* doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo in FHS sample file.
Mention use of lib64.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Tom Browder, with help from Peter Breitenlohner.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Writing Testsuites): Mention autotest
namespace.
(Writing Testsuites) <AT_INIT>: Mention mandatory macros.
(Making testsuite Scripts): Document AT_PACKAGE_URL.
* tests/Makefile.am (package.m4): Follow our own advice.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Give the user a hint about
package.m4. Enhance --help output.
(_AT_COPYRIGHT_YEARS): New macro, to make copyright bump easier.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defun_once): Rewrite to be no-op,
rather than warning, on second use, and make sure first use never
occurs out of order.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: one-shot initialization):
Enhance test.
* tests/base.at (AC_REQUIRE & AC_DEFUN_ONCE: [Require, expand],
(AC_REQUIRE & AC_DEFUN_ONCE: [Expand, require]): Adjust tests.
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Macro Definitions) <AC_DEFUN>: Mention
AC_DEFUN_ONCE.
(Prerequisite Macros) <AC_REQUIRE>: Likewise.
(Expanded Before Required): Likewise.
(One-Shot Macros) <AC_DEFUN_ONCE>: Document new semantics.
Reported by Bruno Haible, with suggestion by Paolo Bonzini.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Macro Definitions) <AC_DEFUN>: Add @defmac,
and mention interaction with AC_REQUIRE.
(Prerequisite Macros) <AC_REQUIRE>: Give more detail on user
ordering constraint bug, and how to fix it.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: nested): New test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/install.texi (Particular Systems): For HP-UX, also recommend
-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500. Needed for the declaration of mbstate_t on
HP-UX 11.11.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Number processing Macros)
<m4_version_prereq>: Add documentation.
* NEWS: Mention it.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/local.at (AC_STATE_SAVE): Avoid ls -1, and use one less
process by hoisting the uniqueness check into sed.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <ls>: Mention
MacOS bug.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_cleardivert): New macro.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Use it.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_NOTICE): Likewise.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_divert_stack): Test it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Diversion support) <m4_cleardivert>: Document
it.
* NEWS: Likewise.
Suggested by Paolo Bonzini.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_expand): Make more robust against
diverted text.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Evaluation Macros) <m4_expand>: Document new
safety check.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_EXIT_PREPARE): When defaulting, use $?
even if it is 0.
(AS_ERROR): Guarantee non-zero status.
* bin/autoconf.as (exit_missing_arg, getopt): Revert prior change;
we want non-zero status.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXIT): Update test accordingly.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) <AS_EXIT>: Update
the documentation.
<AS_SET_STATUS>: Don't overly restrict implementation.
(Printing Messages) <AC_MSG_ERROR>: Describe better default.
Suggestions by Paolo Bonzini and Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins)
(Limitatations of Usual Tools): Add anchors for tools called out
by name. Adjust callers to narrow in on tool of interest.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Move comparison of
quoting styles...
(Balancing Parentheses): ...to this new node.
Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_EXIT_PREPARE): Let as_func_exit
parameter be optional.
(AS_EXIT): Use it to make better default.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Use new default.
* bin/autoconf.as (exit_missing_arg, getopt): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Likewise.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXIT): Update test.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) <AS_EXIT>: Mention
new default behavior.
(Limitations of Builtins) <trap>: Adjust to use new default.
* NEWS: Mention the semantic change.
Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <trap>: Mention a
bug in mixing 'set -e' with 'trap .. 0'.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_ECHO_PREPARE): Cater to Solaris ksh.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <printf>: Document
the print workaround.
Idea by Paolo Bonzini.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Headers) <AC_CHECK_HEADER>: Mention
new default, and make it more obvious that using [-] is generally
broken.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* NEWS: Document it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Present But Cannot Be Compiled): Document it.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (_AC_CHECK_HEADER_MONGREL): Implement it
and adjust warning.
* tests/semantics.at (AC_CHECK_HEADERS): Test new semantics.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_divert_stack): Use fewer macros, and
avoid extra newlines.
(m4_divert_stack_push): Compute location here, rather than caller.
(m4_divert_push): Update caller.
(m4_divert): Likewise, and also adjust current diversion name.
(m4_divert_pop): Simplify rule that diversion stack must never go
empty.
(_m4_require_call): Bypass diversion stack when collecting
required macro text.
(m4_init): Set current diversion without requiring m4_init.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_INIT): Avoid too many pops.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS): Schedule wrapped
text to run prior to m4sugar cleanup.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros) <m4_newline>: Mention
optional argument.
(Conditional constructs) <m4_ifvaln, m4_n>: Mention use of dnl.
* NEWS: Undo blurb about m4_divert.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_divert_stack): New test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Headers) <AC_CHECK_HEADER>: Mention
how to suppress compiler or preprocessor header check.
Reported by Jeff Squyres.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initialization Macros) <AS_INIT_GENERATED>:
(Special Shell Variables) <LINENO>: Mention that LINENO support in
child scripts may be broken. Modernize example.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_CASE, _AS_CASE_DEFAULT): Always provide
a non-empty command list.
(AS_CASE): Always guarantee that a case will match.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <case>: Document the
Solaris bug, and mention AS_CASE.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_INIT_GENERATED): Add parameters, and
manage here-doc and chmod in place. This also allows future
changes for optimizing the child via diversion/m4_wrap magic.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Update
caller.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initialization Macros) <AS_INIT_GENERATED>:
Update the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_dumpdef): New implementation.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Redefined M4 Macros) <m4_dumpdef>: Mention
semantic differences as well as m4_dumpdefs.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_dumpdef): New test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_VAR_ARITH_PREPARE, _AS_VAR_ARITH_WORKS)
(AS_VAR_ARITH): New macros.
(_AS_PREPARE, AS_PREPARE): Emit preparation.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_VAR_ARITH): New test.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Polymorphic Variables) <AS_VAR_ARITH>:
Document new macro.
(Limitations of Usual Tools) <expr>: Mention portability problem
if first argument starts with -.
(Shell Substitutions) <$((expression))>: Mention it.
* NEWS: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_copy): Add second implementation for
public use.
(_m4_copy): New macro, which preserves pushdef stacks.
(_m4_defun_pro_outer): Bypass it, for speed.
(m4_init): Bypass new implementation, since it breaks on m4_defn.
* bin/autoupdate.in (handle_autoconf_macros): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_PREREQ): Undefine before redefining,
now that m4_copy checks this.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Redefined M4 Macros) <m4_copy>: Document
this, as well as m4_rename.
* lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4 (m4_copy): Temporarily redefine when
renaming builtins.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_defn): Enhance test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Making testsuite Scripts): Clarify wording in
relation to automake. Mention dependency on package.m4.
Consolidate examples. Define AUTOM4TE.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by William Pursell.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_IF): Always execute test, in case of
side effects. Allow continuation of script on same line as fi.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Adjust clients.
(AS_VAR_IF, AS_VAR_SET_IF): For now, supply newline no longer
given by AS_IF.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (_AC_PROG_PREPROC_WORKS_IFELSE): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_ENABLE_IF): Likewise.
(AC_EGREP_CPP, _AC_RUN_IFELSE): Adjust client.
* lib/autoconf/libs.m4 (AC_SEARCH_LIBS): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) <AS_IF>: Fix typo.
(Polymorphic Variables): Move mention of dnl to the only two
AS_VAR functions that need it.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* 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>
* 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>
* 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/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_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>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_default_quoted): New macro.
(m4_for, m4_expand_once, m4_text_wrap, m4_text_box): Use it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Conditional constructs): Document it.
* NEWS: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <sed>: Remind
reader that NUL and sed don't always mix.
<tr>: Mention Solaris /usr/ucb/tr bug with \0.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_JOB_FIFO_FD): New macro.
(AT_INIT): <at_jobs>: New variable.
Accept -j, -jN, --jobs[=N], document them in --help output.
Implement parallel driver loop using a FIFO, enabled with --jobs
and if mkfifo works; otherwise, fall back to sequential loop.
(AT_SETUP): Store, do not output summary progress line if
parallel.
* tests/autotest.at (parallel test execution, parallel truth)
(parallel fallacy, parallel skip): New tests.
* doc/autoconf.texi (testsuite Invocation): Document -j, --jobs,
the mkfifo requirement, and that --errexit may cause concurrent
jobs to finish.
* NEWS: Update.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Function Portability) <isinf>: Filter out NaN
first.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by David Cournapeau.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (File Descriptors): Redirecting ':'
in a loop causes bogus optimization with Solaris sh.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Systemology)
(File System Conventions, Portable C and C++)
(Floating Point Portability): Allow URLs to split as needed.
(Indices): Add entries, to work around texinfo bug on indices that
start too close to a page break.
(Particular Functions): Mention ftello.
(Introduction, Language Choice): Use @enddots at sentence end.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Build Directories): Details in this section
only apply to users avoiding automake.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Matej Tyc.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_TOOL_WARN): Support cross-compiles
with poorly named tools; the issue has been reported too many
times in the last four years to pull support.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Specifying Names, Generic Programs): Update
documentation accordingly.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Josef Tran and others, wording suggested by Ralf
Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (C Compiler) <AC_C_BIGENDIAN>: Mention that
universal builds require a config header.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_C_BIGENDIAN): Enhance comments. Check
AH_HEADER at the last possible moment, so that users can use
AC_CONFIG_HEADER after this macro.
Reported by Stepan Kasal.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.tex: UPDATED refers to the day the manual was
built, not the release date of Autoconf.
Based on a bison patch by Akim Demaille.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/install.texi [!autoconf]: Ensure first paragraphs are
indented like all others in a plain text rendering.
* Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/INSTALL): Ensure plaintext formatting.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_mapall_sep, m4_list_cmp): Wrap
around...
(_m4_mapall_sep, _m4_list_cmp_raw): ...new helpers, to avoid
duplicate side effects.
(m4_version_compare): Adjust caller.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (m4_list_cmp): Rename...
(_m4_list_cmp_raw): ...to match m4sugar.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Looping constructs): Document the behavior of
side effects.
* tests/m4sugar.at (M4 loops, m4@&t@_map, m4@&t@_version_compare):
Ensure only one side effect.
(recursion): Fix test typo.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/install.texi (Compiling For Multiple Architectures): Explain
how to create universal binaries on MacOS X.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions): Document the issue.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_VAR_IF): New function.
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_CHECK_FUNC): Use it in place of
"test AS_VAR_GET([...]) = yes"
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_CHECK_FILE, AC_CHECK_DECL): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (_AC_CHECK_HEADER_MONGREL): Likewise.
(_AC_CHECK_HEADER_NEW, _AC_CHECK_HEADER_OLD): Likewise.
(_AC_CHECK_HEADER_DIRENT): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/libs.m4 (AC_CHECK_LIB): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (_AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW, AC_CHECK_MEMBER): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_FILES_PREPARE): Use
temporary variable to work around the issue.
* tests/foreign.at (Libtool): Quote result of command
substitution.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (_m4_apply): New macro.
(m4_map): Ignore empty sublists. For a list consisting of only an
empty sublist, this restores 2.61 behavior of being a no-op.
(m4_map_sep): Likewise, and expand separator.
(m4_mapall, m4_mapall_sep): New macros, to regain 2.62 behavior.
(_m4_map): Rewrite, to be common base for all four variants.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (_m4_map): Adjust to new prototype.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_map): Add tests.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Looping constructs) <m4_map>: Document new
macros, and mention ramifications of expanded separator.
* NEWS: Mention the change.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (C Compiler) <AC_C_CHAR_UNSIGNED>: Mention a
portable alternative to this macro.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Hallvard B Furuseth.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_bpatsubsts): Match documentation
about anchors, even for only one substitution.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (_m4_bpatsubsts): New implementation.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Conditional constructs) <m4_bpatsubsts>:
Clarify behavior with regard to quoting.
* tests/m4sugar.at (recursion): Test scaling of m4_bpatsubsts.
(m4@&t@_bpatsubsts): New test.
* NEWS: Document the linear guarantee.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_for): Use fewer macros.
(_m4_for): Take additional parameter, for fewer m4_indir calls.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (_m4_foreach, _m4_shiftn, m4_do)
(m4_reverse, _m4_list_pad, _m4_list_cmp): Adjust all callers.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Looping constructs) <m4_for>: Document subtle
semantic change caused by the optimization.
