Reini Urban and Paul Eggert for reporting the dependencies.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (AC_HEADER_RESOLV): New macro.
* doc/autoconf.texi (AC_HEADER_RESOLV): Document it.
(AC_HEADER_STAT): @cvindex{STAT_MACROS_BROKEN}, not @acindex.
tracing on commands with possibly-escaped newlines.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Writing testsuite.at): Delete documentation of the
discontinued behavior and its implications.
* tests/autotest.at (BS-newline in command, ^BS-newline in command)
(BSx641-newline in command, BS-BS-newline in command)
(BSx640-newline in command, Newline-CODE-BS-newline in command)
(Single-quote-BS-newline in command)
(Single-quote-newline-BS-newline in command): New tests.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): ... here;
give only 4-letter prefix to AS_TMPDIR, comment fixed.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): Don't
create the temporary directory.
(_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): Work in current directory.
* tests/.cvsignore: Add wrapper.in.
* man/Makefile.am (autoconf.1): Regenerate when `autoconf.as' changes.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 [--trace] (AT_INIT): Do not `set -v'.
* tests/autotest.at: New file.
* tests/suite.at: Include it.
* tests/Makefile.am: Distribute it.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 [--trace] (_AT_CHECK): Do not enable
shell tracing on a command that could contain multiple lines.
* doc/autoconf.text: Document that fact and its implications.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_ESCAPE_FOR_EXPAND): New macro.
* tests/autotest.at (Multiline backquote command substitution,
Multiline parameter expansion, Literal multiline command,
Multiline parenthetical command substitution): Remove XFAIL.
* configure: Regenerate.
* lib/freeze.mk (MY_AUTOM4TE): Wrap the uninstalled autom4te directly.
(m4f_dependencies): Adjust accordingly.
* tests/Makefile.am (Wrappers): Generate wrapper scripts.
(wrapper.in): Generate it in the build directory.
(MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Delete wrapper.in.
(CLEANFILES): Add wrapper.in.
* tests/wrapper.as: Move AS_INIT to very top, preserving copyright in
the output. Replace each $as_me with a @wrap_program@.
* tests/wrapper.in: Delete it; we always build it.
* bin/Makefile.am (autoconf.in): Generate it in the build directory.
(EXTRA_DIST): Remove autoconf.in.
(CLEANFILES): Add autoconf.in.
(autoconf): Find autoconf.in in the build directory.
* bin/autoconf.in: Delete it; we always build it.
PATH members so as to not prepend an empty element. Move a comment.
* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Build in `tests' last.
* tests/Makefile.am (installcheck-local): Add check-local dependencies.
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.
the $1_found variable, don't test whether the file is executable;
Both things are checked ...
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): ... here; AS_EXECUTABLE_P replaces
the former ``test -f''.
(AC_CANONICAL_BUILD): Call it to require config.sub and config.guess.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_INSTALL): Likewise for install-sh.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Document AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE.
* lib/autom4te.in (Automake-preselections): Preselect
AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE. Automake 1.10 will trace it.
how deeply nested we are when a suitable tool is found, set the
ac_path_TOOL_found flag.
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): Encapsulate knowledge of how deeply
nested we are in this macro. Break out of all 3 nested loops if
ac_path_TOOL_found is set.
best tool so far counter rely on the tool path variable name to
avoid checks for one tool being affected by the results of running
the length check on a previous tool.
match expression argument, as different greps have different
regular expression flavours.
(AC_PROG_FGREP): Pass 'FGREP'. fgrep treats all match chars as
literals.
(AC_PROG_EGREP): Pass 'EGREP$'.
(AC_PROG_GREP): Pass 'GREP$'.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PATH_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TOOLS): Warn if a cross-tool is found without
a prefix.
(AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS): New macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Programs): Document
(AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS, and warn for future changes
in the behavior of AC_PATH_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TOOL and
AC_CHECK_TOOLS.
(Specifying Names): Document the reason for these future
behavioral changes.
* tests/mktests.sh: Do not generate tests for the
new macros.
* NEWS: Document these changes.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Avoid macros with unbraced arguments,
they make TeX hang up.
refer to the correct file.
* doc/autoconf.texi (AU_DEFUN): Describe more correctly
the behavior of the third argument.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 (AU_DEFUN): Describe more
correctly the behavior of the third argument. Document
what the three macros that AU_DEFUN defines do. Fix
warning message when the third argument includes $0
(reported by Alexandre Duret-Lutz).
(AS_INIT): Output shell initialization there. Removed optional
parameter. Expand _AS_SHELL_FN_SPY.
(AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): Removed.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_SPY): New macro.
(AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Remove loop to find better shell
and documentation for the parameter.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Move it here.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK): Remove shell invocation, reformat.
