Re: [PATCH] aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable

2011-09-19 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 18:39, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> Just to be sure, you are not including >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00091.html >> are you? >> > No, not yet at least. > > Because, if I'm not reading it wrong (which I might be doing in fact, since > I'v

Re: [PATCH] aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable

2011-09-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
[CC:ing automake bug 9026, which I should have done right away] On Monday 19 September 2011, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 09/19/2011 06:05 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > Resurrecting the old thread "Add ACLOCAL_PATH to aclocal"; references: > >

Re: bug#8461: Defining `java_JAVA' doesn't cause errors even if $(javadir) is indefined

2011-09-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Sunday 18 September 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > tags 8461 patch > close 8461 > thanks > > Reference: > > > I've decided to go with the third option listed there; attached is the > patch I've pushed to maint. > > Regards, > Stefano >

Re: [PATCH] aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable

2011-09-19 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 09/19/2011 06:05 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Resurrecting the old thread "Add ACLOCAL_PATH to aclocal"; references: I really want the ACLOCAL_PAT

Re: [PATCH] aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable

2011-09-19 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 09/19/2011 06:05 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: I'll push the attached patch in 72 hours if there is no review by then. Paolo, since it's you who have written the previous version of this patch, from which I've drawn heavily, are you ok to be listed as the main author in the ChangeLog entry, an

[PATCH] aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable

2011-09-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Resurrecting the old thread "Add ACLOCAL_PATH to aclocal"; references: I really want the ACLOCAL_PATH feature to end up in 1.11.2, which I hope we will b

[FYI 2/2] {maint} docs: deprecate JAVA primary

2011-09-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* doc/automake.texi (Java): Deprecate the JAVA primary, stating that it will become obsolete in automake 1.12 and probably removed altogether in automake 1.13. Reflect this in the section title, by appending the string "(deprecated feature)". (@menu, @detailmenu): Update. (Java Support with gcj):

[FYI 1/2] {maint} docs: clearer distinction between `.java' with javac and with gcj

2011-09-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* doc/automake.texi (Java support): Rename this node ... (Java support with gcj): ... to this, and change its title from "Compiling Java sources" to "Compiling Java sources using gcj". (@detailmenu, @menu, @cindex): Update and make more precise. (Java): Change the title of this node from simply "Ja

[FYI 0/2] {maint} Deprecate JAVA primary in the documentation

2011-09-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
We are planning a complete rewrite of the Automake support for byte-compiled java: In particular, we plan to finally remove the JAVA primary and substitute in its place a new JARS primary, that will break backward-compatibility. So it's better