Re: [PATCH] {test-protocols} parallel-tests: fix bug in Automake's own testsuite

2011-06-23 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 22 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 09:52:13PM CEST: The first bugfix in the new branch. Luckily, the bug (detailedly described in the ChangeLog entry) is only in the Automake's own testsuite, not in the implementation. You

[FYI] {maint} tests: fix bug in 'autodist.test'

2011-06-23 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* tests/autodist.test: Avoid spurious failure due to no `defs-static' file being found in the parent directory. --- ChangeLog |6 ++ tests/autodist.test |2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a05e690..7ef5077 100644

Re: bug#7819: automake does not really automatically distribute all the files it's advertised to.

2011-06-23 Thread Stefano Lattarini
References: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-01/msg00181.html http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7819 On Saturday 15 January 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Monday 10 January 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hi Stefano, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on

[FYI] {maint} docs: minor cosmetic fixes

2011-06-23 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* doc/automake.texi: Break few overly long lines, throughout the file. (Simple Tests): Move @vindex for XFAIL_TESTS to the correct position, i.e., before and not after the paragraph where it is introduced. (Options @item ansi2knr): Don't user @xref where @pxref should be used instead. This fixes

[FYI] {master} docs: fix unportable example of AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT usage

2011-06-23 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): The old example on AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT relied on unportable shell features, and in particular didn't work with various Korn Shells (see also commit `v1.11-925-g29ca903'). Give another example, simpler this time, but still inspired to

Re: [PATCH] {test-protocols} parallel-tests: fix bug in Automake's own testsuite

2011-06-23 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 09:52:55AM CEST: On Wednesday 22 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Also, have you thought about a quoting mechanism so that test authors do not have to think about breaking the test driver mechanism accidentally? That would seem more robust

Re: [FYI] {maint} docs: minor cosmetic fixes

2011-06-23 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 06:40:25PM CEST: * doc/automake.texi: Break few overly long lines, throughout the file. (Simple Tests): Move @vindex for XFAIL_TESTS to the correct position, i.e., before and not after the paragraph where it is introduced. (Options @item

Re: [FYI] {master} docs: fix unportable example of AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT usage

2011-06-23 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:09:16PM CEST: * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): The old example on AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT relied on unportable shell features, and in particular didn't work with various Korn Shells (see also commit

Re: [Automake-commit] [SCM] GNU Automake branch, maint, updated. v1.11-393-gc1040a7

2011-06-23 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
[ from automake-commit ] since I didn't review the source patch yet: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:03:52AM CEST: --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -8293,7 +8293,9 @@ as are all @file{Makefile.am}s and @file{Makefile.in}s. Automake also has a

Re: [PATCH] {test-protocols} parallel-tests: fix bug in Automake's own testsuite

2011-06-23 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 23 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 09:52:55AM CEST: On Wednesday 22 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Also, have you thought about a quoting mechanism so that test authors do not have to think about breaking the test driver