* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_CHECK): Truncate files to hold
standard output and standard error before the test, use append
mode for writing.
* THANKS: Update.
Caught by Bob Proulx' build daemons, analysis and suggested fix
by Stéphane Chazelas.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defn, m4_dumpdef, m4_popdef)
(m4_undefine, m4_combine): Use m4_map_args, rather than
m4_foreach.
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/m4sugar.m4 (_m4_stack_reverse): New from _m4_copy.
(m4_stack_foreach, m4_stack_foreach_lifo): New.
(m4_copy): Use m4_stack_foreach and m4_curry.
(_m4_dumpdefs_down, _m4_dumpdefs_up): Remove.
(m4_dumpdefs): Rewrite using m4_stack_foreach_lifo.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4_stack_foreach): New test.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_FILES_PREPARE): Generate CR
via tr, rather than with literal byte.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Steven R. Loomis; patch suggested by Thomas Dickey.
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/autotest/general.m4 (AT_CLEANUP): Avoid a fork, since it is
known that the file has only one line and no \.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_COMPUTE_INT_RUN): Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (_AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW_BODY): Extract
test body here. Move head comment of _AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW here.
(_AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW): Define a shell function and call it.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (_AC_CHECK_HEADER_MONGREL_BODY): New
macro.
(_AC_CHECK_HEADER_MONGREL): Use a shell function.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Factor...
(_AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): ...into new helper macro.
(_AS_PREPARE): Temporarily redefine AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN to make
this task easier.
(_AS_LINENO_PREPARE): Make more efficient.
(_AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE): Simplify use in _AS_PREPARE.
(_AS_UNSET_PREPARE): Avoid blank newline.
(AS_INIT): Emit as_func_unset alongside other functions.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (_AC_CHECK_FUNC_BODY): New macro.
(AC_CHECK_FUNC): Use a shell function.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_LANG_SOURCE(C)): Reduce number of forks.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_LIBOBJ, AC_LIBSOURCES): Defun, not
define, so that an initial location is present, to account for
fact that gnulib-tool pushes another AC_DEFUN'd macro on top.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defun_init): Handle indirect macro
names, and correct number of arguments.
(m4_copy): Also set up location of the copy.
(m4_defun): When copied, use current macro name, not original.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: one-shot initialization):
Update test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defun): Add undocumented third
argument.
(m4_defun_init): New undocumented macro.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_ECHO_LOG, AS_MESSAGE, AS_BASENAME)
(_AS_DIRNAME_EXPR, AS_DIRNAME, AS_ECHO, AS_ECHO_N, AS_TEST_X)
(AS_LN_S, AS_MKDIR_P, _AS_PATH_WALK, AS_VERSION_COMPARE)
(AS_TR_SH, AS_TR_CPP, AS_VAR_APPEND, AS_VAR_PUSHDEF): Use it to
simplify these macros once the one-shot initialization is
complete.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: one-shot initialization): New
test.
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>
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS): Only set
ac_cv_func_getgroups_works=no when it is not available.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_FC_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS): Add -little to
list of ignored arguments.
* THANKS: Update.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_RUN_IFELSE_BODY): New macro.
(_AC_RUN_IFELSE): Use a shell function.
(_AC_RUN_LOG): Avoid subshell for logging.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS): Always define
the shell variable, $ac_cv_func_getgroups_works. Otherwise, if
it is set to "yes" in the environment and configure is run on
a system like mingw that lacks the getgroups function, it would
mistakenly define HAVE_GETGROUPS. Reported by Simon Josefsson in
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/15354>.
* 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_CASE): Always execute test, in case of
side effects. Allow continuation of script on same line as esac.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_PROG_CC_STDC): Adjust client.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_IF and AS@&t@_CASE): Enhance test.
* NEWS: Document the subtle change.
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/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE_BODY): New macro.
