bug#42635: uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/bin/automake line 4953.

unshift (@test_suffixes, $at_exeext) 4954 unless $test_suffixes[0] eq $at_exeext; 4955 } -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

bug#11745: the new test-suite summary is confusing

le test-suites can give them different names. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: ftp.gnu.org no longer working with old method?

>>> "PE" == Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PE> Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> A new version of gnupload is in Automake's CVS (and attached). PE> Thanks, but it's not in Automake's CVS yet. Did you have

Re: ftp.gnu.org no longer working with old method?

I had the same problem while releasing Automake 1.10 tonight. A new version of gnupload is in Automake's CVS (and attached). -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz Shared books are happy books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/gadl #!/bin/sh # Sign files and upload them. scriptversion=2006-10-

Re: CPPASCOMPILE doesn't use $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES)

oc/automake.texi (Assembly Support): Update. RW> * NEWS: Update. RW> Suggested by Thomas Schwinge and Ralf Corsepius. Please go ahead, but do not forget to update THANKS. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz Shared books are happy books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/gadl

Re: is -Wportability enabled by default?

r incomplete features (default) BH> `all' all the warnings BH> ... BH> " BH> which appears to say that -Wportability needs to be enabled explicitly? Good catch! I'm checking this in. 2006-08-23 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *

Re: suggest making de-ANSI-fication obsolete; also, "an hello" -> "a hello"

may be withdrawn in a future one. PE> + PE> + - Automake installs a "Hello World!" example package in $(docdir). PE> This example is used thorough the new "Autotools Introduction" PE> chapter of the manual. Thanks! I've installed this, and also fixed s/t

Re: pointless automake error about libtool libraries

two different ways, for two different purposes. [...] -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz Shared books are happy books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/gadl

Re: Mltiple target rules not recognized

>>> "SK" == Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SK> install uninstall installcheck: SK> : Do not run $@ in elfutils. SK> But automake did not notice that the rule redefines a standard rule. Yes. This is also known as FIXME #3 in the parser... -- Alex

Re: automake crash

tation of the excellent Settlers of Catan board game. BW> # Go buy a copy. I own one already. Great game ! I'm checking the following patch in. 2006-08-04 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * doc/automake.texi (Conditionals): Split in two sections, "Usage&q

Re: automake-1.9 internal error

toconf to use GNU M4 if that's easy, or simply reinstall these two package from their GNU sources. (In case you wonder why I'm not mentioning Automake, here Automake is calling Autoconf which is in turn calling M4 in "trace mode".) -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz Shared books are happy books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/gadl

Re: Multiply distributed files

;? (I think this can be done immediately after the `cp -p'.) IMHO EXTRA_DISTing directories should be only used for directories that are generated automatically (e.g., Doxygen documentation). If the directory contains hand-maintained files (and hence backups, etc.), EXTRA_DISTing it is to

Re: Problem with automake

| autoconf --version: 2.57 automake --verison: 1.6.3 These releases are like 4-year old, btw. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz Shared books are happy books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/gadl

Re: A release with LIBOBJDIR?

@LIBOBJS@ from different directories directly without creating an archive? SK> As you can see, this would also solve the problemof non-recursive SK> makefiles, rendering LIBOBJDIR redundant. I clearly don't think so :) -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz Shared books are happy books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/gadl

Re: AM_PROG_CC_C_O assumption

kefile.am's that build only one RW> object. A failure due to Automake upgrade will be perceived as an RW> Automake regression. (Nevertheless, I intend to bring this issue to RW> their attention, after hearing your opinion about it.) I'm not sure why the changes need to be in Ma

Re: Automake: Internal Error

led at This is a bug of the OpenBSD ports. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2005-06/msg00085.html -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz Shared books are happy books. http://www.bookcrossing.com/friend/gadl

Re: No AM_YFLAGS support within conditionals

### JL> automake: undefined condition `TRUE' for `AM_YFLAGS' [...] Thanks. I'm installing this on HEAD. 2005-08-07 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (variable_value): Do not read the TRUE value of a conditional

Re: "$(MAKE) %STAMP%" without $(AM_MAKEFLAGS)?

