* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_curry, _m4_curry): New macros.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_map_args): Rename...
(m4@&t@_map_args and m4@&t@_curry): ...and add currying tests.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Looping constructs) <m4_map_args>: Document
currying as a way to add parameters.
(Evaluation Macros) <m4_curry>: Document the new macro.
* NEWS: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED_PRUNE): New macro,
extracted from...
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): ...here, to use faster API. No need to
check for an empty required set.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Programming in M4sh): M4sh is now prime-time.
(Polymorphic Variables): New node.
* NEWS: Update accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_VAR): New test.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_VAR_PUSHDEF): Force expansion of
_AS_TR_SH_PREPARE at top level, rather than argument collection.
(AS_TR_SH): Support command substitution.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_VAR_GET): Reduce output to one line.
(AS_VAR_TEST_SET, AS_VAR_SET, AS_VAR_SET_IF, AS_VAR_POPDEF): Sort,
no code changes.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_LINENO_PREPARE): Ensure that logging is
disabled when reporting LINENO failure, since logging requires
LINENO.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initialization Macros): Recommend m4_pushdef,
not m4_rename, since the latter is undocumented.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Avoid
m4_rename, as it does not yet handle pushdef stacks.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Portable Shell): Minor edits.
(Limitations of Builtins): Touch up wording.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_LINENO_PUSH): Nuke trailing whitespace.
(_AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Wrap comments less than 80 columns.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi: Updates all references to "Portable Shell" and
"Limitations of Builtins" to use three-argument commands.
(Programming in M4sh): Document AS_ECHO, AS_ECHO_N, AS_UNSET.
(Portable Shell): Move here discussion about "Where is the POSIX
shell?" Mention that M4sh provides a SVR2 shell and takes care
of unsetting variables if necessary. Talk about M4sh and not only
Autoconf-generated scripts.
(Special Shell Variables): Talk about M4sh and not only
Autoconf-generated scripts. Don't talk about things that Autoconf
does not do. Mention problems of $LINENO with shell functions.
(Limitations of Builtins). Mention AS_ECHO and AS_ECHO_N. Move
discussion of eval bugs before discussion on proper use of eval.
Mention AS_IF. Reword why not to use "shift N". Mention "foo=;
unset foo" trick. Include M4sh code that unsets MAIL for Bash 2.01.
* NEWS: Update list of documented M4sh macros.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_CACHE_DUMP): Use AS_UNSET.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_SED): Use AS_UNSET.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_UNSET_PREPARE): Provide $as_unset as an
alias for AS_UNSET, for backwards compatibility.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Set BASH_ENV and ENV to /dev/null in case
the shell does not support unset.
(_AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Work around Bash 2.01 bugs. Unset BASH_ENV.
(AS_INIT, _AS_PREPARE, AS_PREPARE): Call it.
(AS_UNSET): Assume it is there but it might fail if the variable is
not set. Use it throughout instead of $as_unset.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, _AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): Remove
m4_require of _AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL.
(_AS_CLEANUP): Add it here.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Just expand the test instead of appending it
to _AS_CLEANUP.
(_AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): New name of the old AS_SHELL_SANITIZE macro.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): New macro hacking around Libtool misuse.
(AS_PREPARE): Use _AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(AS_INIT): Add m4_provide of itself.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_ECHO_LOG): If defined, use $as_lineno as
the line number emitted to the log file.
(AS_LINENO_PUSH, AS_LINENO_POP): New.
* tests/m4sh.at (LINENO Stack): New test.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (_m4_require_call): Accept a third argument.
(m4_require): Pass it.
(m4_divert_require): New.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE): Rewrite using m4_divert_require.
Remove comment about differences with m4_require.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN and m4_require): Update to test
the expected behavior.
(Nested AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): New test.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_INIT_GENERATED): New.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Use it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initialization macros): Document it.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_PREPARE, AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN)
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK): Imitate GNU Coding Standards for C
functions.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-10-12 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_LINENO_PREPARE): Place names of
contributors under m4 rather than shell comments.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_MKDIR_P): Correct documentation to
match implementation.
(_AS_PREPARE, _AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE): Adjust callers.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Programming in M4sh) <AS_MKDIR_P>: Tweak
wording to better match behavior.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-10-10 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_MKDIR_P): New, from AS_MKDIR_P. Adjust
meaning of as_mkdir_p to be `false' or a full `mkdir -p' command.
(AS_MKDIR_P): Just dispatch to as_func_mkdir_p.
(_AS_PREPARE): Define shell functions.
(_AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE): Set as_mkdir_p according to the above change.
Define shell functions.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Avoid unconditional
preparation.
(_AS_ECHO_LOG): Depend on $LINENO preparation.
(AS_MESSAGE): Depend on $as_me preparation.
(AS_TMPDIR): Use AS_ERROR, rather than a hand-rolled copy.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-10-09 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Delay setting as_me
until the M4SH-INIT diversion using _AS_ME_PREPARE.
(_AS_PREPARE): Invoke _AS_EXPR_PREPARE before _AS_BASENAME_PREPARE
and _AS_DIRNAME_PREPARE, and _AS_BASENAME_PREPARE and _AS_ME_PREPARE
before _AS_LINENO_PREPARE.
(AS_PREPARE): Include all the AS_REQUIREs manually.
(_AS_ME_PREPARE): New.
(_AS_LINENO_PREPARE): Use m4_defun.
2008-10-09 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_BASENAME_EXPR, _AS_DIRNAME_EXPR): Do not
require _AS_EXPR_PREPARE.
(_AS_BASENAME_PREPARE, _AS_DIRNAME_PREPARE): Do it here.
(_AS_PREPARE): Add _AS_BASENAME_PREPARE.
* cfg.mk (cvs_executable_files, cvs_files): Rewrite...
(fetch): ...into new target.
(executable-update): Delete, now that it is unused.
* maint.mk (update, local_updates, cvs_files, gnulib_repo)
(wget-update, cvs-update): Likewise.
* HACKING (Update the foreign files): Document new procedure.
* GNUmakefile: Resync from upstream, via new 'make fetch'.
* build-aux/config.guess: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, _AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED):
Use m4_set, rather than m4_expand_once/m4_append.
(_AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): Adjust to new storage layout, and filter
required tests out of suggested tests.
Reported by Paolo Bonzini.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD, AT_JOB_FIFO_FD):
Define fds only when initializing the log fd so early error
messages do not try to write to it.
* tests/autotest.at (Startup error messages): New test.
* NEWS: Document this 2.63 regression.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_CLEANUP): Give initial definition.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_INIT cleanup): Expose the need for this.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Determine diversion
name prior to invoking AS_REQUIRE.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
