* Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 07:48:18AM CEST:
>
> I want to make sure that if configure.in is changed to require
> bar.m4 instead of foo.m4, and if foo.m4 disappears, Make
> successfully rebuilds everything to the point that Makefile
> contains a definition for GREPBAR.
Ah, ok, thanks. This is what I have now, and will check in sometime if
nobody complains.
Cheers,
Ralf
2007-07-18 Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* lib/am/configure.am (%?REGEN-ACLOCAL-M4%): New target
$(am__aclocal_m4_deps) without any dependencies, to avoid the
"deleted .m4 file" problem.
* tests/acloca22.test: New test.
* tests/Makefile.am: Update.
* NEWS: Update.
Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.329
diff -u -r1.329 NEWS
--- NEWS 16 Jul 2007 19:56:24 -0000 1.329
+++ NEWS 17 Jul 2007 22:49:51 -0000
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
- install-sh supports -C, which does not update the installed file
(and its time stamps) if the contents did not change.
+ - The "deleted header file problem" for *.m4 files is avoided by
+ stub rules. This allows `make' to trigger a rerun of `aclocal'
+ also if some previously needed macro file has been removed.
+
Bugs fixed in 1.10a:
* Long standing bugs:
Index: lib/am/configure.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/lib/am/configure.am,v
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -u -r1.33 configure.am
--- lib/am/configure.am 7 Jul 2007 11:23:28 -0000 1.33
+++ lib/am/configure.am 17 Jul 2007 22:49:51 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
## automake - create Makefile.in from Makefile.am
-## Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+## Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 Free Software
+## Foundation, Inc.
## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -117,6 +118,9 @@
$(ACLOCAL_M4): %MAINTAINER-MODE% $(am__aclocal_m4_deps)
?TOPDIR_P? cd $(srcdir) && $(ACLOCAL) $(ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS)
?!TOPDIR_P? cd $(top_builddir) && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) am--refresh
+
+## Avoid the "deleted header file" problem for the dependencies.
+$(am__aclocal_m4_deps):
endif %?REGEN-ACLOCAL-M4%
Index: tests/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/tests/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.621
diff -u -r1.621 Makefile.am
--- tests/Makefile.am 29 Mar 2007 23:26:48 -0000 1.621
+++ tests/Makefile.am 17 Jul 2007 22:49:51 -0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
acloca19.test \
acloca20.test \
acloca21.test \
+acloca22.test \
acoutnoq.test \
acoutpt.test \
acoutpt2.test \
--- /dev/null 2007-06-27 15:55:00.220064750 +0200
+++ tests/acloca22.test 2007-07-18 00:49:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2007 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.
+
+# Make sure the "deleted header file" issue is fixed wrt. aclocal.m4
+# dependencies.
+
+. ./defs || exit 1
+
+set -e
+
+cat >>configure.in <<EOF
+FOO
+AC_OUTPUT
+EOF
+cat >foo.m4 <<EOF
+AC_DEFUN([FOO], [AC_SUBST([GREPFOO])])
+EOF
+cat >bar.m4 <<EOF
+AC_DEFUN([BAR], [AC_SUBST([GREPBAR])])
+EOF
+cat >Makefile.am <<EOF
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I .
+EOF
+$ACLOCAL -I .
+$AUTOMAKE
+$AUTOCONF
+./configure
+$MAKE
+grep GREPFOO Makefile
+grep GREPBAR Makefile && exit 1
+sed 's/FOO/BAR/' < configure.in > t
+mv -f t configure.in
+rm -f foo.m4
+$MAKE
+grep GREPFOO Makefile && exit 1
+grep GREPBAR Makefile