(_AS_RUN): Move it here, support testing with eval.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Require shell functions when
it is used.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Put around braces, we do not
trigger the bash bug anymore.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Document M4SH-SANITIZE, do not
use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in, tests/wrapper.in: Regenerated.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Don't say that the third parameter
is broken.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 (AU_DEFINE): New dummy macro.
(AU_DEFUN): Honor the third parameter, create autoupdate
macros with AU_DEFINE.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (AC_USG, AC_MEMORY_H,
AC_DIR_HEADER): Use AU_DEFUN's third parameter.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (AC_LANG_SAVE): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_RSH): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_HAVE_POUNDBANG,
AC_ARG_ARRAY, AC_CYGWIN, AC_EMXOS2, AC_MINGW32,
AC_XENIX_DIR): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (AC_INT_16_BITS, AC_LONG_64_BITS,
AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE, AC_STRUCT_ST_RDEV): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4: Remove FIXME.
* tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_AU_MACRO): Ignore stderr, check
that the macro is not present anymore in the updated
configure.ac.
* tests/tools.at (autoupdate AC_LINK_FILES): Ignore stderr
of autoupdate.
grep or ggrep program in PATH that accepts as long lines as
possible.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PROG_GREP): Factor out the core of
AC_PROG_GREP.
(AC_PROG_EGREP, AC_PROG_FGREP): Use it to find best available
egrep and fgrep respectively if $GREP -E/-F don't work.
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): Factor out the common core of
_AC_PROG_GREP, and AC_PROG_SED.
(_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): New helper macro for finding the
longest input length accepted by a command.
(AC_PROG_SED): Use it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): Document the changes.
* NEWS: Updated.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_BOURNE_COMPATIBLE):
Extracted from AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK, AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Move reinvocation code from
_AS_LINENO_WORKS, use it to find out if shell
functions work.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Don't find another shell if $LINENO
does not work.
(AS_INIT): Pass parameter down to AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Test that AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN
was called.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in: Regenerate.
* tests/wrapper.in: Regenerate.
* tests/tools.at: Test the syntax of tests/autoconf
and tests/testsuite.
* TODO: Remove already done things. Update the part
about finding tools for the target.
2003-11-24 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (AC_USG, AC_MEMORY_H,
AC_DIR_HEADER): Make wording more consistent.
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_CYGWIN, AC_EMXOS2,
AC_MINGW32): Explain the transition better.
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (AC_INT_16_BITS,
AC_LONG_64_BITS): Explain the transition better.
2003-11-24 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Obsoleting Macros): Don't
document the third parameter of AU_DEFUN.
* lib/autoconf/autoupdate.m4 (AU_DEFINE): Remove.
(AU_DEFUN): Remove the third parameter, it was not used.
Use AC_DEFUN directly, not AU_DEFINE.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (AC_LINK_FILES): Move the message
into the expanded body, consistently with other macros
such as AC_USG.
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.
computing the absolute path to d1 in the source hierarchy: it may
not exist at all. So don't cd into it.
From Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2003-10/msg00205.html
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SET_CATFILE): New.
From Paul Eggert, but named after Perl's IO::Spec->catfile.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Programming in M4sh): Document.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCPATHS): Use it.
(GNU Fortran): New.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Language Choice): Document.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (AC_FC_SRCEXT, AC_FC_FREEFORM): Assert
the current language is Fortran.
that future autopoint/aclocal/automake/autoreconf will be able
to trace to find where to install local m4 macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Document it.
* NEWS: Updated.
* bin/autoreconf.in (autoreconf_current_directory): Create the
AUX_DIR if needed, for sake of automake --add-missing etc.
Suggested by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
directory for AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS' first argument exists.
This makes valid the invocation of _AC_SRCPATH that follows.
Reported by Eric Sunshine.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Commands): Adjust.
Reported by Paivio Pollari.
Diagnosed by Nicolas Joly.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_CLEANUP): Rename AT_help as
AT_help_all.
Instead of making AT_help a sequence of assignments to grow
$at_help_all, just make AT_help_all be the growing contents of
$at_help_all, and make a single assignment in...
(AT_INIT): here.
(at_times_skip): Flip the meaning and rename as...
(at_times_p): this.
(AT_INIT): When summarizing the test that ran, remove
$at_times_file after use, and check it is present before trying to
use it.
output, so that we can track spurious m4sugar output.
* tests/local.at: Require 2.57.
(AT_CHECK_M4SUGAR, AT_CHECK_M4SH): Don't m4_default the arguments that
are defaulted by AT_CHECK anyway.
Use AT_CHECK_AUTOM4TE.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4: There should be no output at all: add a
missing dnl.
(&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.
