* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros): Remove mention of
m4_AUTOCONF_VERSION, and leave m4_PACKAGE_VERSION undocumented
once again.
(Notices): Move AC_PREREQ...
(Versioning): ...to this new section, alongside the new AC_VERSION
alias for the undocumented m4_PACKAGE_VERSION.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_AUTOCONF_VERSION): Revert change.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_VERSION): New macro.
* NEWS: Update to match this rename.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_version_compare): Remove tests of
m4_PACKAGE_VERSION.
* tests/tools.at (autoconf: AC_VERSION): New test.
Suggested by Paolo Bonzini and Benoit Sigoure.
* tests/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute mktests.stamp.
(CLEANFILES): Don't clean the stamp, since we distribute the
generated files pre-built.
(MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Clean it here instead.
* tests/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
* tests/Makefile.am (mktests.stamp): New witness.
(TESTSUITE_GENERATED_AT): Use it.
(CLEANFILES): Clean the witness.
* tests/.cvsignore (mktests.stamp): Ignore the witness.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Text processing Macros): Document
m4_version_compare, m4_AUTOCONF_VERSION, m4_PACKAGE_VERSION.
(Redefined M4 Macros): Document m4_ifndef.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_AUTOCONF_VERSION): New macro; we
can't obsolete m4_PACKAGE_VERSION at this time since Autoconf 1.10
used it while it was undocumented.
* NEWS: Document this change.
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am (version.m4): Update copyright dates.
* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_version_compare): New test.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
* lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS): Inline code
from AC_AIX, AC_GNU_SOURCE, AC_MINIX. Add Interix support.
(AC_AIX, AC_GNU_SOURCE, AC_MINIX): Obsolete, and point to
AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS.
(AC_ISC_POSIX): Obsolete, and point to AC_SEARCH_LIBS.
(AC_XENIX_DIR, AC_IRIX_SUN): Promote proper quoting in AU_DEFUN.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Posix Variants): Reword this section,
emphasizing that AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS is the preferred method,
rather than a series of system-specific checks.
(Obsolete Macros): Add AC_AIX, AC_GNU_SOURCE, AC_ISC_POSIX,
AC_MINIX.
* NEWS: Document this change.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Martin Koeppe.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Add anchors to support better
cross-referencing.
(Particular Structures): Move obsolete macros descriptions...
(External Software): Likewise.
(Package Options): Likewise.
(Obsolete Macros): ...to here. Add cross-references to
documentation on replacements.
* NEWS: Mention that these macros have been obsolete for a while
now: AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE AC_STRUCT_ST_RDEV AC_WITH AC_ENABLE.
here, this macro is expanded by AC_INIT. Fixes 2.60 regression.
* tests/base.at (configure arguments): New test.
* THANKS: Update.
Report by Olaf Lenz.
file to itself if source and build trees coincide.
* tests/torture.at (AC_CONFIG_LINKS and identical files): New
test.
Report by Sebastian Freundt <hroptatyr@gna.org>.
Problem reported by Fred Kreek in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2007-06/msg00009.html>.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Warn about FPATH.
(Macro Names, Defining Directories): Don't mention PATH as a name
for a fully qualified file name, as this usage violates the GNU
coding standards and we shouldn't recommend it.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Don't set PATH to the empty
string and then assume shell builtins like "test" will work.
not a valid shell variable name.
* tests/mktests.sh (ac_exclude_list): Add AC_ARG_VAR.
* tests/torture.at (AC_SUBST: variable name validation): New test.
Reported by Andreas Schwab.
choice, since that's what we do with --enable-largefile etc.
Redo indenting and assignments to simplify things a bit, and make
the parens work with Emacs.
