Gavin Smith wrote:
> > The first part serves the purpose of updating the same files also
> > in the build-aux/ directory, so that you don't risk distributing
> > outdated files for 6 years any more :) ...
> ...  I'm not sure which files you are saying were 6 years out of date.

When comparing the contents of texinfo/build-aux/ with the corresponding
files from the newest Automake release (1.17), some files ('compile',
'missing', 'mdate-sh') have a time stamp of 2018. Find attached a diff.

Bruno

diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/ar-lib /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/ar-lib
--- texinfo/build-aux/ar-lib	2024-06-09 00:04:10.038562136 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/ar-lib	2024-07-12 13:06:17.470000000 +0200
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Wrapper for Microsoft lib.exe
 
 me=ar-lib
-scriptversion=2012-03-01.08; # UTC
+scriptversion=2024-06-19.01; # UTC
 
-# Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # Written by Peter Rosin <p...@lysator.liu.se>.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
 # distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	  MINGW*)
 	    file_conv=mingw
 	    ;;
-	  CYGWIN*)
+	  CYGWIN* | MSYS*)
 	    file_conv=cygwin
 	    ;;
 	  *)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 	mingw)
 	  file=`cmd //C echo "$file " | sed -e 's/"\(.*\) " *$/\1/'`
 	  ;;
-	cygwin)
+	cygwin | msys)
 	  file=`cygpath -m "$file" || echo "$file"`
 	  ;;
 	wine)
@@ -105,11 +105,15 @@
 Usage: $me [--help] [--version] PROGRAM ACTION ARCHIVE [MEMBER...]
 
 Members may be specified in a file named with @FILE.
+
+Report bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>.
+GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
 EOF
     exit $?
     ;;
   -v | --v*)
-    echo "$me, version $scriptversion"
+    echo "$me (GNU Automake) $scriptversion"
     exit $?
     ;;
 esac
@@ -135,6 +139,10 @@
       AR="$AR $1"
       shift
       ;;
+    -nologo | -NOLOGO)
+      # We always invoke AR with -nologo, so don't need to add it again.
+      shift
+      ;;
     *)
       action=$1
       shift
@@ -224,10 +232,11 @@
       esac
     done
   else
-    $AR -NOLOGO -LIST "$archive" | sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' | while read member
-    do
-      $AR -NOLOGO -EXTRACT:"$member" "$archive" || exit $?
-    done
+    $AR -NOLOGO -LIST "$archive" | tr -d '\r' | sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' \
+      | while read member
+        do
+          $AR -NOLOGO -EXTRACT:"$member" "$archive" || exit $?
+        done
   fi
 
 elif test -n "$quick$replace"; then
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/compile /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/compile
--- texinfo/build-aux/compile	2024-08-12 12:12:48.922769922 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/compile	2024-07-12 13:06:17.460000000 +0200
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Wrapper for compilers which do not understand '-c -o'.
 
-scriptversion=2018-03-07.03; # UTC
+scriptversion=2024-06-19.01; # UTC
 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # Written by Tom Tromey <tro...@cygnus.com>.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 	  # configure might choose to run compile as 'compile cc -o foo foo.c'.
 	  eat=1
 	  case $2 in
-	    *.o | *.[oO][bB][jJ])
+	    *.o | *.lo | *.[oO][bB][jJ])
 	      func_file_conv "$2"
 	      set x "$@" -Fo"$file"
 	      shift
@@ -248,11 +248,13 @@
 right script to run: please start by reading the file 'INSTALL'.
 
