Likewise. + * Makefile.am (maintainer-check): Check for this. + Report from Stepan Kasal. + + * m4/mkdirp.m4: Update misleading comment about `mkdir -p .'. + Prompted by Stepan Kasal. + +2005-08-07 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * lib/am/texinfos.am (uninstall-info-am): Call install-info only if + the $(infodir) exists. + +2005-07-31 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * tests/library3.test: Fix a typo which made the test fail. + +2005-07-27 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Linking, Program and Library Variables): + Suggest reserving -l for third-party libraries. + + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (require_variables): Mention aclocal's + search path when suggesting to add a macro in configure.ac. + People are confused when Automake suggests adding a macro (such as + AC_PROG_LIBTOOL) that is already in configure.ac. + * automake.in (require_file_internal): Suggest `automake --add-missing' + for missing files that can be installed. + * tests/library3.test: Adjust. + +2005-07-27 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * tests/defs.in: When required matches both `*libtool*' and + `*gettext*', check for both m4 files. + + * doc/automake.texi (Auxiliary Programs): Fix a typo. + * tests/suffix11.test: Fix a typo. + * tests/colon3.test: s/EGREP/FGREP/. + +2005-07-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * tests/instspc.test: Major rewrite to test for many other + problematic file names, e.g., '$', '"', '('. Automake and + Autoconf can't handle many of them, so do not report a failure + if the usual candidates show up. + +2005-07-19 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * Makefile.am (automake, aclocal): Merge the rules. + +2005-07-10 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: New upstream + versions. + +2005-07-09 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/install-sh: Use IFS=/ to split directories on /, don't translate + / into % as it prevents directory names using %... + +2005-07-09 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * doc/automake.texi (Public macros): Typo. + * aclocal.in: Typo in comment. + +2005-07-09 Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> (tiny change) + + * lib/depcomp: Handle "#line" markers as well as "# " markers in + "cpp" style, so it can work with newer HP compilers (for their + ia64 systems). + +2005-07-02 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Public macros) <AM_WITH_DMALLOC>: Reword to + fix an underful hbox. + * lib/INSTALL, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/texinfo.tex: + New upstream versions. + +2005-07-01 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * m4/python.m4 (_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST): Add python2.5. + +2005-06-30 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * automake.in (make_paragraphs): Do not define %TOPDIR%, now that + lib/am/header-vars.am no longer uses it. + * lib/am/libtool.am (distclean-am, distclean-libtool): Define + if TOPDIR_P is true, not TOPDIR. + Suggested by Stepan Kasal. + + * automake.in (read_am_file): Correctly diagnose comments following + trailing backslash. + * tests/commen10.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add commen10.test. + Report from Harald Dunkel. + + * automake.in (scan_autoconf_traces): Scan AC_SUBST_TRACE instead + of AC_SUBST. + * lib/am/header-vars.am (srcdir, top_srcdir, top_builddir, INSTALL): + Do not define, they are AC_SUBST_TRACEd by Autoconf. + * m4/init.m4 (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Require Autoconf 2.59c. + * tests/include.test: Call AC_OUTPUT. + +2005-06-29 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/mkinstalldirs: Fix support for directory name with spaces if + `mkdir -p' does not work. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add mkinst3.test. + * tests/mkinst3.test: New file. + Report from Noah Friedman. + + * doc/automake.texi (Include, Extending aclocal): Typos. + Report from Karl Berry. + +2005-06-28 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/mdate-sh: Avoid infinite loop with GNU ls when TIME_STYLE is set. + * tests/txinfo28.test: Set TIME_STYLE. + Report from Vincent Lefevre and James Youngman. + +2005-06-24 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (define, _new): Remember the helper + variable created for the last conditional += on each variable, and + only append further += in the same condition to this last helper + variable, not to older helper variables. This way the order of + the items appended to the variable is preserved. + * tests/cond21.test: Adjust. + * tests/cond38.