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* distcheck: don't allow overriding of --prefix and --srcdir by the userStefano Lattarini2013-10-301-5/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not through AM_DISTCHECK_FLAGS, nor through DISTCHECK_FLAGS. Apparently, some packages got in the habit of relaying all the options passed to the original ./configure invocation through to the configure invocations in "make distcheck". This was causing problems, because it also passed through the original --srcdir and --prefix options. Fixes: expose bug#14991 (relates to 'distcheck') * lib/am/distdir.am (distcheck): Pass the hard-coded --srcdir and --prefix options *after* both the developer-defined options in $(AM_DISTCHECK_FLAGS) and the user-defined options in $(DISTCHECK_FLAGS). * t/list-of-tests.mk (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove the now-passing test 'distcheck-no-destdist-or-srcdir-override.sh'. * doc/automake.texi (Checking the Distribution): Update. * NEWS: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* docs: correct typos in the fix-timestamp.sh scriptPeter Breitenlohner2013-10-281-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | * doc/automake.texi: Here. The original version of this example script makes no sense at all, using 'configure' instead of the intended 'touch' in few key places. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes Signed-off-by: Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* Merge branch 'micro' into maintStefano Lattarini2013-05-281-2/+2
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * micro: docs: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P: will not be removed in 2.0 release of Automake maint: sanity checks in 'check-minimal-autoconf' convenience target maint: test minimal supported autoconf through convenience target maint: install minimal supported autoconf through convenience targets test-lib: typofix in comments
| * docs: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P: will not be removed in 2.0 release of AutomakeStefano Lattarini2013-05-281-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | See the 'PLANS/obsolete-removed/am-prog-mkdir-p.txt' file in the 'maint' branch (as of commit v1.13.2-201-gd99e3f3) for details. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | docs: AM_PROG_CC_C_O: correct imprecise statements about itStefano Lattarini2013-05-281-11/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/automake.texi: Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | dist: deprecated shar and tar+compress formatsStefano Lattarini2013-05-101-7/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | See also discussion about automake wishlist bug#13324. * lib/Automake/Options.pm: Give proper warnings in the 'obsolete' category if the 'dist-shar' or 'dist-tarZ' options are used. * lib/distdir.am: When the 'dist-tarZ' or 'dist-shar' targets are invoked, make them give a non-fatal warning. * doc/automake.texi: Report the new deprecations. * t/dist-shar.sh: New test. * t/dist-tarZ.sh: Likewise. * t/lzma.sh: While at it, rename ... * t/dist-lzma.sh: ... like this, and tweak it to keep more in sync with the new tests. * t/dist-formats.tap: Remove references to deprecated formats. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | Merge branch 'dog-feeding' into maintStefano Lattarini2013-05-101-0/+116
|\ \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * dog-feeding: build: move automake and aclocal in 'bin' subdir build: break up monolithic Makefile.am in subdir-specific fragments
| * | build: move automake and aclocal in 'bin' subdirStefano Lattarini2013-05-091-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * automake.in: Rename ... * bin/automake.in: ... like this. * aclocal.in: Rename ... * bin/aclocal.in: ... like this. * Makefile.am: Move parts that dealt with the building/distribution of aclocal and Automake .. * bin/Makefile.inc): ... in this new included fragment. Adjust as needed, and make deliberate use of the '%D%' substitution. * lib/gen-perl-protos: Move ... * bin/gen-perl-protos: ... here. * bootstrap.sh, configure.ac, maintainer/rename-tests, t/wrap/aclocal.in, t/wrap/automake.in, doc/Makefile.inc, t/ax/tap-setup.sh, .gitignore: Adjust. * maintainer/syntax-checks.mk: Likewise, and enhance a little. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * | build: break up monolithic Makefile.am in subdir-specific fragmentsStefano Lattarini2013-05-091-0/+116