 Report bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>.
+GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
 EOF
     exit $?
     ;;
   -v | --v*)
-    echo "compile $scriptversion"
+    echo "compile (GNU Automake) $scriptversion"
     exit $?
     ;;
   cl | *[/\\]cl | cl.exe | *[/\\]cl.exe | \
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/config.guess /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/config.guess
--- texinfo/build-aux/config.guess	2024-08-12 12:12:48.922769922 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/config.guess	2024-07-12 13:06:17.420000000 +0200
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
-#   Copyright 1992-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   Copyright 1992-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2006,SC2268 # see below for rationale
 
-timestamp='2023-07-20'
+timestamp='2024-01-01'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 GNU config.guess ($timestamp)
 
 Originally written by Per Bothner.
-Copyright 1992-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 1992-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
 
 	set_cc_for_build
 	cat <<-EOF > "$dummy.c"
+	#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+	LIBC=android
+	#else
 	#include <features.h>
 	#if defined(__UCLIBC__)
 	LIBC=uclibc
@@ -162,6 +165,8 @@
 	LIBC=dietlibc
 	#elif defined(__GLIBC__)
 	LIBC=gnu
+	#elif defined(__LLVM_LIBC__)
+	LIBC=llvm
 	#else
 	#include <stdarg.h>
 	/* First heuristic to detect musl libc.  */
@@ -169,6 +174,7 @@
 	LIBC=musl
 	#endif
 	#endif
+	#endif
 	EOF
 	cc_set_libc=`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g'`
 	eval "$cc_set_libc"
@@ -904,7 +910,7 @@
 	fi
 	;;
     *:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
 	case $UNAME_PROCESSOR in
 	    amd64)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=x86_64 ;;
@@ -1589,6 +1595,9 @@
     *:Unleashed:*:*)
 	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-unleashed$UNAME_RELEASE
 	;;
+    *:Ironclad:*:*)
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-ironclad
+	;;
 esac
 
 # Do we have a guess based on uname results?
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/config.sub /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/config.sub
--- texinfo/build-aux/config.sub	2024-08-12 12:12:48.922769922 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/config.sub	2024-07-12 13:06:17.430000000 +0200
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Configuration validation subroutine script.
-#   Copyright 1992-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   Copyright 1992-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2006,SC2268 # see below for rationale
 
-timestamp='2023-07-31'
+timestamp='2024-01-01'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 version="\
 GNU config.sub ($timestamp)
 
-Copyright 1992-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 1992-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@
 		case $cpu in
 			1750a | 580 \
 			| a29k \
-			| aarch64 | aarch64_be \
+			| aarch64 | aarch64_be | aarch64c | arm64ec \
 			| abacus \
 			| alpha | alphaev[4-8] | alphaev56 | alphaev6[78] \
 			| alpha64 | alpha64ev[4-8] | alpha64ev56 | alpha64ev6[78] \
@@ -1200,6 +1200,7 @@
 			| d10v | d30v | dlx | dsp16xx \
 			| e2k | elxsi | epiphany \
 			| f30[01] | f700 | fido | fr30 | frv | ft32 | fx80 \
+			| javascript \
 			| h8300 | h8500 \
 			| hppa | hppa1.[01] | hppa2.0 | hppa2.0[nw] | hppa64 \
 			| hexagon \
@@ -1221,6 +1222,7 @@
 			| moxie \
 			| mt \
 			| msp430 \
+			| nanomips* \
 			| nds32 | nds32le | nds32be \
 			| nfp \
 			| nios | nios2 | nios2eb | nios2el \
@@ -1252,6 +1254,7 @@
 			| ubicom32 \
 			| v70 | v850 | v850e | v850e1 | v850es | v850e2 | v850e2v3 \
 			| vax \
+			| vc4 \
 			| visium \
 			| w65 \
 			| wasm32 | wasm64 \
@@ -1284,11 +1287,12 @@
 
 # Decode manufacturer-specific aliases for certain operating systems.
 
-if test x$basic_os != x
+if test x"$basic_os" != x
 then
 
 # First recognize some ad-hoc cases, or perhaps split kernel-os, or else just
 # set os.
+obj=
 case $basic_os in
 	gnu/linux*)
 		kernel=linux
@@ -1488,10 +1492,16 @@
 			os=eabi
 			;;
 		    *)
-			os=elf
+			os=
+			obj=elf
 			;;
 		esac
 		;;
+	aout* | coff* | elf* | pe*)
+		# These are machine code file formats, not OSes
+		obj=$os
+		os=
+		;;
 	*)
 		# No normalization, but not necessarily accepted, that comes below.
 		;;
@@ -1510,12 +1520,15 @@
 # system, and we'll never get to this point.
 
