1 Fri Feb 28 17:48:41 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
5 This huge set of patch results from an integration of the
6 perl5 units into the dist-3.0 package. A few improvements
7 of mine are also incorporated here, but this patch set should
8 mainly be credited to Andy Dougherty and Chip Salzenberg, who
9 have both assumed the perl5 Patch Pumpkin with success and brio.
11 I won't document most of the changes in detail. Only the obvious
12 ones were kept here. You can look closer to the patches themselves
13 to see what really changed. Especially the new units, since you
14 now have more symbols to check for in your C code...
16 Regenerated Configure with current set of units.
18 Added Perl Patch Pumpkin credits. Thanks to Andy Dougherty and
19 to Chip Salzenberg for their incredible contributions to
22 Changed my email address and updated copyright dates
24 Added support for src.U. This means you can now run Configure
25 from a remote directory to separate the build directory and
26 the (possibly read-only) source tree.
27 Note that some of your private units may require some changes
30 Removed support for NO_PROTOTYPE detection on SCO.
32 Added cute quoting trick for wild stringify support, which
33 allows non-ANSI stringification to occur.
35 Replaced .a with $_a all over the place.
36 Likewise for .o replaced by $_o.
37 You'll have to do that to your own private units.
39 Integrated new units from perl5. I will not document most
40 of the perl5-related changes here. People interested can
41 look at Andy's notes in the perl5 distribution.
43 New USE_BSD_GETPGRP to detect the getpgrp() flavour. The old
44 USE_BSDPGRP has been obsoleted in favor of USE_BSD_SETPGRP.
45 Indeed, setpgrp() and getpgrp() can have distinct flavors,
46 so we need two distinct tests for them.
48 Useless units dropped: d_group.U and d_passwd.U.
50 Mention that <poll.h> can be included if HAS_POLL defined.
52 Improved overlapping copy check.
54 Added support for Free_t, the type of free().
56 Don't use nm with the GNU C library.
57 Added support for Linux shared libs.
59 Don't prompt them if the void support is high enough for us
60 and don't ask for the include path unless they are on a MIPS.
62 Added the srcdir support to "configure" now that we have src.U.
64 Documented the runnning environment and the src.U unit in
65 the metaconfig man page. The $_a and $_o are also mentionned.
66 All the generated scripts must now start with a "$startsh"
67 to ensure proper shell execution.
69 New "create" and "empty" lint directives.
71 New -L option for metaxref to match metaconfig and metalint.
73 Documents contents of the message sent by patnotify:
74 we now let them know the patch priority and description.
76 Added a whole bunch of new units, mostly from the perl5 team.
80 * bin/packinit.SH: Fixed one wrong ':' comment in .package.
82 * jmake/files/Jmake.rules: Now handles USRINC for dependencies.
83 Smarter about dependencies computation.
85 * jmake/files/Jmake.tmpl: Lex path can now be configured.
87 * mcon/U/Begin.U: Added Extractall dependency.
89 * mcon/U/Config_sh.U, mcon/U/Oldsym.U, mcon/U/Extract.U,
90 mcon/U/patchlevel.U, mcon/U/MailAuthor.U, mcon/U/Chk_MANI.U,
91 mcon/U/Config_h.U: Added support for src.U.
93 * mcon/U/Configdir.U: Have README explicitely mention the package
96 * mcon/U/make.U, mcon/U/d_strtoul.U, mcon/U/Unix.U,
97 mcon/U/d_inetaton.U, mcon/U/sitearch.U, mcon/U/d_sanemcmp.U,
98 mcon/U/i_locale.U, mcon/U/d_sigaction.U, mcon/U/d_getpgid.U,
99 mcon/U/src.U, mcon/U/sitelib.U, mcon/U/d_brokstat.U, mcon/U/man3dir.U,
100 , mcon/U/d_sigsetjmp.U, mcon/U/i_sysstat.U, mcon/U/d_strtod.U,
101 mcon/U/d_byacc.U, mcon/U/sh.U, mcon/U/Signal.U, mcon/U/d_gnulibc.U,
102 mcon/U/man1dir.U, mcon/U/Extractall.U, mcon/U/i_values.U,
103 mcon/U/i_sfio.U: Created.
105 * mcon/U/Getfile.U: Getfile script now begins with "startsh".
107 * mcon/U/Head.U: Make sure we unset CDPATH for shells that support
108 this. Improved Korn shell detection and handling.
110 * mcon/U/Instruct.U: Logname / whoami sequence rewritten to use case.
112 * mcon/U/Loc.U: Allow users to specify paths on the command line.
113 Will now substitute cp for ln if not supported.
115 * mcon/U/Myread.U: Myread script now starts with a "startsh".
118 * mcon/U/Oldconfig.U: Added support for src.U. New OSNAME define.
119 Can now sense new OSes.
121 * mcon/U/Options.U: Optdef.sh now starts with a "startsh". Moved
122 some code from Head.U.
124 * mcon/U/Whoa.U: Whoa script now starts with leading "startsh".
126 * mcon/U/afs.U: Can now explicitely tell Configure whether AFS is
129 * mcon/U/archlib.U: Skip existence checks for archlib.
131 * mcon/U/archname.U: Changed the way the archname is mangled from
134 * mcon/U/byteorder.U: No longer ask the user if the test runs ok.
136 * mcon/U/ccflags.U: Removed support for NO_PROTOTYPE detection on
137 SCO. New locincpth variable. Added info on the "additional ld
140 * mcon/U/cf_who.U: New computation method avoiding use of temporary
143 * mcon/U/cpp_stuff.U: Added cute quoting trick for wild stringify
146 * mcon/U/d_bsdjmp.U, mcon/U/d_fd_set.U, mcon/U/models.U,
147 mcon/U/d_scannl.U, mcon/U/d_open3.U, mcon/U/d_closedir.U: Added ?F:
150 * mcon/U/libs.U, mcon/U/libnm.U, mcon/U/libyacc.U, mcon/U/libflex.U,
151 mcon/U/libdbm.U, mcon/U/d_socket.U, mcon/U/d_normsig.U,
152 mcon/U/d_crypt.U: Replaced .a with $_a all over the place.
154 * mcon/U/d_csh.U: Added full_csh to preserve the full path even when
157 * mcon/U/d_dosuid.U: Moved unit to TOP via a ?Y: layout directive.
158 Tell them /dev/fd is not about floppy disks.
160 * mcon/U/d_gconvert.U: Integrated new unit from perl5.
162 * mcon/U/d_getpgrp.U: New USE_BSD_GETPGRP to detect the getpgrp()
165 * mcon/U/d_group.U, mcon/U/d_passwd.U: Useless unit dropped.
167 * mcon/U/d_usendir.U, mcon/U/d_havetlib.U, mcon/U/errnolist.U:
168 Replaced .a with $_a all over the place. Likewise for .o replaced by
171 * mcon/U/d_newsadm.U: Added Guess dependency.
173 * mcon/U/d_pidcheck.U: Replaced .o with $_o all over the place.