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is convenient to do, now that we have improved "relative directory" support with the '%reladir%' (a.k.a. '%D%') and '%canon_reladir%' (a.k.a. '%C%') Automake-time substitutions for included makefile fragments. This move also satisfy our philosophy of using new Automake features in our own build system, as a way of facilitating early discovery of possible bugs or interface warts. * Makefile.am: Break up ... * doc/Makefile.inc, lib/Automake/Makefile.inc, lib/Makefile.inc, lib/am/Makefile.inc, m4/Makefile.inc, t/Makefile.inc): ... in this new included fragments. Adjust as needed, and make deliberate use of the '%D%' substitution. * contrib/t/local.am: Rename ... * contrib/t/Makefile.inc: ... like this. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | | Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maintStefano Lattarini2013-05-101-4/+4
|\ \ \ | |/ / |/| / | |/ | | | | | | * branch-1.13.2: cosmetics: fix few typos, grammaros and missing whitespace fixup: remove an obsolete comment docs: we still don't have the promised better Java interface
| * docs: we still don't have the promised better Java interfaceStefano Lattarini2013-05-091-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reported by Michael Zucchi: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-05/threads.html> See also automake bug#9088. * doc/automake.texi (Java): Adjust and clarify. * THANKS: Update. Reported-by: Michael Zucchi <notzed@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maintStefano Lattarini2013-04-261-0/+8
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * branch-1.13.2: docs: issues with configure substitutions in TESTS tests: avoid possible autotools caching issues (automake bug#13832) docs: add myself and Ralf Wildenhues as authors authors: add myself dry-run: don't get confused by '-I' option tests: avoid a spurious failure with the Korn Shell dry-run: with GNU make, prefer $(MFLAGS) over $(MAKEFLAGS) header vars: can determine whether we are running under GNU make NEWS: improve wording for automake bug#13514 fix NEWS: document fix for automake bug#13514
| * docs: issues with configure substitutions in TESTSStefano Lattarini2013-04-261-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Motivated by automake bug#14019. * doc/automake.texi: Currently, when the parallel test harness is in use, configure substitutions in TESTS definitions can only work if they expand to tests that ends with a suffix listed in TEST_EXTENSIONS. Document this limitation. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: add myself and Ralf Wildenhues as authorsStefano Lattarini2013-04-251-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/automake.texi: Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | preproc: add support for relative names in included fragmentsPeter Rosin2013-02-141-0/+20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The rationale for this change is that it is annoying to have to repeat the directory name when including a Makefile fragment. For deep directory structures these repeats can generate a lot of bloat. It also hinders reuse and easy directory restructuring if all Makefile fragments have to know exactly where they live. Suggested by Bob Friesenhahn, and later discussed in bug#13524. In the course of discussion, the following notations were rejected: &{reldir}& - to hard to type, {reldir} - interferes with ${reldir}, {am_reldir} - short form {D} interferes with ${D}, @am_reldir@ - short form @D@ interferes with AC_SUBST([D]) as well as invading the config.status turf. Other notations were also suggested... * automake.in (read_am_file): Add third argument specifying the relative directory of this Makefile fragment compared to the main Makefile. Replace %reldir% and %canon_reldir% in the fragment with this relative directory (with slashes etc, or canonicalized). (read_main_am_file): Adjust. * t/preproc-reldir.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Augment. * doc/automake.texi (Include): Document the new feature. NEWS: Add new feature. Co-authored-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maintStefano Lattarini2013-01-221-27/+41
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * branch-1.13.2: docs: '.txi' and '.texinfo' extensions are deprecated NEWS: document recent documentation improvements docs: more precise cross reference docs: 'dist-shar' and 'dist-tarZ' are obsolescent today docs: improve documentation of 'dist-*' targets slightly docs: make even clearer 'dist-gzip' is the default. docs: document 'dist-xz' together with the other 'dist-*' options docs: 'no-define' option and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE three-args usage: fixlets warn: correct broken hyperlink in warning message Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: '.txi' and '.texinfo' extensions are deprecatedStefano Lattarini2013-01-221-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | And Automake will warn about them (since commit 'v1.13.1-6-ge1ed314'). * doc/automake.texi (Texinfo): Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: more precise cross referenceStefano Lattarini2013-01-221-3/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | See automake bug#13520. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here, cross-reference "List of Automake options" rather then the more generic node "Options". Improve wording while at it. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: 'dist-shar' and 'dist-tarZ' are obsolescent todayStefano Lattarini2013-01-221-12/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both the options and the formats; and they might be deprecated and removed in future automake versions (see discussion on automake bug#13324). In any case, it's better if the documentation starts advising against their use right now. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here. (List of Automake options): And here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: improve documentation of 'dist-*' targets slightlyStefano Lattarini2013-01-221-6/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: make even clearer 'dist-gzip' is the default.Stefano Lattarini2013-01-221-4/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | See automake bug#13520. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: document 'dist-xz' together with the other 'dist-*' optionsStefano Lattarini2013-01-221-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | See automake bug#13520. * doc/automake.texi (List of Automake options): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: 'no-define' option and AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE three-args usage: fixletsStefano Lattarini2013-01-221-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | See automake bug#13519. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maintStefano Lattarini2013-01-211-9/+10
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | That branch is for the "emergency" bug-fixing release 1.13.2. * branch-1.13.2: maint: update copyright in files generated by automake and aclocal tests: avoid a spurious failure when running inside Emacs tests: make two new test executable m4: rename an m4 file to a more appropriate name NEWS: update w.r.t. recent documentation fixes compat: reinstate AM_CONFIG_HEADER and AM_PROG_CC_STDC docs: parallel-tests is no longer experimental docs: serial-tests are not deprecated, just discouraged NEWS: we are not going to remove AM_PROG_MKDIR_P in Automake 1.14 Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: parallel-tests is no longer experimentalStefano Lattarini2013-01-181-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | So don't declare it as such in the documentation. Reported by Brandon Black: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-01/msg00052.html> * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. * THANKS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: serial-tests are not deprecated, just discouragedStefano Lattarini2013-01-181-6/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We don't plan to remove support for them, nor to have the serial-tests option give any kind of runtime warning, so don't alarm the users still using serial tests with pointless "deprecation" or "obsolescence" warnings. Fixes automake bug#13478. See also: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2013-01/msg00058.html> * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. * THANKS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | docs: typofix in manualStefano Lattarini2013-01-121-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/automake.texi (Yacc and Lex): Here, don't write "automake -i" where "automake -a" is actually intended. Re-wrap some text while at it. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | compile: use 'compile' script when "-c -o" is used with losing compilersStefano Lattarini2013-01-111-10/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Do so seen when only source files in the "current" directory are present. This commit is part of a series of related changes addressing automake bug#13378 (see also the plan 'PLANS/subdir-objects.txt'). Before this change, Automake-generated C compilation rules mistakenly passed the "-c -o" options combination unconditionally (even to losing compiler) when the 'subdir-objects' was used but sources were only present in the top-level directory. Issue spotted by Nick Bowler: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=13378#35> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=13378#44> We fix this by having Automake redefine AC_PROG_CC to take over the role of AM_PROG_CC_C_O and to require the 'compile' script unconditionally (albeit that will continue to be invoked only when inferior compilers are detected). Among other things, this means AM_PROG_CC_C_O explicitly is no longer required; that macro is still supported for backward-compatibility, but calling it is basically a no-op now. This change has some pros and some cons (obviously, we believe the former outweighs the latter). Here are the most relevant ones: + Pros 1: Some logic in the Automake script has been simplified. + Pros 2: That simplification has automatically fixed an actual bug (see Nick's mails referenced above; admittedly, that was present only in corner-case situations, but still); the test 't/ccnoco4.sh', which demonstrated the bug and has been failing so far, now passes. + Pros 3: Things works more "automagically" now (no need to manually add the AM_PROG_CC_C_O macro to configure.ac anymore). * Cons 1: The 'compile' script will be required in all projects using C compilation; this will only be a problem for packages not using '--add-missing'. However, such packages are definitely more rare than the ones using '--add-missing', and adjusting them will be trivial -- just copy the compile script over from the new Automake installation. * Cons 2: The copy & paste of autoconf internals hack this change has introduced in our "rewrite" of AC_PROG_CC is really an egregious abomination. It can only be justified with the fact that we expect future versions of autoconf to implement the semantics we need directly in AC_PROG_CC, so that we'll be able to leverage that (since Automake 1.14 will require the latest Autoconf version released). Now, the detailed list of file-by-file changes ... * automake.in ($seen_cc_c_o): Remove this global variable. (scan_autoconf_traces): Don't set it, and do not trace the 'AM_PROG_CC_C_O' m4 macro. (lang_c_rewrite): Remove, no longer needed. * doc/automake.texi: Adjust expected "autoreconf --install" output in the amhello example. Remove statements about the need for the AM_PROG_CC_C_O macro. Report it is obsolete now. * m4/init.m4: Re-write AC_PROG_CC to append checks about whether the C compiler supports "-c -o" together. These checks have basically been ripped out (with adaptations) from the 'AC_PROG_CC_C_O' macro of Autoconf and ... * m4/minuso.m4 (AM_PROG_CC_C_O): ... this macro of ours, which has thus basically become a no-op. * t/ax/am-test-lib.sh (am_setup_testdir): Also copy the 'compile' script in the test directory; if we don't do so, every test using AC_PROG_CC should call automake with the "--add-missing" option, or copy the 'compile' script itself. * t/cond11.sh: No need to create a dummy 'compile' script: that is already brought in by 'am_setup_testdir()', that is automatically invoked when 'test-lib.sh' is sourced. * t/add-missing.tap: Adjust: we expect the 'compile' script to be required by a mere AC_PROG_CC call now. * t/dist-auxdir-many-subdirs.sh: Likewise. * t/specflg6.sh: Likewise. * t/subobj4.sh: Likewise. * t/cxx-lt-demo.sh: Likewise, and update comments to match. * t/distcom2.sh: Enhance a little. * t/dollarvar2.sh: Adjust. * t/extra-portability.sh: Likewise. * t/libobj19.sh: Likewise. * t/per-target-flags.sh: Likewise. * t/repeated-options.sh: Likewise. * t/subobj.sh: Likewise, and enhance a little. * t/ccnoco2.sh: Remove as obsolete. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): Adjust. (XFAIL_TESTS): Remove 't/ccnoco4.sh'. * NEWS: Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | docs: mention dist-hook help for EXTRA_DISTKarl Berry2013-01-041-1/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | * automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): mention dist-hook as working around the problems of whole directories in EXTRA_DIST. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | Merge branch 'info-in-builddir' into maintStefano Lattarini2013-01-031-0/+13
|\ \ | |/ |/| | | | | | | | | | | * info-in-builddir: texi: deprecate hack about info files in CLEANFILES variables texi: info files can be generated in the builddir Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * texi: info files can be generated in the builddirStefano Lattarini2013-01-011-0/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | User can now ask info files to be built in the $(builddir), rather than the $(srcdir), by specifying the Automake option 'info-in-builddir'. This feature was requested by the developers of GCC, GDB, GNU binutils and the GNU bfd library. See the extensive discussion about automake bug#11034 for more details. OK, to be honest, having '.info' files built in the builddir was *already* possible, but only using ugly and undocumented hacks involving definition of the CLEANFILES and/or DISTCLEANFILES. For example, the binutils project did something like this in the relevant 'Makefile.am': # Automake 1.9 will only build info files in the objdir if they are # mentioned in DISTCLEANFILES. It doesn't have to be unconditional, # though, so we use a bogus condition. if GENINSRC_NEVER DISTCLEANFILES = binutils.info endif See also the extensive discussion about automake bug#11034; in particular, the following messages: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11034#65> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11034#80> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11034#86> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11034#101> * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): Recognize the new 'info-in-builddir' option. * automake.in (handle_texinfo_helper): If that option is set, initialize '$insrc' to '0', so that info files will be generated in the builddir. Adjust comments to match. * t/txinfo-builddir.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. * NEWS: Update. * doc/automake.texi: Document the new options. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | cosmetics: remove few occurrences of trailing whitespaceStefano Lattarini2013-01-021-1/+1
