[PATCH] amhello: help compilers not supporting -c and -o together

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Rosin
Hi! Ok for maint, or should the example be as simple as it can possible get even if portability is sacrificed? Cheers, Peter >From 782f44dd4d3d42beb9d43ee0dd7cf46accc44731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Rosin Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 01:43:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] amhello: help compilers no

Re: skip_ vs. skip_all_

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Rosin
Stefano Lattarini skrev 2012-01-04 19:53: > On 01/04/2012 07:48 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> test defs: skip all tests when the lib requirement isn't fulfilled >> >> * tests/defs (lib): Use skip_all_ instead of skip_, in order to support >> TAP-based test scripts. >> > Sounds good. Thanks! Pushed to

Re: skip_ vs. skip_all_

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 01/04/2012 07:48 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: > Thanks for the feedback, I can push it, do you have any issues with the > below commit message? > > Cheers, > Peter > > test defs: skip all tests when the lib requirement isn't fulfilled > > * tests/defs (lib): Use skip_all_ instead of skip_, in order

Re: skip_ vs. skip_all_

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Rosin
Stefano Lattarini skrev 2012-01-04 18:34: > On 01/04/2012 03:57 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> diff --git a/tests/defs b/tests/defs >> index dbf0ff9..835788d 100644 >> --- a/tests/defs >> +++ b/tests/defs >> @@ -774,7 +774,8 @@ do >># Attempting to create an empty archive will actually not >>

Re: skip_ vs. skip_all_

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 01/04/2012 03:57 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: > Hi! > > All other "required" tests on master bails out with skip_all_, > shouldn't 'lib' do that too? Is this the result of a bad merge > or something? > Yes (or more precisely, of a missed edit after a merge). It hasn't caused any error until now bec

Re: [PATCH] drop "Win32" term

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Paul, thanks for the patch. I've completed the git commit log as follows (mostly to abide to the GCS): * doc/automake.texi: Mention "Windows", not "Win32". * lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Likewise. * lib/ar-lib: Likewise. * lib/compile: Likewise. * tests/compile2.test: Likewise. I've then

Re: [PATCH] drop "Win32" term

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Peter. On 01/04/2012 04:06 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> --- lib/compile.orig Wed Jan 4 13:46:01 2012 >> +++ lib/compile Wed Jan 4 13:14:43 2012 >> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ >> >> # func_file_conv build_file lazy >> # Convert a $build file to $host form and store it in $file >> -# Currently only

Re: [PATCH] drop "Win32" term

2012-01-04 Thread Bruno Haible
Peter Rosin wrote: > These two func_file_conv functions support Cygwin, so that should probably > be 'Windows hosts' (i.e. w/o native) given your above description? Oops, yes, you're right. So here, s/Win32/Windows/ is appropriate. Bruno

Re: [PATCH] drop "Win32" term

2012-01-04 Thread Paul Eggert
On 01/04/12 05:37, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Care to fix those too? Here's a revised version of Bruno's patch that attempts to address all the issues that you raised. >From ef5461d37207a965217e1b09c8ef257622f9d43c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:51:07 -0800 S

Re: [PATCH] drop "Win32" term

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Rosin
Bruno Haible skrev 2012-01-04 14:00: > Hi, > > Microsoft has renamed the Win32 API to "Windows API".[1] > Also, some people (Paul Eggert) see a word of praise in the > term "Win32". > > After some discussion on bug-gnulib, when talking about hosts/platforms, > we find it best to talk about "nativ

Re: skip_ vs. skip_all_

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Rosin
Peter Rosin skrev 2012-01-04 15:41: > Hi! > > All other "required" tests on master bails out with skip_all_, > shouldn't 'lib' do that too? Is this the result of a bad merge > or something? Oh crap, that patch was destroyed (by 'less' I think). Here's a better one. diff --git a/tests/defs b/tes

Re: [PATCH] drop "Win32" term

2012-01-04 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Stefano, > > Here's a proposed patch for automake. > > > Thanks. I have some minor nits and qualms with the patch, which I hope > you can address in a re-roll. Was this meant as an explanation to your fellow Automake maintainers, or to me personally? If you meant me personally: I am not a re

skip_ vs. skip_all_

2012-01-04 Thread Peter Rosin
Hi! All other "required" tests on master bails out with skip_all_, shouldn't 'lib' do that too? Is this the result of a bad merge or something? Cheers, Peter diff --git a/m4/amversion.m4 b/m4/amversion.m4 old mode 100644 new mode 100755 diff --git a/tests/defs b/tests/defs index dbf0ff9..1d4e8c

Re: [PATCH] drop "Win32" term

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 01/04/2012 02:00 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi, > Hi Bruno. > Also, some people (Paul Eggert) see a word of praise in the > term "Win32". > Sorry, but I don't find this notion worth of consideration. > Microsoft has renamed the Win32 API to "Windows API".[1] > This is a much better argument in

[PATCH] drop "Win32" term

2012-01-04 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi, Microsoft has renamed the Win32 API to "Windows API".[1] Also, some people (Paul Eggert) see a word of praise in the term "Win32". After some discussion on bug-gnulib, when talking about hosts/platforms, we find it best to talk about "native Windows hosts" instead. ("Windows hosts" would incl

[PATCH] {master} tests: safer declarations of test dependencies

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
I will push this in a couple of days if there is not objection. Regards, Stefano -*-*-*- To declare prerequisites common to all the tests, we now prefer to use the special `check_DATA' and `check_SCRIPTS' variables rather than "lazy" dependency declaration like "$(TEST_LOGS): DEPS ..."; this b

[FYI] Merge branch 'maint' into master

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
commit 509348ecc96e7984f7630cc5f1300e7b174bb133 Merge: 5b13742 a6ccc2a Author: Stefano Lattarini AuthorDate: Wed Jan 4 10:26:07 2012 +0100 Commit: Stefano Lattarini CommitDate: Wed Jan 4 10:26:07 2012 +0100 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: sync: auxiliary files from upstream

[FYI] {maint} sync: auxiliary files from upstream synced

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* lib/texinfo.tex: Synced from upstream, by "make fetch". * lib/gitlog-to-changelog: Likewise. * lib/config.guess: Likewise. * lib/config.sub: Likewise. --- lib/config.guess| 22 +++--- lib/config.sub | 13 +--- lib/gitlog-to-changelog | 38 -- lib/texinfo.tex

[FYI] {maint} sync: fix syncing of 'gitlog-to-changelog' script

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* Makefile.am (FETCHFILES): Also list 'gitlog-to-changelog'. --- Makefile.am |1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index b2cba62..8fe9c0f 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ INSTALL \ config-ml.in \ config.gu

[FYI] {maint} maintcheck: avoid false positive in sc_tests_plain_make

2012-01-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* Makefile.am (sc_tests_plain_make): Ensure to only match full `make' words. Avoid false positive in `silent-nested-vars.test'. --- Makefile.am |2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index ed01bbb..b2cba62 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b