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add cond38.test. + Report from Ed Hartnett. + +2005-06-22 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * tests/aclocal5.test: Adjust to recent CVS Autoconf changes. + + * automake.in (handle_footer): Do not output an unformatted + definition of SOURCES, it is already done correctly in + generate_makefile. This superfluous definition introduced long + lines in some Makefiles, hence breakages in tools with a limited + line length. Report from Mathias Froehlich. + +2005-06-11 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/am/texibuild.am (?GENERIC_INFO?%SOURCE_SUFFIX%%DEST_SUFFIX%): + Fix redirections in previous patch. + +2005-06-08 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/am/texibuild.am (?GENERIC_INFO?%SOURCE_SUFFIX%%DEST_SUFFIX%): + Do not backup any file if makeinfo is not installed. + * lib/missing (makeinfo): Do not touch a missing info file. + * tests/txinfo30.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add txinfo30.test. + Report from Bob Proulx. + + * doc/automake.texi (Extending aclocal): Typo. + +2005-05-24 Brian Gough <bjg@network-theory.co.uk> (tiny change) + + * lib/am/texinfos.am (.dvi.ps): Add $(am__TEXINFO_TEX_DIR) to TEXINPUTS. + +2005-05-15 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + Fix PR automake/461: + * automake.in (require_build_directory): Canonicalize directories + with different names, such as `foo/bar' and `./foo//bar'. + * tests/subobj9.test: Augment to test that. + Report from Tom Tromey. + +2005-05-14 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * COPYING, ChangeLog, ChangeLog.00, ChangeLog.01, ChangeLog.02, + ChangeLog.03, ChangeLog.96, ChangeLog.98, HACKING, Makefile.am, + NEWS, README, TODO, aclocal.in, automake.in, bootstrap, configure, + configure.ac, doc/Makefile.am, doc/fdl.texi, lib/COPYING, + lib/Makefile.am, lib/acinstall, lib/compile, lib/config-ml.in, + lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, lib/depcomp, lib/elisp-comp, + lib/gnupload, lib/mdate-sh, lib/missing, lib/py-compile, + lib/symlink-tree, lib/texinfo.tex, lib/ylwrap, + lib/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm, lib/Automake/Channels.pm, + lib/Automake/Condition.pm, lib/Automake/Config.in, + lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm, lib/Automake/DisjConditions.pm, + lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm, lib/Automake/General.pm, + lib/Automake/Item.pm, lib/Automake/ItemDef.pm, + lib/Automake/Location.pm, lib/Automake/Makefile.am, + lib/Automake/Options.pm, lib/Automake/Rule.pm, + lib/Automake/RuleDef.pm, lib/Automake/Struct.pm, + lib/Automake/VarDef.pm, lib/Automake/Variable.pm, + lib/Automake/Version.pm, lib/Automake/Wrap.pm, + lib/Automake/XFile.pm, lib/Automake/tests/Condition.pl, + lib/Automake/tests/DisjConditions.pl, + lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.am, lib/Automake/tests/Version.pl, + lib/Automake/tests/Wrap.pl, lib/am/Makefile.am, + lib/am/ansi2knr.am, lib/am/check.am, lib/am/clean-hdr.am, + lib/am/clean.am, lib/am/compile.am, lib/am/configure.am, + lib/am/data.am, lib/am/dejagnu.am, lib/am/depend.am, + lib/am/depend2.am, lib/am/distdir.am, lib/am/footer.am, + lib/am/header-vars.am, lib/am/header.am, lib/am/inst-vars.am, + lib/am/install.am, lib/am/java.am, lib/am/lang-compile.am, + lib/am/lex.am, lib/am/library.am, lib/am/libs.am, + lib/am/libtool.am, lib/am/lisp.am, lib/am/ltlib.am, + lib/am/ltlibrary.am, lib/am/mans-vars.am, lib/am/mans.am, + lib/am/multilib.am, lib/am/program.am, lib/am/progs.am, + lib/am/python.am, lib/am/remake-hdr.am, lib/am/scripts.am, + lib/am/subdirs.am, lib/am/tags.am, 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tests/python9.test, tests/recurs.test, tests/recurs2.test, + tests/regex.test, tests/remake.test, tests/remake2.test, + tests/remake3.test, tests/remake4.test, tests/remake5.test, + tests/req.test, tests/reqd.test, tests/reqd2.test, + tests/rulepat.test, tests/scripts.test, tests/seenc.test, + tests/sinclude.test, tests/space.test, tests/specflg.test, + tests/specflg2.test, tests/specflg3.test, tests/specflg6.test, + tests/specflg7.test, tests/specflg8.test, tests/specflg9.test, + tests/spell.test, tests/spell2.test, tests/spell3.test, + tests/spelling.test, tests/spy.test, tests/srcsub.test, + tests/srcsub2.test, tests/stamph2.test, tests/stdlib.test, + tests/stdlib2.test, tests/strip.test, tests/subcond.test, + tests/subcond2.test, tests/subcond3.test, tests/subdir.test, + tests/subdir2.test, tests/subdir3.test, tests/subdir4.test, + tests/subdir5.test, tests/subdir6.test, tests/subdir7.test, + tests/subdir8.test, tests/subdir9.test, + tests/subdirbuiltsources.test, 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tests/txinfo20.test, tests/txinfo21.test, tests/txinfo22.test, + tests/txinfo23.test, tests/txinfo24.test, tests/txinfo25.test, + tests/txinfo26.test, tests/txinfo27.test, tests/txinfo28.test, + tests/txinfo29.test, tests/txinfo3.test, tests/txinfo4.test, + tests/txinfo5.test, tests/txinfo6.test, tests/txinfo7.test, + tests/txinfo8.test, tests/txinfo9.test, tests/unused.test, + tests/vars.test, tests/vars3.test, tests/vartar.test, + tests/version.test, tests/version2.test, tests/version3.test, + tests/version4.test, tests/version6.test, tests/version7.test, + tests/version8.test, tests/vpath.test, tests/vtexi.test, + tests/vtexi2.test, tests/warnopts.test, tests/werror.test, + tests/werror2.test, tests/whoami.test, tests/xsource.test, + tests/yacc.test, tests/yacc2.test, tests/yacc3.test, + tests/yacc4.test, tests/yacc5.test, tests/yacc6.test, + tests/yacc7.test, tests/yacc8.test, tests/yaccpp.test, + tests/yaccvpath.test: Update FSF postal mail address. + + * tests/cxxnoc.test: Adjust grep pattern for CC, because CVS + Autoconf currently defines a CCC variable. + + * tests/output11.test, tests/output12.test: Use rm -f. + +2005-04-25 Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org> + Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + Support for remote LIBOBJS (and friends) with subdir-objects. + Fixes PR automake/401. + + * automake.in (config_libobj_dir): New variable. + (scan_autoconf_traces): Set config_libobj_dir from AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR. + (handle_LIBOBJS_or_ALLOCA, require_libsource_with_macro): New functions. + (handle_LIBOBJS, handle_ALLOCA): Use them. Adjust location of + dependency files, possibly in a subdirectory. + * tests/pr401.test, tests/pr401b.test, tests/pr401c.test: New tests. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add them. + * doc/automake.texi (Optional) <AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR>: Document. + (LIBOBJS): Document changes in behaviour of + LIBOBJS, ALLOCA, LTLIBOBJS & LTALLOCA in the presence of + subdir-objects and an invocation of AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR. + +2005-04-18 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + + * doc/automake.texi (Dist): Correct English. + +2005-03-31 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * doc/automake.texi: When the phrase "for instance" introduces a + sentence, it should be delimited by a comma. + + * doc/automake.texi: Fix a few typos. + +2005-03-30 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Use xmldir instead of htmldir as + example, since the GCS now define htmldir. + (Auxiliary Programs): Mention config-ml.in and symlink-tree. + Give a URL for texinfo.tex. + (Public macros): Sort alphabetically, and move obsolete macros... + (Obsolete macros): ... here. + Prompted by Karl Berry. + +2005-03-29 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Fix mistakes reported by + Jim Meyering. + + * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Prevent races if the recover + rule is run with `make -j'. + * doc/automake.texi (Multiple Outputs): Adjust. + * tests/lisp6.test: Augment it. + * tests/lisp8.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add lisp8.test. + Suggested by Bruno Haible. + +2005-03-27 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi: Use @:, @., @!, and @tie{} where appropriate. + +2005-03-16 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/am/lisp.am ($(am__ELCFILES)): Do not attempt to recover + a missing *.elc file if it cannot be created because emacs does + not exist. + * tests/lisp7.