[PATCH] {maint} tests defs: clear TESTS_ENVIRONMENT variable (was: Re: [PATCH] {maint} tests: new subroutines for test skipping/failing)

2011-02-10 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Reference: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-02/msg6.html On Sunday 06 February 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Friday 04 February 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 04:04:30PM CET: --- /dev/null +++

Re: troubles with autotools

2011-02-10 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Ralf. This patch seems useful to me (but note that IMO, in this matter, a review by an automake newbie would be much more valuable than mine). Still, I have a couple of nits below. On Wednesday 09 February 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hello Laura, automake-patches readers, I help

Re: troubles with autotools

2011-02-10 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Laura. Below are my two tiny cents, I hope you'll find them useful anyway ... On Thursday 10 February 2011, laura la wrote: So I google autotools tutorial. And of course I end up here http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html (autoconf link in the first google link:

Re: troubles with autotools

2011-02-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Laura, * laura la wrote on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 04:35:53PM CET: first of all, It took me 4 google searches to find this FAQ you mention, is this it? http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/automake/FAQ.html Yes. About that automake faq, let me tell you from my point of view, and maybe

Re: troubles with autotools

2011-02-10 Thread Vincent Torri
Hey On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hi Laura, * laura la wrote on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 04:35:53PM CET: first of all, It took me 4 google searches to find this FAQ you mention, is this it? http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/automake/FAQ.html Yes. About that automake

portable way to normalize whitespace?

2011-02-10 Thread Daily, Jeff A
I'm aware of GNU make's text processing functions. Specifically, I'm looking for the $(strip string) functionality, but hopefully portable. Is this functionality available portably? Thanks.

Non-recursive automake vs. gettext

2011-02-10 Thread John Darrington
Hi Ralf and others, I like to use a non-recursive makefile structure for my projects. However, if the project also uses gettext, I end up having to constantly fight against both gettext and auto{conf,make}. If AM_GNU_GETTEXT appears in the configure.ac file, then automake refuses to run, but

Re: portable way to normalize whitespace?

2011-02-10 Thread Eric Blake
On 02/09/2011 11:44 AM, Daily, Jeff A wrote: I'm aware of GNU make's text processing functions. Specifically, I'm looking for the $(strip string) functionality, but hopefully portable. Is this functionality available portably? Thanks. Portably within make, no. As a shell sub-process,

Re: Non-recursive automake vs. gettext

2011-02-10 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi John, * John Darrington wrote on Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 07:56:20PM CET: I like to use a non-recursive makefile structure for my projects. However, if the project also uses gettext, I end up having to constantly fight against both gettext and auto{conf,make}. If AM_GNU_GETTEXT appears in