Hi Stefano, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 06:47:20PM CEST: > --- a/tests/aclocal6.test > +++ b/tests/aclocal6.test
> @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ cd build > ../configure > $MAKE > > +# Modified configure dependencies must be newer than config.status. > +$sleep > # Update an aclocal.m4 dependency, then make sure all Makefiles > # are updated, even from a sub-directory. > echo 'AC_DEFUN([SOME_DEFS], [MORE_DEFS])' > ../m4/somedefs.m4 > --- a/tests/subdir5.test > +++ b/tests/subdir5.test > @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ $MAKE > # does it in the other way: it updates confiles.m4 (which is m4_included > # by configure.in there) after Makefile.am. > > +# Modified configure dependencies must be newer than config.status. > +$sleep This hunk makes perfect sense to me, and is fine for maint, but the other two do not make sense to me yet: configure ensures that config.status is newer than itself, thus configure must be older than any .m4 files that are edited afterwards even without $sleep. I've read the longish explanation of yours superficially; if you think it addresses my concern please say so and I will scrutinize it. > sed <configure.in >configure.tmp -e '/^AC_OUTPUT$/i\ > AC_CONFIG_FILES([maude/Makefile])\ > m4_include([confile.m4])\ > @@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ test -f maude/Makefile > # Then we add a new directory by modifying a file included (through > # `m4_include') by configure.in. > mkdir maude2 > +# Modified configure dependencies must be newer than config.status. > +$sleep > cat >> confile.m4 << 'END' > AC_CONFIG_FILES([maude2/Makefile]) > AC_SUBST([GREPME]) Thanks for looking into this, Ralf