 kernel=
+obj=
 case $cpu-$vendor in
 	score-*)
-		os=elf
+		os=
+		obj=elf
 		;;
 	spu-*)
-		os=elf
+		os=
+		obj=elf
 		;;
 	*-acorn)
 		os=riscix1.2
@@ -1525,28 +1538,35 @@
 		os=gnu
 		;;
 	arm*-semi)
-		os=aout
+		os=
+		obj=aout
 		;;
 	c4x-* | tic4x-*)
-		os=coff
+		os=
+		obj=coff
 		;;
 	c8051-*)
-		os=elf
+		os=
+		obj=elf
 		;;
 	clipper-intergraph)
 		os=clix
 		;;
 	hexagon-*)
-		os=elf
+		os=
+		obj=elf
 		;;
 	tic54x-*)
-		os=coff
+		os=
+		obj=coff
 		;;
 	tic55x-*)
-		os=coff
+		os=
+		obj=coff
 		;;
 	tic6x-*)
-		os=coff
+		os=
+		obj=coff
 		;;
 	# This must come before the *-dec entry.
 	pdp10-*)
@@ -1568,19 +1588,24 @@
 		os=sunos3
 		;;
 	m68*-cisco)
-		os=aout
+		os=
+		obj=aout
 		;;
 	mep-*)
-		os=elf
+		os=
+		obj=elf
 		;;
 	mips*-cisco)
-		os=elf
+		os=
+		obj=elf
 		;;
-	mips*-*)
-		os=elf
+	mips*-*|nanomips*-*)
+		os=
+		obj=elf
 		;;
 	or32-*)
-		os=coff
+		os=
+		obj=coff
 		;;
 	*-tti)	# must be before sparc entry or we get the wrong os.
 		os=sysv3
@@ -1589,7 +1614,8 @@
 		os=sunos4.1.1
 		;;
 	pru-*)
-		os=elf
+		os=
+		obj=elf
 		;;
 	*-be)
 		os=beos
@@ -1670,10 +1696,12 @@
 		os=uxpv
 		;;
 	*-rom68k)
-		os=coff
+		os=
+		obj=coff
 		;;
 	*-*bug)
-		os=coff
+		os=
+		obj=coff
 		;;
 	*-apple)
 		os=macos
@@ -1691,10 +1719,11 @@
 
