sed substitution command, so that we allow | in program prefixes
and program suffixes. (& is a problem anyway; we're not fixing
that here.)
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (AC_CONFIG_FILES): Likewise, for
configure_input, top_builddir, srcdir, etc.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Likewise, for
PATH_SEPARATOR in AUTOTEST_PATH.
expression of unbounded size when processing the --list
option. This runs afoul of a limit of 399 bytes per regular
expression on AIX. Problem reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
a directory whose name contains a special character like space,
newline, or "\".
* doc/autoconf.texi (Installation Directory Variables): Allow
"," in file names. Do not use \@; it's not a portable regexp.
* bin/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* lib/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* tests/semantics.at: Likewise.
* tests/torture.at: Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_ARG_PROGRAM): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCDIRS): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about
unportable file names.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DIRCHECK): New macro.
(AC_INIT): Use it.
(_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Use ac_pwd rather than invoking pwd.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Propagate
ac_pwd, and quote srcdir.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Quote file name args.
tracing on commands with possibly-escaped newlines.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Writing testsuite.at): Delete documentation of the
discontinued behavior and its implications.
* tests/autotest.at (BS-newline in command, ^BS-newline in command)
(BSx641-newline in command, BS-BS-newline in command)
(BSx640-newline in command, Newline-CODE-BS-newline in command)
(Single-quote-BS-newline in command)
(Single-quote-newline-BS-newline in command): New tests.
* tests/.cvsignore: Add wrapper.in.
* man/Makefile.am (autoconf.1): Regenerate when `autoconf.as' changes.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 [--trace] (AT_INIT): Do not `set -v'.
* tests/autotest.at: New file.
* tests/suite.at: Include it.
* tests/Makefile.am: Distribute it.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 [--trace] (_AT_CHECK): Do not enable
shell tracing on a command that could contain multiple lines.
* doc/autoconf.text: Document that fact and its implications.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_ESCAPE_FOR_EXPAND): New macro.
* tests/autotest.at (Multiline backquote command substitution,
Multiline parameter expansion, Literal multiline command,
Multiline parenthetical command substitution): Remove XFAIL.
PATH members so as to not prepend an empty element. Move a comment.
* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Build in `tests' last.
* tests/Makefile.am (installcheck-local): Add check-local dependencies.
(AS_INIT): Output shell initialization there. Removed optional
parameter. Expand _AS_SHELL_FN_SPY.
(AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): Removed.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_SPY): New macro.
(AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Remove loop to find better shell
and documentation for the parameter.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Move it here.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK): Remove shell invocation, reformat.
(_AS_RUN): Move it here, support testing with eval.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Require shell functions when
it is used.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Put around braces, we do not
trigger the bash bug anymore.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Document M4SH-SANITIZE, do not
use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in, tests/wrapper.in: Regenerated.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_BOURNE_COMPATIBLE):
Extracted from AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK, AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Move reinvocation code from
_AS_LINENO_WORKS, use it to find out if shell
functions work.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Don't find another shell if $LINENO
does not work.
(AS_INIT): Pass parameter down to AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Test that AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN
was called.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in: Regenerate.
* tests/wrapper.in: Regenerate.
* tests/tools.at: Test the syntax of tests/autoconf
and tests/testsuite.
so that ac_abs_builddir, ac_abs_top_builddir, ac_abs_srcdir,
and ac_abs_top_srcdir are absolute paths.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SET_CATFILE): Remove misleading comment.
Reported by Paivio Pollari.
Diagnosed by Nicolas Joly.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_CLEANUP): Rename AT_help as
AT_help_all.
Instead of making AT_help a sequence of assignments to grow
$at_help_all, just make AT_help_all be the growing contents of
$at_help_all, and make a single assignment in...
(AT_INIT): here.
(at_times_skip): Flip the meaning and rename as...
(at_times_p): this.
(AT_INIT): When summarizing the test that ran, remove
$at_times_file after use, and check it is present before trying to
use it.
(PARSE_ARGS_BEGIN): New section for option parsing related
initialization.
(AT_ARG_OPTION,AT_ARG_OPTION_ARG,_AT_ARG_OPTION): New macros to define
package specific options and associated help.