174 Added ?F: metalint hint.
176 * mcon/U/d_poll.U: Mention that <poll.h> can be included if HAS_POLL
179 * mcon/U/d_safebcpy.U, mcon/U/d_safemcpy.U: Improved overlapping copy
180 check. Comfort them if they have memmove. Added ?F: metalint hint.
182 * mcon/U/d_setpgid.U: Reworded symbol comments.
184 * mcon/U/d_setpgrp.U: Obsoleted USE_BSDGRP in favor of
185 USE_BSD_SETPGRP. Another unit now also defines a USE_BSD_GETPGRP.
186 Fallback for test program failure improved.
188 * mcon/U/d_sgndchr.U, mcon/U/d_wifstat.U: Added a ?F: metalint hint.
190 * mcon/U/d_sigvec.U: There is now a separate routine for sigaction().
192 * mcon/U/d_stdstdio.U: Merged with perl5's unit.
194 * mcon/U/d_syslog.U, mcon/U/mkdep.U: Replaced .o with $_o all over
197 * mcon/U/i_dbm.U: Added I_RPCSVC_DBM check.
199 * mcon/U/i_varhdr.U: Varargs script now starts with leading "startsh".
201 * mcon/U/intsize.U: Avoid prompting the user if the test runs ok.
202 Moved code from longsize.U into there. New tests for shortsize as
205 * mcon/U/libc.U: Replaced .a with $_a all over the place. Added
206 support for HPUX-10 nm output.
208 * mcon/U/libnlist.U: Added usrinc and mips on the dependency line.
209 Make sure we call ./mips. Added a ?LINT: hint.
211 * mcon/U/libpth.U: New loclibpth variable.
213 * mcon/U/longsize.U: Code moved to intsize.U.
215 * mcon/U/mallocsrc.U: Added support for Free_t, the type of free().
216 Replaced .o with $_o all over the place.
218 * mcon/U/manfmt.U, mcon/U/mansrc.U: Don't ask for AFS when they
219 choose to not install pages.
221 * mcon/U/myhostname.U: Improved hostname lookup by using ypmatch when
224 * mcon/U/nblock_io.U: Simplify here document for shells that can't
225 handle them well. Force use of "startsh" at the head of the
226 generated script. Added new files to the ?F: metalint hint.
228 * mcon/U/nis.U: Ensure suitable defaults for hostcat and friends.
230 * mcon/U/orderlib.U: Replaced .a with $_a all over the place.
231 Likewise for .o replaced by $_o. Now uses the ar located by Loc.U.
233 * mcon/U/randbits.U: Added <unistd.h> and <stdlib.h> to the C program
236 * mcon/U/registers.U: Removed empty ?LINT lines.
238 * mcon/U/selecttype.U: Always include <sys/select.h> when available
241 * mcon/U/sig_name.U: Brand new algorithm for sig_name and (new!)
244 * mcon/U/spitshell.U: Removed useless chatter as this is now done
247 * mcon/U/ssizetype.U: Integrated perl5 concerns for mis-configured
250 * mcon/U/startperl.U: Warn them if the #! line is too long for their
253 * mcon/U/startsh.U: Avoid needless chatter since this is now done
256 * mcon/U/usenm.U: Don't use nm with the GNU C library. Added support
257 for Linux shared libs.
259 * mcon/U/usrinc.U: Don't ask for the include path unless they are on
262 * mcon/U/voidflags.U: Don't prompt them if the void support is high
265 * mcon/configure: Added the srcdir support now that we have src.U.
266 Random cleanup for nicer help message.
268 * mcon/man/mconfig.SH: Documents the runnning environment and the
269 src.U unit. Added warnings for $_a and $_o, as well as "startsh".
271 * mcon/man/mlint.SH: New "create" and "empty" lint directives.
272 Documented new messages.
274 * mcon/mxref.SH, mcon/man/mxref.SH: New -L option to match metaconfig
277 * mcon/pl/lint.pl: Added support for ?F: lines to monitor file usage.
278 Now honours "create" and "empty" lint directives.
280 * pat/pat.man: Documents contents of the message sent by patnotify.
282 * pat/patlog.SH: Typo fix.
284 * pat/patnotify.SH: Let them know the patch priority and description.
286 Mon Sep 25 10:33:26 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
290 Smarter sed command to strip /usr/include dependencies in
291 jmake-generated Makfiles. Thanks to Ulrich Pfeifer
292 <pfeifer@buster.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> for contributing it.
294 In response to the discussion on dist-users, jmake will now force
295 macro definitions to the left in the generated Makefile, even
296 though they may be nicely formatted in the imake-style within
297 the Jmakefile itself (centered on the =).
299 Commented the purpose of the #un-def directive in the relevant
300 unit, since I tend to forget about this hack and almost considered
301 removing it without seeing the consequences. ;-)
303 Configure will now abort when a mandatory command is missing.
304 Indeed, Configure relies on such commands to perform its various
305 tasks, and a miss can have dreadful consequences, without the
306 end-users noticing it.
308 Protected option parsing code against 'echo -*' option failure.
310 Various units are now forced to the top of Configure, if possible.
311 This is mainly interactive questions. Note that dependencies are
312 still respected, i.e. all the units on which those depend will
313 come before, so the top-ness is a relative issue.
315 All possible install programs are now looked for, instead of
316 breaking the loop once one was found. Also, to optimize cache
317 access on AFS directories, the lookup is done on directories
318 first, then on programs instead of the other way round.
320 New ?Y: directive to change unit layout. You may specify a
321 TOP, DEFAULT or BOTTOM request on that line to respectively
322 force the unit to the earliest possible, default or latest
323 possible place in the Configure script, as dependencies
326 Symbols are now sorted according to the ?Y: layout directive.
328 If you use the MailAuthor.U unit, you will be interested by the
329 new -i option for patsend to add extra instructions for people
330 receiving mailed patches. patnotify also tells users how to directly
331 request for mailed patches. The patch making process now automatically
332 supply the -i when invoking patsend. Changes contributed by Graham
333 Stoney <greyham@research.canon.oz.au>.
337 * jmake/files/Jmake.rules: Smarter sed command to strip /usr/include
340 * jmake/jmake.SH: Will now force macro definitions to the left.
342 * mcon/U/Config_h.U: Commented the purpose of the #un-def directive.
344 * mcon/U/Loc.U: Commented the purpose of the #un-def directive.
345 Abort Configure run when mandatory command is missing.
347 * mcon/U/Options.U: Protected option parsing code against 'echo -*'
350 * mcon/U/perlpath.U, mcon/U/manfmt.U, mcon/U/mansrc.U,
351 mcon/U/scriptdir.U, mcon/U/archlib.U, mcon/U/lib.U, mcon/U/privlib.U,
352 mcon/U/bin.U: Unit is now forced to the top of Configure, if possible.
354 * mcon/U/install.U: All possible install programs are now looked for.
356 * mcon/man/mconfig.SH, mcon/man/mlint.SH: Documented new ?Y:
357 directive. Fixed my e-mail address.
359 * mcon/pl/depend.pl, mcon/pl/init.pl, mcon/pl/lint.pl: New ?Y:
360 directive to change unit layout.
362 * mcon/pl/makefile.pl: Symbols are now sorted according to the ?Y:
365 * mcon/pl/xref.pl: Added empty p_layout stub for new ?Y: directives.
367 * pat/pat.man: New -i option for patsend to add extra instructions.
369 * pat/patmake.SH: Now calls patsend with -i to add more instructions.
371 * pat/patnotify.SH: Now tells users how to directly request for
374 * pat/patsend.SH: New -i option to add more instructions for
377 Tue Jul 25 16:41:40 METDST 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
381 pat/Jmakefile was missing an entry for the patlog program, which
382 prevented it from being installed, leading to chaos when patmake
385 New contributions from Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
386 to provide OS/2 support. Configure can now be run under OS/2 using
387 a ksh shell interpreter. Support for pdksh is undergoing, as far
390 The installation of script man pages can now cope with missing
391 files. The jmake rules used to require that all scripts or none
392 have .man files associated with them. From now on, the generated
393 Makefile will check for the manual page existence before trying
396 The clobber target now removes the .config directory as well,
397 which is generated by Configure to cache various information
398 over runs. Since clobber is intended to make a clean distribution,
399 that directory must be removed at that stage.
401 All jmake error messages are now prefixed with the program name.
403 Re-arranged compile line to include ldflags before objects
404 within all the compile-link tests in the metaconfig units, since
405 some systems require that ld flags be specfied at that place.
406 The only exception to this being the -llib directive, which stays
407 at the end of the line (from Spider Boardman).
409 added SVR4-ish /opt directories to path list (ADO)
411 Added backslash escapes within evals in Typedef.U to prevent problems
412 when the assigned variables have space in them (such as 'int *')...
414 Force compile-link test for dl* routines since those symbols might lie
415 in crt0.o, and not in any other library (ADO)
417 Improved comments about the Gconvert macro and forced a compile-link
418 test since the gconvert routine may exist but be unusable because
419 it would refer to otherwise missing routines... Sigh! (ADO)
421 Made cc and ccflags optional dependencies in several units.
423 Added knowledge of the O_NONBLOCK symbol in d_open3.U (required for
424 non-blocking I/O support, which is now computed by the new nblock_io.U
427 Use findhdr to find <sys/shm.h>, to get the right one (ADO)
429 Typo fix on ?C: line for FILE_bufsiz in d_stdstdio.U.
430 Also fixed unbalanced parenthesis and check whether FILE_cnt
431 and FILE_ptr can be assigned to, i.e. may be used as lvalues. (ADO)
433 Typo fix, sytem -> system in d_time.U and d_times.U.
435 Conditionally use const in test programs for i_db.U (ADO)
437 Use setvar so hint file values can override our guesses in
440 Removed <> characters from comments, per metalint suggestion
442 Ensure ctrl-A characters are visible in prompt within the
443 mboxchar.U unit (WED)
445 Removed harmful spaces in assignment for selecttype.U.
447 Added <asm/signal.h> lookup for correct signal name lookup
448 under linux. That's probably as far as we'll get to support
449 those idiosyncracies.
451 Obsoleted KEEPALIVE in favor of CAN_KEEPALIVE for consistency
452 with the 3.0 naming scheme.
454 New metaconfig -G option to include a GNU configure-like
455 wrapper over the generated Configure script. That way,
456 people with a GNU background will be able to use (some) of
457 the GNU configure options to configure the package. The
458 wrapper computes suitable Configure options and then launches
461 Manual page for metaconfig now documents the new -G option,
462 includes an extended description of the Csym.U unit and
463 mentions what a compile-link test line should look like.
465 Metalint will now check : comments line for potential danger,
466 since those lines are really interpreted by the shell. Therefore,
467 unbalanced quotes could cause huge parts of the Configure script
468 to be ignored at run time, yielding weird results. Anyway,
469 metalint will tell you about them.
471 Two new files: a new unit, and the GNU configure-like wrapper.
475 * Jmakefile: Re-ordered macros, moving the install at the end.
477 * bin/packinit.man: Fixed a typo.
479 * jmake/files/Jmake.rules: Install of script man pages can now cope
480 with missing files. The clobber target now removes the .config
483 * jmake/jmake.SH: All error messages are now prefixed with the
486 * mcon/Jmakefile: Installs the GNU configure-like front-end to
489 * mcon/U/Csym.U: Re-arranged compile line to include ldflags before
490 objects. Added quotes for OS/2 support.
492 * mcon/U/libs.U, mcon/U/Loc.U, mcon/U/Guess.U, mcon/U/Oldconfig.U,
493 mcon/U/libc.U: Now knows about OS/2 platforms.
495 * mcon/U/Head.U: Added SVR4-ish /opt directories to path list (ADO).
496 OS/2 platforms are using another path separator.
498 * mcon/U/Typedef.U: Added backslash escapes within evals to prevent
501 * mcon/U/d_safebcpy.U, mcon/U/d_wifstat.U, mcon/U/d_setpgrp.U,
502 mcon/U/ccflags.U, mcon/U/d_safemcpy.U: Re-arranged compile line to
503 include ldflags before objects.
505 * mcon/U/d_dlerror.U, mcon/U/d_dlopen.U: Force compile-link test
506 since symbol might lie in crt0.o (ADO).
508 * mcon/U/d_gconvert.U: Improved comments about the Gconvert macro
509 (ADO). Force compile-link test since it may exist but be unusable
512 * mcon/U/d_volatile.U, mcon/U/d_sgndchr.U, mcon/U/d_scannl.U,
513 mcon/U/d_keepsig.U: Made cc and ccflags optional dependencies.
515 * mcon/U/d_open3.U: Added knowledge of the O_NONBLOCK symbol.
517 * mcon/U/d_shmat.U: Use findhdr to find <sys/shm.h>, to get the right
520 * mcon/U/d_stdstdio.U: Typo fix on ?C: line for FILE_bufsiz. Fixed
521 unbalanced parenthesis (ADO). Check whether FILE_cnt and FILE_ptr
522 can be assigned to (ADO).
524 * mcon/U/d_times.U, mcon/U/d_time.U: Typo fix, sytem -> system.
526 * mcon/U/i_db.U: Conditionally use const in test programs (ADO).
528 * mcon/U/i_pwd.U: Use setvar so hint file values can override our
531 * mcon/U/i_sysfile.U: Removed <> characters from comment, per
534 * mcon/U/mboxchar.U: Ensure ctrl-A characters are visible in prompt
537 * mcon/U/nblock_io.U, mcon/configure: Created.
539 * mcon/U/selecttype.U: Removed harmful spaces in assignment.
541 * mcon/U/sig_name.U: Added <asm/signal.h> lookup for linux.
543 * mcon/U/sockopt.U: Obsoleted KEEPALIVE in favor of CAN_KEEPALIVE for
546 * mcon/man/mconfig.SH: Added extra nroff escapes at line heads to
547 keep leading dots. Documented new -G option. Extended description
548 of the Csym.U unit. Now mentions what a compile-link test line
551 * mcon/man/mlint.SH: Added two new warnings for : comments lines in
554 * mcon/mconfig.SH: New -G option.
556 * mcon/pl/cosmetic.pl: Added support for new -G option.
558 * mcon/pl/lint.pl: Will now check : comments line for potential
561 * pat/Jmakefile: Was missing an entry for the patlog program.
563 Fri May 12 14:39:16 METDST 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
567 Regenerated Configure with pre-release of PL54.
569 Updated my e-mail address in all manual pages. I had forgotten
570 about that in my previous patch.
572 Various fixes in units from Andy Dougherty. Thanks to him and
573 to the efficient perl5-porters team that strive to port perl5
574 to every possible existing platform on Earth, hence making
575 Configure more and more robust ;-). Here are Andy's fixes:
577 . split awk command onto two lines for older awks
578 . fixed C test program to bypasss gcc builtin type checks
579 . deleted tabs that caused some /bin/sh to core dump
580 . cleaned up and extended osvers for DEC OSF/1
581 . added MachTen detection
582 . protect against spaces in "uname -m" output
583 . extended for more intimate DB probing
584 . made more robust [ng]dbm units by checking both header
585 and libraries for features
586 . can now grok linux nm output with leading __IO
587 . added support for linux ELF output, using 'W' for alias
588 . now looks for <linux/signal.h> too
589 . ensure that ./mips always exists
591 Added -K option for experts. That Configure option should only
592 be used when you know what you are doing. The config.sh reload
593 logic now knows about new -K switch so that you now have to say:
599 Configure now checks for a valid C compiler and that the
600 specified ccflags and ldflags are coherent with the choice
601 of the C compiler. It aborts if the C compiler does not
602 work (since it might be used for feature testing), but only
603 offers to abort when a flag inconsistency is detected.
604 Contributed by Tye McQueen (again!).
606 Complete rewrite of d_stdstdio.U by Tye McQueen to fit modern
607 systems. The USE_STD_STDIO symbol has been obsoleted by the
608 new USE_STDIO_PTR symbol. Also, access to _ptr, _cnt and
609 _base fields in the FILE structure should be made only via the
610 new metaconfig macros FILE_ptr, FILE_cnt, etc...
612 Made sure only most recent version of shared lib is picked.
613 This is for systems where libc.so.3 and libc.so.13 might
614 co-exist. We really need to pick the second one, whereas the
615 previous alphabetic sort was picking the first.
617 Final "nm -p" check now uses xscan and xrun like everybody.
618 It used to do its checking manually. Using xscan and xrun allows
619 for the printing of the busy dots while scanning.
621 The patpost script will now add an explicit From: header line
622 pointing to the maintainer address, as configured in your
623 .package. This is to prevent broken inews to insert the hostname
624 where patpost is ran, which might not be visible from the outside.
628 * pat/pat.man, bin/packinit.man, jmake/jmake.man, kit/kitpost.man,
629 bin/manilist.man, kit/makedist.man, jmake/jmkmf.man, kit/manifake.man,
630 , dist.man: Updated my e-mail address.
632 * mcon/U/Cppsym.U: Split awk command onto two lines for older awks
635 * mcon/U/Csym.U: Fixed C test program to bypasss gcc builtin type
638 * mcon/U/Inhdr.U: Deleted tabs that caused some /bin/sh to core dump
641 * mcon/U/Oldconfig.U: Config.sh reload logic now knows about new -K
642 switch. Cleaned up and extended osvers for DEC OSF/1 (ADO). Added
643 MachTen detection (ADO).
645 * mcon/U/Options.U: Added -K option for experts.
647 * mcon/U/archname.U: Protect against spaces in "uname -m" output
650 * mcon/U/cc.U: May now abort Configure when cc does not work.
652 * mcon/U/ccflags.U: Now checks for cc/ccflags/ldflags coherency.
654 * mcon/U/d_casti32.U: Made sure cc and ccflags are conditional
657 * mcon/U/d_castneg.U: Made sure cc and ccflags are conditional
658 dependencies. Added improved test case for Interactive Unix.
660 * mcon/U/d_stdstdio.U: Complete rewrite by Tye McQueen to fit modern
663 * mcon/U/d_voidsig.U: Made cppflags dependency optional.
665 * mcon/U/i_db.U: Extended for more intimate DB probing (ADO).
667 * mcon/U/i_gdbm.U, mcon/U/i_ndbm.U, mcon/U/i_dbm.U: Made more robust
668 by checking both header and lib (ADO).
670 * mcon/U/libc.U: Made sure only most recent version of shared lib is
671 picked. Final "nm -p" check now uses xscan and xrun like everybody.
672 Can now grok linux nm output with lead __IO (ADO). Added support for
673 linux ELF output, using 'W' for alias (ADO).
675 * mcon/U/sig_name.U: Now looks for <linux/signal.h> too (ADO).
677 * mcon/U/usrinc.U: Ensure that ./mips always exists (ADO).
679 * mcon/man/mconfig.SH: Documented new -K switch for knowledgeable
682 * pat/patpost.SH: Added explicit From: header line pointing to the
685 Tue Mar 21 09:55:57 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
689 Regenerated Configure to reflect my email address change. I moved
690 from ACRI to HP, and my email is now: <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>.
691 The "critical" nature of this patch is due to that mere fix.
693 Jmake was not working at all on HP-UX due to the way their cpp
694 systematically removes trailing backslashes in text. The new
695 fixcpp script is now a wrapper over cpp to first escape those
696 backslashes that should be preserved accross cpp before feeding
697 it with the text of the Jmakefile...
699 Suppressed extra argument to NormalProgramTarget call in jmake rules.
701 Definition of the paths variable in Head.U wrongly added spurious
702 ':' chars. Thanks to Karst Koymans <Karst.Koymans@phil.ruu.nl> for
705 Swapped two first arguments of memcpy() calls for memcpy safe
706 overlapping copy tests. Indeed, the memcpy() calling sequence used
707 was the same as bcopy(), but the first two arguments should be
708 swapped to preserve the same semantics.
710 Continued fix for NeXT NIS/NetInfo handling, from Graham Stoney.
716 * jmake/Jmakefile: Now installs new fixcpp script in the private
719 * jmake/files/Jmake.rules: Suppressed extra argument to
720 NormalProgramTarget call.
722 * jmake/fixcpp.SH, mcon/U/d_wifstat.U: Created.
724 * jmake/jmake.SH: Now invokes cpp through new fixcpp script. First
725 pass now skips cpp comments alltogether.
727 * mcon/U/Head.U: Definition of paths wrongly added spurious ':' chars.
729 * mcon/U/d_safemcpy.U: Swapped two first arguments of memcpy() calls.
731 * mcon/U/nis.U: Continued fix for NeXT NIS/NetInfo handling.
733 Wed Feb 15 15:23:06 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
737 This patch only contains random cleanup and minor fixes that were
738 brought to my attention on the dist-users list.
740 Regenerated Configure with pre-release of 3.0 PL51, since it
741 was a little outdated.
743 Wayne Davison's changes:
744 . now clearer about how to edit config.sh at the end of Configure.
