[FYI] {branch-1.13.2} make flags analysis: cater to GNU make 3.83 (still unreleased as of now)

The current development version of GNU make (that is planned to become GNU make 3.83, sooner or later) has changed the format its $(MFLAGS) variable slightly, removing the space between an option and its argument: # With GNU make 3.82, compiled from official tarball: $ make -f- <<<'all:; @ec

[FYI] {branch-1.13.2} tests: improve debugging output in checks on make flags analysis

* t/make-dryrun.tap: Here. * t/make-keepgoing.tap: And here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- t/make-dryrun.tap| 4 ++-- t/make-keepgoing.tap | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/make-dryrun.tap b/t/make-dryrun.tap index 2fd37a2..c7d8963 100755 --- a

[FYI] {branch-1.13.2} make flags analysis: refactor, to reduce code duplication

And make it a little more reliable. * t/header-vars.am (am__make_running_with_option): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- lib/am/header-vars.am | 40 +--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/am/header-vars.am b/lib/am/h

[FYI] {branch-1.13.2} tests: avoid one tricky use of "make -e"

Which was causing a spurious failure on FreeBSD. Not particularly surprising, given how brittle "make -e" is in general ... * t/cxx-lt-demo.sh: Instead of forcing $(CC) to be 'false' by exporting "CC=false" in the environment and then passing the '-e' option to make, do so by passing "CC=false" o

Re: [PATCH 0/7][PATCH 0/7] Fix automake bug#12554.

tags 12554 + patches close 12554 stop On 04/29/2013 11:00 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Reference: > > > I will apply this series in a couple pf days, barring objections. > Feedback and testing is welcome > > Stefano Lattarini (7): > tests: