Re: Fix copyright header in build-aux scripts.

2009-09-09 Thread Jim Meyering
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Some of the build-aux scripts weren't using the exact copyright header > text as proposed in COPYINGv3. I only noticed when I was updating > Autoconf files to v3. OK to apply? Yes. Thanks!

strndup.m4 cleanup

2009-09-09 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I noticed this when cross-compiling to mingw: | checking for working strndup... checking for strndup... no | no The m4 macro did a no-no - it was calling AC_CHECK_FUNC([strndup]), which has side effects, in the body of an AC_CACHE_CHECK. Meanwhile,

getcwd on mingw

2009-09-09 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 getcwd does not need replacement on mingw, even though it fails runtime tests in getcwd.m4, and even though cross-compilation was pessimistic. This fixes things, and adds a simple unit test to prove that getcwd is behaving reasonably. - -- Don't work

Re: mkfifoat, renameat

2009-09-09 Thread Eric Blake
Eric Blake byu.net> writes: > Part of the problem on mingw is that the fchdir module relies on > canonicalize doing the right thing, but mingw's paths (with drive letters > and \, rather than leading / for absolute) throws canonicalize for a loop; > and cross-compilation tries to replace getcwd,

Fix copyright header in build-aux scripts.

2009-09-09 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Some of the build-aux scripts weren't using the exact copyright header text as proposed in COPYINGv3. I only noticed when I was updating Autoconf files to v3. OK to apply? (Sending a similar patch for gendocs.sh to bug-texinfo.) Thanks, Ralf Fix copyright header in build-aux scripts.

Re: [PATCH] build: don't try to run autoheader if we don't use it

2009-09-09 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Paolo Bonzini wrote on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 09:22:56AM CEST: > On 09/08/2009 10:25 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > >I wanted this change in vc-dwim, since it doesn't use autoheader: > >I'd rather skip autoheader than add an unnecessary AC_CONFIG_HEADERS. > > Although obsolete, please look for AM_CONFI

Re: [PATCH] build: don't try to run autoheader if we don't use it

2009-09-09 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 09/08/2009 10:25 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: I wanted this change in vc-dwim, since it doesn't use autoheader: I'd rather skip autoheader than add an unnecessary AC_CONFIG_HEADERS. Although obsolete, please look for AM_CONFIG_HEADER too. Thanks! Paolo