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* Revert "maint: require perl 5.010 or later"Jacob Bachmeyer2023-03-291-5/+1
| | | | | | This reverts commit 4e3744a15c4d8bdb46c11ead2fb56c5f591b714b. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes
* doc: tweak old NEWS about ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS.Karl Berry2023-03-011-3/+2
| | | | | | | * NEWS: any ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS deprecation will be in a major release (the hypothetical 2.0), not sooner. * NEWS-2.0: developers who don't wish to be maintainers are also welcome and needed.
* maint: require perl 5.010 or laterPaul Eggert2023-02-021-1/+5
| | | | This is needed for better treatment of high-res timestamps.
* maint: make update-copyrightMike Frysinger2023-01-041-1/+1
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* doc: rearrange NEWS.Karl Berry2022-09-281-5/+5
| | | | * NEWS: reclassify bugs vs. features.
* forgot NEWS updateKarl Berry2022-09-281-11/+14
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* automake: do not use -Q with emacs invocations.Richard Hopkins2022-09-271-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This change is for https://bugs.gnu.org/58102. (By the way, the previous two commits were for bugs 58026 (silent .elc compilation) and 58025 (load bytecomp), respectively, but I forgot to mention them.) * m4/lispdir.m4 (AM_PATH_LISPDIR): omit -Q option. Also (from karl), use -no-site-file (one hyphen) for consistency with the other options. * NEWS: mention this. * doc/automake.texi (Hard-Coded Install Paths): likewise.
* automake: silent make output for Emacs byte compilation.Richard Hopkins2022-09-261-3/+5
| | | | | | * lib/am/lisp.am: Use $(AM_V_GEN) in .el.elc rule. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: add new contributor.
* deps: create empty file instead of dummy file.Jan Engelhardt2022-05-231-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | This change is per an automake thread, see both before and after: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2022-05/msg00006.html * lib/am/depend.am ($(am__depfiles_remade)): create empty files for dependencies instead of files with a line '# dummy'. Turns out this is noticeably faster. * THANKS: update Jan's email address. * NEWS: mention this.
* py-compile: fix optimized compiling for Python 3.5+Mike Frysinger2022-02-231-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/38043. Split the optimized compilation logic into a new section. This avoids trying to support multiple versions of major versions in a single script as it gets harder to verify new changes don't break old versions as time goes on. Now for Python 3.5+, compile with -O0 (which is "higher" than -O). * NEWS: Mention fix. * THANKS: Add Michal Górny. * lib/py-compile: Add new section for compiling Python 3.5+.
* automake: support embedded \# in variable appendsMike Frysinger2022-02-231-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/7610. Use of \# is not portable. POSIX does not provide any way of retaining the # marker in variables. There is wide spread support for \# though in GNU & BSD Make implementations. Today, with plain variable assignments, Automake leaves the line alone: foo = blah\#blah This will leave it to the implementation to decide what to do. But if you try to append to it, Automake follows POSIX and strips it: foo = blah\#blah foo += what -> foo = blah\ what Instead, let's issue a portability warning whenever \# is used, even if it isn't being appended, and do not strip the \# when appending. Now: foo = blah\#blah foo += what -> warning: escaping \# comment markers is not portable -> foo = blah\#blah what * NEWS: Mention change in \# handling. * lib/Automake/VarDef.pm: Do not strip # if escaped. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Warn if \# is used. * t/comment12.sh: New test. * t/comments-escaped-in-var.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add comment12.sh & comments-escaped-in-var.sh.