745 . Getfile was not working if ~'s allowed with d_portable on
746 . Instruct.U: author name now appears at the end of a paragraph
748 Andy Dougherty adapted osvers computation for AIX. He also
749 fixed mansrc.U where I had mistakenly duplicated /usr/local/man/man1.
750 He added /opt/man/man1 to the lookpath instead, a change originating
751 from Tye McQueen <tye@metronet.com>.
753 Architecture name is now computed by a separate unit. This allows
754 authors to precompute it in a hint file, while warning the user
755 when the machine's architecture name changes (because for instance
756 the OS was upgraded), preventing mistakes.
758 Now correctly handles NeXT using NIS rather than NetInfo, thanks
759 to a patch sent by Graham Stoney <greyham@research.canon.oz.au>.
761 One new file (unit archname.U).
765 * mcon/U/Finish.U: Now clearer about how to edit config.sh at the
768 * mcon/U/Getfile.U: Was not working if ~'s allowed with d_portable on
771 * mcon/U/Instruct.U: Author name now appears at the end of the
774 * mcon/U/Oldconfig.U: Adapted osvers computation for AIX (ADO).
776 * mcon/U/archlib.U: Architecture name is now computed by a separate
779 * mcon/U/archname.U: Created.
781 * mcon/U/mansrc.U: Was mistakenly duplicating /usr/local/man/man1
782 (ADO). Added /opt/man/man1 to the lookpath (ADO).
784 * mcon/U/nis.U: Now correctly handles NeXT using NIS rather than
787 Mon Jan 30 15:59:00 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
791 The dist-3.0 package now works with perl 5.0. I have made perl 5.0
792 the default perl on my machine and ran the whole set of pat* tools,
793 jmake and metaconfig without any trouble so far. However, you need
794 a patched-up version of perl 5.0 PL0, as explained in README.
796 This set of patches is mainly an integration of Wayne Davison's
797 changes for trn. His changes are flagged as WED.
800 Avoid an empty rmlist: systems might choke on it (WED).
803 Typo fixes in leading config.h comment (WED).
806 Update code for myuname changed (WED).
808 Configure can now handle installation prefix changes. I have
809 slightly adapted the changes proposed by Wayne, introducing two
810 new special units (Prefixit.U and Prefixup.U) to factorize code.
813 Test C program now includes <stdio.h> (WED)
816 Ensure dflt gets initialized in case no pagers are found (WED)
819 Save off previous prefix value in oldprefix if changed (WED)
820 Added the INSTALLPREFIX define for C programs to use (WED)
822 Archname is now systematically recomputed. This avoids problem when
823 the user changes his mind about the OS name.
825 Now looks for POSIX regcomp() routine, and for <regex.h>, thanks
826 to Sidney C. Smith <scsmith@cbda9.apgea.army.mil>.
828 New installmanfmt and AFS-lookup for formatted man pages, derived
829 from what is done for troffed man pages.
831 New prefixexp variable holding a fully expanded prefix, in case
832 they use ~name expansion in their prefix.
834 Documented new special units Prefixit.U and Prefixup.U.
836 Clean-up and workarounds for perl 5.0 PL0 port:
837 Removed old "do name()" routine call constructs.
838 Forgot to localize the spaces variable.
839 Random clean-up in &record_obsolete.
845 * mcon/U/Begin.U: Avoid an empty rmlist: systems might choke on it
848 * mcon/U/Config_h.U: Typo fixes in leading config.h comment (WED).
850 * mcon/U/Oldconfig.U: Unit Options.U now exports file optdef.sh, not
851 a variable. Update code for myuname changed (WED).
853 * mcon/U/Options.U: This unit now exports file optdef.sh, not a
856 * mcon/U/i_regex.U, mcon/U/Prefixit.U, mcon/U/Prefixup.U: Created.
858 * mcon/U/archlib.U: Archname is now systematically recomputed. Can
859 now handle installation prefix changes (from WED).
861 * mcon/U/mansrc.U, mcon/U/scriptdir.U, mcon/U/lib.U, mcon/U/privlib.U,
862 , mcon/U/bin.U: Can now handle installation prefix changes (from WED).
864 * mcon/U/d_attribut.U: Test C program now includes <stdio.h> (WED).
866 * mcon/U/d_regcmp.U: Now looks for POSIX regcomp() routine.
868 * mcon/U/manfmt.U: New installmanfmt and AFS-lookup for formatted man
869 pages. Can now handle installation prefix changes (from WED).
871 * mcon/U/pager.U: Ensure dflt gets initialized in case no pagers are
874 * mcon/U/prefix.U: New prefixexp variable holding a fully expanded
875 prefix. Save off previous prefix value in oldprefix if changed
876 (WED). Added the INSTALLPREFIX define for C programs to use (WED).
878 * mcon/U/rootid.U: Now only prints a single empty line when
879 outputting something.
881 * mcon/man/mconfig.SH: Documented new special units Prefixit.U and
884 * mcon/pl/configure.pl, mcon/pl/eval.pl: Removed old "do name()"
885 routine call constructs.
887 * mcon/pl/cosmetic.pl: Forgot to localize the spaces variable.
889 * mcon/pl/obsolete.pl: Random clean-up in &record_obsolete.
891 Wed Jan 11 17:03:22 MET 1995 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
895 Regenerated Configure with pre-release of metaconfig PL45 to
896 benefit from the new install program lookup. From now on, the
897 supplied install.SH script will not be used if a BSD-compatible
898 install executable is found on your host (to accelerate the whole
901 Regenerated many Makefile.SH files with pre-release of jmake PL45
902 to correctly handle the new install and installdir configuration
905 Updated the Wishlist file.
907 New jmake macros. Also the MakeDirs macro was modified to benefit
908 from the information gathered by Configure concerning the way to
909 install nested directories (uses the new installdir variable).
911 As a consequence, Makefile.SH files now pre-compute INSTALL and
912 INSTALLDIR variables before substituting (concerns jmake-generated
915 Moved path stripping from d_portable.U to end of Configure. This
916 lets Configure use $vi and $perl, etc... set to their fully
917 qualified path name, hence making it easier for units to know
918 whether a particular program was located. Formerly, you had to
919 use $_vi, $_perl, etc... in case they asked for portability, which
920 stripped out executable paths.
922 New cc vs. cpp symbol checking, as well as more cpp symbols in
923 the attribute list. Configure will now try to determine separately
924 symbols defined by cpp and by the cc wrapper, letting you know about
925 what is defined and by whom. Thanks to Jarkko Hietaniemi for this
928 Added support for escaping answers to skip various checks in the
929 Getfile.U unit. For instance, you may now say:
932 and let them answer only fully qualified paths OR the string 'foo'.
933 You may supply a comma-separated list between the parenthesis. See
934 the manual page or the new install.U unit for more information.
936 Modified message issued after file expansion in the Getfile unit.
938 Protected various "sh -c" calls within backquotes for Linux and
939 SGI shells (to prevent an "ambiguous output redirection" message).
940 Thanks to Xavier Le Vourch for suggesting it.
942 Added & escape allowing user to turn on -d from the prompt. Several
943 people have expressed the need for such a feature, arguing that
944 once they have re-run a Configure script to fix the answer to a
945 particular question, they would like to have the remaining of the
946 script ran as if -d had been given to Configure. Well, they now
947 may reply '& -d' at the Myread prompt to turn -d on.
949 New -O option allowing -D and -U to override config.sh setttings.
950 This may be used to alter particular variables but still re-use
951 most of the previously guessed-at ones. Still, this may produce
952 inconsistencies and therefore is not the default behaviour (the
953 -D and -U switches have no effect by default if a previous config
956 Therefore, file optdef.sh is no longer removed after sourcing from
959 Changed gcc checking message to a more explicit one (WED)
960 Call ./mips instead of just mips (WED)
961 Use 'test -f' instead of 'test -r' for exec-only cat progs (WED)
962 Fixed typo in the d_attribut variable (ADO)
964 New unit install.U to locate BSD-compatible install programs.
965 New unit poll.U to check for the poll() routine availability.
967 Allows hint files to specify their own value for 'ranlib', to
968 overcome a bug in the NeXT ranlib program. Suggested by
969 Andreas Koenig <k@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de> on the perl5-porters
970 mailing list. Thanks!
972 Now sets sbrksmart to undef explicitely when lacking sbrk().
973 Forgot a cast when using return value from sbrk(). Both fixes
974 reported by Xavier Le Vourch <xavierl@eiffel.com>.
976 Now allows @if statements for the add.Config_sh unit inclusion.
978 Metaconfig will now tell users about possible extra file-extension
979 lookups they have requested via 'packinit'.
983 * jmake/files/Jmake.rules: New macros ShellScriptTargetExt and
984 SimpleShellScriptTargetExt. Directory installation is now made via
985 INSTALLDIR (Configure).
987 * jmake/files/Jmake.tmpl: Now pre-computes INSTALL and INSTALLDIR
990 * mcon/U/Config_sh.U: Moved path stripping from d_portable.U to end
993 * mcon/U/Cppsym.U: New cc vs. cpp symbol checking suggested by JHI.
994 Added more cpp symbols (JHI).
996 * mcon/U/Getfile.U: Added support for escaping answers to skip
997 various checks. Modified message issued after file expansion.
999 * mcon/U/Instruct.U: Now documents the & escape to turn -d on at the
1002 * mcon/U/Loc.U: Protected "sh -c" within backquotes for Linux and
1003 SGI. Added path lookup for the 'comm' program.
1005 * mcon/U/Myread.U: Added & escape allowing user to turn on -d from
1008 * mcon/U/Oldconfig.U: Added quotes around the INITPROG variable
1009 (ADO). Allows variable overriding after config file loading.
1011 * mcon/U/Options.U: New -O option allowing -D and -U to override
1012 config.sh setttings. File optdef.sh is no longer removed after
1015 * mcon/U/cc.U: Changed gcc checking message to a more explicit one
1018 * mcon/U/d_attribut.U: Fixed typo in the d_attribut variable (ADO).
1020 * mcon/U/d_keepsig.U: Protected "sh -c" within backquotes for Linux
1023 * mcon/U/install.U, mcon/U/d_poll.U: Created.
1025 * mcon/U/d_portable.U: Executable path stripping moved to the end in
1028 * mcon/U/d_safebcpy.U: Added 'ldflags' to the test compile line (ADO).
1030 * mcon/U/defeditor.U: Can now use the 'vi' variable since path
1031 stripping is deferred.
1033 * mcon/U/libpth.U: Call ./mips instead of just mips (WED).
1035 * mcon/U/perlpath.U, mcon/U/mansrc.U, mcon/U/mailer.U: Can now use
1036 Loc variables since path stripping is deferred.
1038 * mcon/U/orderlib.U: Allows hint files to specify their own value for
1041 * mcon/U/sbrksmart.U: Now sets sbrksmart to undef explicitely when
1042 lacking sbrk(). Forgot a cast when using return value from sbrk().
1044 * mcon/U/spitshell.U: Use 'test -f' instead of 'test -r' for
1045 exec-only cat progs (WED). Protected "sh -c" within backquotes for
1048 * mcon/U/voidflags.U: Cosmetic change to avoid spurious blank lines
1051 * mcon/man/mconfig.SH: Documents new -O option and new Getfile escape
1052 supports. Documents the & escape in Myread and the new cc symbol
1055 * mcon/pl/configure.pl: Now allows @if statements for the
1056 add.Config_sh unit inclusion.
1058 * mcon/pl/wanted.pl: Added % in front of hash table names for perl5's
1059 each() (ADO). Tell users about possible extra file-extension lookups.
1061 Mon Oct 31 10:57:05 MET 1994 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
1065 It used to be that option processing was done before Configure
1066 initializations were performed, because Options was listed in
1067 the dependency line of Init.U. However, this was wrong because
1068 -D and -U command line switches were then unable to override any
1069 default setting done in Myinit.U, which is counter-intuitive at
1070 best. Thanks to Andras Salamon <andras@is.co.za> for pointing
1073 I therefore created a new unit Begin.U, which clearly marks
1074 the beginning of the configuration questions (so End.U now
1075 has its pending unit). On that unit, we list Myinit followed
1076 by Options on the ?MAKE: line, so that option processing
1077 comes after user-defined or default initializations but before
1078 the real interactive start (which is mandatory for a correct
1079 Configure -h processing, for instance).
1081 A few units were making use of variables set up in Options.U
1082 and made visible. However, those did not need to list Options
1083 in their ?MAKE: line due to the way metalint performs its visible
1084 symbol lookup (by following dependencies recursively and implicitely
1085 placing Init at the top). Since Options is no longer a dependency
1086 of Init, Myread.U and Csym.U now explicitely mention Options in
1087 their dependency line.
1089 Also, the leading comment in Chk_MANI.U now explains how this
1090 unit gets included into the Configure script. There used to be
1091 an explaination there, but it was no longer accurate.
1093 One new unit file (Begin.U).
1097 * mcon/U/Begin.U: Created.
1099 * mcon/U/Chk_MANI.U: Now lists Begin instead of Myinit in its
1100 dependencies. Leading comment now explains how this unit is included.
1102 * mcon/U/Myread.U, mcon/U/Csym.U: Added Options to the MAKE line
1103 since it's no longer in Init.U.
1105 * mcon/U/Init.U: Removed Options from MAKE to prevent Init overrides.
1106 Option processing now done after Myinit thanks to new Begin.U. Moved
1107 "Beginning of configuration questions" to Begin.U. Moved signal
1108 trapping instruction to Begin.U as well.
1110 * mcon/U/Myinit.U: Leading comment states this unit comes before
1113 Sat Oct 29 19:05:42 MET 1994 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
1117 I forgot to quote $@ to protect against "evil" characters.
1118 Unfortunately, this causes Configure to output an error message
1119 when calling the created 'tr' script (which it does all the time
1120 given the leading '.' in PATH) with arguments like '\012'. The
1123 line causes a 'tr' failure because it does not understand the
1124 arguments it is given. Saying
1126 fixes the problem since then the original quotes are "propagated"
1129 The amazing thing is that I have tested this, but apparently the
1130 simple Configure script I generated for that purpose did not make
1131 use of the "tr '/012' ' '" construct. Hence I missed it. Sorry.
1135 * mcon/U/Tr.U: Forgot to quote $@ to protect against "evil"
1138 Sat Oct 29 18:16:03 MET 1994 Raphael Manfredi <ram@acri.fr>
1142 Regenerated Configure with metaconfig 3.0 PL35 to benefit from
1143 the lattest enhancements. Unfortunately, I have not pre-installed
1144 the patch relased before regenerating, so Configure is still behind
1145 the current patchlevel. I hope you don't mind ;-)
1147 The good news is: I've made sure all the scripts compile fine
1148 with perl 5.0. This involved fixing an open precedence problem
1149 in manilist, and some escapes in strings and regexps to make
1150 sure all dangerous '@' are protected since they now interpolate.
1151 I also fixed perload since perl5's packages are now introduced
1152 by '::' instead of the single quote.
1154 The bad news is: it's not guaranteed to work. At least with the
1155 pre-release version of perl 5.0 I have, metaconfig (the dataloaded
1156 version) fails, and I've not been able to narrow down the problem
1157 to a small test-case so I don't know what's happening. The non
1158 dataloaded version appears to be running fine, but if you get
1159 strange problems, make sure you use perl 4.0 PL36 before sending
1160 me a bug report. :-)
1162 Added support for user-defined C and shell file extensions. This
1163 was needed in perl5 for instance (.xs files are containing C
1164 symbols and metaconfig should really look at those). Well, you
1165 may now add as many extensions (C or SH) from within packinit.
1167 Packinit also asks whether a ChangeLog file is to be managed.
1168 This is a new feature relying on the new patlog script. If you
1169 don't ask for a ChangeLog file, you should get the old behaviour.
1170 If you do, well you will have to read the documentation to know
1171 what changes it involves (mainly at the user-interface level when
1172 running 'patmake', which now calls 'patlog'). Don't forget to
1173 add ChangeLog to your MANIFEST.new before running patmake anyway.
1175 Optionally, you can include the RCS logs within your ChangeLog
1176 file, and they will follow the description (what you are reading
1177 now) which normally appears within the Description: section of
1180 Packinit now creates new variables cext, shext, changelog and
1181 changercs in the .package file to handle user-defined file extensions
1182 and the ChangeLog file.
1184 Added new RemoteDependency rule for jmake.
1186 Don't use rootid as a variable, it is known by metaconfig and
1187 results in having Configure compute the root uid when it's not
1188 needed. Renamed it to rootmsgid to avoid this kind of problem.
1190 Added ?F: lines in units creating files for metalint checking.
1191 This incurred many small changes in units where things like
1193 were written when in fact meaning:
1195 Well, I know Configure sets '.' at the beginning of the PATH, but
1196 since metalint now systematically warns about such abuse (provided
1197 files are declared in the ?F: lines in the special unit defining
1198 them), it was the only way to shut up metalint.
1200 Metalint also now checks for variables used as ${var}.
1202 Symbols ardent and titan are now looked at for cpp definition. (ADO)
1204 Make sure ENV is unset before calling /bin/ksh. Not doing this
1205 is known to produce strange results. For instance, if one has
1206 a ~/.kshrc aliasing 'cd' to something else. Configure might
1207 get confused and do the wrong thing. Not setting ENV ensures
1208 no such startup file will be used. Of course, this does not
1209 work if you say 'ksh Configure', but then you are supposed to
1210 know what you are doing.
1212 The loc script can now perform safe wildcard searching. (ADO)
1214 The Oldconfig.U unit was merged with the version used for perl5's
1215 Configure (ADO). Be careful if you use hints, the behaviour you
1216 will now get might not be fully backward compatible. Since the
1217 Author currently does not have any such package, he did not test
1218 that specific feature. You have been warned. (But everything
1221 Configure now protects variable definitions with spaces in them,
1222 so that people saying:
1223 Configure -D cc='cc -posix'
1224 will get what they expect.
1226 Added checks for secure setuid scripts. (Tye McQueen)
1228 Spurious single quote in the lex.U unit could cause Configure
1229 to crash, reported by Xavier Le Vourch <xavierl@eiffel.com>.
1230 Indeed, the unit was saying something like
1231 : .... and they'll ...
1232 so the shell happily began to eat everything up to the next
1233 single quote it could found, resulting in weird behaviours...
1235 Now looks for shared libraries before anything else and
1236 removed the old broken thislib/thatlib processing in libs.U.
1237 This has been tested in the perl5 distribution and is believed
1238 to be better than the previous scheme. (ADO)
1240 New Tr unit to convert to/from lowercase. Whenever you need
1243 or the other way round, add Tr in your dependency line and
1245 ./tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'
1246 i.e. you need to call a local tr script that will trap the
1247 arguments and possibly call
1248 tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'
1249 if your machine supports this. Otherwise, with a non-ascii
1250 character set, you will get strange results (HP is know
1251 to exercise this, thanks to Andreas Sahlbach
1252 <a.sahlbach@tu-bs.de> for letting me know about it).
1254 ranlib checking is more accurate now (ADO)
1256 Newer RCS programs chop trailing spaces in log messages, and
1257 that could cause 'patcil -s' to fail stripping the RSC logs.
1259 separated V/E and v/e commands in the patcil built-in prompter.
1260 The new 'v' command now edits the file being patcil'ed.
1261 added hook for 'V' command (not implemented yet)
1262 The 'e' and 'E' commands have retained their semantics.
1264 19 new files, mostly metaconfig units.
1268 * bin/manilist.SH: Fixed open precedence problem for perl5.
1270 * bin/packinit.SH: Added support for user-defined C and shell file
1271 extensions. Now asks whether a ChangeLog file is to be managed.
1273 * bin/packinit.man: Added new variables cext, shext, changelog and
1276 * bin/perload: Added minimal support for perl5 dataloading.
1278 * dist.man: Mentions new patlog script and ChangeLog file.
1280 * jmake/files/Jmake.rules: Added RemoteDependency rule.
1282 * jmake/jmake.SH, pat/patnotify.SH, mcon/pl/depend.pl: Added various
1283 escapes in strings for perl5 support.
1285 * kit/kitpost.SH: Don't use rootid as a variable, it is known by
1288 * mcon/U/bitpbyte.U, mcon/U/d_NOFILE.U, mcon/U/mkdep.U,
1289 mcon/U/d_PORTAR.U, mcon/U/alignbytes.U, mcon/U/byteorder.U,
1290 mcon/U/Finish.U, mcon/U/nlist_pfx.U, mcon/U/charorder.U,
1291 mcon/U/d_getpagsz.U, mcon/U/ptrsize.U, mcon/U/intsize.U,
1292 mcon/U/Getfile.U, mcon/U/Extract.U, mcon/U/Myread.U, mcon/U/Whoa.U,
1293 mcon/U/longsize.U, mcon/U/floatsize.U, mcon/U/Config_sh.U,
1294 mcon/U/cppstdin.U, mcon/U/doublesize.U, mcon/U/Findhdr.U,
1295 mcon/U/i_varhdr.U, mcon/U/charsize.U: Added ?F: line for metalint
1298 * mcon/U/Cppsym.U: Added ?F: line for metalint file checking. New
1299 symbols ardent and titan (ADO).
