Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Nathanael Nerode]

>I'd like to remind everyone involved that last I checked it was flat
>impossible to do what libstdc++-v3/configure.in needs to do, using
>autoconf 2.5x.  I am not particularly sanguine about the situation

Flat impossible?

Wow.

And for the top level, all I had to do was define my own entire set of
macros to replace the AC_CHECK_TOOL and AC_PROG_* collection. :-)

I'd be interested to hear more about the problem.  Why can't it be dealt 
with by using private macros?

--Nathanael

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Zack Weinberg]

Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> writes:

>>I'd like to remind everyone involved that last I checked it was flat
>>impossible to do what libstdc++-v3/configure.in needs to do, using
>>autoconf 2.5x.  I am not particularly sanguine about the situation
>
> Flat impossible?
>
> Wow.

Like I said, I'd be delighted to be proved wrong.

> I'd be interested to hear more about the problem.  Why can't it be
> dealt with by using private macros?

It was a couple years ago, but I think I still remember pretty
clearly.

First off, you've probably met this stuff (from libstdc++/aclocal.m4):

  # Never versions of autoconf add an underscore to these functions.
  # Prevent future problems ...
  ifdef([AC_PROG_CC_G],[],[define([AC_PROG_CC_G],defn([_AC_PROG_CC_G]))])
  ifdef([AC_PROG_CC_GNU],[],[define([AC_PROG_CC_GNU],defn([_AC_PROG_CC_GNU]))])
  ifdef([AC_PROG_CXX_G],[],[define([AC_PROG_CXX_G],defn([_AC_PROG_CXX_G]))])
  ifdef([AC_PROG_CXX_GNU],[],[define([AC_PROG_CXX_GNU],defn([_AC_PROG_CXX_GNU]))])

  # AC_PROG_CC
  # FIXME: We temporarily define our own version of AC_PROG_CC.  This is
  # copied from autoconf 2.12, but does not call AC_PROG_CC_WORKS.  We
  # are probably using a cross compiler, which will not be able to fully
  # link an executable.  This is addressed in later versions of autoconf.

  AC_DEFUN(LIB_AC_PROG_CC,
  [AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_PROG_CPP])dnl
  dnl Fool anybody using AC_PROG_CC.
  AC_PROVIDE([AC_PROG_CC])
  AC_CHECK_PROG(CC, gcc, gcc)
  if test -z "$CC"; then
    AC_CHECK_PROG(CC, cc, cc, , , /usr/ucb/cc)
    test -z "$CC" && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable cc found in \$PATH])
  fi

  AC_PROG_CC_GNU

  if test $ac_cv_prog_gcc = yes; then
    GCC=yes
  dnl Check whether -g works, even if CFLAGS is set, in case the package
  dnl plays around with CFLAGS (such as to build both debugging and
  dnl normal versions of a library), tasteless as that idea is.
    ac_test_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS+set}"
    ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
    CFLAGS=
    AC_PROG_CC_G
    if test "$ac_test_CFLAGS" = set; then
      CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
    elif test $ac_cv_prog_cc_g = yes; then
      CFLAGS="-g -O2"
    else
      CFLAGS="-O2"
    fi
  else
    GCC=
    test "${CFLAGS+set}" = set || CFLAGS="-g"
  fi
  ])

This is a clone of the 2.13 AC_PROG_CC with some minor modifications:
specifically, the AC_PROG_CC_WORKS call was removed.  With autoconf
2.50+, the internal structure of AC_PROG_CC is totally different, and
this definition breaks.  (The "newer versions of autoconf" stuff was
someone's attempt to fix it, but it doesn't work.)

Someone on the autoconf team knew about this and tried to help out by
providing an undocumented macro called AC_NO_EXECUTABLES:

# AC_NO_EXECUTABLES
# -----------------
# FIXME: The GCC team has specific needs which the current Autoconf
# framework cannot solve elegantly.  This macro implements a dirty
# hack until Autoconf is abble to provide the services its users
# needs.
#
# Several of the support libraries that are often built with GCC can't
# assume the tool-chain is already capable of linking a program: the
# compiler often expects to be able to link with some of such
# libraries.
#
# In several of these libraries, workarounds have been introduced to
# avoid the AC_PROG_CC_WORKS test, that would just abort their
# configuration.  The introduction of AC_EXEEXT, enabled either by
# libtool or by CVS autoconf, have just made matters worse.
AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_NO_EXECUTABLES],
[m4_divert_push([KILL])

AC_BEFORE([$0], [_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_WORKS])
AC_BEFORE([$0], [_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT])

m4_define([_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_WORKS],
[cross_compiling=maybe
])

m4_define([_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT],
[EXEEXT=
])

m4_define([AC_LINK_IFELSE],
[AC_FATAL([All the tests involving linking were disabled by $0])])

m4_divert_pop()dnl
])# AC_NO_EXECUTABLES

(lang.m4 from autoconf 2.56)

AC_NO_EXECUTABLES has two effects: (1) it disables the equivalent of
AC_PROG_CC_WORKS, which is what we need.  But, (2) it causes autoconf
to barf if an AC_TRY_LINK test appears anywhere in the script being
generated.  libstdc++-v3/configure.in has lots of AC_TRY_LINK tests.
They are only executed in a native compilation, but that's not good
enough for AC_NO_EXECUTABLES.

Going over it all again, I realize that we could probably just
redefine AC_NO_EXECUTABLES to do what we want.  We'd have to
specialize its definition for every version of autoconf that we cared
about, and check at every new release that it hadn't broken, but it
would work.  I guess it's not impossible after all.

zw

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Zack" == Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

Zack> Someone on the autoconf team knew about this and tried to help out by
Zack> providing an undocumented macro called AC_NO_EXECUTABLES:

Zack> # FIXME: The GCC team has specific needs which the current Autoconf
Zack> # framework cannot solve elegantly.  This macro implements a dirty
Zack> # hack until Autoconf is abble to provide the services its users
Zack> # needs.

Zack> They are only executed in a native compilation, but that's not good
Zack> enough for AC_NO_EXECUTABLES.

Presumably if AC_NO_EXECUTABLES exists solely for the use of gcc, then
it could be changed to do what gcc actually requires.

Tom

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec  5, 2002, Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:

> AC_NO_EXECUTABLES has two effects: (1) it disables the equivalent of
> AC_PROG_CC_WORKS, which is what we need.  But, (2) it causes autoconf
> to barf if an AC_TRY_LINK test appears anywhere in the script being
> generated.

Please tell me why (2) doesn't make sense.

If AC_PROG_CC_WORKS can't even link a do-nothing program, how would
you expect to get any useful results from AC_TRY_LINK?

> libstdc++-v3/configure.in has lots of AC_TRY_LINK tests.

If we know AC_PROG_CC_WORKS fails, it is a mistake to use AC_TRY_LINK
tests.  Removing the constraint from autoconf will do us no good.

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Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Zack Weinberg]

Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:

> On Dec  5, 2002, Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
>> AC_NO_EXECUTABLES has two effects: (1) it disables the equivalent of
>> AC_PROG_CC_WORKS, which is what we need.  But, (2) it causes autoconf
>> to barf if an AC_TRY_LINK test appears anywhere in the script being
>> generated.
>
> Please tell me why (2) doesn't make sense.
>
> If AC_PROG_CC_WORKS can't even link a do-nothing program, how would
> you expect to get any useful results from AC_TRY_LINK?

Because libstdc++'s AC_TRY_LINK tests are only executed in a situation
where AC_PROG_CC_WORKS would have succeeded (i.e. a native compilation).

zw

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec  7, 2002, Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:

> Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
>> On Dec  5, 2002, Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> AC_NO_EXECUTABLES has two effects: (1) it disables the equivalent of
>>> AC_PROG_CC_WORKS, which is what we need.  But, (2) it causes autoconf
>>> to barf if an AC_TRY_LINK test appears anywhere in the script being
>>> generated.
>> 
>> Please tell me why (2) doesn't make sense.
>> 
>> If AC_PROG_CC_WORKS can't even link a do-nothing program, how would
>> you expect to get any useful results from AC_TRY_LINK?

