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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fed19c --- /dev/null +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -0,0 +1,562 @@ +2012-04-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + Release Version 2.69. + * NEWS: Mention the release. + +2012-04-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + maint: drop bz2 tarball + At 2.68b, I asked whether anyone would miss .gz and .bz2 formats. + Consensus was overwhelming that .gz still holds a place in people's + hearts, in spite of .xz compressing to smaller files, but no one + was able to make a convincing argument for .bz2. + + * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Drop bzip2; xz wins hands down. + +2012-04-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + maint: resync files from upstream + The files in lib/Autom4te/ are intentionally not synced at this + point, since this recent Automake patch: + https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2012-03/msg00111.html + + was buggy regarding '-' as stdout, and also exposes some latent + bugs in autoconf where we use raw 'open' instead of XFile::open. + + * build-aux/announce-gen: Resync via 'make fetch'. + * build-aux/config.sub: Likewise. + * build-aux/git-version-gen: Likewise. + * build-aux/gnupload: Likewise. + * build-aux/move-if-change: Likewise. + * build-aux/texinfo.tex: Likewise. + * doc/standards.texi: Likewise. + * maint.mk: Likewise. + +2012-04-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + doc: fix bad @xref uses + Upstream gnulib maint.mk improvements caught a few issues we + should fix, as well as a few issues in files we copy from + other sources that we will just ignore here. + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Programs, Special Shell Variables) + (Limitations of Builtins): Use references correctly. + * cfg.mk + (exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_undesirable_word_seq) + (exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_useless_cpp_parens): Add exemptions. + +2012-04-24 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + AC_INIT: remove a transitional warning + On bi-arch systems (such as x86 / x86_64) it is often necessary to pass + the --host option together with an appropriate value for CC. But this + triggers a warning: + + $ ./configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu CC="gcc -m32 -march=i586" + configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. + If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used + .. + + This warning was introduced on 2000-06-30, in commit + <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commitdiff;h=cb2e761b8e1181f97e8e09d85526bd22078433db> + with the remark "Re-enable the old behavior of --host and --build." + + This warning was meant to warn users about a changed semantics of + --build and --host. This change is now 12 years in the past; users + have had enough time to learn it. I therefore suggest to remove the + warning. + + I've done lots of cross and bi-arch compilations in the last 10 years, + all with --host and without --build, and have never observed a problem + with it, except for the warning. Simply relying on config.guess is sufficient. + + * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): Don't warn if --host + given without --build. + +2012-04-24 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + doc: fix incorrect and incomplete doc about cross-compilation mode + * doc/autoconf.texi (Runtime): Mention the effect of the cross- + compilation mode on AC_RUN_IFELSE. + (Specifying Target Triplets): Fix description of --host's effects. + (Hosts and Cross-Compilation): Remove incorrect statement about + --host's effects. + +2012-04-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + doc: document --build and cross-compilation better + * doc/autoconf.texi (Specifying Target Triplets): Mention that + specifying a build-type that differs from host-type enables + cross-compilation. Problem reported by Bruno Haible in: + http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2012-04/msg00009.html + +2012-04-11 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + maint: avoid "make syntax-check" failure + * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Update to reflect typo fix in old news. + +2012-03-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + cosmetics fix imprecise comment in Autom4te::General + * lib/Autom4te/General.pm: This file is *not* used by Automake; + adjust comments accordingly. + +2012-03-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + tests: fix port of AT_CHECK_ENV to hosts with flaky grep + * tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_ENV): Don't copy the buggy grep's + diagnostics to stderr, as that causes AT_CHECK to fail. They can + be found in the stderr-* files if this is needed for debugging. + +2012-03-07 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + docs: document set -n pitfalls + * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <set>: Document + issues with set -n. + +2012-03-07 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + 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 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + tests: ignore ksh -n warnings + Recent ksh is noisy: + + $ ksh -nc '``'; echo $? + ksh: warning: line 1: `...