* tests/autotest.at (Erlang Eunit unit tests): Use "no" as
value-if-not-found for Erlang tools.
* tests/erlang.at: Likewise. Also, use AS_EXIT instead of plain
exit.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Hint at the toplevel log
only if not $at_debug_p. Always hint at the per-test output.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Libraries): Library linking may not fail
even without missing additional libs.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Implement
--config.
* doc/autoconf.texi (config.status Invocation): Document it.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/torture.at (configure invocation): Test it.
Suggested several times, by several people, in the past.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initialization Macros) <AS_INIT>: Add words
to clarify that only bare-bones scripts need a direct AS_INIT.
Suggested by Reuben Thomas.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <test>: Give more
reasons why -a and -o are not portable.
Reported by Reuben Thomas.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <sed>: Use `%'
rather than `/' as delimiter in an example `s' command.
Document inconsistent treatment of escaped metacharacters.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Dave Korn, with additional input from Paolo Bonzini
and Eric Blake.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* configure.ac (PERL_FLOCK): New substitution variable with test
whether Fcntl::flock is implemented by the system.
* bin/Makefile.am (edit): Substitute @PERL_FLOCK@.
* bin/autom4te.in: Call XFile::lock only if flock is
implemented.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <tr>: Mention
that Solaris /usr/bin/tr does not only have problems with
replacing NUL bytes but discards all NUL bytes from the input.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Initializing configure): Update wording.
(Versioning) <AC_PREREQ>: Remove misleading text, to match
autoupdate's behavior.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by NightStrike, with input from Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/specific.m4 (AT_CHECK_EUNIT): Support older
versions of Erlang/OTP with an erlang:stop() function that doesn't
take arguments.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/autoconf/erlang.m4 (_AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM(Erlang)): New.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (AC_LANG_DEFINE): Copy _AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM.
(_AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM(), _AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM): New.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT): Print here "whether the xyz compiler works",
before exiting.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_WORKS): Merge into _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_CROSS, remove
the "whether the xyz compiler works" message, use conftest$ac_cv_exeext
instead of $ac_file.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT): Try _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT using the
null program, and clean conftest.out only after _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_CROSS.
(AC_NO_EXECUTABLES): Use _AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM.
(_AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT): Use _AC_LANG_NULL_PROGRAM.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Mention that
Solaris /usr/bin/tr does not support ranges, nor the '\0' octal
escape.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* build-aux/update-copyright: New file.
* cfg.mk (gnulib-update): Sync it from gnulib.
(update-copyright-exclude-regexp): New varialbe.
(web-manual): Move...
* maint.mk (web-manual): ...here, to match gnulib.
(update-copyright): New target, copied from gnulib's
maint.mk (it would be nice to sync this file...).
(build_aux): New macro.
(VC_LIST, emit_upload_commands): Use it.
* build-aux/texinfo.tex: Resynchronize from upstream.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_COPYRIGHT_YEARS): Reformat to meet
expected pattern.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_COPYRIGHT_YEARS): Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/autotest.at (Hard fail): Check more restrictively for
passed tests, so that hostnames recorded in the log file do not
wrongly match.
Report by Ludovic Courtès.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* NEWS: Mention the release.
* README: This release is stable.
* HACKING (release): Use dist-xz, not dist-lzma.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/install.texi (Basic Installation): Mention that INSTALL is
generic, and that not all packages implement all features.
Mention 'make distcheck' for maintainers, and 'make installcheck'
for users. Mention the GNU Coding Standards.
(Installation Names): Mention DESTDIR vs. 'make prefix= install'
as ways to alter the configuration, with caveats of each. Move
--program-prefix discussion...
(Optional Features): ...here. Mention --enable-silent-rules and
use of make V=0.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/install.texi (Basic Installation): Use better markup.
(Multiple Architectures): Introduce the term VPATH.
(Installation Names): Mention that --prefix must be absolute.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Preset Output Variables)
(Installation Directory Variables): Consistently refer to GNU
Coding Standards.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* m4/m4.m4 (AC_PROG_GNU_M4): Reject m4 1.4.5, now that we use
regexp it can't handle.
* NEWS: Mention minimum version bump.
* README: Likewise.
* README-hacking: Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise.
* tests/tools.at (autom4te --trace and whitespace): Update test so
still work with older m4 line numbers.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: nested): Likewise.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_DEFINE_TRACE): Expand macro before
tracing its name.
* lib/autoconf/autoheader.m4 (AH_VERBATIM, AH_TEMPLATE): Likewise,
for using the macro in a template file.
* tests/tools.at (autoheader and macros): New test.
* NEWS: Mention this.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