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add lisp7.test. + Report from Greg Schafer. + +2005-03-05 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi: Replace wicked whiches by thats. + +2005-03-04 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * aclocal.in (scan_configure_dep, scan_file): Include file names + are relative to the directory of configure.ac, not to the + directory of the file doing the include. Remove code for this + latter case. + * tests/acloca13.test: Run distcheck and make sure all macros are + actually distributed. + +2005-03-03 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + For PR automake/450: + * aclocal.in (scan_file, scan_configure_dep): Skip missing sincluded + files. + * automake.in (scan_autoconf_traces): Likewise. + * tests/sinclude.test: Augment. + Report from Peter Breitenlohner. + + For PR automake/450: + * aclocal.in (write_aclocal, trace_used_macros): Do not add/remove + acinclude.m4 and configure.ac to the include map in these two + places ... + (strip_redundant_includes): ... do it here. This completes the + previous change from 2005-03-01, that did not update + write_aclocal. + * tests/acloca19.test: Augment. + Report from Peter Breitenlohner. + +2005-03-02 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * tests/comment9.test: Typo. + +2005-03-01 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * automake.in (read_am_file): Preserve backslashes preceding ##-lines. + * tests/comment9.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add comment9.test. + Report from Julien Sopena. + + For PR automake/450: + * aclocal.in (trace_used_macros): Do not explicitly trace files + included by configure.ac. + * tests/acloca19.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add acloca19.test. + Report from Peter Breitenlohner. + +2005-02-27 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + Fix for PR automake/448: + * automake.in (handle_factored_dependencies): Flag install-hook as + an error. + * tests/insthook.test: Exercise this. + + * m4/lispdir.m4: Use datarootdir instead of datadir to match GCS. + * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): Adjust. + + * doc/automake.texi: Replace many uses of @samp by @code, and + vice versa. Use @command, @option, and @env where appropriate. + +2005-02-26 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi: "filename" -> "file name", for consistency + with GNU Coding Standards. See also Paul's change on 2004-08-20 + in Autoconf. + + * doc/automake.texi (A Library, Libtool Libraries): Show how to link + a program with a static or libtool library. + (Program and Library Variables): Make clearer that _LDADD and + _LIBADD may also list libraries. + Prompted by a mail from Bruce Korb. + + * doc/automake.texi (Alternative): Show how to rewrite nobase_ + variables using custom directory variables, and link to node + Uniform. Suggested by Leonardo Boiko. + + * doc/automake.texi (Flag Variables Ordering, User Variables): + Make clearer who the maintainer is, and that he can AC_SUBST AM_ + variables in configure.ac. Suggested by Norman Gray. + (Uniform, Public macros, Libtool Issues, Java Support, + Conditionals): Use `---' for em dash, and stick them to the + enclosing text. + + * doc/automake.texi: Reword a few sentences to fix all underflow + and overflow warnings during `make dvi'. + (Auxiliary Programs) <configure.guess, config.sub>: Update URL. + (Public macros) <AM_WITH_DMALLOC>: Likewise. + +2005-02-12 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/INSTALL, lib/config-ml.in, lib/config.guess, lib/config.sub, + lib/texinfo.tex: New upstream versions. + + * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): New node. + (Extending, Extending aclocal, Python): Link to it. + (Extending): Don't show how to install a file in /etc/ directly, + this is insane. + + * automake.in (read_am_file): Define variables containing long + lines as VAR_PRETTY to work around tools with limited input width. + * tests/longlin2.