> Because libstdc++'s AC_TRY_LINK tests are only executed in a situation
> where AC_PROG_CC_WORKS would have succeeded (i.e. a native compilation).

I don't get it.  Why does being able to link have anything to do with
being native?  Being able to *run* tests has to do with being native,
but that's not the point, and autoconf already avoids running tests
when cross-building.  But being able to link has to do with whether
the libraries that the compiler links in by default are present or
not.  That's the purpose of AC_NO_EXECUTABLES: to disable link tests
while building a library that the compiler driver would attempt to link
in by default, such as newlib, libstdc++ or libgcj.

That said, I'm not sure it should be used for libstdc++, since there's
no reason to use g++: we should use gcc instead, even if we perform
C++ link tests.  Ditto for libjava, I suppose, but I realize it would
be far trickier to get libjava to link C programs :-)

Still, I think AC_NO_EXECUTABLES may affect all linking whatsoever,
not only that of the language in effect at the point it appears, which
does indeed make it useless for anything other that newlib.  But, for
newlib, preventing link tests *is* the right thing to do, and I
contend that it's the right thing to do for any language affected by
the AC_NO_EXECUTABLES declaration.

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Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Geoff Keating]

Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:

> I don't get it.  Why does being able to link have anything to do with
> being native?  Being able to *run* tests has to do with being native,
> but that's not the point, and autoconf already avoids running tests
> when cross-building.  But being able to link has to do with whether
> the libraries that the compiler links in by default are present or
> not.  That's the purpose of AC_NO_EXECUTABLES: to disable link tests
> while building a library that the compiler driver would attempt to link
> in by default, such as newlib, libstdc++ or libgcj.

Aah, I see.  No, that's not the purpose of AC_NO_EXECUTABLES, or at
least it's not what GCC wants out of it.  Some platforms can't link
anything at all without special care.  For instance, you might need to
know what board you plan to run the executable on and pass an
appropriate flag (or supply an appropriate crt0 by hand).  For another
example, vxworks can't and doesn't link anything, the final link takes
place at runtime on the board, "executables" are created using 'ld
-r', and you can refer to any symbols you like in the hope that
they'll be available later.

It's assumed that in a native case, this sort of thing won't happen,
thus the existing behaviour.  Maybe instead you could perform a
configure-time test to see if the platform can link anything at all
(and will fail to link with an obviously bogus symbol), and then base
the decision of whether to run link tests on that, instead of the
current approximation, but there'll still be some cases when linking
is not possible, and other cases (the majority) in which link tests
are possible and desirable.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>

AC_NO_EXECUTABLES is useless for GCC

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec 10, 2002, Geoff Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> wrote:

> Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
>> I don't get it.  Why does being able to link have anything to do with
>> being native?  Being able to *run* tests has to do with being native,
>> but that's not the point, and autoconf already avoids running tests
>> when cross-building.  But being able to link has to do with whether
>> the libraries that the compiler links in by default are present or
>> not.  That's the purpose of AC_NO_EXECUTABLES: to disable link tests
>> while building a library that the compiler driver would attempt to link
>> in by default, such as newlib, libstdc++ or libgcj.

> Aah, I see.  No, that's not the purpose of AC_NO_EXECUTABLES, or at
> least it's not what GCC wants out of it.  Some platforms can't link
> anything at all without special care.  For instance, you might need to
> know what board you plan to run the executable on and pass an
> appropriate flag (or supply an appropriate crt0 by hand).  For another
> example, vxworks can't and doesn't link anything, the final link takes
> place at runtime on the board, "executables" are created using 'ld
> -r', and you can refer to any symbols you like in the hope that
> they'll be available later.

I see.  Oh, well...  I was missing this bit of info when I designed
AC_NO_EXECUTABLES :-(  My apologies...

> It's assumed that in a native case, this sort of thing won't happen,
> thus the existing behaviour.  Maybe instead you could perform a
> configure-time test to see if the platform can link anything at all
> (and will fail to link with an obviously bogus symbol), and then base
> the decision of whether to run link tests on that, instead of the
> current approximation, but there'll still be some cases when linking
> is not possible, and other cases (the majority) in which link tests
> are possible and desirable.

I think we'll be better served by declarative macros such as
AC_{CC,CXX,...}_LINK_MAY_FAIL, that modify the autoconf-generated
sanity link test for AC_PROG_{CC,CXX,...} such that it does not bail
out if it fails, but rather it sets a variable indicating the result
of the test, such that we could base our decision on whether to
perform additional link tests on this variable.  Does it sound like
this would work?

Do we actually need AC_*_LINK_MAY_FAIL, or would a single
AC_LINK_MAY_FAIL macro be sufficient for libstdc++ and libgcj's needs?


Or perhaps we could make do with a configure argument that would tell
autoconf it's ok if the initial link test fails.  It could even
short-circuit all other configure link tests, such that one might be
able to configure a package containing link tests for a system that
doesn't really support linking.  The reason to not have this behavior
enabled by default is that we do want to detect situations when the
compiler is broken (the number of bogus reports caused by them used to
be huge when we didn't do it), but if a standard configure argument
disables the test, I think we're kind of ok.

Thoughts?

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Re: AC_NO_EXECUTABLES is useless for GCC

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:

> I think we'll be better served by declarative macros such as
> AC_{CC,CXX,...}_LINK_MAY_FAIL, that modify the autoconf-generated
> sanity link test for AC_PROG_{CC,CXX,...} such that it does not bail
> out if it fails, but rather it sets a variable indicating the result
> of the test, such that we could base our decision on whether to
> perform additional link tests on this variable.  Does it sound like
> this would work?

This approach sounds weird to me.  The basic problem is that
AC_PROG_CC does the wrong thing for libstdc++ and a few other
configure scripts--namely, it executes the test of whether the
compiler works.  It seems to me that AC_PROG_CC should call some
helper macros--perhaps just two--and that libstdc++ should call a
subset of those helper macros--perhaps just one.

Adding macros which change the behaviour of other macros seems
confusing.  I don't see the advantage of that at all.

Ian

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:

>> But, (2) it causes autoconf to barf if an AC_TRY_LINK test appears
>> anywhere in the script being generated.

Alexandre> Please tell me why (2) doesn't make sense.

Alexandre> If AC_PROG_CC_WORKS can't even link a do-nothing program,
Alexandre> how would you expect to get any useful results from
Alexandre> AC_TRY_LINK?

The autoconf code in question completely disables AC_LINK_IFELSE.
However, we know we can successfully do link tests when building
natively.  And, at least in libgcj's case, this knowledge is important
because we use it to make libgcj more functional when built native.

FYI I sent a patch to the autoconf list.

Tom

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec 31, 2002, Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com> wrote:

>>> * acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.

>> Can't let you do that, Dave.  This causes us to use whatever
>> libtool.m4 happens to be in aclocal.m4's search path, which is very
>> likely not compatible with ltmain.sh from the top level.  That's why
>> we use libtool.m4 from the top level and keep all the libtool files in
>> sync.  I wouldn't mind updating to the libtool current CVS tree, which
>> would get us rid of a number of files in the top level, but this takes
>> a lot of testing on many different platforms.

> Given that in theory anyone running aclocal or autoconf should be
> running "official" and well-defined versions of those tools, they
> should also be getting correct values for the contents of libtool.m4.
> If their installed libtool.m4 is incompatible with the shipped
> ltmain.sh, who is to say that their installed acgeneral.m4 won't be
> incompatible with a shipped libtool.m4?  I'd argue that libtool.m4 is
> part of the autoconf environment, and that we should just require
> people running aclocal or autoconf to have the correct installations
> of the tools (as in theory we already do).

