bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Tromey
Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano Note there's nothing I'm planning to do, nor I should do, in Stefano this regard: the two setups described above are both already Stefano supported by the current automake implementation (but the last Stefano one is not

bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Tromey
Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano True, and that was even stated in the manual; the whole point Stefano of ditching support for cygnus trees is that by now those two Stefano big users are basically not making any real use of the 'cygnus' Stefano option

bug#11155: when cross-compiling with LT_INIT([win32-dll]) wrappers are installed instead of real programs

2012-04-02 Thread Marcin Wojdyr
automake 1.11.1, autoconf 2.68, libtool 2.4, Fedora 16 I'm cross-compiling a project that has LT_INIT([win32-dll]) and has programs as well as libraries. After make I have programs (.exe) as well as libraries in .libs/ make install installs libraries from .libs: libtool: install:

[FYI] {master} hacking: simplify documentation of bootstrapping process

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* HACKING (Working with git): Do not suggest that, to ensure the bootstrapping process is performed with the latest autotools, the developer could explicitly pass $AUTOCONF and $AUTOM4TE in the environment to the ./bootstrap and ./configure invocations: that is a little tricky and quite fragile.

[FYI] {master} hacking: autotools-generated files are not committed anymore

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
* HACKING (Working with git) Generated files like 'configure', 'Makefile.in' and 'aclocal.m4' are not committed anymore in our git repository by some months. Remove obsoleted advices that assumed they still were. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com --- HACKING |4

Re: [FYI] {master} hacking: autotools-generated files are not committed anymore

2012-04-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Stefano Lattarini wrote: * HACKING (Working with git) Generated files like 'configure', 'Makefile.in' and 'aclocal.m4' are not committed anymore in our git repository by some months. Remove obsoleted advices that Hi Stefano, Sorry I didn't see this sooner: s/advices/advice/ (you may want to

Re: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Stefano Lattarini wrote: ... WDYT? If you agree, I can apply the change below to HACKING, and implement the new branching policy starting from the Automke 1.12 release. I agree. IMHO, you won't go wrong following git.git's example. diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING ... +* The Automake git

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Peter, thanks for the feedback. But I fear we have a misunderstanding here. See below. On 04/02/2012 08:14 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2012-04-02 18:13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist thanks Hello Automakers. After some real hand-on experience with the current branching

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Jim. On 04/02/2012 08:47 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: Stefano Lattarini wrote: ... WDYT? If you agree, I can apply the change below to HACKING, and implement the new branching policy starting from the Automke 1.12 release. I agree. IMHO, you won't go wrong following git.git's example.

Re: bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2012-04-02 21:42, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Hi Peter, thanks for the feedback. But I fear we have a misunderstanding here. See below. On 04/02/2012 08:14 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2012-04-02 18:13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist thanks Hello Automakers. After some real

Target depending variables?

2012-04-02 Thread Jules Colding
Hi, I'd like my SUBDIRS variable not to be set when, and only when, the target is distclean. I can't seem to find a way to do that in my Makefile.am. Is it possible at all? Thanks, jules

Re: Target depending variables?

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/01/2012 06:52 PM, Jules Colding wrote: Hi, I'd like my SUBDIRS variable not to be set when, and only when, the target is distclean. I can't seem to find a way to do that in my Makefile.am. Is it possible at all? If you can assume GNU make, yes: SUBDIRS = foo bar

Automake 1.11.4 released

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 We are pleased to announce the Automake 1.11.4 maintenance release. This is mostly a bugfix release, fixing few recent and long-standing bugs. It also contains minor enhancements to the 'ar-lib' and 'compile' script (thanks to Peter Rosin), and adds

Release an early beta for automake 1.12

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Reference: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-04/msg2.html Hello Automakers. I plan to release a beta for Automake 1.12 in the next days, with the estimated release date set a couple of weeks after that. If anyone knows about any pending or new issue for which such a beta

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/02/2012 04:25 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano Note there's nothing I'm planning to do, nor I should do, in Stefano this regard: the two setups described above are both already Stefano supported by the current automake

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/02/2012 05:16 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano True, and that was even stated in the manual; the whole point Stefano of ditching support for cygnus trees is that by now those two Stefano big users are basically not making

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Tromey
Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano True, and that was even stated in the manual; the whole point Stefano of ditching support for cygnus trees is that by now those two Stefano big users are basically not making any real use of the 'cygnus' Stefano option

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Tromey
Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano Sorry if I sound dense, but what exactly is the feature you are Stefano talking about here? I was under the impression that it would no longer be possible to build info files in the build tree. But, I see that, according

bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Peter, thanks for the feedback. But I fear we have a misunderstanding here. See below. On 04/02/2012 08:14 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: On 2012-04-02 18:13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Severity: wishlist thanks Hello Automakers. After some real hand-on experience with the current branching

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/02/2012 09:36 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano Sorry if I sound dense, but what exactly is the feature you are Stefano talking about here? I was under the impression that it would no longer be possible to build info files

bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Jim. On 04/02/2012 08:47 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: Stefano Lattarini wrote: ... WDYT? If you agree, I can apply the change below to HACKING, and implement the new branching policy starting from the Automke 1.12 release. I agree. IMHO, you won't go wrong following git.git's example.

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Roumen Petrov
Hi Stefano, Stefano Lattarini wrote: [SNIP] It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is tested in the testsuite, and required by other packages anyway). The baseline is: if you don't want your '.info' files to be distributed, then it should be easily possible to have them built

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Tromey
Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is Stefano tested in the testsuite, and required by other packages Stefano anyway). The baseline is: if you don't want your '.info' files Stefano to be distributed,

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/02/2012 10:19 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: Stefano == Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is Stefano tested in the testsuite, and required by other packages Stefano anyway). The baseline is: if you don't want

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Anyway the real use in the src tree is different, IIUC. Info files are built in the build tree by developers, but put in the source tree for distribution. In such a setup, what is the issue with having the '.info' files built in the

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

2012-04-02 Thread Roumen Petrov
Hi Stefano, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On 04/02/2012 10:19 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: Stefano == Stefano Lattarinistefano.lattar...@gmail.com writes: Stefano It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is Stefano tested in the testsuite, and required by other packages Stefano