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | docs: re-introduce mention of two-args AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocationStefano Lattarini2013-01-021-15/+41
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Albeit obsolescent and raising warnings in the 'obsolete' category, that usage is still supported, and will need to be until Autoconf improves its handling of configure-time-generated package version numbers. So it's better to explicitly document it again, stating that it is obsoleted but still working (and why), rather then leaving it as Yet Another Undocumented Feature (that will mysteriously and suddenly break some random day in the future). It's worth giving some background about how we ended up in the situation that this patch fixes. We had originally removed support for the long-deprecated two-args AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocation (see commit v1.12-67-ge186355). Before that removal could land in a released Automake version, Bob Friesenhahn made a quite compelling point that the two-args AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocation could still be useful for modern, maintained packages like GraphicsMagick, at least until Autoconf is fixed to offer better support for "dynamic" package versions (see commit v1.12.2-245-g2abe183 for more in-depth rationales and references). However, in that commit we didn't revert the removal of the *documentation* for this two-arguments AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE invocation (and no rationale for not doing so was given in the commit message). Time to remedy that. Indirectly suggested by Diego Elio Pattenò: <http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/01/autotools-mythbuster-automake-pains> * doc/automake.texi: Adjust. * NEWS: Update. * THANKS: Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* docs: autom4te cache can break CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIESStefano Lattarini2013-01-011-1/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | In fact, the new test 'remake-configure-dependencies.sh' only works because it disables the autom4te cache :-( That is more of an AUtotools design issue than an Automake bug, so better just document it ... * doc/automake.texi (Rebuilding): ... here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* coverage: test CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIESStefano Lattarini2013-01-011-0/+1
| | | | | | | | * t/remake-configure-dependencies.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. * doc/automake.texi: Reference it in comments. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* coverage: test CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIESStefano Lattarini2013-01-011-0/+1
| | | | | | | | * t/remake-config-status-dependencies.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. * doc/automake.texi: Reference it in comments. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* maint: update copyright year for 2013 (in branch maint)Stefano Lattarini2012-12-318-8/+8
| | | | Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* docs: adjust comment w.r.t. recent tests renamingStefano Lattarini2012-12-311-1/+1
| | | | Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* Merge branch 'maint'Stefano Lattarini2012-12-141-1/+1
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: docs: fixlet about xz compression levels and command line options maint: more files excluded in 'update-copyright' maint: adapt 'update-copyright' recipe to the new $(FETCHFILES) format HACKING: update instructions to update the manuals at www.gnu.org maint: add an explicative comment in Makefile maint: factor out the name of the dir where web manuals are generated maint: rename rules to build/upload web manuals cosmetic: minor variable and rules reordering in Makefile.am docs: build the web manuals for CVS in the builddir, not in the srcdir release: automate uploading of web manuals in CVS docs: AM_CFLAGS: remove reference to non-existing "more detailed" desc tests: avoid two spurious failures on FreeBSD tests: improve 'pkg-config' requirement
| * docs: fixlet about xz compression levels and command line optionsPatrick Welche2012-12-141-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/automake.texi (The types of distributions): To display a progress bar, xz takes "-v" for verbose. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | Merge branch 'maint'Stefano Lattarini2012-12-091-3/+3
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: docs: AM_CFLAGS: remove reference to non-existing "more detailed" desc maintcheck: prefer '$(am__cd)' over plain 'cd' fetch: improve, and reduce code duplication docs: add rule to generate manuals for www.gnu.org docs: copy the 'gendocs.sh' script from Texinfo CVS repository sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch" release: generate a stub for the release announcement release: distinguish major and minor releases tests: avoid two spurious failures on FreeBSD
| * docs: AM_CFLAGS: remove reference to non-existing "more detailed" descStefano Lattarini2012-12-091-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/automake.texi (Program variables): Here. Reported by NightStrike: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-12/msg00012.html> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | aclocal: tracing AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS can work with older autoconf as wellStefano Lattarini2012-11-151-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This will allow our users to interact also with pre-2.70 autoconf without need for the user to add ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am. For example, before this change, in order to have aclocal look for macros in 'm4/dir1' and 'm4/dir2' also when (say) autoconf 2.69 was used, our users would have had to add something like: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4/dir1 -I m4/dir2 in Makefile.am, in addition to the AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4/dir1 m4/dir2]) in configure.ac. Now, the AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS call is enough. See the long-winded discussion on automake bug#12845 for more details: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12845> * aclocal.in ($ac_config_macro_dirs_fallback): New global variable, contains m4 code to issue a fallback definition of AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS as an alias for the private macro _AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS. (trace_used_macros): Handle and trace that macro. Do some code reorganization and fix related botched indentation while at it. (write_aclocal): Output '$ac_config_macro_dirs_fallback' early in the generated aclocal.m4. * t/aclocal-macrodirs.tap: Run unconditionally, even with older autoconf. * t/subpkg-macrodir.sh: Likewise. * doc/automake.texi: Document only AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, rather than AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | Merge branch 'maint'Stefano Lattarini2012-10-311-11/+15
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: vala tests: source test-init.sh, not ./defs tests: fix a spurious typo-related failure tests: remove spurious leftover use of 'Exit' tests: can check our recipes avoid trailing backslashes vala: improve comments to AM_PROG_VALAC news: update w.r.t. recent vala changes vala: if no proper compiler found, set $(VALAC) to 'valac' vala: AM_PROG_VALAC should not produce an error for tool-old valac docs: document recent changes to AM_PROG_VALAC tests: enhance tests on AM_PROG_VALAC vala: style fixes in vala.m4 vala: add action arguments, for when no proper vala compiler is found Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * vala: if no proper compiler found, set $(VALAC) to 'valac'Stefano Lattarini2012-10-261-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is better than setting it to ':' (as is currently done), because a triggered makefile rule invoking a vala compilation will then clearly fail with an informative error message like "valac: command not found", rather than silently, with the error possibly going unnoticed, or triggering harder-to-diagnose fallout failures in later steps. For a precedent of a similar behaviour, see the AC_PROG_YACC macro. * m4/valac.m4: Implement the new semantic. * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Document it. * t/vala4.sh: Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * vala: AM_PROG_VALAC should not produce an error for tool-old valacSébastien Wilmet2012-10-261-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This change fixes automake bug#12688. In the AM_PROG_VALAC macro, when the optional parameter specifying the minimum release number is not provided, and/or if the Vala compiler is not found, then there is a _warning_ message. On the other hand, when the version number is specified and if the Vala compiler is too old, there is an _error_ message. This error message is problematic, because for a tarball, the Vala compiler is not required: the generated C code is included in the tarball. So if a user wants to compile the software, he shouldn't need the valac program with the right version. * m4/vala.m4 (AM_PROG_VALAC): Modify to use AC_MSG_WARN instead of AC_MSG_ERROR. * t/vala4.sh: Adjust and enhance. * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Likewise. * THANKS: Update. Co-authored-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@glx-dock.org> Co-authored-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * docs: document recent changes to AM_PROG_VALACStefano Lattarini2012-10-261-11/+16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/automake.texi (Vala Support): Here. This is a follow-up to recent commit 'v1.12.4-20-gdf202a3', "vala: add action arguments, for when no proper vala compiler is found". Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