I disagree, and the libtool manual recommends this practice precisely
to make sure the libtool files remain in sync.  I see the revised
patch you just posted still has ChangeLog entries that say they're
removing the include statements.  I hope it was just a mistake.  If it
was not, please remove those changes and post a new patch, this time
copying gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org instead of gcc@gcc.gnu.org.  Letting
random macros kick in from the user's installation of aclocal is a
mistake in general (or not kicking in at all, in case the
officially-recommended versions of automake and libtool were installed
in different prefixes), since there's no way to make sure they're
compatible with other files that may depend on it.  That's why there
is AC_PREREQ, but there's no such thing that affects aclocal's
behavior, so we're better off making sure we use the right version of
these files.

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Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions

[Nathanael Nerode]

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>Going over it all again, I realize that we could probably just
>redefine AC_NO_EXECUTABLES to do what we want.  We'd have to
>specialize its definition for every version of autoconf that we cared
>about, and check at every new release that it hadn't broken, but it
>would work.  I guess it's not impossible after all.
>
>zw

*twisted half-grin*

For the top level, I'd been unable to avoid writing 
complete replacements for AC_PROG_CC and AC_PROG_CXX, and it
was really nasty.

So this is actually better than I'd hoped.

Thanks!  Writing a specialized implementation of AC_NO_EXECUTABLES will
make my life easier, probably. :-)

The real reason I want autoconf 2.5x is twofold:
* it handles AC_REQUIRES on AC_CANONICAL_* properly
* it allows the use of m4_include, so I can make a master macro file
(in top level config, for instance) and use it even in directories 
without automake.

You might be amused by the most basic parts of my experimental 
aclocal.m4 include file.

--Nathanael

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# Autoconf M4 include file defining valuable macros for complex Canadian
# cross builds.

####
# _NCN_TOOL_PREFIXES
# Get prefixes for cross-compilers to the host and the target.
# This requires that AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM be called beforehand.
# Unfortunately, AC_REQUIRE doesn't work properly in this case under
# autoconf 2.13.
AC_DEFUN([_NCN_TOOL_PREFIXES],
[ncn_tool_prefix=
test -n "$host_alias" && ncn_tool_prefix=$host_alias-
ncn_target_tool_prefix=
test -n "$target_alias" && ncn_target_tool_prefix=$target_alias-
]) []dnl # _NCN_TOOL_PREFIXES

####
# NCN_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL(variable, prog-to-check-for,[value-if-not-found],[path])
# Like AC_CHECK_TOOL, but tries a prefix of the target, not the host.
# Code is pretty much lifted from autoconf2.53.

AC_DEFUN([NCN_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL],
[AC_REQUIRE([_NCN_TOOL_PREFIXES]) []dnl
if test -n "$ncn_target_tool_prefix"; then
  AC_CHECK_PROG([$1], [${ncn_target_tool_prefix}$2], 
                [${ncn_target_tool_prefix}$2], , [$4])
fi
if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_$1" ; then
  ncn_ct_$1=$$1
  AC_CHECK_PROG([ncn_ct_$1], [$2], [$2], [$3], [$4])
  $1=$ncn_ct_$1
else
  $1="$ac_cv_prog_$1"
fi
]) []dnl # NCN_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL

####
# NCN_STRICT_CHECK_TOOL(variable, prog-to-check-for,[value-if-not-found],[path])
# Like AC_CHECK_TOOL, but requires the prefix if build!=host.

AC_DEFUN([NCN_STRICT_CHECK_TOOL],
[AC_REQUIRE([_NCN_TOOL_PREFIXES]) []dnl
if test -n "$ncn_tool_prefix"; then
  AC_CHECK_PROG([$1], [${ncn_tool_prefix}$2], 
                [${ncn_tool_prefix}$2], , [$4])
fi
if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_$1" ; then
  if test $build = $host ; then
    ncn_ct_$1=$$1
    AC_CHECK_PROG([ncn_ct_$1], [$2], [$2], [$3], [$4]) 
    $1=$ncn_ct_$1
  else
    $1="$3"
  fi
else
  $1="$ac_cv_prog_$1"
fi
]) []dnl # NCN_STRICT_CHECK_TOOL


####
# NCN_STRICT_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL(variable, prog-to-check-for,[value-if-not-found],[path])
# Like NCN_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL, but requires the prefix if build!=target.

AC_DEFUN([NCN_STRICT_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL],
[AC_REQUIRE([_NCN_TOOL_PREFIXES]) []dnl
if test -n "$ncn_target_tool_prefix"; then
  AC_CHECK_PROG([$1], [${ncn_target_tool_prefix}$2], 
                [${ncn_target_tool_prefix}$2], , [$4])
fi
if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_$1" ; then
  if test $build = $target ; then
    ncn_ct_$1=$$1
    AC_CHECK_PROG([ncn_ct_$1], [$2], [$2], [$3], [$4]) 
    $1=$ncn_ct_$1
  else
    $1="$3"
  fi
else
  $1="$ac_cv_prog_$1"
fi
]) []dnl # NCN_STRICT_CHECK_TARGET_TOOL

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Joern Rennecke]

> It seems that the major impact of configuring parts of a tree using
> different autoconf versions will be on people using
> --enable-maintainer-mode, so another solution might be to extend
> --enable-maintainer-mode to accept a list of directories.  I suspect
> most developers will only want --enable-maintainer-mode in the
> particular area they work on.

Unfortunately, for CPU port maintainers the area they work on is a
cross-section of gcc, newlib, binutils and gdb.

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Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Nathanael Nerode]

>1.  Please make sure to coordinate with Nathanael Nerode, who is in the
>middle of extensive autoconf-related work in the GCC repository.

I really would like to see the tree using autoconf 2.5x as soon as 
possible; if this can be done before I autoconfiscate the top level 
(which is not autoconfiscated yet) it will save me an awful lot of 
trouble, since I can then use autoconf 2.5x for that autoconfiscation. 
:-/

Your patch as is updates
bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils

Can you please work up a patch for gcc 3.4 to update
boehm-gc fastjar gcc libf2c libffi libiberty libjava libobjc 
libstdc++-v3 zlib

And a patch for Insight
itcl libgui

And one for Dejagnu
dejagnu expect

And for Newlib & Cygwin
libgloss newlib winsup

And one for
sid

and one for
intl

--
However, I think that it's OK to update one directory at a time, 
provided we specify clearly what's going on, and get it all done before 
the next release of anything.

Accordingly, I suggest getting clean patches for small sets of 
directories, making sure they work, getting them reviewed, and then 
putting them in; and then starting on the next set.  Keep sending update
notices to the various lists regarding which directories use the 'new' 
tools and which use the 'old'.  If you can make scripts which work 
correctly under *both* autoconf 2.5x *and* autoconf 2.13, by all means 
do so *first*, and mark those scripts as "compatibile with both", of 
course; but I expect that will only happen for the simplest directories.

If this is acceptable to other people in the various groups of course.

I expect this will generate a certain amount of breakage, but then so 
did my changes.  In both cases, it needs to be done, we just have to 
make sure all the breakage gets fixed.

--Nathanael

P.S.
It was mentioned that autoconf2.5 scripts will have trouble with 
building because of the top level passing down --target unconditionally.

Unfortunately I think some other aspects of the configure scripts 
require --target to be passed down unconditionally. :-/  Otherwise I'd 
just change it.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Andrew Cagney]

> I really would like to see the tree using autoconf 2.5x as soon as 
> possible; if this can be done before I autoconfiscate the top level 
> (which is not autoconfiscated yet) it will save me an awful lot of 
> trouble, since I can then use autoconf 2.5x for that autoconfiscation. 
> :-/
> 
> Your patch as is updates
> bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils
> 
> Can you please work up a patch for gcc 3.4 to update
> boehm-gc fastjar gcc libf2c libffi libiberty libjava libobjc 
> libstdc++-v3 zlib

Just a step back here.  Some of the directories listed below belong to 
the FSF, but some don't.  I don't think anyone can be asking Klee to 
update non FSF code.  That's why I asked Klee to drop RDA from the 
original list.

