* doc/make-stds.texi, doc/standards.texi: Update from masters.
* lib/Autom4te/Channels.pm, lib/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm
* lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm, lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm: Update
from masters, so that FileUtils.pm's update_file provide --force
support.
* bin/autoheader.in: Pass $force to update_file so that
config.h.in is always recreated when --force.
so that ac_abs_builddir, ac_abs_top_builddir, ac_abs_srcdir,
and ac_abs_top_srcdir are absolute paths.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SET_CATFILE): Remove misleading comment.
(&verbose): Remove.
(&getopt): Adjust the note and verb channels, depending upon
--verbose.
* bin/autoheader.in, bin/autom4te.in, bin/autoscan.in,
* bin/autoupdate.in: Adjust.
Use &verb, not &verbose.
&parse_WARNINGS.
($help): Use Autom4te::ChannelDefs::usage.
* bin/autoscan.in: Use Autom4te::ChannelDefs.
* lib/Autom4te/General.pm: Don't export error: you don't own it.
forward order.
* lib/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm: Doc typos.
(&parse_warnings): Accept a list of warning requests.
(&usage): Return a string, not a side effect.
(cross): New warning category.
* bin/autom4te: Adjust.
In particular, be Autoconf tools are really silent when properly
working, bind the verbosity of the 'note' channel to $verbose.
* lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&find_file, &mtime, &update_file)
(&xsystem, &contents): Remove, since they are exported by...
* lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm: this.
More perldoc.
* lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&up_to_date_p): Move to...
* lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm: here.
changes.
* lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&backname): Remove, no longer used by
Autoconf nor Automake.
(&contents): New, from Automake.
PODify.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (_AC_PROG_CXX_EXIT_DECLARATION):
Remove `#include <stdlib.h>' from the list; we should never
Do not call `_exit()', simply modify `$?'.
(xsystem): Reset $! before running system, and check it afterward.
* tests/tools.at (autoupdating AC_PREREQ): Expect exit status
63 for version mismatches.
* lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm ($me, &name, &lock, &truncate, &seek): New.
* bin/autom4te.in (&Request::save, &Request::load): Use an IO::File
argument instead of a file name, so that the request file remains
open during the whole autom4te run.
($icache_file): New.
(&freeze): Lock the $icache_file.
* bin/autoupdate.in (&parse_args): Kill old options.
* bin/autoreconf.in (&parse_args): Remove dead options.
Factor some code.
(&autoreconf): Report the directories we enter *and leave*, so
that error messages can be easily located, and use GNU Make
format, so that Emacs' compile mode understands us.
* lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&update_file): Use `verbose' to report
if some file was changed instead of `print'.
* bin/autoheader.in: Suggest AC_DEFINE with 3 args when needed.
(&parse_args): Remove the dead options.
* tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CHECK_AUTOHEADER): Adjust to the new
autoheader's quiet mode.
(AT_CHECK_AUTOUPDATE): Likewise.
* tests/tools.at (autoupdate): Adjust.
* tests/semantics.at (AC_C_BIGENDIAN): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4: Include it.
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4: Use AN_FUNCTION for all the functions
that were listed in the original autoscan.list.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4: Similarly with headers.
* lib/freeze.mk (autoconf_m4f_dependencies): Add autoscan.m4.
(.m4.m4f): Don't pass --prepend-include, since that's done by
tests/autom4te itself.
* lib/autoscan/Makefile.am: Include freeze.mk.
(autoscan.list): New target --this file is no longer a source.
(autoscan.pre): New file.
