[PATCH] docs: avoid a footnote, some related rewordings and improvements (was: Re: [Automake-commit] [SCM] GNU Automake branch, maint, updated. v1.11-393-gc1040a7)

On Thursday 23 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > [ from automake-commit ] > > since I didn't review the source patch yet: > > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:03:52AM CEST: > > --- a/doc/automake.texi > > +++ b/doc/automake.texi > > @@ -8293,7 +8293,9 @@ as are all @file{Mak

Re: [FYI] {master} docs: fix unportable example of AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT usage

On Thursday 23 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:09:16PM CEST: > > * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): The > > old example on AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT relied on unportable shell > > features, and in particular didn't work with

Re: [FYI] {maint} docs: minor cosmetic fixes

On Thursday 23 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 06:40:25PM CEST: > > * doc/automake.texi: Break few overly long lines, throughout the > > file. > > ("Simple Tests"): Move @vindex for XFAIL_TESTS to the correct > > position, i.e., before and not a

Re: [PATCH] {test-protocols} parallel-tests: fix bug in Automake's own testsuite

On Thursday 23 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 09:52:55AM CEST: > > On Wednesday 22 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Also, have you thought about a quoting mechanism so that test authors do > > > not have to think about breaking the test

Re: [Automake-commit] [SCM] GNU Automake branch, maint, updated. v1.11-393-gc1040a7

[ from automake-commit ] since I didn't review the source patch yet: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:03:52AM CEST: > --- a/doc/automake.texi > +++ b/doc/automake.texi > @@ -8293,7 +8293,9 @@ as are all @file{Makefile.am}s and @file{Makefile.in}s. > Automake also > has a bu

Re: [FYI] {master} docs: fix unportable example of AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT usage

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:09:16PM CEST: > * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): The > old example on AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT relied on unportable shell > features, and in particular didn't work with various Korn > Shells (see also commit `v1.11-925-g29ca90

Re: [FYI] {maint} docs: minor cosmetic fixes

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 06:40:25PM CEST: > * doc/automake.texi: Break few overly long lines, throughout the > file. > ("Simple Tests"): Move @vindex for XFAIL_TESTS to the correct > position, i.e., before and not after the paragraph where it is > introduced. > ("Options" @

Re: [PATCH] {test-protocols} parallel-tests: fix bug in Automake's own testsuite

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 09:52:55AM CEST: > On Wednesday 22 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Also, have you thought about a quoting mechanism so that test authors do > > not have to think about breaking the test driver mechanism accidentally? > > That would seem more r

[FYI] {master} docs: fix unportable example of AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT usage

* doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests): The old example on AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT relied on unportable shell features, and in particular didn't work with various Korn Shells (see also commit `v1.11-925-g29ca903'). Give another example, simpler this time, but still inspired to real-w

[FYI] {maint} docs: minor cosmetic fixes

* doc/automake.texi: Break few overly long lines, throughout the file. ("Simple Tests"): Move @vindex for XFAIL_TESTS to the correct position, i.e., before and not after the paragraph where it is introduced. ("Options" @item ansi2knr): Don't user @xref where @pxref should be used instead. This fix

Re: bug#7819: automake does not really automatically distribute all the files it's advertised to.

References: On Saturday 15 January 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > On Monday 10 January 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Hi Stefano, > > > > * Stefano Lattarini w

[FYI] {maint} tests: fix bug in 'autodist.test'

* tests/autodist.test: Avoid spurious failure due to no `defs-static' file being found in the parent directory. --- ChangeLog |6 ++ tests/autodist.test |2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a05e690..7ef5077 100644 -

Re: [PATCH] {test-protocols} parallel-tests: fix bug in Automake's own testsuite

On Wednesday 22 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 09:52:13PM CEST: > > The first bugfix in the new branch. Luckily, the bug (detailedly > > described in the ChangeLog entry) is only in the Automake's own > > testsuite, not in the implementation.