> And a patch for Insight
> itcl libgui
> 
> And one for Dejagnu
> dejagnu expect

> And for Newlib & Cygwin
> libgloss newlib winsup
> 
> And one for
> sid
> 
> and one for
> intl
> 
> --
> However, I think that it's OK to update one directory at a time, 
> provided we specify clearly what's going on, and get it all done before 
> the next release of anything.

I don't think we can guarentee that, but I think we can live with the 
consequences :-/

> Accordingly, I suggest getting clean patches for small sets of 
> directories, making sure they work, getting them reviewed, and then 
> putting them in; and then starting on the next set.  Keep sending update
> notices to the various lists regarding which directories use the 'new' 
> tools and which use the 'old'.  If you can make scripts which work 
> correctly under *both* autoconf 2.5x *and* autoconf 2.13, by all means 
> do so *first*, and mark those scripts as "compatibile with both", of 
> course; but I expect that will only happen for the simplest directories.
> 
> If this is acceptable to other people in the various groups of course.
> 
> I expect this will generate a certain amount of breakage, but then so 
> did my changes.  In both cases, it needs to be done, we just have to 
> make sure all the breakage gets fixed.

Andrew

> --Nathanael
> 
> P.S.
> It was mentioned that autoconf2.5 scripts will have trouble with 
> building because of the top level passing down --target unconditionally.
> 
> Unfortunately I think some other aspects of the configure scripts 
> require --target to be passed down unconditionally. :-/  Otherwise I'd 
> just change it.
> 
> 
> 

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Zack Weinberg]

Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> writes:

> Accordingly, I suggest getting clean patches for small sets of 
> directories, making sure they work, getting them reviewed, and then 
> putting them in; and then starting on the next set.  Keep sending update
> notices to the various lists regarding which directories use the 'new' 
> tools and which use the 'old'.  If you can make scripts which work 
> correctly under *both* autoconf 2.5x *and* autoconf 2.13, by all means 
> do so *first*, and mark those scripts as "compatibile with both", of 
> course; but I expect that will only happen for the simplest directories.

I'd like to remind everyone involved that last I checked it was flat
impossible to do what libstdc++-v3/configure.in needs to do, using
autoconf 2.5x.  I am not particularly sanguine about the situation
having changed, since it involved the undocumented AC_NO_EXECUTABLES
macro that as far as I know nobody but us has a use for -- and we're
not using it, because it doesn't do what we need it to do.  Until that
is resolved, which will involve submitting patches to autoconf,
getting them accepted upstream, and waiting for a release, gcc
*cannot* move to autoconf 2.5x.  We are not being stick-in-the-muds
because we want to.

(Please, I beg of you, prove me wrong about this problem.)

I am concerned about the prospect of having the src repository update
to 2.5x while the gcc repository is still stuck with 2.13.  Having
different parts of the combined tree need different versions of
autotools is a recipe for disaster.

But I do see a way forward.  It goes like this.  One directory at a
time, we go through and do whatever it takes to get that directory's
configure.in to work properly with both 2.13 and 2.5x, independent of
what version of autoconf was used to generate configure in other
directories.  This may involve submitting patches to the autoconf
maintainers.  Whoever volunteers to do this must be willing to
maintain these scripts in that state indefinitely -- I did it for the
gcc subdirectory a year or so ago and I discovered a couple weeks back
that it had mysteriously broken.

Once the entire tree makes it into this state, we have a flag day
where we bump AC_PREREQ and regenerate everything.  And only then can
we start using 2.5x specific features in configure scripts.

As for libtool and automake, my suggestion is, as usual, that both
should be eradicated from the face of the Earth; as this proposal is
probably a non-starter, I decline to discuss what to do with them any
further.

zw

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Alan Modra]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 01:31:52PM -0800, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> But I do see a way forward.  It goes like this.  One directory at a
> time, we go through and do whatever it takes to get that directory's
> configure.in to work properly with both 2.13 and 2.5x, independent of
> what version of autoconf was used to generate configure in other
> directories.  This may involve submitting patches to the autoconf
> maintainers.  Whoever volunteers to do this must be willing to
> maintain these scripts in that state indefinitely -- I did it for the
> gcc subdirectory a year or so ago and I discovered a couple weeks back
> that it had mysteriously broken.

I'm concerned that this proposal may be raising the bar too high.
How long has it been since some poor fool^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hbrave soul
attempted to modernize binutils configury?

It seems that the major impact of configuring parts of a tree using
different autoconf versions will be on people using
--enable-maintainer-mode, so another solution might be to extend
--enable-maintainer-mode to accept a list of directories.  I suspect
most developers will only want --enable-maintainer-mode in the
particular area they work on.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> I'm concerned that this proposal may be raising the bar too high.
> How long has it been since some poor fool^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hbrave soul
> attempted to modernize binutils configury?

It's only been a bit over five years since I reworked binutils
configury to use automake and libtool.

I guess it was about two years before that that Ken Raeburn and I
changed the binutils to use autoconf.

I'm sure I don't know why autoconf 2.5 is not called autoconf 3.
Still, switching to autoconf 2.5 is surely a smaller change than
either of those.

It should be easy enough to extend AC_PREREQ a bit to make sure that
people use the correct version of autoconf for the directory in
question.

Perhaps --enable-maintainer-mode could be extended to specify a PATH
to use to find the tools.

Ian

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Alan Modra]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:55:38PM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Perhaps --enable-maintainer-mode could be extended to specify a PATH
> to use to find the tools.

It would need to be on a per-directory basis.  Something like

--enable-maintainer-mode=\
"gdb:/usr/local/000227/bin,libstdc++-v3:/usr/local/oldauto/bin,*:yes"

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:55:38PM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > Perhaps --enable-maintainer-mode could be extended to specify a PATH
> > to use to find the tools.
> 
> It would need to be on a per-directory basis.  Something like
> 
> --enable-maintainer-mode=\
> "gdb:/usr/local/000227/bin,libstdc++-v3:/usr/local/oldauto/bin,*:yes"

Yes, I suppose that would be required to support a single
--enable-maintainer-mode at the top level.

On the other hand, I personally usually run a basic configure at the
top level, and then run configure again in the subdirectories for
which I want to use --enable-maintainer-mode.

Ian

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Andrew Cagney]

> 
> Yes, I suppose that would be required to support a single
> --enable-maintainer-mode at the top level.
> 
> On the other hand, I personally usually run a basic configure at the
> top level, and then run configure again in the subdirectories for
> which I want to use --enable-maintainer-mode.

So _thats_ how to avoids maintainer mode on all but one directory...

Andrew

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Mike Stump]

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 03:19 PM, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:55:38PM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>> Perhaps --enable-maintainer-mode could be extended to specify a PATH
>> to use to find the tools.
>
> It would need to be on a per-directory basis.  Something like
>
> --enable-maintainer-mode=\
> "gdb:/usr/local/000227/bin,libstdc++-v3:/usr/local/oldauto/bin,*:yes"

This is beyond gross.  :-(

Better to require

autoconf-2.14
autoconf

and then have each directory know which one to use, and require the 
advanced user to have these.

OAUTOCONF = autoconf-2.14
AUTOCONF = autoconf

and then use $(AUTOCONF) for new uses, and $(OAUTOCONF) for old uses.

Also, we need a version check on the old autoconf to be sure that it 
isn't too new.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Alan Modra]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:45:52PM -0800, Mike Stump wrote:
> On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 03:19 PM, Alan Modra wrote:
> >On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:55:38PM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> >>Perhaps --enable-maintainer-mode could be extended to specify a PATH
> >>to use to find the tools.
> >
> >It would need to be on a per-directory basis.  Something like
> >
> >--enable-maintainer-mode=\
> >"gdb:/usr/local/000227/bin,libstdc++-v3:/usr/local/oldauto/bin,*:yes"
> 
> This is beyond gross.  :-(

Sniff.  I'm sure I could make it a lot more gross.  :)

> Better to require
> 
> autoconf-2.14
> autoconf
> 
> and then have each directory know which one to use, and require the 
> advanced user to have these.
> 
> OAUTOCONF = autoconf-2.14
> AUTOCONF = autoconf
> 
> and then use $(AUTOCONF) for new uses, and $(OAUTOCONF) for old uses.
> 
> Also, we need a version check on the old autoconf to be sure that it 
> isn't too new.

