Suggest Autoconf 2.57, Automake 1.7.5, Bison 1.875, gettext 0.12.1.

README-alpha

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This is a test release of GNU tar.
 
 Please send comments and problem reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
 
-	Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+	Copyright (C) 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 	This file is part of GNU tar.
 
@@ -21,222 +21,10 @@ Please send comments and problem reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
 	the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 	Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
-This release was built with GNU automake 1.5 patched as follows:
+This release was built with the following tools.  You probably need
+these tools (or later) if you want to hack seriously on it.
 
-2001-09-24  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
+autoconf 2.57
-
+automake 1.7.5
-	* m4/header.m4 (_AM_Config_Header_Index): Remove.
+bison 1.875
-	(AM_CONFIG_HEADER): Don't use it.  It wasn't working, and was
+gettext 0.12.1
-	causing needless rebuilds.
-
-2001-09-14  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
-
-	* lib/am/distdir.am (REMOVE_DISTDIR):
-	New macro.  Do not change permission of non-directories.
-	(distdir, dist, dist-bzip2, dist-tarZ, dist-shar, dist-zip, dist-all,
-	 distcheck): Use it.
-
-===================================================================
-RCS file: lib/am/distdir.am,v
-retrieving revision 1.5
-retrieving revision 1.5.0.1
-diff -pu -r1.5 -r1.5.0.1
---- lib/am/distdir.am	2001/07/14 20:12:52	1.5
-+++ lib/am/distdir.am	2001/09/15 05:12:18	1.5.0.1
-@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ else !%?TOPDIR_P%
- ?DISTDIR?distdir = $(top_distdir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
- endif !%?TOPDIR_P%
- 
-+REMOVE_DISTDIR = \
-+  { test ! -d $(distdir) \
-+    || { find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' \
-+         && rm -fr $(distdir); }; }
-+
- distdir: $(DISTFILES)
- ##
- ## For Gnits users, this is pretty handy.  Look at 15 lines
-@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ endif %?TOPDIR_P%
- ## Only for the top dir.
- ##
- if %?TOPDIR_P%
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- 	mkdir $(distdir)
- endif %?TOPDIR_P%
- ##
-@@ -168,13 +173,13 @@ GZIP_ENV = --best
- .PHONY: dist
- dist: distdir
- 	$(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).tar.gz
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- 
- if  %?BZIP2%
- .PHONY: dist-bzip2
- dist-bzip2: distdir
- 	$(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | bzip2 -9 -c >$(distdir).tar.bz2
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- endif  %?BZIP2%
- 
- 
-@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ if  %?COMPRESS%
- .PHONY: dist-tarZ
- dist-tarZ: distdir
- 	$(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- endif  %?COMPRESS%
- 
- 
-@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ if  %?SHAR%
- .PHONY: dist-shar
- dist-shar: distdir
- 	shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- endif  %?SHAR%
- 
- 
-@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ if  %?ZIP%
- dist-zip: distdir
- 	-rm -f $(distdir).zip
- 	zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir)
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- endif  %?ZIP%
- 
- endif %?TOPDIR_P%
-@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ dist-all: distdir
- ?SHAR?	shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
- ?ZIP?	-rm -f $(distdir).zip
- ?ZIP?	zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir)
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- 
- endif %?TOPDIR_P%
- 
-@@ -239,8 +244,7 @@ if %?TOPDIR_P%
- # tarfile.
- .PHONY: distcheck
- distcheck: dist
--## Make sure we can remove distdir before trying to remove it.
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) > /dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- 	GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gunzip -c $(distdir).tar.gz | $(AMTAR) xf -
- ## Make the new source tree read-only.  Distributions ought to work in
- ## this case.  However, make the top-level directory writable so we
-@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ distcheck: dist
