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@@ -1,3 +1,125 @@ +2011-10-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + deps: partially revert commit `v1.11-512-geeee551' + This change partly reverts commit "Create subdirs for generated + sources even when not dep tracking", of 2011-04-02. + That commit had caused the bugs #8485 and #8526. Since we are + nearing the bug-fixing automake release 1.11.2, the safest policy + at the moment is to just revert the problematic hunks: an older, + known bug is better than a regression. + * automake.in (handle_single_transform): Don't add a dirstamp + dependency, even when $object is derived and lands in a subdir. + * tests/Makefile.am (XFAIL_TESTS): Add lex-subobj-nodep.test, + remove yacc-dist-nobuild-subdir.test. + +2011-10-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + dejagnu: allow the package developer to extend site.exp + Fixes automake bug#7873. + * lib/am/dejagnu.am (site.exp): Depend from the files listed in + $(EXTRA_DEJAGNU_SITE_CONFIG), if any. Append their contents to + the generated site.exp (still preserving user edits). + * doc/automake.texi (Dejagnu Tests): Update. + * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-append.test: New test. + * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-extend.test: Likewise. + * tests/dejagnu-siteexp-useredit.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + * NEWS: Update. + Suggestion by Rainer Orth. + +2011-10-19 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + dejagnu: ensure 'srcdir' is defined as a relative directory + This change fixes automake bug#7833. + * lib/am/dejagnu.am (check-DEJAGNU): Prefer using plain $(srcdir) + over calculating and using the absolute path of $(srcdir). + * tests/dejagnu-relative-srcdir.test: New test. + * tests/dejagnu-absolute-builddir.test: Likewise. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update. + Report by Ian Lance Taylor. Suggestions by Ralf Wildenhues. + +2010-12-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + Fix testsuite failure of check12.test without DejaGNU. + * tests/check12.test: Require runtest. + +2010-12-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + Extend and improve tests on DejaGnu support. + * tests/dejagnu.test: Do not create useless dummy test script. + Add trailing `:' command. In heading comments, add reference + to ... + * tests/check12.test: ... this new "semantic" test, covering + concurrent use of dejagnu tests, simple tests and `check-local' + target. + * tests/dejagnu2.test: Make test more reliable, by avoid weak + grepping of make output. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append + to configure.in. Quote literal dots in grep regexps. Prefer + `grep -c ...' over `grep ... | wc -l'. Make grepping of + automake stderr slightly stricter. Add trailing `:' command. + * tests/dejagnu3.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Check stderr of expected-to-fail "make" call. + Remove extra blank lines from Makefile.am. + * tests/dejagnu4.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Prefer `mv -f' over plain `mv' when the target + file already exists. Avoid extra mkdir calls by creating more + directories at once. Better use of blank lines. Check that + the `*.log' and `*.sum' files are created by runtest also when + "make check" fails. + * tests/dejagnu7.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to + configure.in. Better use of blank lines. Add a trailing `:' + command. + * tests/dejagnu6.test: Likewise, and give the dejagnu test a + more descriptive name. + * tests/dejagnu5.test: Likewise. Also, simply define package + name to `$me' rather than using a non-obvious sed script to + extract it from `AC_INIT', and write the Makefile.am with only + one command. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. + +2011-10-21 Peter Rosin <peda@lysator.liu.se> + + * THANKS: Fix whitespace issue. + +2011-10-25 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> + + tests: fix spurious failures due to missing 'yywrap()' function + + The AC_PROG_LEX Autoconf macro does not diagnose a failure to find + the "lex library" expected to provide a `yywrap' function (function + which is required to link most lex-generated programs). On the + contrary, when all the link attempts (i.e., with `-ll' and `-lfl') + fail, configure declares that no lex library is needed, and simply + proceeds with the configuration process -- only for the build to + possibly fail later, at make time. + + This behaviour is intended; the Autoconf manual reads: + ``You are encouraged to use Flex in your sources, since it is + both more pleasant to use than plain Lex and the C source it + produces is portable. In order to ensure portability, however, + you must either provide a function `yywrap' or, if you don't use + it (e.g., your scanner has no `#include'-like feature), simply + include a `%noyywrap' statement in the scanner's source.'' + + This AC_PROG_LEX behaviour is causing some spurious failures of + the Automake testsuite in environments which lack a proper library + providing `yywrap' (this happens for example on Fedora-based + systems). The proper workaround is to simply provide a fall-back + implementation of `yywrap' in our lexers. + + See also partially-overlapping commit `v1.11-871-geb147a1' (from + the 'testsuite-work' branch), which was motivated by similar + spurious failures experienced when cross-compiling. + + Reported by Jim Meyering: + <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-10/msg00092.html> + + * tests/cond35.test: Provide a dummy `yywrap' function. + * tests/lex3.test: Likewise. + * tests/lexvpath.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent-lex-generic.test: Likewise. + * tests/silent-lex-gcc.test: Likewise. + 2011-10-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> tests: more faithful 'installcheck' support in few tests @@ -8100,11 +8222,6 @@ * tests/libobj20c.test: Likewise. Report by Ralf Wildenhues. -2010-12-13 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> - - Fix testsuite failure of check12.test without DejaGNU. - * tests/check12.test: Require runtest. - 2010-12-12 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> Tests defs: more uses of $top_testsrcdir. @@ -8202,40 +8319,6 @@ * tests/colon3.test: Likewise (but with the sister test being `colon2.test' here). -2010-12-10 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> - - Extend and improve tests on DejaGnu support. - * tests/dejagnu.test: Do not create useless dummy test script. - Add trailing `:' command. In heading comments, add reference - to ... - * tests/check12.test: ... this new "semantic" test, covering - concurrent use of dejagnu tests, simple tests and `check-local' - target. - * tests/dejagnu2.test: Make test more reliable, by avoid weak - grepping of make output. Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append - to configure.in. Quote literal dots in grep regexps. Prefer - `grep -c ...' over `grep ... | wc -l'. Make grepping of - automake stderr slightly stricter. Add trailing `:' command. - * tests/dejagnu3.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to - configure.in. Check stderr of expected-to-fail "make" call. - Remove extra blank lines from Makefile.am. - * tests/dejagnu4.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to - configure.in. Prefer `mv -f' over plain `mv' when the target - file already exists. Avoid extra mkdir calls by creating more - directories at once. Better use of blank lines. Check that - the `*.log' and `*.sum' files are created by runtest also when - "make check" fails. - * tests/dejagnu7.test: Prefer `cat' over `echo' to append to - configure.in. Better use of blank lines. Add a trailing `:' - command. - * tests/dejagnu6.test: Likewise, and give the dejagnu test a - more descriptive name. - * tests/dejagnu5.test: Likewise. Also, simply define package - name to `$me' rather than using a non-obvious sed script to - extract it from `AC_INIT', and write the Makefile.am with only - one command. - * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Updated. - 2010-12-10 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Avoid running installed automake from 'libtool --help'. |