[FYI] {maint} maintcheck: remove an obsolescent check

* syntax-checks.mk (sc_test_names): Remove this check, which verified that no test name contained an m4/m4sugar builtin or macro name. Since most tests use their own name as the first argument to AC_INIT, doing that would have tickled a bug in Autoconf 2.62; but the bug was fixed in Autoconf 2.63

Re: Static library naming

On 10/16/2012 07:54 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Hi Peter. > > On 10/15/2012 02:34 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> On 2012-10-14 12:55, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >>> Reference: >>> >>> >>> Thanks. I've applied your patch, afte

Re: reinstate AM_PROG_MKDIR_P

Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 10/25/2012 07:32 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> You wrote: >>> OK, if someone sends a patch reverting the AM_PROG_MKDIR_P removal (with a >>> rationale in the commit message), I'll take it. But AM_PROG_MKDIR_P will >>> be dropped in 1.14, without further "ifs" or "buts".

[FYI] {maint} news: 'compile' supports libfoo.a naming when wrapping Microsoft tools

This is a follow-up to commit 'v1.12.4-10-g3c5c939' of 2012-10-04, "compile: support libfoo.a naming when wrapping Microsoft tools". * NEWS (Bugs fixed in 1.12.5): Update. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- NEWS | 4 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4b50517

Re: reinstate AM_PROG_MKDIR_P

Hi Jim. On 10/25/2012 07:32 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > You wrote: >> OK, if someone sends a patch reverting the AM_PROG_MKDIR_P removal (with a >> rationale in the commit message), I'll take it. But AM_PROG_MKDIR_P will >> be dropped in 1.14, without further "ifs" or "buts". > > Hi Stefano, > >