The trouble with this idea is that older autoconf and automake aren't
installed as $tool-$version, and last I checked, current autoconf
doesn't install with a version suffix.  Old tools really need to be
installed with a different --prefix.  Hmm, I suppose a few symbolic
links would cure that problem.  What happens if you need three three
or four different versions of autoconf?

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Zack Weinberg]

Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:
>
> The trouble with this idea is that older autoconf and automake aren't
> installed as $tool-$version, and last I checked, current autoconf
> doesn't install with a version suffix.  Old tools really need to be
> installed with a different --prefix.  Hmm, I suppose a few symbolic
> links would cure that problem.  What happens if you need three three
> or four different versions of autoconf?

Debian has a clever wrapper script (in the autoconf2.13 package) that
causes configure to get regenerated using 2.13 unless there's an
AC_PREREQ(2.5x) line in configure.in, or configure.in is named
configure.ac.

But I think that we really just ought to get the transition done,
assuming that it is in fact possible.

zw

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 06:19 PM, Alan Modra wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:55:38PM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>> Perhaps --enable-maintainer-mode could be extended to specify a PATH
>> to use to find the tools.
>
> It would need to be on a per-directory basis.  Something like
>
> --enable-maintainer-mode=\
> "gdb:/usr/local/000227/bin,libstdc++-v3:/usr/local/oldauto/bin,*:yes"

What if the rules generated by --enable-maintainer-mode were to pass a 
version number to each of the tools when using them to re-generate 
files?  The version number passed would be the same version number used 
to generate the existing version of the generated files.  Then the 
autotools could either dispatch to the correct version of the tool 
based on the version number, or
perhaps generate an error if the version numbers did not match.  In 
order to upgrade the generated files in a directory to a newer version, 
the user would have to explicitly run autoreconf or run he appropriate 
autotools directly.

This would make it a lot harder for a maintainer to accidentally use 
the wrong version of an autotool when regenerating files in a 
directory.  It would also make it possible to write a top-level script 
that would explicitly re-generate all of the files in a tree with 
explicitly specified versions (or at least verify that the versions 
being used were correct).

Regardless of how we choose to do it, though, I think it's important 
that maintainers be able to update individual subdirectories to newer 
versions of the autotools independently of each other (even if the way 
we choose to do that is to say "don't run global 
--enable-maintainer-mode, and be aware of the versions of the autotools 
you are using").  If we don't, the bar for updating versions of 
autotools is just too high.  Trying to coordinate a simultaneous 
upgrade of even a simple change across the combined src+gcc repository 
is a huge amount of work --- if that's the only way to do upgrades, it 
seems much more likely that the upgrades will tend to not get done.  
The thought of even *touching* sid is daunting to me, much less the 
thought of trying to claim that I've changed all of its Makefiles and 
understand the changes.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 02:07:28PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>Can you please work up a patch for gcc 3.4 to update
>boehm-gc fastjar gcc libf2c libffi libiberty libjava libobjc 
>libstdc++-v3 zlib
>
>And a patch for Insight
>itcl libgui
>
>And one for Dejagnu
>dejagnu expect
>
>And for Newlib & Cygwin
>libgloss newlib winsup

Remember that any changes to configury in newlib or cygwin *require
approval*.  Please don't just check in changes in these directories.
CVS commit permission in gdb or binutils does not imply permission for
cygwin, newlib, or most of the other directories in the 'src'
repository.

cgf

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Nathanael Nerode wrote:

> It was mentioned that autoconf2.5 scripts will have trouble with 
> building because of the top level passing down --target unconditionally.
> 
> Unfortunately I think some other aspects of the configure scripts 
> require --target to be passed down unconditionally. :-/  Otherwise I'd 
> just change it.

 Well, at least ${tooldir} requires to be set properly (that's typically
${exec_prefix}/${target_alias}) and currently it is done by passing
--target which sets ${target_alias}.  However it may be possible to set
${tooldir} based on ${host_alias} or even ${build_alias}, as ${*_alias}
variables are empty if not set by a user.  I think the order should be:

if test "x${target_alias}" != x; then
	# Cross-tools
	tooldir = '${exec_prefix}'/${target_alias}
elif test "x${host_alias}" != x; then
	# Native tools for a different host
	tooldir = '${exec_prefix}'/${host_alias}
elif test "x${build_alias}" != x; then
	# Native tools using an explicit alias
	tooldir = '${exec_prefix}'/${build_alias}
else
	# Native tools using a default alias
	tooldir = '${exec_prefix}'/${build}
fi

And then only pass these of --build, --host, --target to subdirectories
which have their respective ${*_alias} variable set.  Obviously
${program_prefix} should either only be set if ${target_alias} is not
empty or use the above outline, too. 

 I'll check if the approach works for me -- anyone interested is invited
to do that, too.

  Maciej

-- 
+  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

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On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 02:07 PM, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>
> Unfortunately I think some other aspects of the configure scripts
> require --target to be passed down unconditionally. :-/  Otherwise I'd
> just change it.

There's a useful thread on the host/target/build business in 
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/autoconf/2002-02/msg00059.html (which I 
imagine you're already familiar with, but it makes a nice reference).

I did some preliminary experiments with modifying what the top-level 
configure passes down, and at least from the binutils/gdb side of 
things, it looked promising.  I ended up changing the top-level 
configure semantics to match that of autoconf:

	configure --build=BUILD --host=HOST --target=TARGET UNDEFS

	1. You aren't allowed to specify --host, --build, --target, and undefs 
at the same time.
	2. Build defaults to undefs.
	3. If undefs is not specified, then build defaults to the current 
host, as determined by config.guess.
	4. Host defaults to undefs.
	5. If undefs is not specified, then host defaults to build.
	6. Target defaults to undefs.
	7. If undefs is not specified, then target defaults to host.

	passing --host means you cross compile (whatever the relationship 
between host and build)
	passing --target means you build a cross-tool (whatever the 
relationship between host and target).

	--host and --target are only passed to sub-configures if they were 
explicitly passed to the top-level configure on the command-line.

This fixed the problem with things installing in the wrong places; the 
only fallout was that the emulation-selection code in binutils/ needed 
to be changed to refer to $target instead of $target_alias.  A basic 
gcc build appeared to work, but I didn't try anything more complicated 
than a stadard cross-compile setup.


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.
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* .cvsignore: Add autom4te.cache.

	* configure: Change the rules for build/host/target processing to
	the following:
	
	The inputs are:
	  configure --build=BUILD --host=HOST --target=TARGET UNDEFS
	
	The rules are:
	  1. You aren't allowed to specify --host, --build, --target, and
	     undefs at the same time.
	  2. Build defaults to undefs.
	  3. If undefs is not specified, then build defaults to the current
	     host, as determined by config.guess.
	  4. Host defaults to undefs.
	  5. If undefs is not specified, then host defaults to build.
	  6. Target defaults to undefs.
	  7. If undefs is not specified, then target defaults to host.
	
	Only pass --host= and --target= to sub-configures when they are
	passed by the top-level configure.  Treat the build as a
	cross-compilation whenever --target is specified, even if it
	matches the value of --build and --host.
	
bfd
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.
	* configure.in: Use AC_DISABLE_SHARED and AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
	instead of the AM_ versions.

binutils
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* Makefile.am (YLWRAP): Refer to the top-level ylwrap.
	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.
	* configure.in: Use AC_PROG_LEX instead of AM_PROG_LEX.
        (EMULATION): Use $target, not $target_alias.
		
gas
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.
	* configure.in: Pass explicit value to AC_CONFIG_FILES, not
	${GDBINIT}.  Use AC_CONFIG_FILES, AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS, and
	AC_OUTPUT, not the multi-argument AC_OUTPUT.

gdb
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* Makefile.in: Update to new ylwrap calling conventions.
	* configure.in: Pass description string to AC_DEFINE.

gdb/testsuite
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* gdb.hp/gdb.objdbg/configure.in: Remove objdbg0* from
	AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS.

gprof
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.

ld
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* Makefile.am (YLWRAP): Refer to the top-level ylwrap.
	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.

libiberty
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* aclocal.m4: Use AC_LIBOBJ instead of setting LIBOBJS directly.
	Use _AC_LANG_COMPILER_GNU and $ac_compiler_gnu instead of
	AC_PROG_CC_GNU and $ac_cv_prog_gcc.  Call _AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT to
	get the object file extension.  Use AC_PROG_CC_G instead of
	_AC_PROG_CC_G.
	* configure.in: Use AC_LIBOBJ instead of setting LIBOBJS directly.

opcodes
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.

rda
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* configure.in: Use AC_PROG_LIBTOOL instead of AM_PROG_LIBTOOL.


rda/lib
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* lib/Makefile.am: Remove noinst_LIBRARIES and librda_a_SOURCES
	(it's not possible to specify both a libtool version and a
	non-libtool version using the same object files).

rda/unix
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* unix/configure.in: Pass description strings to AC_DEFINE.

rda/win32
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* win32/configure.in: Pass description strings to AC_DEFINE.

sim/common
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>
	
	* aclocal.m4: Pass description strings to AC_DEFINE.

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echo "Versions:"

dir=`echo $0 | sed -e 's/\/[^\/]*$//'`
echo $dir

libtool --version | grep \. | grep '(' | grep -v Copy 2>&1
autoconf --version | grep \. | grep '(' | grep -v Copy 2>&1
automake --version | grep \. | grep '(' | grep -v Copy 2>&1
gettext --version | grep \. | grep '(' | grep -v Copy 2>&1

# update=`grep '+++' $dir/bfd.txt | sed -e 's/+++ //' -e 's/[ 	].*//'`
# echo; echo Resetting:
# echo Removing $update
# rm -f $update
# cvs -z9 -q update $update

find . -name autom4te.cache | xargs rm -rf

echo; echo "Patching:"

patch -p0 < $dir/bfd.txt

cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.7/depcomp .
cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.7/missing .
cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.7/mkinstalldirs .
cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.7/ylwrap .

cp -p /usr/share/libtool/ltmain.sh .

rm -f ltcf-c.sh
rm -f ltcf-cxx.sh
rm -f ltcf-gcj.sh
rm -f ltconfig
rm -f libtool.m4

echo; echo "Configuring:"

dirs="bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld libiberty mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils"
for i in $dirs; do
    dirs=`find $i -type d`
    dirs=`for j in $dirs; do if [ -f $j/configure.in ]; then echo $j; fi; done`
    for j in $dirs; do
        echo "Configuring $j"
	autoreconf -f -I`pwd` $j
    done
done

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+++ .cvsignore	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 *-src
 *-stamp-*
 *-tagged
+autom4te.cache
 blockit
 cfg-paper.info
 config.status
--- configure	Sat Nov 30 23:42:45 2002
+++ configure	Sun Dec  8 01:08:59 2002
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 Makefile=Makefile
 Makefile_in=Makefile.in
 arguments=
-build_alias=
+build_alias=NOBUILD
 cache_file=config.cache
 cache_file_option=
 configdirs=
@@ -400,71 +400,99 @@
 	esac
 done
 
-# process host and target
+# process build, host, and target
 
 # Do some error checking and defaulting for the host and target type.
 # The inputs are:
-#    configure --host=HOST --target=TARGET UNDEFS
+#    configure --build=BUILD --host=HOST --target=TARGET UNDEFS
 #
 # The rules are:
-# 1. You aren't allowed to specify --host, --target, and undefs at the
-#    same time.
-# 2. Host defaults to undefs.
-# 3. If undefs is not specified, then host defaults to the current host,
+# 1. You aren't allowed to specify --host, --build, --target, and undefs
+#    at the same time.
+# 2. Build defaults to undefs.
+# 3. If undefs is not specified, then build defaults to the current host,
 #    as determined by config.guess.
-# 4. Target defaults to undefs.
-# 5. If undefs is not specified, then target defaults to host.
+# 4. Host defaults to undefs.
+# 5. If undefs is not specified, then host defaults to build.
+# 6. Target defaults to undefs.
+# 7. If undefs is not specified, then target defaults to host.
 
 case "${fatal}" in
 "")
 	# Make sure that host, target & undefs aren't all specified at the
 	# same time.
-	case $host_alias---$target_alias---$undefs in
-	NOHOST---*---* | *---NOTARGET---* | *---*---NOUNDEFS)
+	case $build_alias---$host_alias---$target_alias---$undefs in
+	NOBUILD---*---*---* | *---NOHOST---*---* | *---*---NOTARGET---* | *---*---*---NOUNDEFS)
 		;;
-	*) echo '***' Can only configure for one host and one target at a time.  1>&2
+	*) echo '***' Can only configure for one build, host and target at a time.  1>&2
 	   fatal=yes
 	   break 2
 		;;
 	esac
 
-	# Now, do defaulting for host.
-	case $host_alias in
-	NOHOST)
+	# Do defaulting for build.
+	case $build_alias in
+	NOBUILD)
 		case $undefs in
 		NOUNDEFS)
-			# Neither --host option nor undefs were present.
+			# Neither --build option nor undefs were present.
 			# Call config.guess.
 			guesssys=`echo ${progname} | sed 's/configure$/config.guess/'`
-			if host_alias=`${config_shell} ${guesssys}`
+			if build_alias=`${config_shell} ${guesssys}`
 			then
 				# If the string we are going to use for
 				# the target is a prefix of the string
-				# we just guessed for the host, then
+				# we just guessed for the build, then
 				# assume we are running native, and force
-				# the same string for both target and host.
+				# the same string for both target and build.
 				case $target_alias in
 				NOTARGET) ;;
 				*)
-					if expr $host_alias : $target_alias >/dev/null
+					if expr $build_alias : $target_alias >/dev/null
 					then
-						host_alias=$target_alias
+					    	echo "The target type ($target_alias) is a prefix of the build type ($build_alias)."
+						echo "Using $target_alias as the new build type."
+						build_alias=$target_alias
 					fi
 					;;
 				esac
-				echo "Configuring for a ${host_alias} host."
-				arguments="--host=$host_alias $arguments"
+				buildopt="--build=${build_alias}"
+				arguments="$buildopt $arguments"
 			else
-				echo 'Config.guess failed to determine the host type.  You need to specify one.' 1>&2
+				echo 'Config.guess failed to determine the build type.  You need to specify one.' 1>&2
 				fatal=yes
 			fi
 			;;
 		*)
+			build_alias=$undefs
+			buildopt="--build=${build_alias}"
+			arguments="$buildopt $arguments"
+			;;
+		esac
+		;;
+	*)
+		buildopt="--build=${build_alias}"
+		;;
+	esac
+
+	# Do defaulting for host.  If --host option isn't present, default
+	# to undefs.  If undefs isn't present, default to host.
+	case $host_alias in
+	NOHOST)
+		case $undefs in
+		NOUNDEFS)
+			host_alias="$build_alias"
+			;;
+		*)
 			host_alias=$undefs
-			arguments="--host=$host_alias $arguments"
-			undefs=NOUNDEFS
+			hostopt="--host=${host_alias}"
+			arguments="$hostopt $arguments"
 			;;
 		esac
+		;;
+	*)
+		hostopt="--host=${host_alias}"
+		;;
 	esac
 
 	# Do defaulting for target.  If --target option isn't present, default
@@ -473,13 +501,18 @@
 	NOTARGET)
 		case $undefs in
 		NOUNDEFS)
-			target_alias=$host_alias
+			target_alias="$host_alias"
 			;;
 		*)
 			target_alias=$undefs
-			arguments="--target=$target_alias $arguments"
+			targetopt="--target=${target_alias}"
+			arguments="$targetopt $arguments"
 			;;
 		esac
+		;;
+	*)
+		targetopt="--target=${target_alias}"
+		;;
 	esac
 	;;
 *) ;;
@@ -622,12 +655,8 @@
 	    *)  cache_file_option="--cache-file=${cache_file}" ;;
 	    esac
 	    srcdiroption="--srcdir=${srcdir}"
-	    case "${build_alias}" in
-	    "") buildopt= ;;
-	    *)  buildopt="--build=${build_alias}" ;;
-	    esac
 	    eval exec ${config_shell} ${srcdir}/configure ${verbose} \
-		${buildopt} --host=${host_alias} --target=${target_alias} \
+		${buildopt} ${hostopt} ${targetopt} \
 		${prefixoption} ${tmpdiroption} ${exec_prefixoption} \
 		${srcdiroption} ${diroptions} \
 		${program_prefixoption} ${program_suffixoption} \
@@ -709,29 +738,16 @@
 *) ;;
 esac
 
-case "${build_alias}" in
-"")
-	if result=`${config_shell} ${configsub} ${host_alias}` ; then
-	    build_cpu=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\1/'`
-	    build_vendor=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\2/'`
-	    build_os=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'`
-	    build=${build_cpu}-${build_vendor}-${build_os}
-	    build_alias=${host_alias}
-	fi
-	;;
-*)
-	if result=`${config_shell} ${configsub} ${build_alias}` ; then
-	    buildopt="--build=${build_alias}"
-	    build_cpu=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\1/'`
-	    build_vendor=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\2/'`
-	    build_os=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'`
-	    build=${build_cpu}-${build_vendor}-${build_os}
-	else
-	    echo "Unrecognized build system name ${build_alias}." 1>&2
-	    exit 1
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
+if result=`${config_shell} ${configsub} ${build_alias}` ; then
+    true
+else
+    echo "Unrecognized build system name ${build_alias}." 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+build_cpu=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\1/'`
+build_vendor=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\2/'`
+build_os=`echo $result | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'`
+build=${build_cpu}-${build_vendor}-${build_os}
 
 if result=`${config_shell} ${configsub} ${host_alias}` ; then
     true
@@ -759,6 +775,24 @@
 
 . ${tmpfile}.tgt
 
+if [ "$build_alias" != "$build" ]; then
+    echo "Configuring for a ${build_alias} (${build}) build."
+else
+    echo "Configuring for a ${build_alias} build."
+fi
+
+if [ "$host_alias" != "$host" ]; then
+    echo "Configuring for a ${host_alias} (${host}) host."
+else
+    echo "Configuring for a ${host_alias} host."
+fi
+
+if [ "$target_alias" != "$target" ]; then
+    echo "Configuring for a ${target_alias} (${target}) target."
+else
+    echo "Configuring for a ${target_alias} target."
+fi
+
 # Find the source files, if location was not specified.
 case "${srcdir}" in
 "")
@@ -785,7 +819,7 @@
 # using) don't handle "\$" correctly, so don't use it here.
 tooldir='$(exec_prefix)'/${target_alias}
 
-if [ "${host_alias}" != "${target_alias}" ] ; then
+if [ -n "${target_alias}" ] ; then
     if [ "${program_prefixoption}" = "" ] ; then
         if [ "${program_suffixoption}" = "" ] ; then 
             if [ "${program_transform_nameoption}" = "" ] ; then
@@ -1520,7 +1554,7 @@
 
 ### The recursion line is here.
 			if [ ! -z "${recprog}" ] ; then
-	                        if eval ${config_shell} ${recprog} ${verbose} ${buildopt} --host=${host_alias} --target=${tgt_alias} \
+	                        if eval ${config_shell} ${recprog} ${verbose} ${buildopt} ${hostopt} ${targetopt} \
         	                        ${prefixoption} ${tmpdiroption} ${exec_prefixoption} \
                 	                ${srcdiroption} ${diroptions} ${program_prefixoption} ${program_suffixoption} ${program_transform_nameoption} ${site_option} ${withoptions} ${withoutoptions} ${enableoptions} ${disableoptions} ${floating_pointoption} ${cache_file_option} ${other_options} ${redirect} ; then
 	                                true
--- bfd/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:16:19.000000000 -0500
+++ bfd/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -108,16 +108,6 @@
  AC_MSG_RESULT($bfd_cv_have_sys_procfs_type_member_$1_$2)
 ])
 
-sinclude(../libtool.m4)
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_DEFUN([AM_DISABLE_SHARED],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 sinclude(../gettext.m4)
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- bfd/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:16:20.000000000 -0500
+++ bfd/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@
 AC_SUBST(bfd_version)
 AC_SUBST(bfd_version_string)
 
-dnl These must be called before AM_PROG_LIBTOOL, because it may want
+dnl These must be called before AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, because it may want
 dnl to call AC_CHECK_PROG.
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, :)
 
 dnl Default to a non shared library.  This may be overridden by the
 dnl configure option --enable-shared.
-AM_DISABLE_SHARED
+AC_DISABLE_SHARED
 
-AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(64-bit-bfd,
 [  --enable-64-bit-bfd     64-bit support (on hosts with narrower word sizes)],
--- binutils/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 12:16:22.000000000 -0500
+++ binutils/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 CC_FOR_BUILD = @CC_FOR_BUILD@
 EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD = @EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD@
 
+YLWRAP = $(srcdir)/../ylwrap
+
 YACC = `if [ -f ../bison/bison ]; then echo ../bison/bison -y -L$(srcdir)/../bison/; else echo @YACC@; fi`
 YFLAGS = -d
 LEX = `if [ -f ../flex/flex ]; then echo ../flex/flex; else echo @LEX@; fi`
--- binutils/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:16:23.000000000 -0500
+++ binutils/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 sinclude(../bfd/acinclude.m4)
 
-dnl sinclude(../libtool.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 dnl sinclude(../gettext.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- binutils/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:16:23.000000000 -0500
+++ binutils/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 AC_PROG_CC
 
 AC_PROG_YACC
-AM_PROG_LEX
+AC_PROG_LEX
 
 ALL_LINGUAS="fr tr ja es sv da"
 CY_GNU_GETTEXT
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
  [Define to 1 if user symbol names have a leading underscore, 0 if not.])
 
 # Emulation 
-for targ_alias in `echo $target_alias $enable_targets | sed 's/,/ /g'`
+for targ_alias in `echo $target $enable_targets | sed 's/,/ /g'`
 do
   # Canonicalize the secondary target names.
  result=`$ac_config_sub $targ_alias 2>/dev/null`
--- gas/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:16:34.000000000 -0500
+++ gas/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -55,16 +55,6 @@
 $1=[$]_gas_uniq_newlist
 ])dnl
 
-sinclude(../libtool.m4)
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_LIBM],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 sinclude(../gettext.m4)
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- gas/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:16:35.000000000 -0500
+++ gas/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -70,10 +70,14 @@
 
 # If we are on a DOS filesystem, we must use gdb.ini rather than
 # .gdbinit.
-GDBINIT=".gdbinit"
 case "${host}" in
   *-*-msdos* | *-*-go32* | *-*-mingw32* | *-*-windows*)
     GDBINIT="gdb.ini"
+    AC_CONFIG_FILES(gdb.ini:gdbinit.in)
+    ;;
+  *)
+    GDBINIT=".gdbinit"
+    AC_CONFIG_FILES(.gdbinit:gdbinit.in)
     ;;
 esac
 AC_SUBST(GDBINIT)
@@ -993,7 +997,9 @@
 dnl the old symlinks don't exist, so that a reconfigure in an existing
 dnl directory behaves reasonably.
 