 fi
 
-# Now, validate our (potentially fixed-up) OS.
+# Now, validate our (potentially fixed-up) individual pieces (OS, OBJ).
+
 case $os in
 	# Sometimes we do "kernel-libc", so those need to count as OSes.
-	musl* | newlib* | relibc* | uclibc*)
+	llvm* | musl* | newlib* | relibc* | uclibc*)
 		;;
 	# Likewise for "kernel-abi"
 	eabi* | gnueabi*)
@@ -1702,6 +1731,9 @@
 	# VxWorks passes extra cpu info in the 4th filed.
 	simlinux | simwindows | spe)
 		;;
+	# See `case $cpu-$os` validation below
+	ghcjs)
+		;;
 	# Now accept the basic system types.
 	# The portable systems comes first.
 	# Each alternative MUST end in a * to match a version number.
@@ -1719,11 +1751,11 @@
 	     | mirbsd* | netbsd* | dicos* | openedition* | ose* \
 	     | bitrig* | openbsd* | secbsd* | solidbsd* | libertybsd* | os108* \
 	     | ekkobsd* | freebsd* | riscix* | lynxos* | os400* \
-	     | bosx* | nextstep* | cxux* | aout* | elf* | oabi* \
-	     | ptx* | coff* | ecoff* | winnt* | domain* | vsta* \
+	     | bosx* | nextstep* | cxux* | oabi* \
+	     | ptx* | ecoff* | winnt* | domain* | vsta* \
 	     | udi* | lites* | ieee* | go32* | aux* | hcos* \
 	     | chorusrdb* | cegcc* | glidix* | serenity* \
-	     | cygwin* | msys* | pe* | moss* | proelf* | rtems* \
+	     | cygwin* | msys* | moss* | proelf* | rtems* \
 	     | midipix* | mingw32* | mingw64* | mint* \
 	     | uxpv* | beos* | mpeix* | udk* | moxiebox* \
 	     | interix* | uwin* | mks* | rhapsody* | darwin* \
@@ -1736,71 +1768,115 @@
 	     | onefs* | tirtos* | phoenix* | fuchsia* | redox* | bme* \
 	     | midnightbsd* | amdhsa* | unleashed* | emscripten* | wasi* \
 	     | nsk* | powerunix* | genode* | zvmoe* | qnx* | emx* | zephyr* \
-	     | fiwix* | mlibc* | cos* | mbr* )
+	     | fiwix* | mlibc* | cos* | mbr* | ironclad* )
 		;;
 	# This one is extra strict with allowed versions
 	sco3.2v2 | sco3.2v[4-9]* | sco5v6*)
 		# Don't forget version if it is 3.2v4 or newer.
 		;;
+	# This refers to builds using the UEFI calling convention
+	# (which depends on the architecture) and PE file format.
+	# Note that this is both a different calling convention and
+	# different file format than that of GNU-EFI
+	# (x86_64-w64-mingw32).
+	uefi)
+		;;
 	none)
 		;;
 	kernel* | msvc* )
 		# Restricted further below
 		;;
+	'')
+		if test x"$obj" = x
+		then
+			echo "Invalid configuration '$1': Blank OS only allowed with explicit machine code file format" 1>&2
+		fi
+		;;
 	*)
 		echo "Invalid configuration '$1': OS '$os' not recognized" 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
 esac
 
+case $obj in
+	aout* | coff* | elf* | pe*)
+		;;
+	'')
+		# empty is fine
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "Invalid configuration '$1': Machine code format '$obj' not recognized" 1>&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+# Here we handle the constraint that a (synthetic) cpu and os are
+# valid only in combination with each other and nowhere else.
+case $cpu-$os in
+	# The "javascript-unknown-ghcjs" triple is used by GHC; we
+	# accept it here in order to tolerate that, but reject any
+	# variations.
+	javascript-ghcjs)
+		;;
+	javascript-* | *-ghcjs)
+		echo "Invalid configuration '$1': cpu '$cpu' is not valid with os '$os$obj'" 1>&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
 # As a final step for OS-related things, validate the OS-kernel combination
 # (given a valid OS), if there is a kernel.
-case $kernel-$os in
-	linux-gnu* | linux-dietlibc* | linux-android* | linux-newlib* \
-		   | linux-musl* | linux-relibc* | linux-uclibc* | linux-mlibc* )
+case $kernel-$os-$obj in
+	linux-gnu*- | linux-android*- | linux-dietlibc*- | linux-llvm*- \
+		    | linux-mlibc*- | linux-musl*- | linux-newlib*- \
+		    | linux-relibc*- | linux-uclibc*- )
 		;;
-	uclinux-uclibc* )
+	uclinux-uclibc*- )
 		;;
-	managarm-mlibc* | managarm-kernel* )
+	managarm-mlibc*- | managarm-kernel*- )
 		;;
-	windows*-gnu* | windows*-msvc*)
+	windows*-msvc*-)
 		;;
-	-dietlibc* | -newlib* | -musl* | -relibc* | -uclibc* | -mlibc* )
+	-dietlibc*- | -llvm*- | -mlibc*- | -musl*- | -newlib*- | -relibc*- \
+		    | -uclibc*- )
 		# These are just libc implementations, not actual OSes, and thus
 		# require a kernel.
 		echo "Invalid configuration '$1': libc '$os' needs explicit kernel." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
-	-kernel* )
+	-kernel*- )
 		echo "Invalid configuration '$1': '$os' needs explicit kernel." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
-	*-kernel* )
+	*-kernel*- )
 		echo "Invalid configuration '$1': '$kernel' does not support '$os'." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
-	*-msvc* )
+	*-msvc*- )
 		echo "Invalid configuration '$1': '$os' needs 'windows'." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
-	kfreebsd*-gnu* | kopensolaris*-gnu*)
+	kfreebsd*-gnu*- | kopensolaris*-gnu*-)
 		;;
-	vxworks-simlinux | vxworks-simwindows | vxworks-spe)
+	vxworks-simlinux- | vxworks-simwindows- | vxworks-spe-)
 		;;
-	nto-qnx*)
+	nto-qnx*-)
 		;;
-	os2-emx)
+	os2-emx-)
 		;;
-	*-eabi* | *-gnueabi*)
+	*-eabi*- | *-gnueabi*-)
 		;;
-	none-coff* | none-elf*)
+	none--*)
 		# None (no kernel, i.e. freestanding / bare metal),
-		# can be paired with an output format "OS"
+		# can be paired with an machine code file format
 		;;
-	-*)
+	-*-)
 		# Blank kernel with real OS is always fine.
 		;;
-	*-*)
+	--*)
+		# Blank kernel and OS with real machine code file format is always fine.
+		;;
+	*-*-*)
 		echo "Invalid configuration '$1': Kernel '$kernel' not known to work with OS '$os'." 1>&2
 		exit 1
 		;;
@@ -1884,7 +1960,7 @@
 		;;
 esac
 
