dist: deprecated shar and tar+compress formats

See also discussion about automake wishlist bug#13324.

* lib/Automake/Options.pm: Give proper warnings in the 'obsolete'
category if the 'dist-shar' or 'dist-tarZ' options are used.
* lib/distdir.am: When the 'dist-tarZ' or 'dist-shar' targets are
invoked, make them give a non-fatal warning.
* doc/automake.texi: Report the new deprecations.
* t/dist-shar.sh: New test.
* t/dist-tarZ.sh: Likewise.
* t/lzma.sh: While at it, rename ...
* t/dist-lzma.sh: ... like this, and tweak it to keep more in
sync with the new tests.
* t/dist-formats.tap: Remove references to deprecated formats.
* t/list-of-tests.mk: Adjust.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index 8b5125e2b..b7ae70969 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -8706,13 +8706,16 @@ Generate a @samp{zip} archive of the distribution.
 
 @item @code{dist-tarZ}
 Generate a tar archive of the distribution, compressed with the
-historical (obsolescent) program @command{compress}.  Use of this
-option is discouraged.
+historical (and obsolescent) program @command{compress}.  This
+option is deprecated, and it and the corresponding functionality
+will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0.
 @trindex dist-tarZ
 
 @item @code{dist-shar}
-Generate a @samp{shar} archive of the distribution.  This format archive
-is obsolescent, and use of this option is discouraged.
+Generate a @samp{shar} archive of the distribution.  This format
+archive is obsolescent, and use of this option is deprecated.
+It and the corresponding functionality will be removed altogether
+in Automake 2.0.
 @trindex dist-shar
 
 @end table
@@ -10108,15 +10111,17 @@ Hook @code{dist-zip} to @code{dist}.
 @cindex Option, @option{dist-shar}
 @opindex dist-shar
 Hook @code{dist-shar} to @code{dist}.  Use of this option
-is discouraged, as the @samp{shar} format is obsolescent and
-problematic.
+is deprecated, as the @samp{shar} format is obsolescent and
+problematic.  Support for it will be removed altogether in
+Automake 2.0.
 @trindex dist-shar
 
 @item @option{dist-tarZ}
 @cindex Option, @option{dist-tarZ}
 @opindex dist-tarZ
 Hook @code{dist-tarZ} to @code{dist}.  Use of this option
-is discouraged, as the @samp{compress} program is obsolete.
+is deprecated, as the @samp{compress} program is obsolete.
+Support for it will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0.
 @trindex dist-tarZ
 
 @item @option{filename-length-max=99}