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Automake should support adding to DejaGnu site.exp

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7873: closed (Automake should support adding to DejaGnu site.exp)
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:56:02 +0000

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From: Rainer Orth <ro <at> CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: Automake should support adding to DejaGnu site.exp
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:13:53 +0100

Currently, Automake doesn't support adding package-specific content to
the site.exp file generated for DejaGnu testsuites.  In GCC alone, three
testsuites need that facility and have to override the
Automake-generated target wholesale to achieve what they need:

boehm-gc/testsuite/Makefile.am
libjava/testsuite/Makefile.am
libstdc++-v3/testsuite/Makefile.am

These Makefile.am's carry the following comment:

# We need more things in site.exp, but automake completely controls the
# creation of that file; there's no way to append to it without messing up
# the dependancy chains.  So we overrule automake.  This rule is exactly
# what it would have generated, plus our own additions.

Since in the future it is easily possible that the target/commands
generated by Automake deviate from what is currently emitted there,
there should be a Automake facility to directly support adding to the
generated site.exp.

Thanks.
	Rainer

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Rainer Orth <ro <at> cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de>
Cc: automake-patches <at> gnu.org, 7873-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7873: Automake should support adding to DejaGnu site.exp
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:53:25 +0200

On Wednesday 19 October 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Reference:
>  <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7873>
> 
> I've rebased the branch on the "fixup" commit `v1.11-250-g0c0b402', and
> I will merge it to maint (and push) in a couple of days if there is no
> objection by then.  The updated patch is attached, for reference.
> 
I've added the NEWS entry below, and pushed.  I'm thus closing this bug
report.

Regards,
  Stefano

-*-*-

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6bc0d6f..e42d53c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ New in 1.11.0a:
   - The `lzma' compression scheme and associated automake option `dist-lzma'
     is obsoleted by `xz' and `dist-xz' due to upstream changes.
 
+  - When using DejaGnu-based testsuites, the user can extend the `site.exp'
+    file generated by automake-provided rules by defining the special make
+    variable `$(EXTRA_DEJAGNU_SITE_CONFIG)'.
+
 Bugs fixed in 1.11.0a:
 
 * Bugs introduced by 1.11:

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