a directory whose name contains a special character like space,
newline, or "\".
* doc/autoconf.texi (Installation Directory Variables): Allow
"," in file names. Do not use \@; it's not a portable regexp.
* bin/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* lib/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* tests/semantics.at: Likewise.
* tests/torture.at: Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_ARG_PROGRAM): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCDIRS): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about
unportable file names.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DIRCHECK): New macro.
(AC_INIT): Use it.
(_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Use ac_pwd rather than invoking pwd.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Propagate
ac_pwd, and quote srcdir.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Quote file name args.
tracing on commands with possibly-escaped newlines.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Writing testsuite.at): Delete documentation of the
discontinued behavior and its implications.
* tests/autotest.at (BS-newline in command, ^BS-newline in command)
(BSx641-newline in command, BS-BS-newline in command)
(BSx640-newline in command, Newline-CODE-BS-newline in command)
(Single-quote-BS-newline in command)
(Single-quote-newline-BS-newline in command): New tests.
* tests/.cvsignore: Add wrapper.in.
* man/Makefile.am (autoconf.1): Regenerate when `autoconf.as' changes.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 [--trace] (AT_INIT): Do not `set -v'.
* tests/autotest.at: New file.
* tests/suite.at: Include it.
* tests/Makefile.am: Distribute it.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 [--trace] (_AT_CHECK): Do not enable
shell tracing on a command that could contain multiple lines.
* doc/autoconf.text: Document that fact and its implications.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_ESCAPE_FOR_EXPAND): New macro.
* tests/autotest.at (Multiline backquote command substitution,
Multiline parameter expansion, Literal multiline command,
Multiline parenthetical command substitution): Remove XFAIL.
PATH members so as to not prepend an empty element. Move a comment.
* Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Build in `tests' last.
* tests/Makefile.am (installcheck-local): Add check-local dependencies.
(AS_INIT): Output shell initialization there. Removed optional
parameter. Expand _AS_SHELL_FN_SPY.
(AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): Removed.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_SPY): New macro.
(AS_DETECT_REQUIRED, AS_DETECT_SUGGESTED): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Remove loop to find better shell
and documentation for the parameter.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Move it here.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK): Remove shell invocation, reformat.
(_AS_RUN): Move it here, support testing with eval.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Require shell functions when
it is used.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Put around braces, we do not
trigger the bash bug anymore.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Document M4SH-SANITIZE, do not
use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in, tests/wrapper.in: Regenerated.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_BOURNE_COMPATIBLE):
Extracted from AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(_AS_SHELL_FN_WORK, AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN): New
macros.
(AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Move reinvocation code from
_AS_LINENO_WORKS, use it to find out if shell
functions work.
(_AS_LINENO_WORKS): Don't find another shell if $LINENO
does not work.
(AS_INIT): Pass parameter down to AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
(AS_REQUIRE_SHELL_FN): Test that AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN
was called.
* lib/autotest/general.m4: Use AS_INIT_WITH_SHELL_FN.
* bin/autoconf.in: Regenerate.
* tests/wrapper.in: Regenerate.
* tests/tools.at: Test the syntax of tests/autoconf
and tests/testsuite.
so that ac_abs_builddir, ac_abs_top_builddir, ac_abs_srcdir,
and ac_abs_top_srcdir are absolute paths.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SET_CATFILE): Remove misleading comment.
Reported by Paivio Pollari.
Diagnosed by Nicolas Joly.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_CLEANUP): Rename AT_help as
AT_help_all.
Instead of making AT_help a sequence of assignments to grow
$at_help_all, just make AT_help_all be the growing contents of
$at_help_all, and make a single assignment in...
(AT_INIT): here.
(at_times_skip): Flip the meaning and rename as...
(at_times_p): this.
(AT_INIT): When summarizing the test that ran, remove
$at_times_file after use, and check it is present before trying to
use it.
(PARSE_ARGS_BEGIN): New section for option parsing related
initialization.
(AT_ARG_OPTION,AT_ARG_OPTION_ARG,_AT_ARG_OPTION): New macros to define
package specific options and associated help.
not all of them. This fixes 1. the fact that when testing
Autoconf there are many many config.log, 2. the incorrect use of
top_srcdir to find config.log.
Don't mix the detailed output of failed test with the summary of
failures. Rather, append detailed log afterwards.
in testsuite.dir/NNN/testsuite.log, and append them to
testsuite.log instead of re-running the test verbosely.
Adapt documentation. Update NEWS to signal possible bad
interactions between -x and experr.
