Re: documentation of AC_FUNC_ALLOCA and mingw-w64 compilers

2012-01-23 Thread Paul Eggert
OK, thanks for the info. I pushed this somewhat-different fix: 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

Re: [PATCH 4/7] maint: placate syntax-check rules: exempt some false positives

2012-01-23 Thread Eric Blake
On 01/21/2012 08:28 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Eric Blake wrote: > ... >>> Incomplete. I'd rather see this patch nuke all of the .x-sc files and >>> convert them into exclude_file_name_regexp entries. >> >> That will be an improvement, but it does not belong in this series. >

Re: [PATCH 4/7] maint: placate syntax-check rules: exempt some false positives

2012-01-23 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake wrote: ... >> Subject: [PATCH] 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

[PATCH] INSTALL: convert to '' quoting, drop blank line at end

2012-01-23 Thread Eric Blake
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 inst

Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: convert to '' quoting, drop blank line at end

2012-01-23 Thread Paul Eggert
That looks good to me, and thanks.

Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: convert to '' quoting, drop blank line at end

2012-01-23 Thread Jim Meyering
Eric Blake wrote: > 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, t

Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: convert to '' quoting, drop blank line at end

2012-01-23 Thread Eric Blake
[dropping autoconf] On 01/23/2012 11:22 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: >> 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-gnul

[PATCH] tests: fix test regression due to additional output

2012-01-23 Thread Eric Blake
This test has been failing since commit 5285ea8c (sadly, since last July; thankfully, unreleased). * tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: nested): Fix test. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake --- Pushing this now. I guess the long lapse in fixing this is a sad sign that I don't have as much time for autoc