Paul Eggert
8b2ee5023a
Don't use "set - x$ls_command /
", as zsh mishandles
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the spaces inside $ls_command. Problem reported by Loulou Pouchet in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2004-12/msg00074.html >.
Don't use "set - x"; plain "set x" is enough, and simplifies debugging.
2004-12-08 20:34:37 +00:00
Paul Eggert
34fa7e5287
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_FUNC_GETMNTENT): Fix typo in previous
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patch: extra "-l"s.
2004-12-07 18:23:06 +00:00
Paul Eggert
f60cb694dd
(AC_FUNC_GETMNTENT): Fix typo in previous patch: extra "-l"s.
2004-12-07 18:22:45 +00:00
Paul Eggert
8412211d12
Don't use AC_CHECK_FUNCS unless it's going to work.
2004-12-06 21:48:30 +00:00
Paul Eggert
2c239a6336
Fix typo in previous patch.
2004-12-06 21:40:13 +00:00
Paul Eggert
3077af0f26
Add support for UNICOS getmntent.
2004-12-06 21:24:19 +00:00
Paul Eggert
636a864089
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_DEFINE, AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED): Factor
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out the common code to ...
(_AC_DEFINE_Q).
2004-12-05 19:55:44 +00:00
Paul Eggert
c3207b214c
(AC_DEFINE, AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED): Factor
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out the common code to ...
(_AC_DEFINE_Q): ... a new macro; simplify the condition about the
value of the #define--default to 1, iff the macro was called
with exactly one parameter.
2004-12-05 19:55:23 +00:00
Paul Eggert
26fc6c2b61
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_FUNC_MEMCMP): Use "char c = '\200';".
2004-12-02 21:51:06 +00:00
Paul Eggert
f7e811da5b
(AC_FUNC_MEMCMP): Use
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"char c = '\200';" rather than "char c = 0x80;" as the
latter doesn't conform to the strict C standard due to
overflow on signed char hosts.
2004-12-02 21:50:46 +00:00
Paul Eggert
b9bc8e0a42
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (_AC_PROG_CC_STDC): Prefer -qlanglvl=extc89.
2004-12-02 20:09:23 +00:00
Paul Eggert
3f92cbd5c3
(_AC_PROG_CC_STDC): Prefer -qlanglvl=extc89
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to -qlanglvl=ansi. We don't want to disable extensions.
2004-12-02 20:09:03 +00:00
Paul Eggert
5af53758da
Add Ralf Wildenhues.
2004-11-29 21:44:45 +00:00
Paul Eggert
389b830ea8
Minor rewording to fix problems reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
2004-11-29 21:43:33 +00:00
Paul Eggert
1bf76fd578
(Particular Programs): @code{$PATH} -> @env{PATH}.
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(Using Autotest, testsuite Scripts, Writing testsuite.at):
Reword slightly to avoid some English-language problems noted
by Ralf Wildenhues in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2004-11/msg00027.html
2004-11-29 21:43:11 +00:00
Paul Eggert
3f0a1ceaad
* NEWS: Add ^L above each release.
2004-11-29 21:25:15 +00:00
Paul Eggert
c82b927f72
Add ^L above each release.
2004-11-29 21:24:57 +00:00
Paul Eggert
76da3417c6
* HACKING: Refer to "coreutils", not "File, Shell or Text utils".
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* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_HELP_STRING): A typo in the comment.
2004-11-29 04:34:31 +00:00
Paul Eggert
f72fc4eb29
Fix documentation problems reported by Russ Boylan in
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<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2004-11/msg00056.html >,
along with some nearby cruft.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Libtool): Libtool can be used without
Automake (not without Autoconf).
(Introduction): Mention lists.gnu.org.
* BUGS: Don't mention bugs.gnu.org.
Remove mention of ancient libtool compatibility problem.
* NEWS: Mention that bugs.gnu.org is kaput.
* README: Likewise. Mention where mailing list archives can be found.
2004-11-29 04:29:08 +00:00
Paul Eggert
a547bb54a8
Add another [].
2004-11-26 18:45:53 +00:00
Paul Eggert
a9f8c9f48e
* doc/autoconf.texi (Pretty Help Strings): Go back to single-quoting
2004-11-26 08:58:50 +00:00
Paul Eggert
3fc8772b35
(Pretty Help Strings): Go back to
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single-quoting assignments to cache variables.
2004-11-26 08:58:34 +00:00
Paul Eggert
09158bc896
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_ARG_ENABLE, AC_ARG_ENABLE): Expand $1.
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* doc/autoconf.texi (Pretty Help Strings): more fixes
2004-11-23 19:13:33 +00:00
Paul Eggert
cc42f325f9
(AC_ARG_ENABLE, AC_ARG_ENABLE): Enable
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expansion of $1 in the comment emitted to configure.
2004-11-23 19:13:01 +00:00
Paul Eggert
0291d76a4c
(Pretty Help Strings): Fix quoting issues
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with the examples; fix the bug in MY_ARG_WITH example reported
by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
2004-11-23 19:11:56 +00:00
Paul Eggert
bbf4de9810
* doc/autoconf.texi (Pretty Help Strings): Fix typo.
2004-11-23 09:01:18 +00:00
Paul Eggert
08626d82b1
(Pretty Help Strings): Fix typo
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in my editing of the previous patch.
2004-11-23 09:01:01 +00:00
Paul Eggert
2749e0cd5b
* doc/autoconf.texi: Explain overquoting in descriptions.
2004-11-22 23:32:25 +00:00
Paul Eggert
39dc4d1039
(Autoconf Language): Explain that
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``descriptions'' may not be double quotes.
(Quotation Rule Of Thumb): Likewise.
(Pretty Help Strings): Likewise; remove the wrong comment;
simplify the examples and improve their quoting.
2004-11-22 23:31:56 +00:00
Paul Eggert
d134956a15
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): Move test.
2004-11-16 18:05:25 +00:00
Paul Eggert
28a1a7cc5d
(_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): Don't check
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the $1_found variable, don't test whether the file is executable;
Both things are checked ...
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): ... here; AS_EXECUTABLE_P replaces
the former ``test -f''.
2004-11-14 06:36:01 +00:00
Paul Eggert
37d938763a
(_AS_TEST_PREPARE): Fix a typo.
2004-11-14 06:35:21 +00:00
Paul Eggert
7902e0d285
Avoid cp -r.
2004-11-11 00:13:32 +00:00
Paul Eggert
0c8290f52f
(Limitations of Usual Tools): Avoid cp -r; use cp -R instead.
2004-11-11 00:13:20 +00:00
Paul Eggert
b518346d1f
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Note `cp -r'
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limitations.
2004-11-10 21:59:55 +00:00
Paul Eggert
e09999cb7f
(Limitations of Usual Tools): Note `cp -r'
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limitations. Reorder paragraphs for clarity.
2004-11-10 21:57:40 +00:00
Paul Eggert
9bf04c6b54
* doc/autoconf.texi (Shellology, Special Shell Variables): Document that the Zsh
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problem with NULLCMD was fixed in zsh 3.1.6-dev-18.
2004-10-11 21:42:05 +00:00
Paul Eggert
0952c34e3c
* doc/autoconf.texi (One-Shot Macros): New node.
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Also, wording fixups.
2004-10-11 20:26:01 +00:00
Paul Eggert
1d037b8bc3
(One-Shot Macros): New node.
2004-10-11 20:25:41 +00:00
Paul Eggert
da2e3449b6
Standardize spelling of "Posix" (as opposed
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to "POSIX" or "@acronym{POSIX}"), and similarly for "DOS
variants", "Unix", and some related minor wording fixups.
2004-10-11 20:21:33 +00:00
Paul Eggert
51d68951c9
* doc/autoconf.texi (Function Portability): Fix misdescription of putenv.
2004-09-28 17:23:40 +00:00
Paul Eggert
5695b04ab9
(Function Portability): Fix misdescription
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of putenv. Problem reported by Michael Wardle.
2004-09-28 17:21:52 +00:00
Paul Eggert
19b14c7967
Fix AC_AU_DEFUN bug.
2004-09-22 18:05:26 +00:00
Paul Eggert
2d34ae33a0
(auindex): New macro.
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(AU_DEFUN): Use it to fix the bug when the index contained AC_AU_DEFUN.
Problem reported by Stepan Kasal.
2004-09-22 18:05:01 +00:00
Paul Eggert
9bce218829
Regenerate.
2004-09-17 20:43:26 +00:00
Paul Eggert
f9ba7844be
Fix OS/2 problems reported by Andreas Buening.
2004-09-05 22:27:17 +00:00
Paul Eggert
31d84d895a
(AT_INIT): Don't assume /dev/null is readable; it's not true in OS/2-emx.
2004-09-05 22:26:41 +00:00
Paul Eggert
dbb795cbe4
(AC_PROG_MAKE_SET): Set SHELL=/bin/sh in test makefile.
2004-09-05 22:26:22 +00:00
Paul Eggert
6ecc3e6bdb
* lib/autoconf/libs.m4 (_AC_PATH_X_XMKMF): Clear ac_x_includes when needed.
2004-09-05 03:30:29 +00:00
Paul Eggert
74b6c1ae18
(_AC_PATH_X_XMKMF): If xmkmf returns
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"/usr/include", clear ac_x_includes instead of leaving it as "no"
(trivial change). Problem and patch reported by Andrew Church in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2004-04/msg00016.html
2004-09-05 03:29:58 +00:00