[PATCH] automake: new option to print locations of scripts and data files (was: Re: bug#10473: Run automake to create config.sub without any Makefile.am)

retitle 10473 get directory holding automake-provided scripts and data files severity 10473 wishlist tags 10473 patch thanks [dropping autoc...@gnu.org] On 01/10/2012 10:57 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tuesday 10 January 2012 16:10:29 Nick Bowler wrote: >> On 2012-01-10 15:41 -0500, Mike Frysin

[FYI] {master} docs: prefer the awk+sh TAP driver over the perl one

We had completed our shell+awk implementation of the TAP driver months ago, but never documented it in the manual, continuing to document only the "prototype" written in perl instead. Time to fix this, before the 1.12 release. * doc/automake.texi (Use TAP with the Automake test harness): Now we d

Re: [PATCH] parallel-tests: fix another BSD parallel make issue

On 02/18/2012 11:12 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 02/18/2012 02:09 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> [CC:ing bug-autoconf for Yet Another BSD make Bug, in case someone >> cares to documenting it ...] >> >> When BSD make is run in parallel mode, it apparently strips any leading >> directory compo

[FYI] {master} tests: don't trust exit status of "make -k"

* tests/parallel-tests-extra-programs.test: Unless $MAKE is GNU make, don't trust the exit status of "$MAKE -k". Fixes a spurious failure with OpenBSD 5.0 make and NetBSD 5.1 make. --- tests/parallel-tests-extra-programs.test |8 +++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff

[FYI] {master} tests: fix race condition in 'self-check-dir.tap'

* tests/self-check-dir.tap (do_check): Don't fail if "ls -l" fails. --- tests/self-check-dir.tap |3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/tests/self-check-dir.tap b/tests/self-check-dir.tap index 1a5d6b4..a934188 100755 --- a/tests/self-check-dir.tap +++ b/tests/s