1 Mon Jul 20 01:08:01 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
3 * acspecific.m4 (AC_ALLOCA): Don't try -lucb -- it's too often broken.
5 Sat Jul 18 13:40:46 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
7 * acspecific.m4 (AC_MAJOR_HEADER): Add missing "$".
9 * acspecific.m4 (AC_ALLOCA): Put -lc before -lucb.
11 Fri Jul 17 00:00:07 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
13 * autoconf.sh: Print the lines of the input file where
14 unresolved macros occur. From Francois Pinard.
16 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_INSTALL), acgeneral.m4
17 (AC_PROGRAM_CHECK): Use test -f instead of -s.
19 * autoconf.sh: grep for undefined macros in output.
21 Tue Jul 14 01:19:26 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
23 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_PROGRAM_CHECK): Search PATH manually to
24 avoid "command not found" messages on /dev/tty. Remove "args
26 (AC_INIT): Don't define checkfor; no longer needed.
27 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_RANLIB, AC_PROG_YACC,
28 AC_PROG_LEX): Don't pass "args for check" argument.
30 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_PROGRAMS_CHECK): New macro.
31 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_AWK): Use it. Check for mawk, gawk,
33 (AC_PROG_YACC): Check for byacc if bison isn't found.
35 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_CC): Renamed from AC_PROG_GCC.
36 (AC_PROG_YACC): Renamed from AC_PROG_BISON.
37 (AC_PROG_AWK): Renamed from AC_PROG_GAWK.
38 (AC_PROG_LEX): Renamed from AC_PROG_FLEX.
40 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_TEST_PROGRAM): Redirect stderr to /dev/null
41 both inside and outside the subshell to try to prevent core
42 dumped messages. Who knows, it might even help.
44 Thu Jul 9 21:37:45 1992 Roland McGrath (roland@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
46 * acspecific.m4 (AC_GETLOADAVG): Check for DGUX before SVR4.
48 Fri Jul 3 01:01:50 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
50 * acspecific.m4 (AC_REMOTE_TAPE): Renamed from AC_MTIO.
51 Define HAVE_SYS_MTIO_H instead of NO_MTIO.
52 (AC_LONG_FILE_NAMES): Renamed from AC_LONG_FILENAMES.
53 (AC_RSH): Define HAVE_NETDB_H instead of USE_REXEC.
54 Above mostly from Richard Stallman.
56 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_MISSING_FUNCS): Macro removed.
57 * acspecific.m4 (AC_VPRINTF, AC_WAIT3, AC_UTIME_NULL,
58 AC_TIMEZONE, AC_ST_BLOCKS, AC_ST_BLKSIZE): Change from
59 FOO_MISSING to HAVE_FOO.
60 (AC_WAIT3): Renamed from AC_WAIT3_RUSAGE.
61 (AC_TIMEZONE): Require AC_STRUCT_TM.
62 (AC_STRUCT_TM): Provide itself.
64 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Add --recheck option to config.status.
66 * acspecific.m4 (AC_ST_RDEV, AC_CONST): New macros.
68 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_DEFINE): Don't consider an empty value arg to
71 Thu Jul 2 16:05:05 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
73 * acspecific.m4 (AC_GETLOADAVG): New macro.
75 * autoconf.sh: Only reject an arg that's not a known option if it
78 Tue Jun 30 16:08:04 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
80 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT, AC_OUTPUT): Eliminate vpsub.
82 Thu Jun 25 12:42:10 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
84 * autoconf.sh: Add --version option.
85 * acgeneral.m4: Support it.
87 Wed Jun 24 14:04:13 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@goldman.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
89 * acspecific.m4 (AC_TIMEZONE): Do the checks unconditionally,
90 not only if strftime.o is in LIBOBJS.
92 * acspecific.m4 (AC_DIR_HEADER): Don't assume sys/dir.h exists.
94 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_PROGRAM_CHECK): Don't include the program
95 name in the value-if-found. From Rich Murphey.
96 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_{GCC,RANLIB,GAWK,BISON,FLEX}): Change
99 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Mention the args given to
100 configure in a comment in config.status.
102 Fri Jun 19 13:18:12 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
104 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_FUNC_CHECK): Use the third arg when it's
105 non-null, not when it's null. From Ian Lance Taylor.
107 Thu Jun 18 12:10:27 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
109 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_BEFORE): Print message in next-error format.
110 From Franc,ois Pinard.
112 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_PROGRAM_CHECK): If args-for-use is empty,
113 don't put a space after the program name.
115 * acspecific.m4 (AC_DECLARE_YYTEXT): Move AC_REQUIREs from
116 AC_PROG_FLEX to here, where they belong.
118 * acspecific.m4 (AC_MEMORY_H): Look for memchr instead of memcpy.
121 Wed Jun 17 09:56:59 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
123 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_BEFORE): New macro.
124 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_GCC, AC_DIR_HEADER, AC_AIX,
125 AC_MINIX, AC_ISC_POSIX): Use it.
127 Tue Jun 16 14:46:29 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
129 * autoconf.sh: Remove incomplete output file if interrupted.
131 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT): Avoid running an extra subshell for pwd.
132 From Franc,ois Pinard.
134 Mon Jun 15 21:27:49 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
136 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_TEST_PROGRAM): Take another arg for
138 * acspecific.m4 (AC_CROSS_CHECK): New program.
140 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_REQUIRE, AC_PROVIDE): New macros.
141 (AC_HEADER_EGREP, AC_PROGRAM_EGREP, AC_TEST_CPP): Use them.
142 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_GCC, AC_GCC_TRADITIONAL, AC_PROG_CPP,
143 AC_PROG_FLEX, AC_INLINE): Ditto.
145 Sat Jun 13 17:54:24 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
147 * acspecific.m4 (AC_MEMORY_H): echo what it's doing.
149 Thu Jun 11 14:18:35 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
151 * acspecific.m4 (AC_MINUS_C_MINUS_O, AC_INLINE,
152 AC_SETVBUF_REVERSED): New macros.
153 (AC_ALLOCA): Define HAVE_ALLOCA_H if appropriate.
155 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT): Do pwd in the srcdir, not current dir.
156 Scan through "$@" (implicitly) instead of $*.
157 (AC_HEADER_EGREP, AC_PROGRAM_EGREP, AC_COMPILE_CHECK,
158 AC_TEST_PROGRAM, AC_TEST_CPP): Supply a `:' if `true' argument
160 * acgeneral.m4, acspecific.m4: Omit `:' in callers.
162 Wed Jun 10 12:03:11 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
164 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_HEADER_EGREP, AC_PROGRAM_EGREP, AC_HEADER_CHECK,
165 AC_COMPILE_CHECK, AC_TEST_PROGRAM, AC_TEST_CPP, AC_FUNC_CHECK):
166 Make the last argument (program to run if test fails) optional.
167 (AC_HAVE_FUNCS, AC_HAVE_HEADERS): Don't pass optional last args.
168 * acspecific.m4 (most macros): Likewise.
170 Mon Jun 8 16:27:10 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
172 * acspecific.m4 (AC_VFORK): Get rid of backquotes.
174 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Exit with 0 status when
175 --no-create was given.
176 Only write to the AC_CONFIG_NAME file if it doesn't exist or is
177 different from what we'd write. From Ian Lance Taylor.
179 Thu Jun 4 14:46:22 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
181 * acspecific.m4 (AC_UNISTD_H, AC_UID_T, AC_SIZE_T, AC_PID_T,
182 AC_ST_BLKSIZE, AC_STRUCT_TM): Quote the whole macro body.
184 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Look for config header.in in
185 top_srcdir, not srcdir. From Garrett Wollman.
187 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Don't add make .NOEXPORT rule to
190 * acgeneral.m4, acspecific.m4: Rename AC_PROG_CHECK to
191 AC_PROGRAM_CHECK, AC_PROG_EGREP to AC_PROGRAM_EGREP,
192 AC_TEST_PROG to AC_TEST_PROGRAM.
194 Wed Jun 3 14:00:07 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
196 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT, AC_OUTPUT): Add --no-create option.
198 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_COMPILE_CHECK): Check the C compiler exit
199 status instead of trying to run the test program.
201 * acspecific.m4 (AC_RESTARTABLE_SYSCALLS): Use AC_TEST_PROG
202 instead of doing it by hand.
204 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_GCC, AC_AIX, AC_XENIX_DIR,
205 AC_SCO_INTL, AC_DYNIX_SEQ): Use AC_PROG_EGREP instead of
208 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_TEST_PROG): Renamed from AC_TEST_PROGRAM.
210 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT): Don't relativize `.'.
211 (AC_OUTPUT): Substitute the subdirectory path, not the top
212 path, for srcdir, unless the top path is `.'.
214 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Special-case substituting DEFS.
215 From Ian Lance Taylor.
217 * acspecific.m4 (AC_GCC_TRADITIONAL): Use CPP instead of
218 compiling a test program.
220 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_TEST_CPP): Pass DEFS to CPP.
221 (AC_HEADER_EGREP): Don't echo anything.
222 (AC_PROG_EGREP): New macro.
224 Tue Jun 2 14:07:27 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
226 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_CONFIG_HEADER): Renamed from AC_HEADER_FILE.
227 Rename AC_HEADER_NAME TO AC_CONFIG_NAME.
228 (AC_SUBST): Add the arg variable to a diversion for config.status.