` obsolete, use $(...) + 0 + + * tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_SHELL_SYNTAX): Ignore noisy ksh on. + Reported by Martin Zaun. + +2012-03-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + tests: port AT_CHECK_ENV to hosts with flaky grep + * tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_ENV): Don't assume that if one grep + fails, the other will too. It could be that 'grep' is flaky, + and fails somewhat at random. This would explain the problems + reported for autoconf-2.68b on FreeBSD and MacOS X, for example: + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-03/msg00032.html> + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-03/msg00035.html> + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-03/msg00036.html> + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-03/msg00044.html> + +2012-03-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + maint: resync files from upstream + Since the perl version required in Automake::Getopt has been + recently lowered from 5.6.2 to 5.6.0, this change has the nice + effect of making autoconf compatible again with all perls in + the 5.6.x release series. + + * maint.mk: Resync via 'make fetch'. + * lib/Autom4te/Channels.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/Getopt.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm: Likewise. + +2012-03-05 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + maint: drop syncing with Automake::Struct + The module Automake::Struct has been removed in automake master + branch (with yesterday's commit v1.11-2055-g74a7f49 "maint: drop + 'Automake::Struct' module"): since Automake now requires Perl 5.6, + that module has become obsolete, being basically just a backport + of Perl 5.6's 'Class::Struct' to Perl 5.5. With this change, we + follow suite in Autoconf, which syncs some of its internal modules + with Automake. + + * lib/Autom4te/Struct.pm: Delete. + * lib/Autom4te/Makefile.am (dist_perllib_DATA): Don't list it + anymore. + * cfg.mk: Don't sync it with the Automake repository anymore. + * lib/Autom4te/Request.pm: Use 'Class::Struct' instead of + 'Autom4te::Struct'. + +2012-03-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + doc: mention PATH bug with "ksh foo" + * doc/autoconf.texi (Invoking the Shell): Mention ksh PATH bug. + +2012-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + tests: fix spurious failure due to Solaris XPG4 sh bug + On Solaris 10, the /usr/xpg4/bin/sh shell seems unable to execute + a shell script named 'script': + + $ touch script + $ /bin/sh script; echo status: $? # As expected. + status: 0 + $ /usr/xpg4/bin/sh script; echo status: $? # Weirdness follows. + /usr/xpg4/bin/sh: script: cannot execute + status: 1 + + This was causing a spurious testsuite failure for users which have + /usr/xpg4/bin in $PATH before /bin and /usr/bin. Fix that. + + * tests/m4sh.at (Configure re-execs self with CONFIG_SHELL): Rename + the m4sh-produced script to 'script2', to avoid the just-described + issue. + +2012-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + tests: fix spurious failure when CONFIG_SITE is set + * tests/m4sh.at (Configure re-execs self with CONFIG_SHELL): Export + $CONFIG_SITE to "/dev/null", to avoid spurious diffs in expected + stdout/stderr. + +2012-03-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + fortran: clean up core files after AC_FC_CHECK_BOUNDS + * lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (AC_FC_CHECK_BOUNDS): Clean up core + files, too. Needed for Sun Fortran 95 8.2 2005/10/13 on Solaris 8. + + tests: port AS_TR_SH and AS_TR_CPP test to Solaris 8 wc + * tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_TR_SH and AS@&t@_TR_CPP): Do not assume + that "wc -l" outputs only digits; on Solaris 8 it also outputs + blanks and POSIX allows this. + + tests: fix "#/bin/sh" typo + * tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXECUTABLE): "#!/bin/sh", not "#/bin/sh". + Typo reported by Tim Rice in: + http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2012-03/msg00009.html + + tests: port AS_EXECUTABLE_P test to Solaris 8 /bin/sh + * tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXECUTABLE): Treat any nonzero exit + status as failure. This is needed for Solaris 8 /bin/sh, + where executing a nonexecutable file causes the shell + to say the file had exit status 1. + +2012-03-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + configure: don't infloop when re-executing with $CONFIG_SHELL + It turns out our guard against infinite recursion wasn't good + enough when shells without $LINENO support were involved, since + the creation-and-sourcing of configure.lineno broke the guard's + expectations. Reports by Tim Rice and Paul Eggert. + + * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_LINENO_PREPARE): Export '_as_can_reexec' + to "no" before sourcing the just-created configure.lineno. + +2012-03-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + maint: spelling fixes + +2012-03-01 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + maint: post-release administrivia + * NEWS: Add header line for next release. + * .prev-version: Record previous version. + * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update. + +2012-03-01 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + Release Version 2.68b. + It's been more than a year since 2.68; time for a beta release + to shake out any last minute bugs, before a release of 2.69 + in the near future. + + * NEWS: Mention the release. + * HACKING: Update some instructions. + +2012-03-01 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + maint: resync files from upstream + * GNUmakefile: Resync via 'make fetch'. + * build-aux/config.guess: Likewise. + * build-aux/config.sub: Likewise. + * build-aux/texinfo.tex: Likewise. + * build-aux/update-copyright: Likewise. + * doc/standards.texi: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/Channels.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/Getopt.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/Struct.pm: Likewise. + * lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm: Likewise. + * maint.mk: Likewise. + +2012-02-25 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + tests: add test for AS_EXECUTABLE_P + Now that this is public, we should regression test it. + + * tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXECUTABLE): New test. + +2012-02-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + m4sh: make AS_EXECUTABLE_P public + In the process of making it public, factor it into a reusable + function. This makes constructs like AC_CHECK_PROGRAM smaller, + as well as making libtool's naughty use of $as_executable_p safer. + + * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_TEST_PREPARE): Add a shell function. + (AS_EXECUTABLE_P): Forward to shell function. + * doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs): Document it. + * NEWS: Mention this. + +2012-02-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + m4sh: require that 'test -x' works + 4.3BSD is no longer a reasonable portability target; and we are + pretty sure that these days we can find at least one shell on any + platform that supports 'test -x'. Drop a horribly unsafe use of + eval as a result. :) + + Libtool still uses $as_executable_p without so much as calling + either AS_TEST_X or AS_EXECUTABLE_P; even though the latter has + existed, although undocumented, since at least 2.59; furthermore, + libtool uses it in a context where filtering out directories + would have been desirable. Shame on them. + + * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_TEST_X_WORKS): New probe. + (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE, AS_INIT): Use it in shell searching. + (AS_TEST_X, AS_EXECUTABLE_P): Simplify. + +2012-02-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + doc: mention more pitfalls of file mode tests + 4.3BSD is museum-ware now, so we can assume that test -x exists; + however, we still can't assume that it always does what we want. + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <test (files)>: + Treat 'test -x' as mostly portable, but mention problems with + root user, ACLs, and TOCTTOU races. + +2012-02-16 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + docs: tweak 'rm -f' limitations + Based on http://debbugs.gnu.org/10819 and + http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=542 + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <rm>: More + details on 'rm -f' without files. + +2012-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + maint: replace FSF snail-mail addresses with URLs + * tests/erlang.at, tests/go.at, tests/statesave.m4: + Replace FSF snail mail addresses with URLs, as per GNU coding + standards, and for consistency with other tests. + +2012-01-28 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + maint: avoid "make syntax-check" failure + * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/INSTALL): Remove spurious space-before-TAB. + +2012-01-23 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + tests: fix test regression due to additional output + This test has been failing since commit 5285ea8c (sadly, since + last July; thankfully, unreleased). + + * tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: nested): Fix test. + +2012-01-23 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + + INSTALL: convert to '' quoting, drop blank line at end + This is allowed by recent GNU Coding Standards changes, and + mirrors recent gnulib changes: + https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00267.html + https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00298.html + + I've confirmed that after these changes, the INSTALL generated and + installed by autoconf matches the INSTALL.ISO in gnulib. + + * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/INSTALL): Match gnulib INSTALL.ISO. + +2012-01-23 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + maint: convert .x-sc_* into exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_* exemptions + Many of the .x-sc_* exemptions were no long necessary. Remove those + files and instead, provide exemptions via variable definitions in + cfg.mk to address the few remaining exceptions. + * .x-sc_prohibit_atoi_atof: Remove file. + * .x-sc_space_tab: Likewise. + * .x-sc_sun_os_names: Likewise. + * .x-sc_trailing_blank: Likewise. + * .x-sc_two_space_separator_in_usage: Likewise. + * .x-sc_useless_cpp_parens: Likewise. + * cfg.mk: Add minimal exemptions. + * cfg.mk: Add minimal exemptions. + * doc/standards.texi (Standard C): Address the sole useless-cpp-parens + violation in this file: + -#if defined (__STDC__) || defined (WINDOWSNT) + +#if defined __STDC__ || defined WINDOWSNT + With that, the only remaining offender is config.guess, whose name + is now listed in cfg.mk. + Suggested by Eric Blake. + +2012-01-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + doc: work around mingw-w64 alloca problem with example + * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Functions): In example code for + alloca, do not re-#define alloca. This works around a mingw-w64 + problem reported by Vincent Torri in + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2012-01/msg00018.html>. + +2012-01-21 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + maint: fix or disable failing syntax-check rules + * cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): List failing tests, so we skip + them, for now. + (old_NEWS_hash): Update. + * doc/autoconf.texi: Per suggestion from Eric Blake, obfuscate + the first word of "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" as File@/system + so it continues to render as one word, yet doesn't trigger the + syntax-check prohibition. + + maint: also sync maint.mk and useless-if-before-free from gnulib + * cfg.mk (gnulib-update): Add them to the list. + * maint.mk: Update from gnulib. + * build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog: Likewise. + * build-aux/useless-if-before-free: New file, from gnulib. + * doc/gnu-oids.texi: Update. + + maint.mk: update from gnulib + * maint.mk: Update. + + maint: placate syntax-check rules: exempt some false positives + * cfg.mk: Exempt maint.mk from the "undesirable word seq" check. + Exempt maint.mk and autoconf.texi from the test_minus_ao check. + + maint: tweak to avoid triggering space-tab-prohibiting syntax-check + * tests/m4sh.at (nargs): Use TAB-SP, not SP-TAB in abusive file name, + to avoid triggering the space-tab-prohibiting syntax-check. + + maint: remove empty lines at EOF + * man/autoconf.x: Remove empty line at EOF. + * man/autoheader.x: Likewise. + * man/autoscan.x: Likewise. + * man/autoupdate.x: Likewise. + * man/ifnames.x: Likewise. + * tests/compile.at: Likewise. + * doc/fdl.texi: Likewise. + + doc: fix grammar/doubled-word errors + * doc/autoconf.texi: Remove/fix doubled-word errors. + Also, s/can not/cannot/. + * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4: Reword "if IF" comment to avoid triggering + the doubled-word warning. + +2012-01-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + maint: sync files from gnulib + * GNUmakefile: Sync from gnulib. + * build-aux/announce-gen: Likewise. + * build-aux/config.guess: Likewise. + * build-aux/config.sub: Likewise. + * build-aux/git-version-gen: Likewise. + * build-aux/gnupload: Likewise. + * build-aux/move-if-change: Likewise. + * build-aux/texinfo.tex: Likewise. + * build-aux/update-copyright: Likewise. + * build-aux/vc-list-files: Likewise. + * doc/gendocs_template: Likewise. + * doc/standards.texi: Likewise. + * m4/autobuild.m4: Likewise. + +2012-01-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + maint: make position of gnulib checkout configurable + Some gnulib-related tools (most prominently, the gnulib-provided + 'bootstrap' script) allow the user to define the position of his + gnulib's repository checkout through the use of the 'GNULIB_SRCDIR' + environment variable. We should do the same, for consistency and + to easily support slightly unusual layouts in developers' source + trees. + + * cfg.mk (gnulib_dir): Define to "$GNULIB_SRCDIR" if that's set, + and to default value of "'$(abs_srcdir)'/../gnulib" otherwise. + Update comments. + +2012-01-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + getopt: sync from Automake repository + * lib/Autom4te/Getopt.am: The master copy of this file has + been moved to the Automake repository (see Automake commit + 'v1.11-662-g52246cc' 2012-01-18, "cmdline parsing: move into + a dedicated perl module"). So we now we sync it from there, + by listing it ... + * cfg.mk (autom4te_files): ... in this variable. + +2012-01-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + build: fix automake error due to missing ChangeLog + Apparently, Automake does not accept the '$(srcdir)/ChangeLog' + target in Makefile.am as a declaration that ChangeLog is + automatically generated (and thus does not need to exist at + automake time). One has to use a *literal* 'ChangeLog' target. + + Problem introduced in commit v2.68-118-g6ed5195 of 2012-01-17, + "maint: generate ChangeLog from git log". + + * Makefile.ma ($(srcdir)/ChangeLog): Renamed ... + (ChangeLog): ... to this. + +2012-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + getopt: new Autom4te::Getopt module + * lib/Autom4te/General.pm (getopt): Move the guts of its + implementation ... + * lib/Autom4te/Getopt.pm (parse_options): .. into this function + in the new Autom4te::Getopt module. This will make it simpler + for the implementation to be shared with other projects (right + now, Automake). + * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (dist_perllib_DATA): Add the new + module. + +2012-01-17 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + tests: avoid spurious failure for each gnu-fortran-using test + The tests compare pre- and post-run lists of envvars, which must + be the same, modulo a list of known, filtered-out exceptions. + However, when running fortran-checking tests with GNU fortran, each + would fail due to the post-run addition of the GFC symbol added in + v2.68-97-gbd962ac. + * tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_ENV): Add GFC to the list of symbols + that we ignore in pre-/post-run environment diffs. + +2012-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + maint: generate ChangeLog from git log + Following the practice set by various other GNU projects, we start + to automatically generate the ChangeLog file from the git commit + messages. This will avoid duplication (as the ChangeLog entries + were always inserted both in the git commit message and in the + version-controlled ChangeLog file), and potential problems with + spurious merge conflicts (which, although greatly mitigated by + Bruno Haible's `git-merge-changelog' helper program, have never + been completely solved). + + * ChangeLog: Moved ... + * ChangeLog.3: ... to this. + * build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog: New script, synced from gnulib. + * cfg.mk (gnulib-update): Also sync gitlog-to-changelog. + * Makefile.am (gen-ChangeLog): New .PHONY rule, generate the + ChangeLog for distribution. + (dist-hook): Depend on it. + ($(srcdir)/ChangeLog): New dummy rule, to pacify automake "gnu" + strictness. Creates a dummy ChangeLog, that will be overridden + by the proper one at distribution time. + (gen_start_date): New variable, the date starting from which the + git log entries are to be copied in the generated ChangeLog. + (EXTRA_DIST): Add ChangeLog.3 and gitlog-to-changelog. + * configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR): Use 'lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4' + instead of 'ChangeLog' as the sentinel file. + * .gitignore: Add ChangeLog. + +2012-01-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + cosmetics: fix some typos in ChangeLog |