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confusion in automake 1.14.1

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Aharon Robbins <arnold <at> skeeve.com>
Subject: bug#16827: closed ([PATCH] Typofixes in warning messages and manual)
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:01:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#16827: confusion in automake 1.14.1

which was filed against the automake package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 16827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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16827: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16827
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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: rrt <at> sc3d.org, 16997-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, arnold <at> skeeve.com,
 16827-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Typofixes in warning messages and manual
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:59:50 +0100

Fixes automake bug#16827 and bug#16997.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
---
 NEWS              | 3 +++
 THANKS            | 1 +
 doc/automake.texi | 2 +-
 lib/am/distdir.am | 8 ++++----
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c863f0e..9fbd3ca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ New in 1.15:
   - The user can now extend the special .PRECIOUS target, the same way
     he could already do with the .MAKE .and .PHONY targets.
 
+  - Fixed confusing typos in the manual and in some warning messages
+    (automake bug#16827 and bug#16997).
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 New in 1.14.1:
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 58dac98..550b565 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Adam J. Richter                 adam <at> yggdrasil.com
 Adam Mercer                     ramercer <at> gmail.com
 Adam Sampson                    ats <at> offog.org
 Adrian Bunk                     bunk <at> fs.tum.de
+Aharon Robbins                  arnold <at> skeeve.com
 Akim Demaille                   akim <at> gnu.org
 Alan Modra                      amodra <at> bigpond.net.au
 Alex Hornby                     alex <at> anvil.co.uk
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index d9083a0..8b92e1c 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -9144,7 +9144,7 @@ and @samp{./wrapper-script -d baz} to produce @file{foo.log},
 as a side-effect.
 
 It's important to note that, differently from what we've seen for the
-serial test harness (@pxref{Parallel Test Harness}), the
+serial test harness (@pxref{Serial Test Harness}), the
 @code{AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} and @code{TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} variables
 @emph{cannot} be use to define a custom test runner; the
 @code{LOG_COMPILER} and @code{LOG_FLAGS} (or their extension-specific
diff --git a/lib/am/distdir.am b/lib/am/distdir.am
index a8ad63c..f26a857 100644
--- a/lib/am/distdir.am
+++ b/lib/am/distdir.am
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ dist-xz: distdir
 ?COMPRESS?DIST_ARCHIVES += $(distdir).tar.Z
 .PHONY: dist-tarZ
 dist-tarZ: distdir
-	@echo WARNING: "Support for shar distribution archives is" \
-	               "deprecated." >&2
+	@echo WARNING: "Support for distribution archives compressed with" \
+		       "legacy program 'compress' is deprecated." >&2
 	@echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
 	tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ dist-tarZ: distdir
 ?SHAR?DIST_ARCHIVES += $(distdir).shar.gz
 .PHONY: dist-shar
 dist-shar: distdir
-	@echo WARNING: "Support for distribution archives compressed with" \
-		       "legacy program 'compress' is deprecated." >&2
+	@echo WARNING: "Support for shar distribution archives is" \
+	               "deprecated." >&2
 	@echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
 	shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
-- 
1.9.1

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From: Aharon Robbins <arnold <at> skeeve.com>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: confusion in automake 1.14.1
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:57:02 +0200

Hello.

Doing a dry run of moving to automake 1.14.1, I noticed the following
"improvements" in the generated Makefile.in:

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index fe921ad..1567a77 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -905,10 +905,16 @@ dist-xz: distdir
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
 dist-tarZ: distdir
+	@echo WARNING: "Support for shar distribution archives is" \
+	               "deprecated." >&2
+	@echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
 	tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
 dist-shar: distdir
+	@echo WARNING: "Support for distribution archives compressed with" \
+		       "legacy program 'compress' is deprecated." >&2
+	@echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
 	shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
 	$(am__post_remove_distdir)
 
The messages are swapped.  The warning for compress occurs on the
creation of the shar archive, and the warning on the shar archive
occurs on compression with compress.

Methinks someone was working too late at night... :-)

Thanks,

Arnold

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