229 (AC_OUTPUT): Write the code to create output files into config.status,
230 then run that. Always use `awk'; checking for nawk in a subshell
231 doesn't seem to work on 4.3BSD.
233 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_HEADER_EGREP): Pass DEFS to CPP.
235 * acspecific.m4 (AC_SIZE_T): Define size_t as int, not long.
236 From Ian Lance Taylor.
238 * acspecific.m4 (AC_STDC_HEADERS): Also check for stdarg.h.
239 From Garrett Wollman.
241 Wed May 20 00:34:03 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
243 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Use nawk if available.
245 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT): Make srcdir=`.' absolute.
247 * acspecific.m4 (AC_DIR_HEADER): Include sys/types.h before
248 dir header in closedir test.
250 * acgeneral.m4, acspecific.m4: AC_LIBTHING_CHECK renamed to
253 * acspecific.m4 (AC_AIX, AC_XENIX_DIR, AC_SCO_INTL, AC_DYNIX_SEQ):
254 Use the C preprocessor instead of just looking for files.
256 Mon May 18 20:51:50 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
258 * acspecific.m4 (WORDS_BIGENDIAN): Fix exit expression.
259 (AC_DECLARE_YYTEXT): Eval $CPP.
260 (AC_DIR_HEADER): Compile the test program; don't just
261 preprocess it. Above all from Karl Berry.
263 Fri May 15 00:57:01 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
265 * acspecific.m4 (AC_AIX): Don't define _BSD, to avoid getting
268 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_HEADER_EGREP): New macro, replacing AC_IDENT*.
269 * acspecific.m4 (AC_MEMORY_H, AC_RETSIGTYPE, AC_{UID,SIZE,PID}_T):
272 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_TEST_CPP): New macro.
273 (AC_IDENT_{PRESENT,MISSING}): Macros deleted.
274 (AC_HEADER_CHECK): Use AC_TEST_CPP, replaces AC_HEADER_{PRESENT,
276 (AC_LIBTHING_CHECK): Replace AC_LIBTHING_{PRESENT,MISSING}.
277 (AC_FUNC_CHECK): Replace AC_FUNC_PRESENT.
278 (AC_INIT): Don't set INCLUDEDIR.
279 * acspecific.m4 (AC_DIR_HEADER): Use AC_TEST_CPP.
280 * All other macros: Don't refer to INCLUDEDIR; use
281 AC_HEADER_CHECK instead.
283 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_CPP): Don't evaluate $CC until called.
284 Try $CC -E before /lib/cpp.
286 Thu May 14 23:15:02 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
288 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Remove each file before creating it.
290 Sat May 9 14:52:57 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
292 * acspecific.m4 (AC_WAIT3_RUSAGE): New macro.
294 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT, AC_OUTPUT): Use AC_SUBST instead of a
295 special mechanism to substitute for srcdir.
297 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Substitute for exec_prefix if it
298 was given, even if not substituting for prefix.
300 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT, AC_OUTPUT): Remove @VPATH@
301 substitution; use @srcdir@ instead.
303 Sun May 3 01:21:47 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
305 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_NOTICE): New macro taken from AC_INIT, to avoid
306 m4 coredump. From Karl Berry.
308 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Look for header-file.in in $srcdir,
311 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_IDENT_{MISSING,PRESENT}): Make them agree
312 with the documentation -- the third arg is a shell command,
313 not an identifier to define.
314 * acspecific.m4 (AC_DIR_HEADER): Change the caller.
316 Mon Apr 27 09:15:15 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
318 * acspecific.m4: Use AC_TEST_PROGRAM wherever $compile was
321 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_HAVE_HEADERS, AC_HAVE_FUNCS,
322 AC_FUNC_PRESENT, AC_TEST_PROGRAM): New macros from Ian Lance Taylor.
324 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_INSTALL): Screen out /usr/sbin/install.
325 (AC_CHAR_UNSIGNED): Don't define __CHAR_UNSIGNED__ if it's
328 Fri Apr 24 10:08:21 1992 David J. MacKenzie (djm@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu)
330 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Make the arg a list of files instead of
333 * acspecific.m4 (AC_ALLOCA): Check whether the alternate libraries
334 actually contain alloca. From Ian Lance Taylor.
336 * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_CPP): New macro.
338 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Allow newly defined values to be more
339 than one word for AC_HEADER_FILE. From Karl Berry.
341 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Don't substitute DEFS if AC_HEADER_FILE.
342 (AC_LIBTHING{PRESENT,MISSING}): Run conftest in subshell.
343 From Ian Lance Taylor.
348 Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
350 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
351 modification, are permitted provided the copyright notice and this
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