-echo "$cpu-$vendor-${kernel:+$kernel-}$os"
+echo "$cpu-$vendor${kernel:+-$kernel}${os:+-$os}${obj:+-$obj}"
 exit
 
 # Local variables:
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/depcomp /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/depcomp
--- texinfo/build-aux/depcomp	2024-08-12 12:12:48.922769922 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/depcomp	2024-07-12 13:06:17.460000000 +0200
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # depcomp - compile a program generating dependencies as side-effects
 
-scriptversion=2022-09-18.14; # UTC
+scriptversion=2024-06-19.01; # UTC
 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2024 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
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@
   libtool     Whether libtool is used (yes/no).
 
 Report bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>.
+GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
 EOF
     exit $?
     ;;
   -v | --v*)
-    echo "depcomp $scriptversion"
+    echo "depcomp (GNU Automake) $scriptversion"
     exit $?
     ;;
 esac
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@
 
 rm -f "$tmpdepfile"
 
-# Avoid interferences from the environment.
+# Avoid interference from the environment.
 gccflag= dashmflag=
 
 # Some modes work just like other modes, but use different flags.  We
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/install-sh /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/install-sh
--- texinfo/build-aux/install-sh	2024-08-12 12:12:48.922769922 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/install-sh	2024-07-12 13:06:17.430000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # install - install a program, script, or datafile
 
-scriptversion=2020-11-14.01; # UTC
+scriptversion=2024-06-19.01; # UTC
 
 # This originates from X11R5 (mit/util/scripts/install.sh), which was
 # later released in X11R6 (xc/config/util/install.sh) with the
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
 
 If -S is not specified, no backups are attempted.
 
-Email bug reports to bug-autom...@gnu.org.
-Automake home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
-"
+Report bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>.
+GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>."
 
 while test $# -ne 0; do
   case $1 in
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 
     -T) is_target_a_directory=never;;
 
-    --version) echo "$0 $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
+    --version) echo "$0 (GNU Automake) $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
 
     --) shift
         break;;
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 	' 0
 
 	# Because "mkdir -p" follows existing symlinks and we likely work
-	# directly in world-writeable /tmp, make sure that the '$tmpdir'
+	# directly in world-writable /tmp, make sure that the '$tmpdir'
 	# directory is successfully created first before we actually test
 	# 'mkdir -p'.
 	if (umask $mkdir_umask &&
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 	    exec $mkdirprog $mkdir_mode -p -- "$tmpdir/a/b") >/dev/null 2>&1
 	then
 	  if test -z "$dir_arg" || {
-	       # Check for POSIX incompatibilities with -m.
+	       # Check for POSIX incompatibility with -m.
 	       # HP-UX 11.23 and IRIX 6.5 mkdir -m -p sets group- or
 	       # other-writable bit of parent directory when it shouldn't.
 	       # FreeBSD 6.1 mkdir -m -p sets mode of existing directory.
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/mdate-sh /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/mdate-sh
--- texinfo/build-aux/mdate-sh	2024-06-09 00:04:10.038562136 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/mdate-sh	2024-07-12 13:06:17.440000000 +0200
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it.
 