* rm: handle -f w/no arguments gracefullyMike Frysinger2022-02-201-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/10828. Delete the configure check that would abort if `rm -f` does not work, and delete the plans to make this a hard requirement in the future. Instead, test to see if `rm -f` fails w/out arguments. If it does, define am__rm_f such that it always passes at least the "" argument when deleting files. If it doesn't fail, then we can omit the "". Then go through lib/am/ and update places where we use the pattern `test -z ... || rm -f ...` and replace with $(am__rm_f). * NEWS: Mention support for `rm -f` w/out arguments. * PLANS/rm-f-without-args.txt: Remove. * lib/am/check.am: Use new $(am__rm_f) helper. * lib/am/clean.am: Likewise. * lib/am/header-vars.am: Likewise. * lib/am/inst-vars.am: Likewise. * lib/am/libs.am: Likewise. * lib/am/ltlib.am: Likewise. * lib/am/progs.am: Likewise. * lib/am/texinfos.am: Likewise. * m4/init.m4: Delete `rm -f` checks and call _AM_PROG_RM_F. * m4/rmf.m4: Define new _AM_PROG_RM_F macro. * t/rm-f-probe.sh: Update test.
* NEWS: fix typo in fix-timestamp.sh script nameMike Frysinger2022-02-201-1/+1
| | | | | | As pointed out by Eric Blake. * NEWS: Fix typo.
* m4: speed up filesystem modification checksMike Frysinger2022-02-131-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The current code sleeps at least 1 second to make sure the generated files are strictly newer than the source files. It does this for a few reasons: POSIX only guarantees that `sleep` accept integers, and filesystems have a history (c.f. Windows) of bad timestamp resolution. For the first part, we can easily probe sleep to see if it accepts a decimal number with a fractional part -- just run `sleep 0.001`. For the second part, we can create two files and then run sleep in a loop to see when one is considered newer than the other. For many projects, this 1 second delay is largely amortized by the rest of the configure script. Autoconf lends itself to being both large & slow. But in projects with many smallish configure scripts with many cached vars, the time to rerun is dominated by this single sleep call. For example, building libgloss against a compiler with many (60+) multilib configurations, we see: [Using sleep 1] $ time ./config.status real 2m28.164s user 0m33.651s sys 0m9.083s [Using sleep 0.1] $ time ./config.status real 0m39.569s user 0m33.517s sys 0m8.969s And in case anyone wonders, going below 0.1s doesn't seem to make a statistically significant difference, at least in this configuration. It appears to be within "noise" limits. [Using sleep 0.001] $ time ./config.status real 0m39.760s user 0m33.342s sys 0m9.080s * NEWS: Mention updated timestamp checking. * m4/sanity.m4: Determine whether `sleep` accepts fractional seconds. Determine (roughly) the filesystem timestamp resolution. Use this to sleep less when waiting for generated file timestamps to update.
* elisp: run emacs with --no-site-fileMike Frysinger2022-02-081-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/21547. If users have interactive site file logic, the lispdir probing can hang, as can the compilation of elisp files. Use --no-site-file to disable loading any of that possible user logic. * NEWS: Note emacs --no-site-file change. * doc/automake.texi: Run emacs with --no-site-file. * lib/am/lisp.am: Likewise. * m4/lispdir.m4: Likewise.
* py-compile: drop support for Python 0.x & 1.xMike Frysinger2022-02-061-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | Python 2.0 was released in 2000. There's really no way for us to check those old versions, so let's just drop them. No one will miss them. * NEWS: Note Python version support removal. * lib/py-compile: Abort if major version 0 or 1 is found. * t/py-compile-env.sh: Rework slightly to handle new version probing.
* texi: define new AM_TEXI2FLAGS variableMike Frysinger2022-01-281-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | To provide a bit more flexibility when invoking TEXI2DVI & TEXI2PDF, and provide a bit of symmetry with .info & .html generation, provide a AM_TEXI2FLAGS setting that is passed to all TEXI2xxx invocations. * doc/automake.texi: Mention new AM_TEXI2FLAGS setting. * lib/am/texibuild.am: Pass $(AM_TEXI2FLAGS) to TEXI2DVI & TEXI2PDF. * NEWS: Mention AM_TEXI2FLAGS. * t/txinfo-many-output-formats.sh: Check for AM_TEXI2FLAGS.
