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Author SHA1 Message Date
Paul Eggert
5878ecc5fe * doc/autoconf.texi: Fix mishandling of `. 2020-07-13 12:55:19 -07:00
Zack Weinberg
74010f5300
Update hyperlinks in the manual and README-hacking.
Lots of http:// -> https:// conversions;
refer to XZ Utils instead of the obsolete LZMA Utils;
remove dead link to dbaspot.com;
replace mention of -fmudflap with -fsanitize=
  and add a proper cross-reference to the GCC manual for that.
2020-07-10 16:43:22 -04:00
Zack Weinberg
2d06297bd5
README-hacking: re-configure from scratch during bootstrap.
When building autoconf from a git checkout, recommend running
‘make distclean’ and a second ‘./configure’ after regenerating
autoconf’s own configure script using the just-built autoconf.
If one only runs ‘make check’ at that point, some configure-time
tests will not be repeated using the new code, such as detection
of a “better” shell.
2020-03-13 13:35:01 -04:00
Jim Meyering
d78a7dd95f maint: make update-copyright 2020-01-01 11:45:50 -08:00
Paul Eggert
b0ee838e11 maint: update URLs
Most of this is replacing http: with https: when either will do.
2017-09-23 12:49:23 -07:00
Paul Eggert
d3dcd5895d Prefer HTTPS to FTP and HTTP 2017-09-16 17:48:51 -07:00
Jim Meyering
60460b91d0 maint: update copyright dates for 2017
* all files: Run "make update-copyright".
* doc/autoconf.texi: Update manually.
2017-01-01 05:18:32 -08:00
Paul Eggert
bbfa63cd4a maint: make update-copyright 2016-02-06 17:17:49 -08:00
Paul Eggert
7b13e39a11 maint: bump copyright to 2015
* all files: Run 'make update-copyright'.
2015-01-02 13:03:39 -08:00
Eric Blake
a610501ded maint: bump copyright to 2014
Done via 'make update-copyright', since all files are effectively
modified and distributed this year via public version control.

* all files: Update copyright year.
2014-01-01 16:27:53 -07:00
Eric Blake
fbaee459bf maint: bump copyright to 2013
Done via 'make update-copyright', since all files are effectively
modified and distributed this year via public version control.

* all files: Update copyright year.
2013-01-03 14:58:52 -07:00
Eric Blake
da41210673 build: require perl 5.6
This reduces the implicit requirement from 5.6.2 back to 5.6,
while raising the explicit requirement to match the actual code.