* tests/m4sugar.at (M4 loops): Test the new semantics.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_reverse): New macro.
(m4_list_cmp): Rewrite to give linear behavior with M4 1.6 on an
m4_reverse'd list.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (m4_reverse): Add the M4 1.4.x
counterpart.
* tests/m4sugar.at (recursion): Test it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Evaluation Macros) <m4_reverse>: Document
it.
(Text processing Macros) <m4_append>: Cross-reference to m4_set.
* NEWS: Mention new macro.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_set_add, m4_set_add_all)
(m4_set_contains, m4_set_contents, m4_set_delete)
(m4_set_difference, m4_set_dump, m4_set_empty, m4_set_foreach)
(m4_set_intersection, m4_set_list, m4_set_listc, m4_set_remove)
(m4_set_size, m4_set_union): New macros.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (m4_set_add_all): Add O(n) fallback for
m4 1.4.x.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS, AC_SUBST): Use
new m4_set API for the set most likely to be large.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Set manipulation Macros): New node.
* NEWS: Mention new macros.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_set): New test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Header Templates): Mention rules on comments
and whitespace, and that the user cannot rely on #undef to survive
through config.status.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros) <m4_append>
<m4_prepend>: If m4 is fixed, m4_append can be linear rather than
O(n log n).
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_append, m4_append_uniq): Fix comments.
Analysis by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_PACKAGE_VERSION): Ignore failure to
find version.texi, since bison does not provide it.
(m4_prepend): Add new macro, from bison.
(m4_prepend_uniq, m4_prepend_uniq_w): Add new macros, for
completeness.
(_m4_append_uniq): Rename...
(_m4_grow_uniq_1): ...to this to share implementation, and
optimize initial assignment.
(m4_append_uniq_w): Adjust caller.
* NEWS: Document new macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros) <m4_append>: Mention
speed consideration.
<m4_prepend>: Document the new prepend variants.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_prepend): New test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <!>: Mention ! issue
in compound pipe commands.
<export>: Mention difference of exporting an undefined variable.
(Shell Functions): Mention loss of $? in entry to shell functions.
Extracted from the git mailing list.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <tr>: Add section.
Reported by Bruno Haible and Jim Meyering.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Quadrigraphs): Mention alternate quote used
in m4sugar, and how to still output it literally.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_split): And test it.
Reported by Joel E. Denny.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_expand, _m4_expand): Use more complex
quotes.
(m4_noquote, _m4_split): Use consistent complex quote.
* tests/autotest.at (Left paren, Right paren): Test this.
(Parentheses): Ensure new quadrigraphs still work.
(AT_CHECK_AT_TITLE_CHAR): All title char tests exercise m4_expand.
* NEWS: Mention the fix.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Quadrigraphs): Revert mention of macros that
require quadrigraphs for ().
(Evaluation Macros) <m4_expand>: Relax the restriction against
unbalanced ().
(Pretty Help Strings) <AS_HELP_STRING>: Likewise.
(Writing Testsuites) <AT_SETUP>: Likewise.
Reported by Joel E. Denny, fix suggested by Noah Misch.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* bin/autom4te.in (handle_output): Substitute @{:@ and @:}@.
(handle_traces): Likewise.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_qlen): Account for new quadrigraphs.
* tests/autotest.at (AT_CHECK_AT_TITLE_CHAR): Add new tests.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Quadrigraphs): Document them.
(Evaluation Macros) <m4_expand>: Enhance documentation.
(Text processing Macros) <m4_text_box>: Document cases where
quadrigraphs can help for problemetic unbalanced parentheses.
(Pretty Help Strings) <AS_HELP_STRING>: Likewise.
(Writing Testsuites) <AT_SETUP>: Likewise.
(Limitations of Builtins) <case>: Consolidate text on unbalanced
parentheses, and add an example of creative comments.
* NEWS: Document the addition.
Reported by Joel E. Denny.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Evaluation Macros): Fix typo.
(Notices): Use recommended means to escape RCS keyword.
* cfg.mk (gnulib_dir): New macro.