K> recursive call of make. SK> Similar with %DIRSTAMP% in texibuild.am and texi-vers.am . SK> Isn't this a bug? Thanks. I'm installing this on HEAD. 2005-08-07 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * automake.in (lang_yacc_target_hook): Use AM_MAKEFLAGS i

Re: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P overcautious?

nt then. I can't see any compelling reason to add that dot back, especially since it took several versions to get this check to a point where nobody is complaining about it. I'm installing this on HEAD. 2005-08-07 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * m4/mkdirp.m4

Re: missing feature: CFLAGS per library compilation unit

[...] Using convenience (libtool or not) libraries as a workaround, sorry. See "Per-Object Flags" in the FAQ. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: HEAD bootstrap broken

On Sat, Jul 02, 2005 at 08:30:57AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > CVS HEAD currently fails to bootstrap, when using CVS autoconf: Try refreshing your copy of CVS Autoconf first.

Re: Infinite loop in mdate-sh

echo $FOO FOO=bar echo $FOO exec /bin/sh $0 when run with `FOO=foo' in the environment, these shells will print alternately `foo' and `bar', although it should only print `foo' and then a sequence of `bar's. Therefore you should `export' again each environment variable that you update. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: typos in 1.9.5 manual

I'm installing this on HEAD and branch-1-9. Thanks Karl! 2005-06-29 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * doc/automake.texi (Include, Extending aclocal): Typos. Report from Karl Berry. Index: doc/au

Re: Infinite loop in mdate-sh

Thanks all, and sorry for the delay. I'm installing the following on HEAD and branch-1-9. (I think any justification of why unset must not be used really belongs to the Autoconf manual.) 2005-06-28 Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[E

Re: abs_top_builddir not working?

C_SUBST_TRACE, too? Either way is fine with me. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: minor typo in manual

>>> "Toralf" == Toralf Förster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Toralf> " would be expansed during the second definition" but Toralf> it should be expan*d*ed isn't it ? Thank you. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: Infinite loop in mdate-sh

s not portable. Can we override TIME_STYLE with some safe value? Which one? What happens when this is set to the empty string? -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: dvips may require inputs from source directory

eral Public License as published by @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ if %?LOCAL-TEXIS% DVIPS = dvips .dvi.ps: + TEXINPUTS="$(am__TEXINFO_TEX_DIR)$(PATH_SEPARATOR)$$TEXINPUTS" \ $(DVIPS) -o $@ $< endif %?LOCAL-TEXIS% -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: abs_top_builddir not working?

>>> "Stepan" == Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stepan> Hello, Stepan> On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 11:04:04AM +0200, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: Stepan> Or perhaps you could trace a different macro, not directly AC_SUBST. >> >> That so

Re: abs_top_builddir not working?

ns maintaining a list of variables even farer from their definitions. I'd rather aim to remove anything from this file that is not purely Automake-specific. E.g., the definition of srcdir, and top_srcdir have nothing to do here: Autoconf should tell Automake these variables exist. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: Automake not liking spaces in path names.

>>> "Chris" == Chris Ison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> I am told this is an automake bug. What version ? -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: abs_top_builddir not working?

e variables in Autoconf ? Let's work on solution that don't require modifying Automake each time Autoconf introduce a new variable. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: Makefile bugs

The answer to your question is in the FAQ. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: Processing of automake comments

>>> "Stepan" == Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stepan> Could you please fix this? http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2005-03/msg00003.html -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: Logical conflict between EXTRA_DIST and AC_OUTPUT

s build by configure, there is not point in distributing it. In your case I suggest you build mypackage.spec from a custom rule in Makefile.am. See how Automake builds its copy if m4/amversion.m4 for instance. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: A problem with "intermediate files"

t gnm-genmarshals.c: gnm-genmarshals.list ? (See also tests/suffix8.test and its history.) Stepan> But I think Automake could handle this automatically. Would be nice. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: ylwrap should be included for any Yacc compilations.

