(_AS_CASE): Private helper macro.
* tests/m4sh.at: Basic tests for AS_IF and AS_CASE.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Programming in M4sh): Document AS_CASE.
Fix syntax of AS_IF description
(Prerequisite Macros): Mention AS_IF and AS_CASE as workarounds
for the AC_REQUIRE mess.
* NEWS: Mention AS_CASE, AS_BOURNE_COMPATIBLE, and
AS_SHELL_SANITIZE.
correctly: pad with spaces after FIRST_PREFIX if necessary,
and compute string lenghts with `m4_qlen' instead of `m4_len'.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_HELP_STRING): Comments updated.
* tests/m4sh.at (AS_HELP_STRING): Test extended.
* NEWS: Updated.
Reported by numerous people, numerous times.
directories with weird names. Apparently some people like living
on the edge. However, improve the test that "pwd" actually does
report a name for the working directory.
* NEWS: Remove the claim that we test for funny chars in dir names.
directory have inherent problems with special characters like spaces,
due to limitations in Make syntax. Problem reported by Alexandre
Duret-Lutz.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DIRCHECK): Implement the above.
Also, fix Tru64 porting problem with shell patterns,
reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Headers): Reword example
for multiline stdbool replacement.
(Setting Output Variables): Reword text a bit. Don't
give all the details about |#_!!_#|.
Reword description of line replacement.
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.
/dev/null, as "configure" shouldn't read stdin, and this insulates
us from problems (e.g., when testing for "cl"). Also, do this
redirection before invoking "hostname" or "uname", and keep the
original input stream available via...
(AS_ORIGINAL_STDIN_FD): ... this new macro.
(_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE, _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE, _AC_LINK_IFELSE): Don't
bother with "</dev/null" since it's now done at the top of
'configure'.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PATH_PROG_FLAVOR_GNU): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (File Descriptor Macros): New section.
(Printing Messages): Mention it.
* tests/base.at (Input/Output): New test.
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2004-11/msg00056.html>,
along with some nearby cruft.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Libtool): Libtool can be used without
Automake (not without Autoconf).
(Introduction): Mention lists.gnu.org.
* BUGS: Don't mention bugs.gnu.org.
Remove mention of ancient libtool compatibility problem.
* NEWS: Mention that bugs.gnu.org is kaput.
* README: Likewise. Mention where mailing list archives can be found.
(AC_CANONICAL_BUILD): Call it to require config.sub and config.guess.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PROG_INSTALL): Likewise for install-sh.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Document AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE.
* lib/autom4te.in (Automake-preselections): Preselect
AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE. Automake 1.10 will trace it.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (AC_PATH_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TOOLS): Warn if a cross-tool is found without
a prefix.
(AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS): New macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Programs): Document
(AC_PATH_TARGET_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL,
AC_CHECK_TARGET_TOOLS, and warn for future changes
in the behavior of AC_PATH_TOOL, AC_CHECK_TOOL and
AC_CHECK_TOOLS.
(Specifying Names): Document the reason for these future
behavioral changes.
* tests/mktests.sh: Do not generate tests for the
new macros.
* NEWS: Document these changes.
* doc/autoconf.texi: Avoid macros with unbraced arguments,
they make TeX hang up.
grep or ggrep program in PATH that accepts as long lines as
possible.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PROG_GREP): Factor out the core of
AC_PROG_GREP.
(AC_PROG_EGREP, AC_PROG_FGREP): Use it to find best available
egrep and fgrep respectively if $GREP -E/-F don't work.
(_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK): Factor out the common core of
_AC_PROG_GREP, and AC_PROG_SED.
(_AC_FEATURE_CHECK_LENGTH): New helper macro for finding the
longest input length accepted by a command.
(AC_PROG_SED): Use it.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): Document the changes.
* NEWS: Updated.
computing the absolute path to d1 in the source hierarchy: it may
not exist at all. So don't cd into it.
From Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2003-10/msg00205.html
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SET_CATFILE): New.
From Paul Eggert, but named after Perl's IO::Spec->catfile.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Programming in M4sh): Document.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCPATHS): Use it.
(GNU Fortran): New.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Language Choice): Document.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (AC_FC_SRCEXT, AC_FC_FREEFORM): Assert
the current language is Fortran.
that future autopoint/aclocal/automake/autoreconf will be able
to trace to find where to install local m4 macros.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Document it.
* NEWS: Updated.
* bin/autoreconf.in (autoreconf_current_directory): Create the
AUX_DIR if needed, for sake of automake --add-missing etc.
Suggested by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
directory for AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS' first argument exists.
This makes valid the invocation of _AC_SRCPATH that follows.
Reported by Eric Sunshine.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Commands): Adjust.