(web-manual): New target.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Mention awk %u
bug on HP-UX/IA.
Report by Peter O'Gorman.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_ARG_VAR_VALIDATE): Output
precious variable differences less ambiguous with `ugly-quotes'.
If their settings differ only in whitespace, do not fail, but
reuse the old value.
* tests/torture.at (AT_CHECK_AC_ARG_VAR): Extend macro to allow
an optional status and expected-warning argument. Fix m4
quotation for initial value.
(AC_ARG_VAR): Also test for whitespace-only differences, and
that the old value is retained in this case.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Setting Output Variables): Document this.
* NEWS: Update.
Report and initial patch by Paolo Bonzini.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Mention ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS for automake
users.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Chris Pickett.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Runtime): Document that a temporary override
is permissible.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Ineiev, example by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction): Expand on primary
vs. secondary goal of autoconf.
* THANKS: Update.
Inspired by Paul Smith.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_wrap): Override M4 implementation.
(m4_wrap_lifo, _m4_wrap): New macros.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_INIT): Combine all cleanup into known
order, prior to m4sugar's.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Use cleanup parameter, rather than
m4_wrap.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Combine all cleanup into
known order, prior to m4sh's.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Diagnostic Macros) <m4_fatal>: Document
argument.
(Redefined M4 Macros) <m4_wrap>: Rewrite documentation to match
new behavior.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS_INIT cleanup): New test.
* NEWS: Document the change.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* bin/autoreconf.in ($run_make): Renamed from ...
($make): ... this. Use now as command to run `make',
overridden by $MAKE. Document this in --help output.
* doc/autoconf.texi (autoreconf Invocation): Document
all environment variables honored by autoreconf.
* NEWS: Update.
Report by Paul Eggert.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Looping constructs): s/recurses/repeats/.
(Evaluation Macros): Drop `1' suffix from metasyntax variable name
that preceeds @dots. Improve wording.
(Text processing Macros): Drop `1' suffix from metasyntax variable
name that preceeds @dots.
(Number processing Macros): Drop `1' suffix from metasyntax
variable name that preceeds @dots. Improve wording.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_cmp): Comment wording fix.
Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Writing Testsuites) <AT_CHECK>: Mention that
checks must live inside a test group.
Reported by Christopher Hulbert.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo. Add new example
for FHS.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Jules Colding and Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_LINE): Fix regression from
2007-10-04 when file name is `dnl'.
(AT_INIT) <PREPARE_TESTS>: Move command-line assignments...
<TESTS_BEGIN>: ...to this new diversion, to fix regression from
yesterday in libtool's testsuite.
(_AT_ARG_OPTION): Detect write failure.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Diversion support): Document PREPARE_TESTS to
make libtool's use kosher. Document m4_init.
(Programming in M4sh): Document AS_INIT.
(Writing Testsuites): Document limitation of AT_DATA file name.
* tests/autotest.at (unusual file names): New test.
(Banners, Keywords and ranges): Use correct shell.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_ARG_OPTION): Move missing argument
detection...
(AT_INIT) <PARSE_ARGS_END>: ...here, since -k always takes
argument.
<DEFAULTS>: Delay computation of variables based on $at_dir...
<PREPARE_TESTS>: ...to here, since -C can change $at_dir.
<TESTS>: Re-invoke via absolute name, since -C may be in effect.
<PARSE_ARGS>: Parse new option.
<HELP_TUNING>: Document it.
* tests/autotest.at (Choosing where testsuite is run): New test
for this feature.
(Keywords and ranges): Add test for missing -k argument.
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/autoconf.texi (testsuite Invocation): Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
IRIX sh $0 issue in functions, move content from ...
(Portable Shell): ... here.
(Shell Script Compiler): Note that shell functions are not
totally unportable any more.
See: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-11/msg00075.html
* doc/autoconf.texi (Preprocessor Arithmetic): New section.
(AC_TYPE_LONG_LONG_INT, AC_TYPE_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG_INT):
These no longer check for preprocessor flaws.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (_AC_TYPE_LONG_LONG_SNIPPET):
Do not check for preprocessor flows.
":;{" shorthand as in previous patch.
