* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Implement
--config.
* doc/autoconf.texi (config.status Invocation): Document it.
* NEWS: Update.
* tests/torture.at (configure invocation): Test it.
Suggested several times, by several people, in the past.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
* NEWS: Mention the release.
* README: This release is stable.
* HACKING (release): Use dist-xz, not dist-lzma.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* 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>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_DEFINE_TRACE): Expand macro before
tracing its name.
* lib/autoconf/autoheader.m4 (AH_VERBATIM, AH_TEMPLATE): Likewise,
for using the macro in a template file.
* tests/tools.at (autoheader and macros): New test.
* NEWS: Mention this.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* tests/erlang.at: Added tests for all macros in erlang.m4.
* tests/Makefile.am: Added erlang.at.
* tests/suite.at: Likewise.
* tests/compile.at: Added test for extension of Erlang files.
* NEWS: Mention this.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
These are lightweight versions of AT_CHECK that automatically
add the equivalent of ! in front of the command and change a
failure exit status to 77 resp. 99. They expand to just
two lines of shell code at the expense of not supporting
tracing (but then so does AT_XFAIL_IF).
2009-07-12 Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
* NEWS: Mention AT_SKIP_IF and AT_FAIL_IF.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Autotest): Document them.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_LINE_ESCAPED, AT_SKIP_IF,
AT_FAIL_IF, _AT_CHECK_EXIT): New.
(AT_CHECK): Use _AT_LINE_ESCAPED.
* tests/autotest.st: Add tests for AT_SKIP_IF and AT_FAIL_IF.
Use AT_SKIP_IF.
* tests/local.st: Use AT_SKIP_IF.
* 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>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_CHECK): Expand prior to adding
escapes, to avoid shell syntax errors caused by late macro
expansion.
* NEWS: Document this change.
* tests/autotest.at (Metacharacters in command from M4 expansion):
New test.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_CASE, _AS_CASE_DEFAULT, AS_FOR, _AS_IF)
(_AS_IF_ELSE, AS_IF): Avoid syntax error on blank argument,
including a macro with an empty expansion.
* NEWS: Mention this.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_IF and AS@&t@_CASE, AS@&t@_FOR): Update
tests.
Reported by Mike Frysinger.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_DECIDE_TRACEABLE): Handle # in
test correctly. Latent bug in handling shell comment was first
fixed 2008-11-20, but regressed two patches later.
* tests/autotest.at (Shell comment in command): New test.
* NEWS: Document the fix.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* NEWS: Mention the release.
* README: Clarify that this is a beta release.
* build-aux/texinfo.tex: Synchronize from upstream.
* .x-sc_trailing_blank: Exempt more upstream files.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_ESCAPE): Alter API to take first byte
of set separately from rest.
(AS_ESCAPE, _AS_QUOTE_MODERN, AS_TR_SH, AS_VAR_GET): Adjust
callers.
* lib/autoconf/autoheader.m4 (AH_VERBATIM): Avoid duplicate
characters in translit request.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) <AS_ESCAPE>:
Document the macro.
* NEWS: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_defun_once): Rewrite to be no-op,
rather than warning, on second use, and make sure first use never
occurs out of order.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: one-shot initialization):
Enhance test.
* tests/base.at (AC_REQUIRE & AC_DEFUN_ONCE: [Require, expand],
(AC_REQUIRE & AC_DEFUN_ONCE: [Expand, require]): Adjust tests.
* NEWS: Document this.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Macro Definitions) <AC_DEFUN>: Mention
AC_DEFUN_ONCE.
(Prerequisite Macros) <AC_REQUIRE>: Likewise.
(Expanded Before Required): Likewise.
(One-Shot Macros) <AC_DEFUN_ONCE>: Document new semantics.
Reported by Bruno Haible, with suggestion by Paolo Bonzini.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Number processing Macros)
<m4_version_prereq>: Add documentation.
* NEWS: Mention it.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (AC_HEADER_ASSERT): Honor --enable-assert,
rather than treating it as a synonym for --disable-assert.
* NEWS: Document the fix.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4 (m4_cleardivert): New macro.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Use it.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_NOTICE): Likewise.
* tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_divert_stack): Test it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Diversion support) <m4_cleardivert>: Document
it.
* NEWS: Likewise.
Suggested by Paolo Bonzini.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT) <at_fn_check_prepare_dynamic>:
Fix typo.
* NEWS: Clarify the potential impact to users.
* tests/autotest.at (AT_DATA_AUTOTEST): New macro, patterned after
AT_DATA_M4SUGAR.
(AT_CHECK_AT_PREP, AT_CHECK_AT_TITLE): Use it.
(unusual file names): Test that the recent echo fix does not
regress. Fix quoting bug that made the test a no-op.
Reported by Paolo Bonzini and Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_EXIT_PREPARE): Let as_func_exit
parameter be optional.
(AS_EXIT): Use it to make better default.
(_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Use new default.
* bin/autoconf.as (exit_missing_arg, getopt): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Likewise.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXIT): Update test.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) <AS_EXIT>: Mention
new default behavior.
(Limitations of Builtins) <trap>: Adjust to use new default.
* NEWS: Mention the semantic change.
Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
* NEWS: Document it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Present But Cannot Be Compiled): Document it.
* lib/autoconf/headers.m4 (_AC_CHECK_HEADER_MONGREL): Implement it
and adjust warning.
* tests/semantics.at (AC_CHECK_HEADERS): Test new semantics.
