Hi Alexandre,
This is somewhat older:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2005-10/msg00009.html
* Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 10:52:47PM CEST:
> >>> "SK" == Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> SK> Alexandre, will you accept it?
>
> Sure. It just needs the usual stuff for a new feature: some
> documentation, and a test case that shows it (will continue to)
> works as documented.
Here are documentation and test. I was unsure whether a reference
to glob within the libc manual was appropriate in the documentation.
Cheers,
Ralf
* doc/automake.texi (Macro search path): Document it.
* tests/dirlist2.test: New test.
* m4/dirlist, tests/Makefile.am: Adjusted.
Index: doc/automake.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/doc/automake.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.131
diff -u -r1.131 automake.texi
--- doc/automake.texi 10 Mar 2006 10:51:37 -0000 1.131
+++ doc/automake.texi 15 Mar 2006 23:55:57 -0000
@@ -1855,9 +1855,9 @@
There is a third mechanism for customizing the search path. If a
@file{dirlist} file exists in @var{acdir}, then that file is assumed to
-contain a list of directories, one per line, to be added to the search
-list. These directories are searched @emph{after} all other
-directories.
+contain a list of directory patterns, one per line. @command{aclocal}
+expands these patterns to directory names similar to the C glob function,
+and adds them to the search list @emph{after} all other directories.
For example, suppose
@[EMAIL PROTECTED]/dirlist} contains the following:
@@ -1865,6 +1865,7 @@
@example
/test1
/test2
+/test3*
@end example
@noindent
@@ -1881,6 +1882,9 @@
@item @code{/test2}
@end enumerate
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+and all directories with path names starting with @code{/test3}.
+
If the @[EMAIL PROTECTED] option is used, then @command{aclocal}
will search for the @file{dirlist} file in @var{dir}. In the
@samp{--acdir=/opt/private/} example above, @command{aclocal} would look
Index: m4/dirlist
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/m4/dirlist,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 dirlist
--- m4/dirlist 31 Jul 2002 19:58:25 -0000 1.1
+++ m4/dirlist 15 Mar 2006 23:55:58 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-# This file is used by the testsuite (dirlist.test)
+# This file is used by the testsuite (dirlist*.test)
# it should not be installed
./dirlist-test
+./dirlist2*-test
Index: tests/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/tests/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.593
diff -u -r1.593 Makefile.am
--- tests/Makefile.am 10 Mar 2006 12:02:26 -0000 1.593
+++ tests/Makefile.am 15 Mar 2006 23:55:58 -0000
@@ -199,6 +202,7 @@
destdir.test \
dirforbid.test \
dirlist.test \
+dirlist2.test \
discover.test \
distcom2.test \
distcom3.test \
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:01.000000000 +0100
+++ tests/dirlist2.test 2006-03-15 23:39:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Automake.
+#
+# GNU Automake is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Automake is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Automake; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# Check dirlist globbing support.
+# This test relies on m4/dirlist
+
+. ./defs || exit 1
+
+set -e
+
+cat > configure.in <<EOF
+AC_INIT
+AM_INIT_GUILE_MODULE
+AM_FOO_BAR
+EOF
+
+mkdir dirlist21-test dirlist22-test
+
+cat >dirlist21-test/dirlist21-check.m4 <<'END'
+AC_DEFUN([AM_INIT_GUILE_MODULE],[
+. $srcdir/../GUILE-VERSION
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE, $VERSION)
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(..)
+module=[$1]
+AC_SUBST(module)])
+END
+
+cat >dirlist22-test/dirlist22-check.m4 <<'END'
+AC_DEFUN([AM_FOO_BAR],[
+: foo bar baz
+])
+END
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOCONF
+
+# there should be no m4_include in aclocal.m4, even tho m4/dirlist contains
+# `./dirlist-test' as a relative directory. Only -I directories are subject
+# to file inclusion.
+grep m4_include aclocal.m4 && exit 1
+
+grep 'GUILE-VERSION' configure
+grep 'foo bar baz' configure
+
+:
