bug#15949: Apparently out-of-date warning

2013-12-29 Thread Reuben Thomas
On 29 December 2013 22:24, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > AM_PROG_AR is only required for people interested in having their package > buildable with Microsoft tools And we can't make "AM_PROG_AR" an automatic default? What would be the downside? (Sorry if I'm being a pain, but I find autotools a pa

bug#15949: Apparently out-of-date warning

2013-12-29 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 12/27/2013 09:36 PM, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On 26 December 2013 15:39, Stefano Lattarini > wrote: > >> >> But AM_PROG_AR truly does not define $RANLIB itself. Perhaps you are >> using libtool and calling AC_PROG_LIBTOOL or LT_INIT? > > > Probably. So, how about changing the sentence from "s

bug#16291: Use of /bin/rm

2013-12-29 Thread Stefano Lattarini
tags 16291 notabug close 16291 stop On 12/29/2013 10:49 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hello! > > While upgrading the GNU system to Automake 1.14.1, I noticed that a few > tests emit warnings like this: > SKIPs are not warning, just informative messages explaining why some tests couldn't be run. >

bug#16291: Use of /bin/rm

2013-12-29 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello! While upgrading the GNU system to Automake 1.14.1, I noticed that a few tests emit warnings like this: --8<---cut here---start->8--- SKIP: t/spy-rm.tap 1 # SKIP /bin/rm not found PASS: t/spy-rm.tap 2 - rm -f SKIP: t/spy-rm.tap 3 # SKIP /bin/rm not found