Subject: bug#16997: closed ([PATCH] Typofixes in warning messages and manual)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:01:05 +0000

Your bug report

#16997: Typo in @pxref in manual

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

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Subject: [PATCH] Typofixes in warning messages and manual
From: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:59:50 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Fixes automake bug#16827 and bug#16997.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
---
 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                 [email-masked]
 Adam Mercer                     [email-masked]
 Adam Sampson                    [email-masked]
 Adrian Bunk                     [email-masked]
+Aharon Robbins                  [email-masked]
 Akim Demaille                   [email-masked]
 Alan Modra                      [email-masked]
 Alex Hornby                     [email-masked]
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

Subject: Typo in @pxref in manual
From: Reuben Thomas <[email-masked]>
To: bug-automake <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:42:49 +0000
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

It's important to note that, differently from what we've seen for the
serial test harness (@pxref{Parallel Test Harness})

should presumably be:

It's important to note that, differently from what we've seen for the
serial test harness (@pxref{Serial Test Harness})

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