New temporary, non-rewindable public branch `aclocal-search-path' (was: Re: [PATCH] aclocal: handle ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable)
On Saturday 24 September 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: [dropping bug-automake] The attached patch (for master) is the first step of the testsuite reorganization. I'd like to apply it to a new public branch `aclocal-search-path' (to be merged into master eventually). The patch will soonish be followed by another one extending and reorganizing tests on the `--install' option and serial number in `.m4' files. Then will come the code and documentation changes. I will push in a couple of days if there is no objection. Pushed to the new `aclocal-search-path' branch. Regards, Stefano
[FYI] {maint} tests: fix tests on aclocal search path precedences
* tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Call `$ACLOCAL' with the proper overridden system acdir. --- ChangeLog |6 ++ tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test |2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 05baf76..f80f4b5 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2011-09-22 Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com + + tests: fix tests on aclocal search path precedences + * tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test: Call `$ACLOCAL' with the + proper overridden system acdir. + 2011-09-20 Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com docs: document planned precedence changes in aclocal search path diff --git a/tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test b/tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test index 0378fb2..b170dd5 100755 --- a/tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test +++ b/tests/aclocal-path-precedence.test @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ END echo ./extradir sysdir/dirlist -ACLOCAL_PATH=mdir1:mdir2 $ACLOCAL -I mdir3 +ACLOCAL_PATH=mdir1:mdir2 $ACLOCAL -I mdir3 --system-acdir sysdir $AUTOCONF $FGREP '::' configure # For debugging. -- 1.7.2.3
Re: aclocal search path
Hello Russell, * Russell Shaw wrote on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 03:00:29PM CEST: Does aclocal have a way to add m4 directories using an environment variable? AFAIK no, but you can add directories using the -I flag. On debian, it only looks in /usr/share/aclocal. I want it to look in /usr/local/share/aclocal too. aclocal -I /usr/local/share/aclocal should work. If you use autoreconf, you can use the environment variable $ACLOCAL (but note that the first -I flag is special, so if your toplevel Makefile.am contains ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS, that may make a difference). I couldn't find the source for aclocal in the automake tree. It's in the file aclocal.in. Cheers, Ralf
Re: aclocal search path
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hello Russell, * Russell Shaw wrote on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 03:00:29PM CEST: Does aclocal have a way to add m4 directories using an environment variable? AFAIK no, but you can add directories using the -I flag. On debian, it only looks in /usr/share/aclocal. I want it to look in /usr/local/share/aclocal too. aclocal -I /usr/local/share/aclocal should work. If you use autoreconf, you can use the environment variable $ACLOCAL (but note that the first -I flag is special, so if your toplevel Makefile.am contains ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS, that may make a difference). I couldn't find the source for aclocal in the automake tree. It's in the file aclocal.in. Hi, I found from looking at aclocal.in, i can put a file called dirlist in /usr/share/aclocal, containing the path: /usr/local/share/aclocal. When you compile a project from source and have libraries it needs already installed in /usr/local, then the autogen.sh scripts they have will not see /usr/local/share/aclocal. It is impractical to manually do aclocal -I for these cases. The aclocal -I path should be initialized from an environment variable, like it is for autoreconf.
Re: aclocal search path
Hi Ralf, Hello Russell, * Russell Shaw wrote on Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 03:00:29PM CEST: Does aclocal have a way to add m4 directories using an environment variable? AFAIK no, but you can add directories using the -I flag. M4 1.4 and later honors M4PATH to add directories to its search path after any directories passed in by the -I flag. M4 1.4.6 updated its --help output to document this fact. -- Eric Blake -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/aclocal-search-path-tf2285965.html#a6366708 Sent from the Gnu - Automake - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
aclocal search path
Hi, Does aclocal have a way to add m4 directories using an environment variable? On debian, it only looks in /usr/share/aclocal. I want it to look in /usr/local/share/aclocal too. I couldn't find the source for aclocal in the automake tree.
