Reference: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2012-10/msg00012.html>
On 10/18/2012 10:40 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > OK, after putting this in the backburner for few months, I've decided to > finally go for some cleanup and refactoring in the 'depcomp' script. > > Unfortunately, I can't test most of the less common depmodes first-hand, > since I lack access to the required compilers or systems. So I'd really > like some feedback and real-world testing from possibly interested persons > (some of which I'm CC:ing, given their past contributions to the depcomp > script). In particular, I'd appreciate if if anyone would able to run the > depcomp tests in the following compilers: > > - Microsoft Visual C/C++; > > - modern versions of the AIX, Tru64 and IRIX vendor C compilers; > > - the HP aCC (C++) and HP ia64 compilers; > > - the Portland Group C/C++ compiler; > > - the IBM C/C++ compilers (xlc/xlC); > > - The Intel C/C++ compilers, version 8.0 or later. > > Any feedback would be very appreciated! > > Regards, > Stefano > > P.S. Sorry for any delay in my replies, but I will be AFK in the > next few days. I'll try to catch up after. > > -*-*-*- > > Stefano Lattarini (20): > depcomp: be more idiomatic in checking for zero exit statuses > depcomp: remove useless quoting in variable definitions > depcomp: use "rmdir", not "rm -rf", to remove the empty lock directory > depcomp: correctly propagate exit status in exit trap > depcomp: safer quoting in variable expansion > depcomp: cosmetic fixlets to a comment > depcomp: don't rely on character ranges working as in C locale > depcomp: reduce code duplication > depcomp: avoid an extra fork when possible > depcomp: less duplication between AIX and Tru64 modes > depcomp: make some code more self-documenting > depcomp: shell code style changes > depcomp: whitespace fixes > depcomp: rewrite a sed invocation for less quoting > depcomp: remove an unused variable > depcomp: remove last relics of libtool 1.4 support > depcomp: improve comments about tcc support > tests: fix spurious failures with tcc > NEWS: update w.r.t. recent depcomp changes > depcomp: remove 'icc' depmode, add 'tcc' one > > NEWS | 15 +++ > lib/depcomp | 407 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- > t/depcomp8a.sh | 9 +- > t/depcomp8b.sh | 4 +- > 4 files changed, 228 insertions(+), 207 deletions(-) > FYI: I will push this series (to master) in a couple of days if there is no review, report or objection by then. Regards, Stefano