* python: add 3.10 - 3.15 to the version search listMike Frysinger2022-01-261-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/53530. Based on the cadence of Automake releases, add the current Python release (3.10), the current Python development (3.11), and then 4 more versions on top of that. It doesn't hurt to check for a few extra versions here since this is the fallback logic when the main `python` and `python3` programs aren't found. * m4/python.m4: Add python3.10 - python3.15. * NEWS: Mention new Python versions.
* progs, libs: support _RANLIB overridesMike Frysinger2022-01-241-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Much like we have per-target support for _AR and _LINK, add an _RANLIB override too. This allows selection of specific ranlib tools in case a non-standard archiver tool was forced. * bin/automake.in: Check for _RANLIB per-target settings. * doc/automake.texi: Document _RANLIB override. * lib/am/library.am: Change $(RANLIB) to $(%XLIBRARY%_RANLIB). * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add ranlib_override.sh. * t/ranlib_override.sh: New test. * NEWS: Mention new feature.
* maint: make update-copyrightJim Meyering2022-01-121-1/+1
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* version 1.16.5v1.16.5Jim Meyering2021-10-031-1/+1
| | | | | | * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.5. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.
* maint: remove trailing white space from a few filesJim Meyering2021-10-031-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | * NEWS: Remove trailing white space. * NEWS-2.0: Likewise. * contrib/checklinkx: Likewise. * doc/local.mk (chlx_args): Likewise. * m4/python.m4: Likewise. * t/test-extensions-empty.sh: Likewise.
* python: only use Python's sys.* values if the new optionKarl Berry2021-09-191-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | --with-python-sys-prefix is specified; otherwise, return to previous behavior of using the GNU ${prefix} and ${exec_prefix}. * doc/automake.texi (Python): document the new behavior. * m4/python.m4 (AM_PATH_PYTHON): conditionalize use of Python's sys.* values on the new option --with-python-sys-prefix. * t/python-prefix.sh: doc update. * t/python-vars.sh: test both GNU and Python prefix values. * NEWS: mention this.
* doc: update NEWS for yyerror const arg; update THANKS.Karl Berry2021-09-181-0/+4
| | | | | * THANKS: update with missed recent committer. * NEWS: mention yyerror decl in our tests now uses const.
* automake: consistently depend on install-libLTLIBRARIES.Jan Engelhardt2021-09-101-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | Report and patch: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2021-08/msg00016.html * bin/automake.in (generate_makefile): depend on install-libLTLIBRARIES for all PROGRAMS and LTLIBRARIES, such as install-pkglibLTLIBRARIES. * NEWS: mention this.
* version 1.16.4v1.16.4Jim Meyering2021-07-251-0/+4
| | | | | | * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.4. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.
* doc: NEWS tweakJim Meyering2021-07-181-8/+7
| | | | * NEWS: Indent consistently.
* tests: use testsuite/ directory in DejaGnu testsJacob Bachmeyer2021-07-151-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Patch posted: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-07/msg00009.html * t/check12.sh: Consistently use the directory name, testsuite/, for all DejaGnu tests, and always use recursive make to run DejaGnu, for backward and forward compatibility. * t/dejagnu3.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu4.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu5.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu6.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu7.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-absolute-builddir.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-relative-srcdir.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-siteexp-extend.sh: Likewise. * t/dejagnu-siteexp-useredit.sh: Likewise. * NEWS: mention this. * THANKS: new contributor.
* automake: silent make output for custom link commands.Nick Gasson2021-07-151-1/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Patch posted: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-07/msg00010.html * bin/automake.in (define_per_target_linker_variable): Use AM_V_${target}_LINK if defined as the verbose variable name for custom link commands. * doc/automake.texi (Program and Library Variables): Document the new variable. * t/link_override.sh: Add extra checks for silent make rules. * NEWS: Mention this. * THANKS: new contributor.