-scriptversion=2018-03-07.03; # UTC
+scriptversion=2024-06-19.01; # UTC
 
-# Copyright (C) 1995-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # written by Ulrich Drepper <drep...@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@
 1 January 1970
 
 Report bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>.
+GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
 EOF
     exit $?
     ;;
   -v | --v*)
-    echo "mdate-sh $scriptversion"
+    echo "mdate-sh (GNU Automake) $scriptversion"
     exit $?
     ;;
 esac
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/missing /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/missing
--- texinfo/build-aux/missing	2024-08-12 12:12:48.922769922 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/missing	2024-07-12 13:06:17.440000000 +0200
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# Common wrapper for a few potentially missing GNU programs.
+# Common wrapper for a few potentially missing GNU and other programs.
 
-scriptversion=2018-03-07.03; # UTC
+scriptversion=2024-06-07.14; # UTC
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2006,SC2268 # we must support pre-POSIX shells
+
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # Originally written by Fran,cois Pinard <pin...@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1996.
 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -54,18 +56,20 @@
   -v, --version   output version information and exit
 
 Supported PROGRAM values:
-  aclocal   autoconf  autoheader   autom4te  automake  makeinfo
-  bison     yacc      flex         lex       help2man
+aclocal autoconf autogen  autoheader autom4te automake autoreconf
+bison   flex     help2man lex        makeinfo perl     yacc
 
 Version suffixes to PROGRAM as well as the prefixes 'gnu-', 'gnu', and
 'g' are ignored when checking the name.
 
-Send bug reports to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>."
+Report bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>.
+GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>."
     exit $?
     ;;
 
   -v|--v|--ve|--ver|--vers|--versi|--versio|--version)
-    echo "missing $scriptversion (GNU Automake)"
+    echo "missing (GNU Automake) $scriptversion"
     exit $?
     ;;
 
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@
 program_details ()
 {
   case $1 in
-    aclocal|automake)
+    aclocal|automake|autoreconf)
       echo "The '$1' program is part of the GNU Automake package:"
       echo "<$gnu_software_URL/automake>"
       echo "It also requires GNU Autoconf, GNU m4 and Perl in order to run:"
@@ -123,6 +127,9 @@
       echo "<$gnu_software_URL/m4/>"
       echo "<$perl_URL>"
       ;;
+    *)
+      :
+      ;;
   esac
 }
 
@@ -137,48 +144,55 @@
   printf '%s\n' "'$1' is $msg."
 
