From 7f676501a29c8c7cf19767f690a757b12c3241e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:36:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Today's changes. --- ChangeLog | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a251b71a..2c20f1b9 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,51 @@ +2005-02-03 Paul Eggert + + * lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_re_escape): Escape ?, ^, \, $ too; + this fixes a bug tickled by the AT_CAPTURE_FILE change noted below. + + Try not to generated lines of unlimited length, as POSIX places a + 2047-byte limit on line length of portable text files. + * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_SUBST, AC_SUBST_FILE): + Use newline as a separator, not space. + * lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_TESTED, AT_KEYWORDS): Likewise. + (AT_CAPTURE_FILE): Use space-backslash-newline as a separator, not + space. + +2005-02-03 Ralf Wildenhues + + * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK): Move func_* to + as_func_*. Add test to check whether positional parameters + are restored after function return. + +2005-02-02 Paul Eggert + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Mention _, + BIN_SH, DUALCASE. Say that variables other than "status" are safe + if they contain a lower-case letter. The DUALCASE problem was + reported by Ralf Wildenhues. + + * bin/autoconf.as: Don't exit with status 0 after write failure + with --help or --version. + * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_HELP, _AC_INIT_VERSION): Likewise. + * lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Likewise. + +2005-02-02 Ralf Wildenhues + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): + Unicos 9 sed limitations. + * lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC): Try cf77 before fort77 + to get the option-enhanced interface on older Crays. Try ftn for + Fortran 95 (newer Crays). + +2005-02-01 Paul Eggert + + * man/Makefile.am (.x.1): Go back to the simple solution, but take + care to echo the commands, so the user knows what's going on. + Modified from a suggestion by Stepan Kasal. + + * doc/autoconf.texi (autoreconf Invocation): Mention autopoint, + with a cross reference. Derived from a suggestion by Bruce Korb. + 2005-01-31 Paul Eggert * doc/autoconf.texi (config.status Invocation): Warn about