- 	  && (test `find . -type f -print | wc -l` -eq 0 \
- 	     || (echo "Error: files left after distclean" 1>&2; \
- 	         exit 1) )
--	-chmod -R a+w $(distdir) > /dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
-+	$(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
- 	@echo "$(distdir).tar.gz is ready for distribution" | \
- 	  sed 'h;s/./=/g;p;x;p;x'
- endif %?TOPDIR_P%
-===================================================================
-RCS file: m4/header.m4,v
-retrieving revision 1.5
-retrieving revision 1.5.0.1
-diff -pu -r1.5 -r1.5.0.1
---- m4/header.m4	2001/07/21 05:27:26	1.5
-+++ m4/header.m4	2001/09/24 18:29:30	1.5.0.1
-@@ -11,18 +11,16 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.12])
- 
- AC_DEFUN([AM_CONFIG_HEADER],
- [ifdef([AC_FOREACH],dnl
--	 [dnl init our file count if it isn't already
--	 m4_ifndef([_AM_Config_Header_Index], m4_define([_AM_Config_Header_Index], [0]))
-+	 [
- 	 dnl prepare to store our destination file list for use in config.status
- 	 AC_FOREACH([_AM_File], [$1],
- 		    [m4_pushdef([_AM_Dest], m4_patsubst(_AM_File, [:.*]))
--		    m4_define([_AM_Config_Header_Index], m4_incr(_AM_Config_Header_Index))
- 		    dnl and add it to the list of files AC keeps track of, along
- 		    dnl with our hook
- 		    AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(_AM_File,
- dnl COMMANDS, [, INIT-CMDS]
- [# update the timestamp
--echo timestamp >"AS_ESCAPE(_AM_DIRNAME(]_AM_Dest[))/stamp-h]_AM_Config_Header_Index["
-+echo timestamp >"AS_ESCAPE(_AM_DIRNAME(]_AM_Dest[))/stamp-h"
- ][$2]m4_ifval([$3], [, [$3]]))dnl AC_CONFIG_HEADERS
- 		    m4_popdef([_AM_Dest])])],dnl
- [AC_CONFIG_HEADER([$1])
-
-
-
-and with GNU autoconf 2.52 patched as follows:
-
-2001-09-15  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
-
-	Fix bug reported by Paul Townsend on AIX 4.3.3.0 with
-	CFLAGS=-O4 or CFLAGS=-O5.  In that case, the linker has a
-	relaxed view of fatal errors, and AC_CHECK_LIB causes it to
-	include libraries even when they don't exist.
-
-	* acheaders.m4 (AC_HEADER_DIRENT): Use AC_SEARCH_LIBS, not
-	AC_CHECK_LIB, so that we don't use -ldir or -lx if we don't
-	need it.
-
-	* acspecific.m4 (AC_ISC_POSIX): Replace the old, crufty
-	version with the version used by fileutils 4.1, except use
-	AC_SEARCH_LIBS, not AC_CHECK_LIB, so that we don't use
-	-lcposix if we don't need it.
-
-===================================================================
-RCS file: acheaders.m4,v
-retrieving revision 2.52
-retrieving revision 2.52.0.1
-diff -pu -r2.52 -r2.52.0.1
---- acheaders.m4	2001/07/03 14:19:09	2.52
-+++ acheaders.m4	2001/09/16 02:53:51	2.52.0.1
-@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ ac_header_dirent=$ac_hdr; break])
- done
- # Two versions of opendir et al. are in -ldir and -lx on SCO Xenix.
- if test $ac_header_dirent = dirent.h; then
--  AC_CHECK_LIB(dir, opendir, LIBS="$LIBS -ldir")
-+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(opendir, dir)
- else
--  AC_CHECK_LIB(x, opendir, LIBS="$LIBS -lx")
-+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(opendir, x)
- fi
- ])# AC_HEADER_DIRENT
- 
-===================================================================
-RCS file: acspecific.m4,v
-retrieving revision 2.52
-retrieving revision 2.52.0.1
-diff -pu -r2.52 -r2.52.0.1
---- acspecific.m4	2001/06/15 17:46:01	2.52
-+++ acspecific.m4	2001/09/16 02:53:51	2.52.0.1
-@@ -993,28 +993,7 @@ fi
- # AC_ISC_POSIX
- # ------------
- AC_DEFUN([AC_ISC_POSIX],
--[AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])dnl
--AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE])dnl
--AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_RUN_IFELSE])dnl
--AC_MSG_CHECKING([for POSIXized ISC])
--if test -d /etc/conf/kconfig.d &&
--   grep _POSIX_VERSION [/usr/include/sys/unistd.h] >/dev/null 2>&1
--then
--  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
--  ISC=yes # If later tests want to check for ISC.
--  AC_DEFINE(_POSIX_SOURCE, 1,
--            [Define if you need to in order for stat and other things to
--             work.])
--  if test "$GCC" = yes; then
--    CC="$CC -posix"
--  else
--    CC="$CC -Xp"
--  fi
--else
--  AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
--  ISC=
--fi
--])# AC_ISC_POSIX
-+[AC_SEARCH_LIBS(strerror, cposix)])
- 
- 
- # AC_XENIX_DIR