   configure_deps="'configure.ac' or m4 files included by 'configure.ac'"
+  autoheader_deps="'acconfig.h'"
+  automake_deps="'Makefile.am'"
+  aclocal_deps="'acinclude.m4'"
   case $normalized_program in
+    aclocal*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified $aclocal_deps or"
+      echo "$configure_deps."
+      ;;
     autoconf*)
-      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'configure.ac',"
-      echo "or m4 files included by it."
-      program_details 'autoconf'
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified $configure_deps."
+      ;;
+    autogen*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.def' or '.tpl' file."
+      echo "You may want to install the GNU AutoGen package:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/autogen/>"
       ;;
     autoheader*)
-      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'acconfig.h' or"
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified $autoheader_deps or"
       echo "$configure_deps."
-      program_details 'autoheader'
       ;;
     automake*)
-      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'Makefile.am' or"
-      echo "$configure_deps."
-      program_details 'automake'
-      ;;
-    aclocal*)
-      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'acinclude.m4' or"
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified $automake_deps or"
       echo "$configure_deps."
-      program_details 'aclocal'
       ;;
-   autom4te*)
+    autom4te*)
       echo "You might have modified some maintainer files that require"
       echo "the 'autom4te' program to be rebuilt."
-      program_details 'autom4te'
+      ;;
+    autoreconf*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified $aclocal_deps or"
+      echo "$automake_deps or $autoheader_deps or $automake_deps or"
+      echo "$configure_deps."
       ;;
     bison*|yacc*)
       echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.y' file."
       echo "You may want to install the GNU Bison package:"
       echo "<$gnu_software_URL/bison/>"
       ;;
-    lex*|flex*)
-      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.l' file."
-      echo "You may want to install the Fast Lexical Analyzer package:"
-      echo "<$flex_URL>"
-      ;;
     help2man*)
       echo "You should only need it if you modified a dependency" \
            "of a man page."
       echo "You may want to install the GNU Help2man package:"
       echo "<$gnu_software_URL/help2man/>"
     ;;
+    lex*|flex*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.l' file."
+      echo "You may want to install the Fast Lexical Analyzer package:"
+      echo "<$flex_URL>"
+      ;;
     makeinfo*)
       echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or"
       echo "any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual."
@@ -189,6 +203,12 @@
       echo "want to install GNU make:"
       echo "<$gnu_software_URL/make/>"
       ;;
+    perl*)
+      echo "You should only need it to run GNU Autoconf, GNU Automake, "
+      echo "  assorted other tools, or if you modified a Perl source file."
+      echo "You may want to install the Perl 5 language interpreter:"
+      echo "<$perl_URL>"
+      ;;
     *)
       echo "You might have modified some files without having the proper"
       echo "tools for further handling them.  Check the 'README' file, it"
@@ -197,6 +217,7 @@
       echo "case some other package contains this missing '$1' program."
       ;;
   esac
+  program_details "$normalized_program"
 }
 
 give_advice "$1" | sed -e '1s/^/WARNING: /' \
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/tap-driver.sh /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/tap-driver.sh
--- texinfo/build-aux/tap-driver.sh	2024-06-10 18:55:21.766786025 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/tap-driver.sh	2024-07-12 13:06:17.480000000 +0200
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org> or send patches to
 # <automake-patc...@gnu.org>.
 
-scriptversion=2013-12-23.17; # UTC
+scriptversion=2024-06-19.01; # UTC
 
 # Make unconditional expansion of undefined variables an error.  This
 # helps a lot in preventing typo-related bugs.
@@ -48,12 +48,16 @@
 {
   cat <<END
 Usage:
-  tap-driver.sh --test-name=NAME --log-file=PATH --trs-file=PATH
-                [--expect-failure={yes|no}] [--color-tests={yes|no}]
-                [--enable-hard-errors={yes|no}] [--ignore-exit]
-                [--diagnostic-string=STRING] [--merge|--no-merge]
+  tap-driver.sh --test-name NAME --log-file PATH --trs-file PATH
+                [--expect-failure {yes|no}] [--color-tests {yes|no}]
+                [--enable-hard-errors {yes|no}] [--ignore-exit]
+                [--diagnostic-string STRING] [--merge|--no-merge]
                 [--comments|--no-comments] [--] TEST-COMMAND
 The '--test-name', '-log-file' and '--trs-file' options are mandatory.
+
+Report bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>.
+GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
 END
 }
 