2007-11-12 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Document problem
with { ... } a bit more clearly. Suggest ":;{" as a shorthand
for the workaround.
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am (version.m4): Detect 'echo' failure.
Use ":;{" shorthand.
* tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/package.m4): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Making testsuite Scripts): It is not necessary,
when using Automake, to write a rule to produce atlocal, since it's
an AC_CONFIG_FILES. Mention that atlocal.in needs to be
distributed, not atconfig.in.
Signed-off-by: Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Mention that GNU
Bash doesn't properly set $? when `{ ... } >/bad' fails, and give
workaround.
Signed-off-by: Benoit Sigoure <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr>
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (_m4_version_unletter): Also treat - as a
component separator.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Number processing Macros)
<m4_version_compare>: Document this change.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_version_compare): Test it.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* aclocal.m4: Remove.
* configure: Remove.
* Makefile.in: Remove, along with all other Makefile.in in subdirs.
* .gitignore: Add aclocal.m4, configure and Makefile.in. Sort.
* README-hacking: New file: how to build from just-checked-out sources.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (BANNERS): New named diversion.
(TESTS_END): Diversion no longer used.
(AT_INIT) <at_func_banner, BANNERS>: Factor all banners into a
shell function, which prints only as needed, using an associative
array of banner text from a special diversion.
<PARSE_ARGS_END>: No longer need awk to find banners.
<TESTS>: Banners are no longer processed by main driver loop, so
we no longer need case statement.
(AT_BANNER): Rewrite to populate new diversion.
(AT_SETUP): Each test invokes its own banner. No output is needed
to the TESTS diversion.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Writing Testsuites): Document slight
semantics change.
* tests/autotest.at (AT_BANNERS): Enhance test.
* NEWS: Document AT_BANNER.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_append_uniq): Warn if separator
occurs in string, as duplicates may be added.
(_m4_append_uniq): New helper macro.
(m4_append_uniq_w): New macro.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_TESTED, AT_KEYWORDS): Fix
duplication bug by using new macro.
(AT_INIT) <at_tested>: Restore newline separators. Invoke tested
programs with stdin redirected, so programs that don't
understand --version won't try to behave interactively.
* tests/autotest.at (Tested programs): Catch this bug.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_append): Test new macro.
* tests/local.at (AT_TESTED): Add m4, perl.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros): Document
m4_append_uniq_w, and update text on m4_append.
* NEWS: Document the addition.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_apply, m4_count, m4_dquote_elt)
(m4_echo, m4_make_list): New documented macros.
(_m4_quote, _m4_shift2): New helper macros.
(m4_map): Change semantics to allow calling macro without
arguments.
(m4_map_sep): Likewise. Also change semantics to quote separator,
to match m4_join and m4_append.
(m4_version_unletter): Fix use of m4_map.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Evaluation Macros): Document m4_apply,
m4_count, m4_dquote_elt, m4_echo, m4_make_list.
(Text processing Macros): Mention m4_dquote as a faster
alternative to joining with commas.
(Looping constructs): Document m4_map, m4_map_sep.
* NEWS: Mention new macros.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_bpatsubsts, _m4_shiftn): Reduce size
of expansion by avoiding extra uses of $@.
(m4_shiftn): Avoid extra dnl, and forbid shifting by 0.
(_m4_cdr): New helper macro.
(_m4_map, m4_map_sep): Use it to reduce size of expansion.
(_m4_shift3): New helper macro.
(_m4_foreach): Swap argument order, and use new macro to reduce
size of expansion.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Looping constructs) <m4_shiftn>: Mention that
count must be positive.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_text_wrap): Don't expand arguments,
and reduce number of expansions.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_HELP_STRING): Rework to use m4_expand,
and to take indent and wrap column numbers.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_HELP_STRING): Update the test.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Pretty Help Strings): Document details about
arguments.
(Text processing Macros): Minor tweaks.
* NEWS: Document this change.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_expand): New macro.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_SETUP): Use it to preserve
whitespace after single-quoted comma.
* tests/autotest.at (AT_CHECK_AT_TITLE_CHAR): Test this.
* NEWS: Revert caveat about semantics change on comma.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Programming in M4): Lighten the warning on
using m4sugar; it is stabilizing.
(Redefined M4 Macros): Touch up wording on M4 builtins.
(Evaluation Macros): Document m4_expand.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_join): Just define this, not defun.
Ignore empty arguments, using...
(_m4_join): ...this new helper.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_join): New test.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros): Document new
semantics of m4_join.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_ignore, m4_unquote): New macros.
(m4_version_prereq): Inline constant expansions.
(m4_list_cmp): Reduce number of expansions, by avoiding m4_case.
Rewrite in terms of [] list, not () list.
(_m4_list_cmp, _m4_version_unletter): New helper macros.
(m4_version_unletter): Write wrapper around new implementation to
preserve old semantics.
(m4_version_compare): Pass correct type of list, and avoid
overhead of flattening expressions too early.
(m4_do): Move to be near other quoting macros.
(m4_max, m4_min): Always result in decimal output.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Looping constructs): Add m4_car, m4_cdr.
Move m4_do...
(Evaluation Macros): ...here. Add m4_ignore, m4_unquote.
(Text processing Macros): Move m4_version_compare...
(Number processing Macros): ...to this new node; document m4_cmp,
m4_list_cmp, m4_sign, m4_max, m4_min.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_version_compare): Enhance test, to pick
up on bugs fixed by this patch.
* NEWS: Document new macros.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4: Clean up macro order.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Programming in M4): Lighten the warning on
using m4sugar; it is stabilizing and useful.
(Redefined M4 Macros): Touch up wording on M4 builtins; sort. Add
m4_divert, m4_undivert, __file__, __line__, __oline__.
(Diagnostics): New node, documenting m4_assert, m4_errprintn,
m4_fatal, m4_location, m4_warn.
(Diversion support): New node, documenting m4_divert_push,
m4_divert_pop, m4_divert_text, m4_divert_once.
(Text processing Macros): Sort. Add m4_flatten, m4_join,
m4_newline, m4_strip, m4_text_box, m4_text_wrap.
(Programming in M4sh, Macro Names): Document namespace
limitations. Mention that non-Automake macros should not begin
with `AM_'.
(Reporting Messages): Mark AC_DIAGNOSE, AC_WARNING, and AC_FATAL
as obsolescent.
(Printing Messages): Change cross-reference.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_DEFINE_Q): Check for raw newlines,
which won't work with the preprocessor nor with the awk
implementation.
* tests/torture.at (Define a newline): Test raw newline detection,
removing the XFAIL.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Symbols): Document recent change to
allow backslash-newline.
* THANKS: Update.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* build-aux/texinfo.tex: Sync from gnulib.
* doc/standards.texi: Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Copying This Manual): Rename to "GNU Free
Documentation License" and remove the subsection. This simplifies
the manual a bit and is more like what other GNU projects do
nowadays.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_cond, m4_newline): New macros.
(m4_text_wrap): Use it. Also avoid useless m4_for.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_QUOTE_IFELSE, AS_LITERAL_IF): Use
new macro.
(_AS_IDENTIFIER_IF): Likewise, and fix bug when $1 is [,].
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_DECIDE_TRACEABLE): Use new macros
to avoid regexps.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Redefined M4 Macros): Expand m4_if
documentation. Sort m4_mkstemp, m4_undefine. Move m4_ifndef...
(Conditional constructs): ...here, to new section. Also document
m4_cond, m4_ifval, m4_n, m4_ifvaln, m4_ifset, m4_case, m4_bmatch,
m4_bpatsubsts, and m4_default.
(Looping constructs): Document m4_shiftn, m4_shift2, m4_shift3,
m4_do.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Writing testsuite.at): Remove the
limitation that the first parameter of AT_CHECK cannot
contain redirection.
(File Descriptors): Mention that Ultrix limitation is no longer a
show-stopper in modern code.
* tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_M4): Fix for cases when the fourth
parameter is `stderr' or `experr'. Optimize if it was `ignore'.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_CHECK): Update comment.
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (GETLOADAVG_LIBS) [AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG]:
Use "|", not "!".
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCDIRS) [ac_top_builddir_sub]:
[ac_dir_suffix]: Use "|", not "," as sed delimiter.
* tests/mktests.sh (as_me): Likewise.
* lib/freeze.mk (check-forbidden-patterns): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC_V_OUTPUT): Likewise.
* configure: Regenerate.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions): Use "|", not "," in examples.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Use "|", not "&" as sed delimiter
in the : -> $PATH_SEPARATOR transformation of $AUTOTEST_PATH. This is fine,
as long as $PATH_SEPARATOR doesn't contain "|".
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros): Remove mention of
m4_AUTOCONF_VERSION, and leave m4_PACKAGE_VERSION undocumented
once again.
(Notices): Move AC_PREREQ...
(Versioning): ...to this new section, alongside the new AC_VERSION
alias for the undocumented m4_PACKAGE_VERSION.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_AUTOCONF_VERSION): Revert change.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_VERSION): New macro.
* NEWS: Update to match this rename.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_version_compare): Remove tests of
m4_PACKAGE_VERSION.
* tests/tools.at (autoconf: AC_VERSION): New test.
Suggested by Paolo Bonzini and Benoit Sigoure.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros): Document
m4_version_compare, m4_AUTOCONF_VERSION, m4_PACKAGE_VERSION.
(Redefined M4 Macros): Document m4_ifndef.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_AUTOCONF_VERSION): New macro; we
can't obsolete m4_PACKAGE_VERSION at this time since Autoconf 1.10
used it while it was undocumented.
* NEWS: Document this change.
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am (version.m4): Update copyright dates.
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_version_compare): New test.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS): Inline code
from AC_AIX, AC_GNU_SOURCE, AC_MINIX. Add Interix support.
(AC_AIX, AC_GNU_SOURCE, AC_MINIX): Obsolete, and point to
AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS.
(AC_ISC_POSIX): Obsolete, and point to AC_SEARCH_LIBS.
(AC_XENIX_DIR, AC_IRIX_SUN): Promote proper quoting in AU_DEFUN.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Posix Variants): Reword this section,
emphasizing that AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS is the preferred method,
rather than a series of system-specific checks.
(Obsolete Macros): Add AC_AIX, AC_GNU_SOURCE, AC_ISC_POSIX,
AC_MINIX.
* NEWS: Document this change.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Martin Koeppe.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Add anchors to support better
cross-referencing.
(Particular Structures): Move obsolete macros descriptions...
(External Software): Likewise.
(Package Options): Likewise.
(Obsolete Macros): ...to here. Add cross-references to
documentation on replacements.
* NEWS: Mention that these macros have been obsolete for a while
now: AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE AC_STRUCT_ST_RDEV AC_WITH AC_ENABLE.
Problem reported by Fred Kreek in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2007-06/msg00009.html>.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Warn about FPATH.
(Macro Names, Defining Directories): Don't mention PATH as a name
for a fully qualified file name, as this usage violates the GNU
coding standards and we shouldn't recommend it.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Don't set PATH to the empty
string and then assume shell builtins like "test" will work.
AC_CHECK_TYPE, AC_CHECK_TYPES.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Generic types): C types must be type-names
(the C terminology), not type-ids (the C++ term). C++ types
must not be anonymous.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (_AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW): Remove special case
for C++; this drops support for anonymous struct and union types,
which were problematic anyway.
* tests/semantics.at (AC_CHECK_HEADERS_NEW): Adjust test to work even
for C++.
on types imposed by AC_CHECK_TYPE, AC_CHECK_TYPES.
(Generic Compiler Characteristics): AC_CHECK_SIZEOF now works
with objects too. Document the restrictions on its use.
Document the restrictions on AC_CHECK_ALIGNOF's type argument.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (_AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW):
For C, just try sizeof (TYPE) and sizeof ((TYPE)); if the former
works but the latter doesn't, then it's a valid type.
This lets people use function types and so forth.
For C++ there doesn't seem to be a simple solution, so leave it alone.
(AC_CHECK_SIZEOF): Allow argument to be a variable.
(AC_CHECK_SIZEOF, AC_CHECK_ALIGNOF): Don't bother to invoke
AC_CHECK_TYPE; that wasn't documented or necessary.
