* 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/autotest/general.m4: Use the serial code path if no test
is to be run.
* tests/autotest.at (parallel test execution): Test -j and -jN
with `-k notmatched'.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* 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>
* tests/tools.at (autoconf: forbidden tokens, basic): Enable
cache, even if user normally disabled it.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (_m4_shiftn): Handle case when shifting
all arguments.
* tests/m4sugar.at (M4 loops): Test it.
Reported by Akim Demaille.
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>
* tests/m4sh.at (AS_IF and AS_CASE): Use `autom4te --force' for
second script. Set the expansion limit back to 1000.
* tests/tools.at (autotools and whitespace in file names): Add
--force for repeated invocations.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* 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>
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_IF and AS@&t@_CASE): Relax test to
something more manageable.
* tests/m4sugar.at (recursion): Move stress test of
m4_transform_pair here.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* 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>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_transform, m4_transform_pair): New
macros, undocumented for now.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (m4_transform, m4_transform_pair): Also
the m4 1.4.x counterparts.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_IF, AS_CASE): Use it.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_IF and AS@&t@_CASE): Test it.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (m4_bmatch): Provide linear
implementation for m4 1.4.x.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_bmatch): New test.
(recursion): Test the linear nature.
* NEWS: Document the fix.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS): Use a
unique key for the AH_VERBATIM.
* tests/c.at (AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS): New test.
* NEWS: Mention the fix.
Reported by Andreas Schwab, analyzed by Stepan Kasal.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_cond): Split into...
(_m4_cond): ...this, for fewer macros per iteration.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (_m4_cond): New implementation.
* tests/m4sugar.at (recursion): Test it.
* NEWS: Document the linear guarantee.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Flatten
whitespace in $ac_config_files and $ac_config_headers.
* tests/torture.at (Parameterized AC_CONFIG_FILES): New test.
Report by Andreas Schwab and Per Øyvind Karlsen.
* THANKS: Update.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* 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_list_cmp_1): Don't defer shift.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (m4_list_cmp): Fix comment.
* tests/m4sugar.at (recursion): Test both directions of list
disparity.
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>
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4: New file.
(m4_foreach, m4_case, _m4_shiftn, m4_do, m4_dquote_elt, _m4_map)
(m4_join, m4_joinall, m4_list_cmp, _m4_minmax): Replace m4sugar
macros based on $@ recursion [fast on M4 1.6, but quadratic on M4
1.4.x] with versions based on m4_for/m4_foreach [slow on 1.6, but
linear on 1.4.x].
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_init): Dynamically load new file if
older M4 is assumed.
(m4_map_sep): Optimize.
(m4_max, m4_min): Refactor, by adding...
(_m4_max, _m4_min, _m4_minmax): ...more efficient helpers.
(m4_defn, m4_popdef, m4_undefine): Use foreach recursion.
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am (dist_m4sugarlib_DATA): Distribute new
file.
* tests/m4sugar.at (M4 loops): Add a stress test that takes
forever if m4_foreach and friends are quadratic.
* NEWS: Mention this.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defn, m4_popdef, m4_undefine): Don't
define slower wrapper if m4 will warn on our behalf; key off of
__m4_version__, added alongside the new warnings in m4 1.6.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_defn): New test.
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>
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_HEADERS_PREPARE): For
undefined preprocessor macros that are followed by a comment
in the header template, do not create nested comments in the
output.
* tests/torture.at (@%:@define header templates): Extend test.
* NEWS: Update.
Report by Karsten Hopp <karsten@redhat.com>.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_KEYWORDS): Expand argument prior to
converting it to lower case.
* tests/autotest.at (Keywords and ranges): Test this.
* NEWS: Document the fix.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Karsten Hopp.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_ARG_VAR_VALIDATE, AC_MSG_FAILURE):
Output $ac_pwd along with fatal failure.
* tests/torture.at (Deep Package): Extend test.
Reported numerous times against GCC, and probably other packages.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT) <at_func_validate_ranges>:
Alter usage to eval its arguments, in order to normalize away
leading zero. All callers updated.
* tests/autotest.at (Keywords and ranges): Test range
normalization with leading 0.
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>
* tests/autotest.at (AT_CHECK_AT): Allow to pass additional
arguments to the inner suite.
(errexit, input from stdin): New tests.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Return back to GPLv2+, until the text of the exceptions is
finalized, reverting the change from 2007-07-03 and the first
part of the change from 2007-07-20.
Also:
* COPYING: Revert to GPLv2.
* COPYINGv3: New file, since some auxiliary build tools, used for
building autoconf and not installed, are GPLv3.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute COPYINGv3.
* NEWS: Remove mention of GPLv3.
* README: Clarify situation regarding GPLv3.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* 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>