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + Report from Albert Chin. + +2005-02-09 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + Fix for PR automake/447: + * lib/depcomp (tru64) [libtool]: Also check for $dir.libs/$base.o.d. + Report from Mathias Doreille. Add some old comments from + Nicolas Joly for reference. + +2005-02-08 Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz> + + * lib/mdate-sh: Check the size of the word following the month to + catch Darwin. This way the filename can contain spaces. + + * doc/automake.texi (Requirements, Options): Typos. + +2005-02-08 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/missing (makeinfo): Compute the output file if neither -o + nor @setfilename is used. + Reported by Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann and Bruno Haible. + +2005-02-07 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Requirements): Show one example of + AC_CONFIG_FILES with multiple outputs, and correct a few typos. + + * aclocal.in ($serial_line_rx): Expect at least one space between + `serial' and the following number. + Report from Jim Meyering. + + * lib/mdate-sh: Cope with Darwin's Day/Month/Year output. + Report from Peter O'Gorman. + +2005-02-06 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * aclocal.in (usage, parse_arguments): New --dry-run and --diff + options. + (install_file, write_aclocal): Honor --dry-run and --diff. + * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options): Document --dry-run and --diff. + (Serials): Mention --diff. + * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm (handle_exec_errors): Accept an + $expected_exit_code argument. + (xsystem): Take a list of arguments, not a string. + * tests/acloca18.test: Use --dry-run and --diff. + Suggested by Paul Eggert. + + * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Macro search path, + Extending aclocal, Local Macros, Serials, Future of aclocal): Make + these subsection of ... + (Invoking aclocal): ... this. + + * aclocal.in ($serial_line_rx): Allow trailing garbage after the + serial number. + (scan_file): Explicitly mark the "ill-formed serial" message + as a warning. + * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Link to... + (Serials): ... this new section. + +2005-02-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/compile: Likewise. + +2005-02-02 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/elisp-comp: Use `(exit N); exit N', not `(exit N); exit'; + see 2004-12-17. + * lib/mdate-sh, lib/py-compile, lib/ylwrap: Exit with nonzero + status if a write failure occurs with --help or --version option, + as below. + +2005-02-02 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * lib/depcomp: Exit with nonzero status if a write failure occurs + with --help or --version option. + * lib/elisp-comp: Likewise. + * lib/gnupload: Likewise. + * lib/install-sh: Likewise. + * lib/missing: Likewise. + * lib/mkinstalldirs: Likewise. + +2005-02-01 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options): Typo. + + * aclocal.in (list_compare): New functions. + (scan_file): Honor #serial lines. + * tests/acloca18.test: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Document + #serial. + +2005-01-30 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + Preliminary support for `aclocal --install'. + This still lacks #serial support. + * aclocal.in (reset_maps, install_file): New functions. + (write_aclocal): Copy files if --install. + (usage, parse_arguments): Recognize --install. + ("MAIN"): Start aclocal again if some file were installed. + * tests/acloca10.test: Augment to test --install. + * tests/aclocal.in, tests/defs.in: Add support for + ACLOCAL_TESTSUITE_FLAGS, used by acloca10.test. + * doc/automake.texi (aclocal options, Local Macros): Document + --install. + (Future of aclocal): Adjust. + + * doc/automake.texi (Macro search path): Using --acdir is not + obvious, it's erroneous. + + * doc/automake.texi (direntry): Let `info Automake' point to the + manual, and `info automake' to the `Invoking automake' node. Like + in Autoconf. + +2005-01-27 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> + + * lib/Automake/Configure_ac.pm: s/filename/file_name/g. + From Paul Eggert. + +2005-01-24 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> + + * lib/Automake/FileUtils.pm: Rename