This patch converts the automake-provided '*.am' fragments, and
related files, to the use of new quoting format 'like this' or
like this rather than `like this'.
This is done for consistency with the new recommendations in the GNU
Coding Standards, and, well, because I've come to actually like
* HACKING: Quote 'like this' or like this, not `like this'. This
is done for consistency with the new recommendations in the GNU
Coding Standards, and because I've come to actually prefer the '...'
and ... quoting format over the `...' one.
---
HACKING | 38
* HACKING: Don't describe the obsolete 'git-release' target anymore.
Instead, document the new and improved targets 'git-tag-release' and
'git-upload-release' (introduced in commit v1.11-674-gaf5f939 of
25-01-2012, release: revamp rules to tag and upload the releases).
---
HACKING | 19
* NEWS (New in 1.11.1a): State that we prefer to quote 'like this'
or like this rather than `like this', as according to the new GCS
recommendations.
---
NEWS |4
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 53a2f46..b5b184e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++
* syntax-check.mk (sc_perl_local_no_parens): Remove, we don't even
allow the use of local but for the '$_' and '$~' special variables.
(syntax_check_rules): Adjust.
---
syntax-checks.mk |8
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/syntax-checks.mk
* m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Use 'echo file' instead of
'touch file' to ensure the creation of a dummy file. Adjust the
comment that explains why we can't merely use ': file': the
problem this latter idiom tickles is present also with Solaris 10
/bin/sh, not merely with Solaris 8 /bin/sh.
* lib/Makefile.am (installcheck-local): To verify that the installed
scripts are actually executable, simply use 'test -x', instead of
resorting to perl and its '-x' file operator. Today, 'test -x'
should today be portable to any non-museum system. Since we are at
it, improve diagnostic in case
* automake.in ($configure_dist_common): In the associated comment,
refer to scanning of 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in'.
---
automake.in |2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index 13e65df..9110e52 100644
--- a/automake.in
+++
On 02/23/2012 02:48 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
* lib/Makefile.am (installcheck-local): To verify that the installed
scripts are actually executable, simply use 'test -x', instead of
resorting to perl and its '-x' file operator. Today, 'test -x'
should today be portable to any non-museum
Eric wrote:
The autoconf manual still recommends:
Do not use @samp{test -x}, because 4.3BSD does not
have it.
Is this still an issue? Or should we be updating the autoconf manual?
I remember this biting me within the last ~4 years' time.
I don't know if it's still an issue or not,
It's been Quite Some Time since I've had to deal with
4.3BSD, or any host with a test -x problem, so I suggest
the following patch to the Autoconf manual:
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 607d8dc..443ec07 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -18125,9
Support for lzma compression in distribution tarball has been
removed in commit 'v1.11-1674-g02e9072' of 01-01-2012, dist:
remove support for lzma (superseded by xz and lzip), but was
still documented in the manual.
* doc/automake.texi: Remove references to the 'dist-lzma' option
and to the lzma
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