* configure.ac (PERL): Fail up front if perl is too old.
* NEWS: Document this.
* README: Likewise.
* README-hacking: Likewise.
* lib/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm: Bump requirement.
* lib/Autom4te/General.pm: Relax requirement.
2012-03-07 10:50:09 -07:00
Paul Eggert
b69f4c2834 maint: update copyright year
All files changed to add 2012, via 'make update-copyright'.
2012-01-04 00:20:24 -08:00
Jim Meyering
bc9e46833e README-hacking: fix typo
* README-hacking: s/just build/just built/.
2011-03-27 19:26:16 +02:00
Eric Blake
1864b1a3c4 maint: update copyright year
All files changed to add 2011, via 'make update-copyright'.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
2011-01-04 16:34:06 -07:00
Eric Blake
b95a1aea40 Update copyright year.
All files changed to add 2010, via 'make update-copyright'.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2010-01-05 20:59:55 -07:00
Ralf Wildenhues
5d38833a3d testsuite: pass $configure_options to configure invocations.
* tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_CONFIGURE): Add $configure_options
to configure command line.
* tests/autotest.at, tests/base.at, tests/c.at, tests/torture.at:
Likewise for each configure invocation.
* README-hacking: Document configure_options.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
2009-09-14 19:30:22 +02:00
Eric Blake
ac272f28c0 Normalize remaining copyright lines.
* BUGS: Reformat copyright line, using UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_FORCE.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* README-hacking: Likewise.
* TODO: Likewise.
* lib/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm: Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4: Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4: Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/lang.m4: Likewise.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Likewise.
* maint.mk: Likewise.
* tests/compile.at: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2009-08-17 06:50:39 -06:00
Eric Blake
e18033c024 Require m4 1.4.6, and fix testsuite to support this version.
* m4/m4.m4 (AC_PROG_GNU_M4): Reject m4 1.4.5, now that we use
regexp it can't handle.
* NEWS: Mention minimum version bump.
* README: Likewise.
* README-hacking: Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise.
* tests/tools.at (autom4te --trace and whitespace): Update test so
still work with older m4 line numbers.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: nested): Likewise.
Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2009-07-25 17:24:47 -06:00
Eric Blake
6382b687fd Update uses of all-permissive license.
* 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>
2009-05-20 06:02:49 -06:00
Eric Blake
9479d2c639 Let 'git diff' give better context for doc updates.
* .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>
2008-08-18 06:25:49 -06:00
Eric Blake
c48d3a706f Mention more details about git usage in bootstrap.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-04-15 06:56:56 -06:00
Eric Blake
f8bb7242a1 Update various hacking notes.
* HACKING: Add more maintainer-specific details.
* README-hacking: Add more general-contributor details.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-04-09 10:23:26 -06:00
Eric Blake
eb06dd76c9 Avoid some autoreconf -Wall warnings.
* configure.ac: Use proper quoting, to be a good example.
(PACKAGE_NAME): Remove setting covered by autoconf.
(AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Bump automake requirement, for html rules.
* doc/Makefile.am (TEXI2DVI): Remove settings covered by
automake.
(html, autoconf_1.html, standards_1.html): Likewise.
(TEXI2HTML, TEXI2HTML_FLAGS): Remove unused macros.
* Makefile.am (html): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Quoting and Parameters): Add missing section
name.
* tests/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Intentionally ignore
warning about our override, until Automake is fixed.
* README-hacking: Document minimum requirements for bootstrap.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-04-05 09:24:18 -06:00
Eric Blake
5def6b80ec Kill more CVS references.
* README-cvs: Delete.  See README-hacking instead.
* README-hacking: Update wording, based on older file.
* BUGS: Remove CVS mention.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-03-20 14:14:44 -06:00
Eric Blake
f687ca65ea Use git-merge-changelog when available.
* .gitattributes: New file.
* README-hacking: Document use of git-merge-changelog.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-03-04 15:13:25 -07:00
Jim Meyering
8b5560fc07 Adjust the build procedure so "make check" works reliably.
* README-hacking: Include an extra step between "make" and
"make check" to ensure that the latter passes.
2007-11-03 19:17:32 +01:00
Jim Meyering
4bf3c4459c README-hacking: Only Autoconf, Automake, and Perl are required to _build_.
List Gzip and Tar separately.  Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
2007-10-28 15:32:42 +01:00
Jim Meyering
a441cb176c README-hacking: Recommend running autoreconf -vi.
* GNUmakefile (dummy): Use autoreconf -i, with appropriate PATH,
so that we use just-built tools when they're available.
Suggestions from Ralf Wildenhues.
2007-10-28 15:30:07 +01:00
Jim Meyering
441bb2a1c3 Make inter-release --version output more useful.
Now, each unofficial build has a version "number" like 2.61a-19-58dd,
which indicates that it is built using the 19th change set
(in _some_ repository) following the "v2.61a" tag, and that 58dd
is a prefix of the commit SHA1.
* build-aux/git-version-gen: New file.
* configure.ac: Run it to set the version.
(AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Don't check NEWS here.
* Makefile.am (dist-hook): Arrange so that .version appears only
in distribution tarballs, never in a checked-out repository.
* .gitignore: Add .version here, too.  Just in case.
* tests/Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/package.m4): Depend on Makefile,
not configure.ac, now that the version number changes automatically.

Ensure that $(VERSION) is up to date for dist-related targets.
* GNUmakefile: Arrange to rerun autoconf, if the version reported by
git-version-gen doesn't match $(VERSION), but only for dist targets.
2007-10-28 15:29:01 +01:00
Jim Meyering
7ffc555888 Remove all generated files from version control.
* aclocal.m4: Remove.
* configure: Remove.
* Makefile.in: Remove, along with all other Makefile.in in subdirs.
* .gitignore: Add aclocal.m4, configure and Makefile.in.  Sort.
* README-hacking: New file: how to build from just-checked-out sources.
2007-10-27 12:44:59 +02:00