* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <expr>: More
information, thanks to Paul Berrevoets, Paul Eggert and David
Morgan.
* sh.m4 (_AS_EXPR_PREPARE): New.
(AS_DIRNAME): Use it.
From Paul Eggert and Johan Danielsson.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <sed>:
Reorganize. Document this issue.
* autoupdate.sh (dir): Use `,' as separator instead of `/'
* autoreconf.sh: Likewise.
* autoupdate.sh: Ditto.
whether fseeko and ftello are properly declared.
* acfunctions.m4 (AC_FUNC_FSEEKO): New macro, which worries about
fseeko (and presumably ftello). Do not set _XOPEN_SOURCE; that
causes too many problems in practice.
* acfunctions (fteelo, fseeko): Trigger AC_FUNC_FSEEKO.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Adjust.
(Shell Substitutions, Assignments): these.
Move them before `Special Shell Variables'.
(Shell Substitutions): Include information on `$()' from Russ
Allbery.
`acconfig.h', `config.h.top', and `config.h.bot'.
Reported by Aharon Robbins.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Making configure Scripts)
(Automatic Remaking, Defining Symbols, Distributing): Forget about
these files.
(acconfig.h): Reword.
Display the old scheme presenting the dependencies between input
and output files.
(Changed File Names): Clarify.
obsolete options to stderr. Adjust list of options. Correct
processing of options. Process options with values separated by
"=" first, so that abbreviations work. Don't accept "=" with
short options.
* autoheader.sh: Likewise.
* autoreconf.sh: Likewise.
* autoupdate.sh: Likewise.
* ifnames.sh: There is no "--verbose" option.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Option "-A" requires an argument.
(autoreconf Invocation): Document "--install", "--symlink",
"--m4dir" and the options passed to Automake.
as well.
(_AC_INIT_HELP): Likewise.
(NEWS): Note checking for configure.gnu.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Document checking for configure.gnu when
recursing subdirectories.
what languages are affected by CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS and LIBS.
Extended description of LDFLAGS and LIBS.
(Compilers and Preprocessors, C Compiler Characteristics):
Recommend Automake as the source of ansi2knr.
(Autoconf Language, Quotation and Nested Macros): English fixes.
(Quotation and Nested Macros): Unclear example replaced with
an explanation of when m4 expands quotes. Added explanation why
unquoted calls are dangerous.
function calls.
Reported by John David Anglin.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Start the AWK
section.
* tests/tools.m4 (AWK portability): New test.
operator when \(\) is used, and matches a string longer than 120
characters.
Reported by Geoff Keating.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Some words about
this.
* acgeneral.m4 (_AC_SHELL_DIRNAME): Fall back to echo|sed if expr
fails.
From Paul Eggert.
* acspecific.m4 (_AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ_IN_TERMIOS_H,
_AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ_IN_SYS_IOCTL, AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ,
AC_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS): New macros from both Automake and the
fileutils.
AC_CANONICAL_* revamping.
Reported by Peter Eisentraut.
In fact, let's just use the precious variables handling.
* acgeneral.m4 (AC_VALIDATE_CACHED_SYSTEM_TUPLE): Obsoleted.
(_AC_ARG_VAR_PRECIOUS): New macro, eved from...
(AC_ARG_VAR): this macro. Adjust.
(_AC_INIT_PREPARE): `build_alias', `host_alias', and
`target_alias' are precious.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Adjust.