* dist: add new "dist-no-built-sources" automake option.Allison Karlitskaya2021-07-091-5/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fixes automake bug https://debbugs.gnu.org/49317. * bin/automake.in: implement new option "no-dist-built-sources" to omit the dependency of distdir on $(BUILT_SOURCES). (Allison's original patch used the option name dist-pure; trivially renamed.) * lib/am/distdir.am (distdir) [DIST_BUILT_SOURCES]: conditionalize the dependency. * lib/Automake/Options.pm (_is_valid_easy_option): list it. * doc/automake.texi (List of Automake options): document it. * NEWS: mention it. * t/dist-no-built-sources.sh: test it. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add it.
* maint: missed commits.Karl Berry2021-07-071-0/+5
| | | | | * INSTALL: Update from gnulib via make fetch. * NEWS: mention config.{guess,sub} restoration of `...`.
* dist: accept .md versions for README et al.Karl Berry2021-07-011-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This change was suggested by madmurphy; some ideas were taken from the patch he provided. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2021-06/msg00005.html * bin/automake.in (@toplevelmd_ok): new global, listing the files for which we will accept .md versions. (@common_files): remove those files from there. (handle_dist): check for .md if non-.md is absent. (handle_minor_options): check for README-alpha.md. (check_gnu_standards): accept .md version if present. (check_gnits_standards): likewise. (usage): output list of .md-accepted files. * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): document. * t/toplevelmd.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: mention new feature.
* doc: move future 2.0 incompatibilities to separate file.Karl Berry2021-05-181-62/+3
| | | | | | * NEWS: move info to ... * NEWS-2.0: ... this new file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): add it.
* python: new python-prefix test.Karl Berry2021-05-181-0/+5
| | | | | | * t/python-prefix.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: describe new Python prefix behavior.
* automake: sort hash keys needed for reproducible output.Dirk Mueller2021-02-271-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/46744. * bin/automake.in: sort keys, in: handle_LIBOBJS, handle_clean, handle_factored_dependencies, scan_autoconf_traces, lang_vala_finish. * NEWS: mention this.
* tags: support setting CTAGS, ETAGS, CSCOPE vars via ./configure.Reuben Thomas2020-12-051-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/45013. * m4/init.m4: add default settings and AC_SUBST calls for the variables `CTAGS', `ETAGS' and `CSCOPE'. * lib/am/tags.am: remove default settings of the above variables. * doc/automake.texi (Tags): mention and index. * NEWS: mention.
* tests: create log file before running the test script.Karl Berry2020-11-231-0/+3
| | | | | | | | This change partially fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/35762. * lib/test-driver: create $log_file before running the test script. Also quote $log_file. Combined suggestions from howaboutsynergy and Eric Blake.
* version 1.16.3v1.16.3Jim Meyering2020-11-181-0/+5
| | | | | | * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump version number to 1.16.3. * m4/amversion.m4: Likewise (auto-updated by "make bootstrap"). * NEWS: Record release version.
* dejagnu: quote `pwd` when writing "set objdir" line to site.exp.Robert Menteer2020-11-131-0/+2
| | | | | | | This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/44600. * lib/am/dejagnu.am (site.exp): quote set objdir line. * NEWS: mention this.
* install-sh: new option -S SUFFIX for simple file backups.Karl Berry2020-11-121-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | * lib/install-sh: implement and document -S. Patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00004.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-13.01 * t/install-sh-option-S.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * NEWS: mention it.
* install-sh: new option -p to preserve mtime.Karl Berry2020-11-101-2/+4
| | | | | | | | | | * lib/install-sh: new option -p to call cp -p. Idea from patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00002.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-11.02 * NEWS: mention this. 2020-11-10 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
* install-sh: do not chown existing directories.Karl Berry2020-11-101-2/+2
| | | | | | | | * lib/install-sh: do not chown existing directories. Original patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00003.html (scriptversion): 2020-11-11.01 * NEWS: mention this.