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@
 while test $# -gt 0; do
   case $1 in
   --help) print_usage; exit $?;;
-  --version) echo "$me $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
+  --version) echo "$me (GNU Automake) $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
   --test-name) test_name=$2; shift;;
   --log-file) log_file=$2; shift;;
   --trs-file) trs_file=$2; shift;;
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@
     # problems with Korn shells.  Some Korn shells are known to propagate
     # to themselves signals that have killed a child process they were
     # waiting for; this is done at least for SIGINT (and usually only for
-    # it, in truth).  Without the `trap' below, such a behaviour could
+    # it, in truth).  Without the `trap' below, such a behavior could
     # cause a premature exit in the current subshell, e.g., in case the
     # test command it runs gets terminated by a SIGINT.  Thus, the awk
     # script we are piping into would never seen the exit status it
@@ -462,8 +466,8 @@
     # We used to report an "abnormal termination" here, but some Korn
     # shells, when a child process die due to signal number n, can leave
     # in $? an exit status of 256+n instead of the more standard 128+n.
-    # Apparently, both behaviours are allowed by POSIX (2008), so be
-    # prepared to handle them both.  See also Austing Group report ID
+    # Apparently, both behaviors are allowed by POSIX (2008), so be
+    # prepared to handle them both.  See also Austin Group report ID
     # 0000051 <http://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=51>
     exit_details = sprintf(" (terminated by signal %d?)", status - 256)
   else
@@ -578,7 +582,7 @@
     # Older versions of prove and TAP::Harness (e.g., 3.17) did not
     # recognize a "Bail out!" directive when preceded by leading
     # whitespace, but more modern versions (e.g., 3.23) do.  So we
-    # emulate the latter, "more modern" behaviour.
+    # emulate the latter, "more modern" behavior.
     else if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*Bail out!/)
       {
         bailed_out = 1
@@ -592,7 +596,7 @@
           bailout_message = bailout_message " " $0
         testsuite_error(bailout_message)
       }
-    # Maybe we have too look for dianogtic comments too.
+    # Maybe we have to look for diagnostic comments too.
     else if (comments != 0)
       {
         comment = extract_tap_comment($0);
diff -r -u texinfo/build-aux/test-driver /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/test-driver
--- texinfo/build-aux/test-driver	2024-06-09 00:04:10.038562136 +0200
+++ /arch/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu-inst-automake/1.17/share/automake-1.17/test-driver	2024-07-12 13:06:17.480000000 +0200
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # test-driver - basic testsuite driver script.
 
-scriptversion=2018-03-07.03; # UTC
+scriptversion=2024-06-19.01; # UTC
 
-# Copyright (C) 2011-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2024 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
@@ -44,11 +44,16 @@
 Usage:
   test-driver --test-name NAME --log-file PATH --trs-file PATH
               [--expect-failure {yes|no}] [--color-tests {yes|no}]
+              [--collect-skipped-logs {yes|no}]
               [--enable-hard-errors {yes|no}] [--]
               TEST-SCRIPT [TEST-SCRIPT-ARGUMENTS]
 
 The '--test-name', '--log-file' and '--trs-file' options are mandatory.
 See the GNU Automake documentation for information.
+
+Report bugs to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>.
+GNU Automake home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
+General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
 END
 }
 
@@ -57,15 +62,17 @@
 trs_file=  # Where to save the metadata of the test run.
 expect_failure=no
 color_tests=no
+collect_skipped_logs=yes
 enable_hard_errors=yes
 while test $# -gt 0; do
   case $1 in
   --help) print_usage; exit $?;;
-  --version) echo "test-driver $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
+  --version) echo "test-driver (GNU Automake) $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
   --test-name) test_name=$2; shift;;
   --log-file) log_file=$2; shift;;
   --trs-file) trs_file=$2; shift;;
   --color-tests) color_tests=$2; shift;;
+  --collect-skipped-logs) collect_skipped_logs=$2; shift;;
   --expect-failure) expect_failure=$2; shift;;
   --enable-hard-errors) enable_hard_errors=$2; shift;;
   --) shift; break;;
@@ -121,7 +128,7 @@
 case $tweaked_estatus:$expect_failure in
   0:yes) col=$red res=XPASS recheck=yes gcopy=yes;;
   0:*)   col=$grn res=PASS  recheck=no  gcopy=no;;
-  77:*)  col=$blu res=SKIP  recheck=no  gcopy=yes;;
+  77:*)  col=$blu res=SKIP  recheck=no  gcopy=$collect_skipped_logs;;
   99:*)  col=$mgn res=ERROR recheck=yes gcopy=yes;;
   *:yes) col=$lgn res=XFAIL recheck=no  gcopy=yes;;
   *:*)   col=$red res=FAIL  recheck=yes gcopy=yes;;

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