* acgeneral.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS_FDS): Remove, replace with
inline setting up of AS_MESSAGE_FD.
(AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD): Do not define, so that AS_MESSAGE does not
output in it before...
(_AC_INIT_CONFIG_LOG): here, which is run after the handling of
options.
-x' and `test -f' to avoid confusing users with error messages.
(AS_MKDIR_P): Invert order of separators in IFS to avoid problem
with some shells adding backslash between fields and parsing the
result for escapes.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Document IFS.
* acgeneral.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS_FDS): Don't check for $silent,
tie AS_MESSAGE_FD to stdout unconditionally.
(_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): If $silent redirect AS_MESSAGE_FD to
/dev/null.
* tests/base.at (AC_CACHE_CHECK): New test.
arguments.
(_m4_expansion_stack): Rename as...
(m4_expansion_stack): this, and change its value: instead of using
the pushdef stack to stack each *line* of the stack, each
definition contains the whole stack. I.e., to display the whole
stack, instead of popdefing and displaying each definition, just
display the current definition.
(m4_expansion_stack_push, m4_expansion_stack_pop): New.
* tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CHECK_AUTOCONF): Let $2 be the expected
exit status.
* tests/m4sugar.m4 (m4_require: circular dependencies): New test.
(edit).
* m4sh.m4 (AS_UNAME): Eved out from...
* acgeneral.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS): here.
(_AC_INIT_PACKAGE): Define AC_PACKAGE_NAME.
(_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): AC_SUBST the PACKAGE_ variables.
Propagate their use in the executables and the test suite.
* tests/atgeneral.m4 (PATH): Include only absolute paths.
(AT_INIT): Use AS_UNAME.
Suggested by Jim.
* acgeneral.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS): Don't define
ac_includes_default, since...
(_AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT_REQUIREMENTS): this new macro does.
(AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT): Require the former when default includes
are used.
(AC_CHECK_MEMBERS, _AC_CHECK_TYPE_NEW): Don't require
AC_HEADERS_STDC, that's a job for stupendous AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT.
* acfunctions.m4 (AC_FUNC_MALLOC): Check for stdlib.h.
`0'. Test and fix.
Reported by Assar Westerlund.
* Makefile.am (maintainer-check): New target.
* tests/Makefile.am (maintainer-check, maintainer-check-posix)
(maintainer-check-c++, expr): Likewise.
* configure.in (EXPR): Look for it.
* tests/atgeneral.m4 (AT_CHECK): Propagate $2's default value.
* tests/compile.at (Extensions): New test.
* aclang.m4 (_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT, _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O):
Distinguish files with or without a dot.
Be sure to read this file if you're using a non released Autoconf.
* tests/tools.at (Syntax of the scripts): The non built tools are
in `$top_srcdir', not `..'.
(autoconf --trace): When using `-i' we need the src tree, not the
build tree.
caused strange messages about AC_ARG_PROGRAM.
Reported by Jim Meyering.
* acgeneral.m4 (AC_DEFUN_ONCE): Fix the indirection to
m4_defun_once.
* m4sugar.m4 (m4_defun_once): Also define
`m4_location(MACRO-NAME)'. s/ac_warn/m4_warn/.
Use `m4_defn' to read `m4_location'.
* tests/base.at (AC_REQUIRE & AC_DEFUN_ONCE): Two new tests.
be used early.
* acgeneral.m4 (_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS): Call `_AC_INIT_PREPARE_FDS'.
(_AC_INIT_PREPARE): Don't.
(_AC_INIT_PREPARE_ENVIRONMENT, _AC_INIT_PREPARE_FDS): Rename as...
(_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS_ENVIRONMENT, _AC_INIT_DEFAULTS_FDS): these,
since they are called from `_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS', not
`_AC_INIT_PREPARE'.
(_AC_INIT_DEFAULTS_FDS): Dump `$@' in config.log, not
`$ac_configure_args' which is not computed yet.
