Re: Autoconf 2.57a (Was: none)

[Akim Demaille]

Thanks for the report!  

Autoconf 2.57a has just been released, and it should address the bugs
you reported below.  Please, download the beta at one of the URL
below, and run its test suite.  If it still fails, please report of
the failures to <address@hidden>.  Thanks in advance!

Autoconf 2.57a is released.  It mainly addresses bugs of 2.57.

  http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.57a.tar.gz   (1,1 MB)
  http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.57a.tar.bz2  (825 KB)

Here are the MD5 and SHA1 signatures:

3a1bbd76575456f85685ef09e32b486e  autoconf-2.57a.tar.gz
61297397b9c5740132c34e32d7967ac1  autoconf-2.57a.tar.bz2
cbfa4073c5cbde790ac39b22ff91ef710c53c173  autoconf-2.57a.tar.gz
4e52efa66c9f8368d2d78eb73ddb56f64503b76b  autoconf-2.57a.tar.bz2

NEWS:

** New macros
  AC_C_RESTRICT, AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT.

** AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST
  Works again.

** AC_FUNC_MKTIME
  Now checks that mktime is the inverse of localtime.

** Improve DJGPP portability
  The Autoconf tools and configure behave better under DJGPP.

** Present But Cannot Be Compiled
  New FAQ section dedicated to the mystic

    configure: WARNING: pi.h: present but cannot be compiled
    configure: WARNING: pi.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
    configure: WARNING: pi.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
      messages.

** Concurrent executions of autom4te
  autom4te now locks its internal files, which enables concurrent
  executions of autom4te, likely to happen if automake, autoconf,
  autoheader etc. are run simultaneously.

** Libtool
  Use of Libtool 1.5 and higher is encouraged.  Compatibility with
  Libtool pre-1.4 is not checked.

** Autotest
  Testsuites no longer rerun failed tests in verbose mode; instead,
  failures are logged while the test is run.

  In addition, expected failures can be marked as such.

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## ----------------------------- ##
## GNU Autoconf 2.57 test suite. ##
## ----------------------------- ##

testsuite: command line was:
  $ ./testsuite 

## ----------- ##
## ChangeLogs. ##
## ----------- ##

testsuite: ../ChangeLog:
| 2002-12-03  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
| 
|       Version 2.57.
| 
|       * NEWS, configure.ac: Update version.
| 
|       * doc/fdl.texi: Upgrade to FDL version 1.2.
| 
|       * lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_LANG_FUNC_LINK_TRY(C)): Use the function f
|       nontrivially in main's body, so that f's external declaration is

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = cwinter-Mac.local.
uname -m = Power Macintosh
uname -r = 6.6
uname -s = Darwin
uname -v = Darwin Kernel Version 6.6: Thu May  1 21:48:54 PDT 2003; 
root:xnu/xnu-344.34.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC 

/usr/bin/uname -p = powerpc
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo               = Mach kernel version:
         Darwin Kernel Version 6.6:
Thu May  1 21:48:54 PDT 2003; root:xnu/xnu-344.34.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC


Kernel configured for up to 2 processors.
1 processor is physically available.
Processor type: ppc750 (PowerPC 750)
Processor active: 0
Primary memory available: 384.00 megabytes.
Default processor set: 43 tasks, 89 threads, 1 processors
Load average: 2.00, Mach factor: 0.18
unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /Developer/Tools
PATH: /Developer/Applications
PATH: /usr/local/vscanx
PATH: /usr/X11R6/bin
PATH: /sw/bin
PATH: /Applications/MathSciences/MATLAB6p5/bin
PATH: /Applications/MathSciences/MATLAB6p5/etc

testsuite: atconfig:
| # Configurable variable values for building test suites.
| # Generated by ./config.status.
| # Copyright 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
| 
| # The test suite will define top_srcdir=/../.. etc.
| at_testdir='tests'
| abs_builddir='/Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests'
| at_srcdir='.'
| abs_srcdir='/Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests'
| at_top_srcdir='..'
| abs_top_srcdir='/Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57'
| at_top_builddir='../'
| abs_top_builddir='/Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57'
| 
| AUTOTEST_PATH='tests'
| 
| SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-'/bin/sh'}

testsuite: atlocal:
| # -*- shell-script -*-
| # tests/atlocal.  Generated from atlocal.in by configure.
| # Configurable variable values for Autoconf test suite.
| # Copyright 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
| 
| # We need Perl.
| PERL='/usr/bin/perl'

## ---------------- ##
## Tested programs. ##
## ---------------- ##

suite.at:33: /Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests/autom4te --version
autom4te (GNU Autoconf) 2.57
Written by Akim Demaille.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

suite.at:33: /Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests/autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.57
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

suite.at:33: /Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests/autoheader --version
autoheader (GNU Autoconf) 2.57
Written by Roland McGrath and Akim Demaille.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

suite.at:33: /Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests/autoupdate --version
autoupdate (GNU Autoconf) 2.57
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

suite.at:33: /Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests/autoreconf --version
autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.57
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

suite.at:33: /Users/software/Desktop/autoconf-2.57/tests/ifnames --version

ifnames (GNU Autoconf) 2.57
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Paul Eggert.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
## --------------------------- ##
## Silently running the tests. ##
## --------------------------- ##
testsuite: starting at: Sun Jun 15 17:45:41 CEST 2003
1. tools.at:47: ok      (0m0.060s 0m0.250s)
2. tools.at:92: ok      (0m1.290s 0m0.540s)
3. tools.at:118: ok     (0m1.180s 0m1.290s)
4. tools.at:155: ok     (0m1.550s 0m2.140s)
5. tools.at:244: ok     (0m1.690s 0m1.460s)
6. tools.at:275: ok     (0m0.600s 0m0.660s)
7. tools.at:303: ok     (0m0.490s 0m0.770s)
8. tools.at:349: ok     (0m0.250s 0m0.310s)
9. tools.at:397: ok     (0m2.880s 0m1.620s)
10. tools.at:529: ok    (0m5.890s 0m1.510s)
11. tools.at:561: ok    (0m4.220s 0m3.390s)
12. tools.at:588: ok    (0m9.020s 0m2.420s)
13. m4sugar.at:35: ok   (0m1.660s 0m1.880s)
14. m4sugar.at:77: ok   (0m0.390s 0m0.450s)
15. m4sugar.at:115: ok  (0m0.410s 0m0.430s)
16. m4sh.at:29: ok      (0m2.510s 0m5.130s)
17. m4sh.at:105: ok     (0m0.820s 0m1.480s)
18. m4sh.at:166: ok     (0m0.750s 0m1.470s)
19. m4sh.at:223: ok     (0m0.490s 0m0.730s)
20. m4sh.at:256: ok     (0m0.470s 0m0.660s)