(_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE): Use a shell function.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE): Factor for faster execution.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Bypass AS_REQUIRE if function has already
been provided.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Use m4_text_box for
existing banner.
(AS_INIT): Add new banners at strategic points.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_INIT): Alter banner location, and
make consistent with other banners.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE): Expand _m4_divert_desired before
passing it to m4_divert_require, so that its content is not used
anymore.
* tests/m4sh.at (Nested AS_REQUIRE): New testcase.
* tests/m4sh.at (Nested AS@&t@_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN)
(AS@&t@_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN and m4@&t@_require): Adjust to changed
API.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
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>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED_PRUNE): New macro,
extracted from...
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): ...here, to use faster API. No need to
check for an empty required set.
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>
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_VAR): New test.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_VAR_PUSHDEF): Force expansion of
_AS_TR_SH_PREPARE at top level, rather than argument collection.
(AS_TR_SH): Support command substitution.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_VAR_GET): Reduce output to one line.
(AS_VAR_TEST_SET, AS_VAR_SET, AS_VAR_SET_IF, AS_VAR_POPDEF): Sort,
no code changes.
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/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_CACHE_DUMP): Use AS_UNSET.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_SED): Use AS_UNSET.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_UNSET_PREPARE): Provide $as_unset as an
alias for AS_UNSET, for backwards compatibility.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Set BASH_ENV and ENV to /dev/null in case
the shell does not support unset.
(_AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Work around Bash 2.01 bugs. Unset BASH_ENV.
(AS_INIT, _AS_PREPARE, AS_PREPARE): Call it.
(AS_UNSET): Assume it is there but it might fail if the variable is
not set. Use it throughout instead of $as_unset.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, _AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): Remove
m4_require of _AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL.
(_AS_CLEANUP): Add it here.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Just expand the test instead of appending it
to _AS_CLEANUP.
(_AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): New name of the old AS_SHELL_SANITIZE macro.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): New macro hacking around Libtool misuse.
(AS_PREPARE): Use _AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(AS_INIT): Add m4_provide of itself.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_ECHO_LOG): If defined, use $as_lineno as
the line number emitted to the log file.
(AS_LINENO_PUSH, AS_LINENO_POP): New.
* tests/m4sh.at (LINENO Stack): New test.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (_m4_require_call): Accept a third argument.
(m4_require): Pass it.
(m4_divert_require): New.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE): Rewrite using m4_divert_require.
Remove comment about differences with m4_require.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN and m4_require): Update to test
the expected behavior.
(Nested AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): New test.
* 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_PREPARE, AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN)
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK): Imitate GNU Coding Standards for C
functions.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* 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>
2008-10-10 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_MKDIR_P): New, from AS_MKDIR_P. Adjust
meaning of as_mkdir_p to be `false' or a full `mkdir -p' command.
(AS_MKDIR_P): Just dispatch to as_func_mkdir_p.
(_AS_PREPARE): Define shell functions.
(_AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE): Set as_mkdir_p according to the above change.
Define shell functions.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Avoid unconditional
preparation.
(_AS_ECHO_LOG): Depend on $LINENO preparation.
(AS_MESSAGE): Depend on $as_me preparation.
(AS_TMPDIR): Use AS_ERROR, rather than a hand-rolled copy.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-10-09 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Delay setting as_me
until the M4SH-INIT diversion using _AS_ME_PREPARE.
(_AS_PREPARE): Invoke _AS_EXPR_PREPARE before _AS_BASENAME_PREPARE
and _AS_DIRNAME_PREPARE, and _AS_BASENAME_PREPARE and _AS_ME_PREPARE
before _AS_LINENO_PREPARE.
(AS_PREPARE): Include all the AS_REQUIREs manually.
(_AS_ME_PREPARE): New.
(_AS_LINENO_PREPARE): Use m4_defun.
2008-10-09 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_BASENAME_EXPR, _AS_DIRNAME_EXPR): Do not
require _AS_EXPR_PREPARE.
(_AS_BASENAME_PREPARE, _AS_DIRNAME_PREPARE): Do it here.
(_AS_PREPARE): Add _AS_BASENAME_PREPARE.
* cfg.mk (cvs_executable_files, cvs_files): Rewrite...
(fetch): ...into new target.
(executable-update): Delete, now that it is unused.
* maint.mk (update, local_updates, cvs_files, gnulib_repo)
(wget-update, cvs-update): Likewise.
* HACKING (Update the foreign files): Document new procedure.
* GNUmakefile: Resync from upstream, via new 'make fetch'.
* build-aux/config.guess: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, _AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED):
Use m4_set, rather than m4_expand_once/m4_append.
(_AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): Adjust to new storage layout, and filter
required tests out of suggested tests.
Reported by Paolo Bonzini.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* 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/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Determine diversion
name prior to invoking AS_REQUIRE.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (M4SH-INIT-FN): New diversion.
(AS_REQUIRE): Accept diversion parameter.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Use it.
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>
* 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: Do not reset $at_jobs if it is equal
to one. Fixes hang with `-k notmatched'.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* 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>
* 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>
* 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>
* 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>
* cfg.mk (cvs_executable_files, cvs_files): Update list of files,
although for now, they are still manually sync'd.
* build-aux/gnupload: Update.
* build-aux/config.sub: Likewise.
* GNUmakefile: Likewise.
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>
* 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>
* 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>
* bin/autom4te.in: Adjust comments, now that we rely on 1.4.5+.
(files_to_options): Avoid inheriting __m4_version__ from frozen
file if current M4 does not support it.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defn, m4_popdef, m4_undefine): Move
freeze-time decision of using faster 1.6 implementation...
(m4_init): ...to a runtime decision, and add use of new debugmode
flag.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_C_BIGENDIAN): Limit the check to
__APPLE_CC__ with possible -arch flags.
* NEWS: Document it.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* 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/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>
* 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>
* .gitattributes (*.texi*): Add new entry.
* README-hacking: Mention how to use it.
Inspired by a coreutils patch by Jim Meyering.
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/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL)
(AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS): Require, do not
warn about previous AC_CANONICAL_TARGET.
(AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL): Add missing `$' making the macro
unusable in the non-cross-compiling case.
* NEWS, THANKS: Update.
Report by Dave Erickson.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* 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>
* 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/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_foreach, _m4_foreach, m4_map)
(_m4_map, m4_map_sep): Rewrite recursion to use one less m4_if.
* lib/m4sugar/foreach.m4 (_m4_map): Accomodate changed signature.
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/m4sugar.m4 (m4_init): Bypass m4_include tracing, so
that aclocal doesn't insist on finding m4sugar/foreach.m4.
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>
* bin/autoupdate.in (_au___undefine): New macro,...
(_au__undefine): ...wrapped by ifdef to silence m4 warnings.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* GNUmakefile: Grab from upstream, to fix issue where 'make
install' would allow installation of stale version string.
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>
* 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>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_version_compare): Provide alternate
definition for non-Autoconf clients of m4sugar.
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>
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_LINK): Do not warn when not
linking a file to itself.
Report by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD): Move definition
earlier in the file.
(AT_INIT): Create line number cache in
$at_suite_dir/at-source-lines.
<at_helper_dir>: New directory at-groups below $at_suite_dir.
Add comment explaining the new directory structure.
(at_func_group_prepare, at_func_group_postprocess): New shell
functions to factorize per-test group work. Keep the actual
test execution outside of a shell function in order to avoid
zsh 4.x exit status bugs.
<at_check_line_file, at_status_file, at_stdout, at_stder1>
<at_stderr, at_test_source>: Turn these into per-group files
below $at_helper_dir. Also store test results there in files
named pass, fail, xpass, xfail, skip. Let the parent collect
results from $at_helper_dir. Adjust summary statistics
computation and result output.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* 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>