* | compat: reinstate AM_PROG_MKDIR_P, for gettextJim Meyering2012-10-261-0/+40
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Do not remove AM_PROG_MKDIR_P just yet. gettext (latest from git) still AC_REQUIRE's AM_PROG_MKDIR_P via its intl.m4 and po.m4 files, which are pulled into *many* projects. When I try to build one of those projects (coreutils) using the latest from automake.git/master, I see this failure: $ aclocal -I m4 configure.ac:477: warning: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is m4_require'd \ but not m4_defun'd m4/po.m4:23: AM_PO_SUBDIRS is expanded from... m4/gettext.m4:57: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from... configure.ac:477: the top level That is because AM_PROG_MKDIR_P was removed (via commit v1.12-20-g8a1c64f) in preparation for the next release of automake. * NEWS: Remove the paragraph that announced the removal of AM_PROG_MKDIR_P. * Makefile.am (dist_automake_ac_DATA): Add m4/mkdirp.m4. * m4/mkdirp.m4: Re-add file. * t/mkdirp-deprecation.sh: Likewise. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. * automake.in: Restore removed code, and adjust comments, s/1.13/1.14/ to reflect new plan for removal. * doc/automake.texi (Obsolete Macros): Restore the section, but now with only one entry: the one for AM_PROG_MKDIR_P.
* | Merge branch 'maint'Stefano Lattarini2012-10-021-4/+6
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * maint: config headers: remove stale comment in makefile fragment NEWS: wording and quoting fixlets in few older entries config headers: don't emit rules for headers not generated by autoheader docs: fix minor typo: s/expending/expanding/ sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch" maint: post-release minor version bump maint: typo fixes s/lies into/lies in/ release: stable release 1.12.4 NEWS: minor fix Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
| * config headers: don't emit rules for headers not generated by autoheaderStefano Lattarini2012-10-021-3/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This change fixed automake bug#12495. Even if an AC_CONFIG_HEADERS invocation is passed a list of several files as the first argument, only the first one of those file is considered by autoheader for automatic generation of the corresponding '.in' template. This is done on purpose, and is clearly documented in the Autoconf manual, which (as of the 2.69 version) reads something like this: The autoheader program searches for the first invocation of AC_CONFIG_HEADERS in configure sources to determine the name of the template. If the first call of AC_CONFIG_HEADERS specifies more than one input file name, autoheader uses the first one. That is, an invocation like: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h config2.h]) should cause autoheader to generate only a 'config.h.in' template, and not also a 'config2.h.in' one. Accordingly, automake, when tracing AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, should generate remake rules only for the template associated to the first input file name passed to that macro. In some situations, however, automake failed to properly limit itself in this way; for example, with an input like: AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h sub/foo.h]) in configure.ac, and with the 'sub' directory listed in the SUBDIRS variable of the top-level Makefile, automake would erroneously generate in 'sub/Makefile.in' a rule to remake the 'foo.h.in' template by invoking autoheader. This issue was likely introduced in commit 'Release-1-8-23-g262bb92' of 2004-01-05. * NEWS: Update. * doc/automake.texi (Optional): Improve wording in the description of hat rules automake generates in response to an 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' invocation. * lib/am/remake-hdr.am: Only emit autoheader-invoking remake rules for the %CONFIG_HIN% template if that corresponds to the first argument of AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, as explaned above. Do so using the automake-time conditional %?FIRST-HDR%, that is properly passed ... * automake.in (handle_configure): ... from a 'file_contents' invocation in here. * t/autohdr-subdir-pr12495.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. * THANKS: Update. Helped-by: Hib Eris <hib@hiberis.nl> Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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