Autoconf’s diagnostics now follow current GNU coding standards,
which say that diagnostics in the C locale should quote 'like this'
with plain apostrophes instead of the older GNU style `like this'
with grave accent and apostrophe.
The change to require shell functions in configure scripts happened
circa 2009, well before the release of autoconf 2.69; if this was
causing problems for people we would have heard about it by now.
Done via 'make update-copyright', since all files are effectively
modified and distributed this year via public version control.
* all files: Update copyright year.
Done via 'make update-copyright', since all files are effectively
modified and distributed this year via public version control.
* all files: Update copyright year.
* ChangeLog: Relicense under GPL.
* ChangeLog.0: Likewise.
* ChangeLog.1: Likewise.
* ChangeLog.2: Likewise.
* THANKS: Likewise.
* m4/m4.m4: Use latest wording of FSF all-permissive license.
* m4/make-case.m4: Likewise.
* doc/install.texi: Likewise.
* tests/statesave.m4: Relicense to match rest of testsuite; this
file does not need all-permissive license since it is not designed
for reuse by other packages.
* BUGS: Relicense under all-permissive license.
* HACKING: Likewise.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* README: Likewise.
* README-alpha: Likewise.
* README-hacking: Likewise.
* TODO: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/autotest.at (AT_CHECK_AT): Add pre-test argument.
(Tested programs, Startup error messages, AT_CHECK_AT_TITLE)
(Fallacy, Skip, errexit, Long test source lines)
(Debugging a successful test, Debugging script and environment)
(Debugging a failed test, Using atlocal)
(Choosing where testsuite is run): Adjust callers.
(AT_SKIP_PARALLEL_TESTS): New macro, to skip parallel tests except
under zsh, bash, or when TEST_PARALLEL_AUTOTEST is defined. Makes
it easier to avoid testsuite hangs for users with dash or other
less-tested shell.
(parallel test execution, parallel truth, parallel fallacy)
(parallel skip, parallel errexit)
(parallel autotest and signal handling): Use it.
* BUGS: Mention this.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* configure.ac: Reflect fact that change to git-version-gen
produces -, but not always a letter, on non-release builds.
* BUGS: Mention known issues.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Ask for help in
debugging platforms with deficient shells.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/Makefile.am (distclean-generic): Replace the default,
automake-provided rule with an identical one, but with an additional
dependency on distclean-local. Simply adding the dependency would
cause automake not to emit the rule at all.
* BUGS: Building with -jN works, now.
not to be a bug in the Autoconf build procedure itself, but rather
a problem with the proprietary `make' programs.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Build Directories): Add a cross reference
to VPATH and Make.
* build-aux/config.guess, build-aux/config.sub, build-aux/texinfo.tex:
* doc/standards.texi: Sync from gnulib.
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2004-11/msg00056.html>,
along with some nearby cruft.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Libtool): Libtool can be used without
Automake (not without Autoconf).
(Introduction): Mention lists.gnu.org.
* BUGS: Don't mention bugs.gnu.org.
Remove mention of ancient libtool compatibility problem.
* NEWS: Mention that bugs.gnu.org is kaput.
* README: Likewise. Mention where mailing list archives can be found.
* lib/Makefile.am (edit, autom4te.cfg): New.
* bin/autom4te.in (BEGIN): Simplify.
Rely on `AC_MACRODIR' in addition of `autom4te_perllibdir'.
(&load_configuration): New. Use it.
(&parse_args): Support --mode, --set, and --melt.
* bin/autoconf.in: Simplify and adjust.
* tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE): Use --set.
* tests/atlocal.in: Adjust.
* BUGS: distcheck and check are weak.
* autoconf.in ($automate): New var.
(task script): Use autom4te.
* autom4te.in (File::Spec): Use it.
(&find_file): New.
(&parse_args): --warning is -W, not -w.
Find the top level files.
(&handle_m4): Pass the warnings flags.
Don't report verbosely m4's failures, unless requested.
(&handle_output): Don't complain for forbidden tokens in comments.
Be sure to report all the forbidden tokens within a single line.
(&trace_format_to_m4): Preserve `$_'.
(&handle_traces): Sort the output macros.
(&up_to_date_p): Find the files before trying to get its time stamp.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_WORKS): this. Use the `a.out' or `a.exe'
left by _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT to check if the compiler works.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_CROSS): Extract from the above macro.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT): Use them.
Adjust all the compiler looking macros to check for EXEEXT
*first*, then OBJEXT.
Set ac_exeext yourself.
(_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O): Don't.
Reported by Derek R. Price.
* tests/semantics.at (AC_REPLACE_FUNCS): New test.
* acfunctions.m4 (AC_REPLACE_FUNCS, _AC_LIBOBJ_ALLOCA): Use
AC_LIBSOURCES.
Be sure to read this file if you're using a non released Autoconf.
* tests/tools.at (Syntax of the scripts): The non built tools are
in `$top_srcdir', not `..'.
(autoconf --trace): When using `-i' we need the src tree, not the
build tree.