\\.,g'` If there wasn't that FIXME I'd inject this line in the inline rule of branch-1-9. I've made a note to fix that in 1.10 as well. I'm sure libtool has some requoting machinery we can steal. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: ylwrap should be included for any Yacc compilations.

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 04:04:33PM -0400, Derek Price wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Is the description in this email sufficient: > ? No. Isn't that the same link that was in your original repor

Re: automake 1.9.5 minor doc updates

x27;s enough to warrant a rewrite of this example, so it doesn't confuse people when Autoconf 2.60 is eventually released. 2005-03-30 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * doc/automake.texi (Uniform): Use xmldir instead of htmldir as example, since the GCS now defi

Re: ylwrap should be included for any Yacc compilations.

. Can you provide instructions to reproduce the problem ? -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: TESTS not included in dist.

>>> "Derek" == Derek Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Derek> Is there a good reason the contents of a TESTS variable, when it Derek> exists, are not distributed by default? Built TESTS. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: gettext-0.14.2 fails on parallel build

cess succeeded. Bruno> ! test -f elc-stamp; exit $$?; \ Bruno> ! fi; \ Bruno> else : ; fi This code still has a race if one of the followers gets signaled after its trap has been set. Then it will erase elc-lock, and another follower can create it. Any idea? -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: automake-1.9.5

On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:04:28PM +0100, Tom Burger wrote: > Hi! > > I've been trying to compile automake on my computer. 507 tests failed... Thanks for the report. Please run any of the failing test to see why it is failing. (See tests/README.)

Re: gettext-0.14.2 fails on parallel build

27;t have the time for this now :( -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: gettext-0.14.2 fails on parallel build

esses, not to the elc-stamp rule. IOW locks are not needed in regular builds, they would only be needed to prevent multiple *recover* rules to start `$(MAKE) elc-stamp'. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: gettext-0.14.2 fails on parallel build

..." rule. Hope it's clearer. Bruno> The only nit on this fix is that it doesn't work on Bruno> filesystems that don't support hard links (like the BeOS Bruno> filesystem). The automake's aux scripts use mkdir as atomic test-and-set. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: gettext-0.14.2 fails on parallel build

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 03:08:06PM +0100, Bruno Haible wrote: > Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > > Thanks, I'm installing the following fix on HEAD and branch-1-9. > > ... > > -## Recover from the removal of $@ > > - @if test ! -f $@; then \ > > +## Recove

Re: gettext-0.14.2 fails on parallel build

>>> "Greg" == Greg Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Greg> Sure. The output is attached. Thanks, I'm installing the following fix on HEAD and branch-1-9. (Perhaps I should update these rules to use AM_CONDITIONAL before 1.10. I'll look into this lat

Re: gettext-0.14.2 fails on parallel build

On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 09:12:43AM +1100, Greg Schafer wrote: > > The issue is still present Could you show it to us? Thanks.

Re: automake not working inspite of AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:40:33PM -0300, Hema K wrote: > > i am not able to figure out as to why automake is not working. Because your 6-year-old version does not understand the new constructs that have been introduced in this century. Upgrade.

Re: automake-1.9.5 doesn't install its docs

On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 11:09:56AM -0600, Tim Mooney wrote: > > I haven't looked into why yet, but automake 1.9.5 doesn't install its info > files when doing a `make install'. automake 1.9.4 and earlier did. > > If I do > > make install > cd doc && make install > > the info files are i

Re: (no subject)

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 10:58:40AM -0500, Dave Hamm wrote: > usr/local/bin/automake --version > automake (GNU automake) 1.9 > > FAIL: acloca17.test > FAIL: missing.test > FAIL: missing2.test > FAIL: spy.test Thanks for the detailed report. You could check whether these failure style occur with t

Re: mdate-sh broken on darwin

't the following be safer: Stepan> case $3 in Stepan> ???*) day=$1;; Stepan> *) day=$3; shift;; Stepan> esac I think so. Can any of you make sure this still work on Darwin? -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz