bug#19311: regression: 1.14 may use ac_aux_dir before defined (again)

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
retitle 19311 AC_PROG_CC can force wrong $ac_aux_dir definition in automake 1.14 severity 19311 minor thanks On 12/08/2014 06:15 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote: When AC_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS precedes AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, it used to throw an error - which has been fixed in

bug#17327: Bug report

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
retitle 17327 Automake dying with internal error: global options already processed tags 17327 moreinfo thanks On 04/23/2014 08:18 PM, Gallagher James wrote: OSX 10.9, automake 1.14, autoconf 2.69 autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing automake: error: global

bug#19311: [FYI] {minor} Expose automake bug#19311

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
AC_PROG_CC called before AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR can silently force wrong $ac_aux_dir definition. * t/auxdir-pr19311.sh: New. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it as an XFAIL test. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com --- t/auxdir-pr19311.sh | 45

bug#17536: automake.texi typo fixes

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
severity 17536 minor close 17536 stop

bug#18998: Fails in make check automake

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 11/08/2014 05:29 PM, braga wrote: Dear automake staff I am trying to install automake 1.14 but I am facing two fails in make check. I have also tried sudo make check but nothing change. I attach the make check log Regards, Vittorio The failure in t/autohdr-subdir-pr12495 was to do the

[PATCH] Fix spurious testsuite failure when /bin/sh is dash

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
The testsuite used slightly different logic in the code employed to decide whether a test should be skipped due to a limitation of the selected shell, and in the code running the test itself. * tests/autotest.at (Syntax error): Adjust. (parallel syntax error): Likewise. Signed-off-by: Stefano

Re: [PATCH] Fix spurious testsuite failure when /bin/sh is dash

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 12/17/2014 02:12 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: The testsuite used slightly different logic in the code employed to decide whether a test should be skipped due to a limitation of the selected shell, and in the code running the test itself. * tests/autotest.at (Syntax error): Adjust. (parallel

[FYI] {minor} Expose automake bug#19311

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
AC_PROG_CC called before AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR can silently force wrong $ac_aux_dir definition. * t/auxdir-pr19311.sh: New. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it as an XFAIL test. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com --- t/auxdir-pr19311.sh | 45

[FYI] {micro} Automake docs: fix typos and use of British English

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
From: Karl Berry k...@freefriends.org * doc/automake.texi: Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com --- doc/automake.texi | 12 ++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 20855d6..736d61d

Re: Test for install_sh missing +set

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 08/07/2014 11:05 AM, Thomas Jahns wrote: Hello, I noticed that install_sh cannot be overridden even though the code is meant to provide that because there is a problem with the variable expansion. Please see the attached patch vs. 9042530473b52251a4022cc0a0e02636b9a53211 Regards, Thomas

[PATCH] docs: improve description of ${PACKAGE}, ${VERSION}, and similar variables

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
In particular, suggesting that $PACKAGE and $VERSION should be aliases of the $PACKAGE_TARNAME and $PACKAGE_VERSION definitions coming from AC_INIT, and not be defined via an obsolete 2-argument invocation of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE; and why that is the best default, given all our historical baggage.

Re: AM_GNU_GETTEXT and intl/ directory

2014-12-17 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi, sorry for the delay in the response. On 11/15/2014 06:29 PM, Kip Warner wrote: Hey list, I am initializing i18n in my project's configure.ac as such: ... AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18.3]) AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external], [need-ngettext]) ... This works fine,

Re: AM_GNU_GETTEXT and intl/ directory

2014-12-17 Thread Kip Warner
On Wed, 2014-12-17 at 21:49 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Hi, sorry for the delay in the response. No problem Stefano. Thank you for your response. From what I can see in the Automake sources and in the gettext documentation: no, there is no way to change the name of the intl/