Re: [SIMPLE PATCH] {maint} Extend tests on `--help' and `--version' options.

On Saturday 02 October 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 07:35:34PM CEST: > > The attached patch fixes the breakage. OK for maint? > > > > (Still, I don't like having to tweak test script with needless > > quoting to avoid spurious ma

Re: Make ar-lib support backslashed files in archives.

Hi Ralf, Den 2010-10-03 12:02 skrev Ralf Wildenhues: > This test fails when echo interprets backslashes: > > + touch fake2.lib > + ./ar-lib ./lib x fake2.lib > + opts=lib -NOLOGO -EXTRACT:dir^Lake2.obj fake2.lib > + test xlib -NOLOGO -EXTRACT:dir^Lake2.obj fake2.lib = xlib -NOLOGO > -EXTRACT:dir

Re: [PATCH] dist-xz: don't hard-code -9: honor setting of XZ_OPT

Hi Jim, * Jim Meyering wrote on Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 02:56:21PM CEST: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 12:35:57PM CEST: > >> * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz): Do not hard-code xz's -9: that > >> made it impossible to override. Instead, use its XZ_OPT envvar,

Re: [PATCH] dist-xz: don't hard-code -9: honor setting of XZ_OPT

Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Jim Meyering wrote on Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 12:35:57PM CEST: >> * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz): Do not hard-code xz's -9: that >> made it impossible to override. Instead, use its XZ_OPT envvar, >> defaulting to -9 if not defined. Thus no change in behavior >> when XZ_OPT

Re: [PATCH] dist-xz: don't hard-code -9: honor setting of XZ_OPT

Hi Jim, * Jim Meyering wrote on Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 12:35:57PM CEST: > * lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz): Do not hard-code xz's -9: that > made it impossible to override. Instead, use its XZ_OPT envvar, > defaulting to -9 if not defined. Thus no change in behavior > when XZ_OPT is not set, and now,

[PATCH] dist-xz: don't hard-code -9: honor setting of XZ_OPT

* lib/am/distdir.am (dist-xz): Do not hard-code xz's -9: that made it impossible to override. Instead, use its XZ_OPT envvar, defaulting to -9 if not defined. Thus no change in behavior when XZ_OPT is not set, and now, this rule honors the setting of that envvar when it is set. Suggested by Las

Re: Make ar-lib support backslashed files in archives.

Hello again, * Peter Rosin wrote on Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 04:52:20PM CEST: > From 63daad5a46cecf88c168e20febdec7d53568c111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Peter Rosin > Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:46:14 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Make ar-lib support backslashed files in archives. > > * lib/ar-lib: If

Re: order of variables and rules in output

Hi Ben, a while ago on the automake list: * Ben Pfaff wrote on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:22:58PM CEST: > In a Makefile, the relative order of variable and rule > definitions matters, because variables used in targets are > expanded when rules are read. If a variable is used in a target > before th