* maint.mk (announcement): Avoid deleted option.
* cfg.mk (release_archive_dir): Use default.
* build-aux/gnupload: New file, from automake/gnulib.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute it.
* .x-sc_two_space_separator_in_usage: New file, to exempt gnupload
from syntax check.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_FILES_PREPARE): When CR
is the EOL marker, skip a step that would remove and translate
carriage return bytes.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Elbert Pol.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Distribute .version.
(.version): New rule.
* man/Makefile.am (common_dep): Depend on .version, not
configure.ac.
(.x.1): Use package name for version string.
* GNUmakefile [!_have-Makefile]: Sync from upstream, again.
* build-aux/git-version-gen: Sync from upstream.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Mention awk %u
bug on HP-UX/IA.
Report by Peter O'Gorman.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/autoconf/libs.m4 (_AC_PATH_X_DIRECT,_AC_PATH_X_XMKMF):
Check for libX11 with extensions dylib la and dll too.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Martin Costabel.
* 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>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Mention ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS for automake
users.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Chris Pickett.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Runtime): Document that a temporary override
is permissible.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Ineiev, example by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_combine): Don't use overquoting and
expansion of text arguments, as that swallows $1.
(m4_text_wrap): Likewise, by splitting out...
(_m4_text_wrap): ...new helper macro. Also, allow arbitrary
expression for width.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_text_wrap): Test this.
(m4@&t@_combine): Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT): Remove a.out.dSYM
directory created on darwin.
(AC_NO_EXECUTABLES): Likewise; also remove objects which may be
left over from a broken link.
* tests/c.at (AC_NO_EXECUTABLES (working linker))
(AC_NO_EXECUTABLES (broken linker)): New tests.
Report by Gary V. Vaughan.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction): Expand on primary
vs. secondary goal of autoconf.
* THANKS: Update.
Inspired by Paul Smith.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm (handle_exec_errors): New argument
$hint, show if the executing program does not exist.
(xsystem_hint): New function, like xsystem but allows to pass
a hint.
* bin/autoreconf.in: Use xsystem_hint for spawning autopoint and
libtoolize.
Report by Bruce Korb.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (_m4_wrap): Don't directly invoke wrapped
text, since it may contain text that looks like parameters.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_INIT cleanup): Enhance test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_DEFINE_INIT, _AT_DEFINE_SETUP): New
macros for defining order-enforced macros.
(AT_INIT, AT_SETUP, AT_CLEANUP, AT_BANNER, AT_XFAIL_IF)
(AT_CAPTURE_FILE, AT_DATA, AT_CHECK, AT_CHECK_NOESCAPE): Add error
messages when order violations are detected.
* tests/autotest.at (AT_CHECK_AT_SYNTAX): New helper macro.
(AT_SETUP without AT_INIT, AT_BANNER without AT_INIT)
(AT_CLEANUP without AT_INIT, Missing AT_CLEANUP)
(AT_CHECK without AT_SETUP, AT_DATA without AT_SETUP)
(AT_XFAIL_IF without AT_DATA, AT_KEYWORDS without AT_SETUP,
(AT_CLEANUP without AT_SETUP, AT_BANNER inside AT_SETUP)
(AT_SETUP inside AT_SETUP, Multiple AT_INIT)
(Banner-only test suite): New tests.
Reported by Christopher Hulbert.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_wrap): Override M4 implementation.
(m4_wrap_lifo, _m4_wrap): New macros.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_INIT): Combine all cleanup into known
order, prior to m4sugar's.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Use cleanup parameter, rather than
m4_wrap.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Combine all cleanup into
known order, prior to m4sh's.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Diagnostic Macros) <m4_fatal>: Document
argument.
(Redefined M4 Macros) <m4_wrap>: Rewrite documentation to match
new behavior.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS_INIT cleanup): New test.
* NEWS: Document the change.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/autotest.at (AT_CHECK_AT_PREP): Avoid raw AT_ in output.
(unusual file names): Likewise.
(m4_pattern_allow): Remove loophole, to make it easier to catch
poorly written tests.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/autotest.at (AT_CHECK_AT_PREP): New macro, to factor out
common initialization.
(AT_CHECK_AT, Banners, Keywords and ranges, srcdir propagation)
(whitespace in absolute testdir, unusual file names): Use it.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_CHECK): Wrap commands in {;}.
* tests/torture.at (AT_CHECK_CONFIG_CREATION_NOWRITE): Test it.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/torture.at (Substitute and define special characters):
MinGW awk cannot handle 0xFF, and on MinGW, the test does the
wrong thing for CR.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* tests/torture.at (AT_CHECK_CONFIG_CREATION_NOWRITE): Skip
no-write portion if user has root-like privileges.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