1301 * mcon/U/Filexp.U: Added ?F: line for metalint file checking. Added
1302 HOME to the ?T: line since metalint now checks ${HOME}.
1304 * mcon/U/Guess.U: Added ?F: line for metalint file checking. Call
1305 ./xenix explicitely instead of relying on PATH.
1307 * mcon/U/Head.U: Make sure ENV is unset before calling /bin/ksh.
1309 * mcon/U/Setvar.U, mcon/U/Inhdr.U, mcon/U/Inlibc.U: Call ./whoa
1310 explicitely instead of relying on PATH.
1312 * mcon/U/Loc.U: Added ?F: line for metalint file checking. Be
1313 careful and guard against wildcard searching (ADO).
1315 * mcon/U/Oldconfig.U: Added ?F: line for metalint file checking.
1316 Merged with the version used for perl5's Configure (ADO).
1318 * mcon/U/Options.U: Ensure option definition file is removed before
1319 appending. Protect variable definitions with spaces in them.
1321 * pat/patlog.SH, mcon/U/Tr.U: Created.
1323 * mcon/U/Typedef.U: Don't clobber visible 'val' variable, use
1326 * mcon/U/Warn_v7EXT.U, mcon/U/Warn_v7ND.U: Call ./v7 explicitely
1327 instead of relying on PATH.
1329 * mcon/U/abortsig.U, mcon/U/d_bsdjmp.U: Call ./usg explicitely
1330 instead of relying on PATH.
1332 * mcon/U/d_attribut.U, mcon/U/d_gconvert.U, mcon/U/d_drem.U,
1333 mcon/U/d_locconv.U, mcon/U/d_mkfifo.U, mcon/U/d_fmod.U,
1334 mcon/U/d_linuxstd.U, mcon/U/d_pathconf.U, mcon/U/archlib.U,
1335 mcon/U/d_dlerror.U, mcon/U/d_sysconf.U, mcon/U/i_dld.U,
1336 mcon/U/modetype.U: Created by ADO.
1338 * mcon/U/cc.U: Detect gcc even when not called as 'gcc' (ADO).
1339 Simplified gcc version checking (ADO). Added ?F: line for metalint
1342 * mcon/U/ccflags.U: Gcc versionning no longer relies on the C
1343 compiler's name. Simplified check for gcc version checking (ADO).
1345 * mcon/U/cpp_stuff.U: Now uses cppstdin instead of plain cpp for
1346 consistency (ADO). Remove temporary files when done.
1348 * mcon/U/d_casti32.U: Declare signal handler correctly (ADO).
1350 * mcon/U/d_castneg.U: Don't forget to tell user about compilation
1351 failures (ADO). Declare signal handler correctly using 'signal_t'
1354 * mcon/U/d_closedir.U, mcon/U/d_safemcpy.U, mcon/U/d_isascii.U: Added
1355 'ldflags' to the test compile line (ADO).
1357 * mcon/U/d_dosuid.U: Added checks for secure setuid scripts (Tye
1360 * mcon/U/d_keepsig.U, mcon/U/d_eofpipe.U, mcon/U/d_normsig.U,
1361 mcon/U/d_tzmin.U: Call ./bsd explicitely instead of relying on PATH.
1363 * mcon/U/d_gethname.U: Call ./xenix explicitely instead of relying on
1366 * mcon/U/d_newsadm.U: Call ./eunice explicitely instead of relying on
1369 * mcon/U/d_setpgrp.U: Added 'ldflags' to the test compile line (ADO).
1370 Call ./usg explicitely instead of relying on PATH.
1372 * mcon/U/registers.U, mcon/U/shm_for.U, mcon/U/d_speedopt.U: Call
1373 ./Cppsym explicitely instead of relying on PATH.
1375 * mcon/U/d_time.U: Now uses new Typedef unit to compute type
1378 * mcon/U/groupstype.U: No longer uses Setvar to set 'groupstype'
1379 (ADO). Typo fix in the word 'argument' (ADO).
1381 * mcon/U/i_dirent.U: Failed scanning for 'd_namlen' with missing
1384 * mcon/U/i_neterrno.U: Forgot to initialize 'val' to an empty value
1387 * mcon/U/i_termio.U: Call ./usg and ./Cppsym explicitely instead of
1390 * mcon/U/lex.U: Spurious single quote could cause Configure to crash.
1391 (reported by Xavier Le Vourch <xavierl@eiffel.com>.).
1393 * mcon/U/libc.U: Now looks for shared libraries before anything else
1394 (ADO). Added new nm output format (ADO).
1396 * mcon/U/libs.U: Removed old broken thislib/thatlib processing (ADO).
1398 * mcon/U/mailfile.U: The Loc unit was missing from the dependency
1401 * mcon/U/myhostname.U: Call ./xenix explicitely instead of relying on
1402 PATH. Now uses new Tr unit to convert to/from lowercase.
1404 * mcon/U/nametype.U: Call ./usg and ./bsd explicitely instead of
1407 * mcon/U/orderlib.U: Now performs a real small compile for accurate
1410 * mcon/U/package.U: Beware of non-ascii character sets when
1413 * mcon/U/pager.U: Replaced Myread by Getfile in the dependency line.
1415 * mcon/U/prefshell.U: Added SHELL temporary since metalint now sees
1418 * mcon/U/so.U: Now tells user how he can suppress shared lib lookup
1419 (ADO). Removed echo at the top, since it's now in the here-doc (ADO).
1421 * mcon/U/ssizetype.U: Added ?F: line for metalint file checking.
1422 Added 'ldflags' to the test compile line (ADO).
1424 * mcon/man/mconfig.SH: Added nroff protection for lines beginning
1425 with '.'. Documents new ?F: line for file declarations. Added
1426 example showing how ./loc can be used.
1428 * mcon/man/mlint.SH: Documents new ?F: lines and the related metalint
1429 warnings. Removed statement in BUGS since all warnings may now be
1432 * mcon/man/mxref.SH: The leading .TH was referring to metaconfig.
1434 * mcon/pl/common.pl: Metaconfig and metaxref ignore ?F: lines from
1437 * mcon/pl/files.pl: Added user-defined file extension support for
1440 * mcon/pl/lint.pl: Now extensively checks created files thanks to new
1443 * mcon/pl/locate.pl: Misspelled a 'closedir' as a 'close' statement.
1445 * pat/pat.SH: Now unlinks all the files created by patlog in bugs.
1447 * pat/pat.man: Documents new patlog script and the files it uses.
1448 The RCS layer section has been extended slightly.
1450 * pat/patcil.SH: Now honors the VISUAL and EDITOR environment
1451 variables. Newer RCS programs chop trailing spaces in log messages.
1452 Separated V/E and v/e commands. New 'v' command to edit the file
1453 being patcil'ed. Added hook for 'V' command (not implemented yet).
1455 * pat/patmake.SH: A lot of setup is now performed by patlog. Added
1456 various escapes in strings for perl5 support.