filename as file_name to be + consistent with the terminology of the GNU coding standards. + From Paul Eggert. + (update_file): Accept a $force argument, so that --force always + updates the time stamps. + +2005-01-23 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (How the Linker is Chosen): Explain how the + linker is chosen without diagram, and update to match the code. + Suggestion from Adrian Bunk. + +2005-01-16 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * lib/am/subdirs.am ($(RECURSIVE_TARGETS), $(RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS)): + Process all words of $MAKEFLAGS when checking for -k. + * tests/check4.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add check4.test. + Report from Eric Blake. + +2005-01-13 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * m4/amversion.in (AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION): Point users to + AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE if the version passed is incorrect. + * tests/version8.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add version8.test. + +2005-01-09 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * m4/amversion.in, m4/as.m4, m4/auxdir.m4, m4/ccstdc.m4, + m4/cond.m4, m4/depend.m4, m4/depout.m4, m4/dmalloc.m4, m4/gcj.m4, + m4/header.m4, m4/init.m4, m4/install-sh.m4, m4/lead-dot.m4, + m4/lex.m4, m4/lispdir.m4, m4/maintainer.m4, m4/make.m4, + m4/minuso.m4, m4/missing.m4, m4/mkdirp.m4, m4/multi.m4, + m4/obsol-gt.m4, m4/obsol-lt.m4, m4/obsolete.m4, m4/options.m4, + m4/protos.m4, m4/python.m4, m4/regex.m4, m4/runlog.m4, + m4/sanity.m4, m4/strip.m4, m4/tar.m4: Use the same all-permissive + license that is used in aclocal.m4. Relicensing backed by RMS. + + * doc/automake.texi (A Library, LIBOBJS): Mention that empty + libraries are not portable. + +2005-01-05 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> + + * aclocal.in ($ac_defun_rx): Match AU_ALIAS. + * tests/aclocal5.test (MORE_DEFS): Rename as... + (AM_TEST): this so that undefined macros are caught. + And make it an alias of AC_SUBST. + Test AU_ALIAS. + Reported by Martin Bravenboer. + +2005-01-03 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + Fix handling of per-target flags in link rules. + * automake.in (define_per_target_linker_variable): New function. + (handle_programs, handle_ltlibraries): Use it. + (%link_languages): New map. + (register_language): Fill it. + * lib/am/ltlibrary.am (%LTLIBRARY%): Do not append + $(%XLTLIBRARY%_LDFLAGS) to the command, this is now done by + define_per_target_linker_variable if needed. + * lib/am/program.am (%PROGRAM%%EXEEXT%): Likewise with + $(%XPROGRAM%_LDFLAGS). + * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Mention + AM_LDFLAGS and AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS in the definition of maude_LDFLAGS + and maude_LIBTOOLFLAGS. + * tests/libtool9.test: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + * NEWS: Explain the backward incompatibility. + Report from Akim Demaille. + +2005-01-01 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> + + * doc/automake.texi (Requirements) <AC_CONFIG_FILES>: Discuss + specifications with shell variables. + (Optional) <AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_CONFIG_LINKS>: Point to + AC_CONFIG_FILES for this explanation. + * automake.in (substitute_ac_subst_variables_worker, + substitute_ac_subst_variables): Mew functions. + (rewrite_inputs_into_dependencies): Use substitute_ac_subst_variables + to ignore dependencies that contain unAC_SUBSTed shell variables. + (handle_configure): Likewise, do not output rules for + AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_CONFIG_FILES, and AC_CONFIG_LINKS targets that + unAC_SUBSTed contain shell variables. + * tests/autohdr4.test: Use an AC_SUBST variable in a specification. + * tests/output11.test, tests/output12.test: New files. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add output11.test and output12.test. + + * aclocal.in (parse_arguments, write_aclocal): Bump copyright year. + * automake.in ($gen_copyright, version): Likewise. + +----- + +Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are +permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. + +;; Variables: +;; coding: utf-8 +;; End: |