* install-sh: do not redundantly specify -f to rm.Karl Berry2020-11-101-0/+3
| | | | | | | | * lib/install-sh: do not redundantly specify -f to rm. Mention implication for RMPROG in the --help message. Original patch sent by Julien Elie: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg00005.html * NEWS: mention this.
* vala: improve support, especially builddir vs. srcdir.Reuben Thomas2020-11-071-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/13002. * NEWS: mention these changes. * bin/automake.in: generated C files go in builddir, not srcdir. Distribute the header files generated from VAPI files. * t/vala-libs-distcheck.sh: new test for `make distcheck' of a Vala library. * t/vala-libs-vpath.sh: new test for a VPATH build of a Vala library. * t/vala-libs.sh: add local VAPIs used as external --package to test. * t/vala-recursive-setup.sh: we need to make maintainer-clean at one point to remove stamp files to avoid confusing a VPATH build performed after a non-VPATH build. * t/vala-non-recursive-setup.sh: likewise. * t/vala-parallel.sh: some test paths need changing to take into account that generated C files now go in builddir. * t/vala-per-target-flags.sh: likewise. * t/vala-recursive-setup.sh: likewise. * t/vala-vpath.sh: likewise.
* python: determine Python (3.10) version number correctly.Miro Hron\v{c}ok2020-10-271-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/44239 (and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1889732). * m4/python.m4: use print('%u.%u' % sys.version_info[:2]) for the version number instead of merely sys.version[:3], so the numbers are treated as numbers. * t/python-vars.sh (PYTHON_VERSION): Likewise. * doc/automake.texi: Document it. * NEWS: mention it. (Minor tweaks from Karl Berry.)
* doc: correct "moved in", to "moved to"Jim Meyering2020-10-231-4/+4
| | | | | | * NEWS: Correct wording. * contrib/README: Likewise. * doc/automake.texi: Likewise.
* automake: install-exec did not depend on $(BUILT_SOURCES).Karl Berry2020-10-061-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/43683. * lib/am/install.am (install-exec): %maybe_BUILT_SOURCES% dependency, twice. Basic patch from madmurphy (tiny change), message#8. (.MAKE) [maybe_BUILT_SOURCES]: depend on install-exec. * NEWS: mention it. * doc/automake.texi (Sources): mention this (also that make dist depends on $(BUILT_SOURCES)). * t/built-sources-install-exec.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add it. * t/built-sources-install.sh: typo. * t/built-sources-check.sh: typo.
* automake: support AM_TESTSUITE_SUMMARY_HEADER override.Karl Berry2020-06-061-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This change handles https://bugs.gnu.org/11745. * lib/am/check.am (AM_TESTSUITE_SUMMARY_HEADER): new variable. Default value is " for $(PACKAGE_STRING)", including quotes, to keep the default output the same. ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): use it, unquoted. * doc/automake.texi (Scripts-based Testsuites): document it. * NEWS: mention it. * t/testsuite-summary-header.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_tests): add it. * t/ax/testsuite-summary-checks.sh: fix typo.
* docs: forgot TAR in NEWS; fix " -- " in manual.Karl Berry2020-05-251-0/+1
| | | | | | * NEWS: it seems the TAR envvar was never mentioned in NEWS; add it, back for 1.11.3 when it was apparently implemented. * doc/automake.texi: consistently use "---" instead of " --".
* automake: new variable AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET to override "dvi".Karl Berry2020-05-171-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This change fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/8289. * lib/am/distdir.am (AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET): define as dvi. (distcheck): use it, isntead of hardcoding dvi. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (%_silent_variable_override): add AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET. * t/distcheck-override-dvi.sh: new test. * t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add it. * doc/automake.texi (Checking the Distribution): document this. (Third-Party Makefiles): explicitly mention that EMPTY_AUTOMAKE_TARGETS is not a built-in or special name. Various other index entries and wording tweaks. * NEWS (Distribution): mention this.
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