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile doc/Makefile ${GDBINIT}:gdbinit.in po/Makefile.in:po/Make-in,
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile doc/Makefile po/Makefile.in:po/Make-in)
+
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([default],
 [rm -f targ-cpu.c targ-cpu.h obj-format.h obj-format.c targ-env.h atof-targ.c itbl-cpu.h
  echo '#include "tc-'"${target_cpu_type}"'.h"' > targ-cpu.h
  echo '#include "obj-'"${obj_format}"'.h"' > obj-format.h
@@ -1008,3 +1014,5 @@
  cgen_cpu_prefix=${cgen_cpu_prefix}
  obj_format=${obj_format}
  te_file=${te_file}])
+
+AC_OUTPUT
\ No newline at end of file
--- gdb/Makefile.in	2002-12-04 23:11:12.000000000 -0500
+++ gdb/Makefile.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: c-exp.tab.c
 c-exp.tab.o: c-exp.tab.c
 c-exp.tab.c: c-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: objc-exp.tab.c
 objc-exp.tab.o: objc-exp.tab.c
 objc-exp.tab.c: objc-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/objc-exp.y y.tab.c objc-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/objc-exp.y y.tab.c objc-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: jv-exp.tab.c
 jv-exp.tab.o: jv-exp.tab.c
 jv-exp.tab.c: jv-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/jv-exp.y  y.tab.c jv-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/jv-exp.y  y.tab.c jv-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: f-exp.tab.c
 f-exp.tab.o: f-exp.tab.c
 f-exp.tab.c: f-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/f-exp.y  y.tab.c f-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/f-exp.y  y.tab.c f-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: m2-exp.tab.c
 m2-exp.tab.o: m2-exp.tab.c
 m2-exp.tab.c: m2-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/m2-exp.y  y.tab.c m2-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/m2-exp.y  y.tab.c m2-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: ada-exp.tab.c
 ada-exp.tab.o: ada-exp.tab.c
 ada-exp.tab.c: ada-exp.y 
-	$(YACC) $(YFLAGS) $(srcdir)/ada-exp.y
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/ada-exp.y  y.tab.c ada-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	-e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	-e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: p-exp.tab.c
 p-exp.tab.o: p-exp.tab.c
 p-exp.tab.c: p-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/p-exp.y  y.tab.c p-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS)
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/p-exp.y  y.tab.c p-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS)
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
--- gdb/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:16:47.000000000 -0500
+++ gdb/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 ac_cv_c_long_double=yes, ac_cv_c_long_double=no)])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_c_long_double)
 if test $ac_cv_c_long_double = yes; then
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE)
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE], [], [Define if the `long double' type works])
 fi
 
 dnl See if the compiler and runtime support printing long doubles
--- gdb/testsuite/gdb.hp/gdb.objdbg/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:00.000000000 -0500
+++ gdb/testsuite/gdb.hp/gdb.objdbg/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@
 AC_SUBST(CC)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(`cd $srcdir;pwd`/../../../..)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(objdbg01 objdbg02 objdbg03 objdbg04)
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
--- gprof/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:02.000000000 -0500
+++ gprof/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-sinclude(../libtool.m4)
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 sinclude(../gettext.m4)
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- ld/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 12:17:11.000000000 -0500
+++ ld/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 tooldir = $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)
 
+YLWRAP = $(srcdir)/../ylwrap
+
 YACC = `if [ -f ../bison/bison ]; then echo ../bison/bison -y -L$(srcdir)/../bison/; else echo @YACC@; fi`
 YFLAGS = -d
 LEX = `if [ -f ../flex/flex ]; then echo ../flex/flex; else echo @LEX@; fi`
--- ld/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:11.000000000 -0500
+++ ld/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 sinclude(../bfd/acinclude.m4)
 
-dnl sinclude(../libtool.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 dnl sinclude(../gettext.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- libiberty/aclocal.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:23.000000000 -0500
+++ libiberty/aclocal.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   ac_cv_func_strncmp_works=no)
 rm -f core core.* *.core])
 if test $ac_cv_func_strncmp_works = no ; then
-  LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strncmp.o"
+  AC_LIBOBJ(strncmp)
 fi
 ])
 
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@
   test -z "$CC" && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable cc found in \$PATH])
 fi
 
-AC_PROG_CC_GNU
+_AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT
+_AC_LANG_COMPILER_GNU
 
-if test $ac_cv_prog_gcc = yes; then
+if test $ac_compiler_gnu = yes; then
   GCC=yes
   ac_libiberty_warn_cflags='-W -Wall -Wtraditional -pedantic'
 dnl Check whether -g works, even if CFLAGS is set, in case the package
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
   ac_test_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS+set}"
   ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
   CFLAGS=
-  AC_PROG_CC_G
+  _AC_PROG_CC_G
   if test "$ac_test_CFLAGS" = set; then
     CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
   elif test $ac_cv_prog_cc_g = yes; then
--- libiberty/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:23.000000000 -0500
+++ libiberty/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -240,7 +240,12 @@
   # newlib provide and which ones we will be expected to provide.
 
   if test "x${with_newlib}" = "xyes"; then
-    LIBOBJS="asprintf.o basename.o insque.o random.o strdup.o vasprintf.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ(asprintf)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(basename)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(insque)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(random)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(strdup)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(vasprintf)
 
     for f in $funcs; do
       case "$f" in
@@ -308,8 +313,16 @@
     # Handle VxWorks configuration specially, since on VxWorks the
     # libraries are actually on the target board, not in the file
     # system.
-    LIBOBJS="basename.o getpagesize.o insque.o random.o strcasecmp.o"
-    LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strncasecmp.o strdup.o vfork.o waitpid.o vasprintf.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ(basename)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(getpagesize)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(insque)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(random)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(strcasecmp)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(strncasecmp)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(strdup)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(vfork)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(waitpid)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(vasprintf)
     for f in $funcs; do
       case "$f" in
 	basename | getpagesize | insque | random | strcasecmp)
@@ -356,7 +369,7 @@
     if test -n "${with_target_subdir}"
     then
       funcs="`echo $funcs | sed -e 's/random//'`"
-      LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS random.o"
+      AC_LIBOBJ(random)
       vars="`echo $vars | sed -e 's/sys_siglist//'`"
       checkfuncs="`echo $checkfuncs | sed -e 's/strsignal//' -e 's/psignal//'`"
     fi
@@ -392,12 +405,12 @@
 
   # We haven't set the list of objects yet.  Use the standard autoconf
   # tests.  This will only work if the compiler works.
-  AC_PROG_CC_WORKS
+  AC_PROG_CC
   AC_REPLACE_FUNCS($funcs)
   libiberty_AC_FUNC_C_ALLOCA
   AC_FUNC_VFORK
   if test $ac_cv_func_vfork_works = no; then
-    LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS vfork.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ(vfork)
   fi
   # We only need _doprnt if we might use it to implement v*printf.
   if test $ac_cv_func_vprintf != yes \
--- opcodes/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:45.000000000 -0500
+++ opcodes/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 sinclude(../bfd/acinclude.m4)
 
-dnl sinclude(../libtool.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_DEFUN([AM_DISABLE_SHARED],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 dnl sinclude(../gettext.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- rda/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:46.000000000 -0500
+++ rda/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 dnl automake support
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 dnl AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
-AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_EXEEXT
 AC_LANG_C
 
--- rda/lib/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 12:17:46.000000000 -0500
+++ rda/lib/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # Create a libtool convenience archive
 # ... and a plain library archive for non-libtool clients
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = librda.la
-noinst_LIBRARIES = librda.a
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../include \
 	-I$(srcdir)/../../include
@@ -17,4 +16,3 @@
 THESOURCES=gdbserv-input.c gdbserv-output.c gdbserv-state.c gdbserv-utils.c gdbsocket.c gdblog.c stdio-log.c gdbserv-log.c gdbloop.c gdbsched.c gdbserv-target.c
 
 librda_la_SOURCES = $(THESOURCES)
-librda_a_SOURCES = $(THESOURCES)
--- rda/unix/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:47.000000000 -0500
+++ rda/unix/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 dnl automake support
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
-AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_EXEEXT
 AC_LANG_C
 
@@ -32,43 +32,43 @@
 case "$target" in
   mips64*linux*)
     TARGET_MODULES="linux-target.o no-threads.o ptrace-target.o" 
-    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T,  prgregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T)
+    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is any Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T, prgregset_t, [Define the type name of a gregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t, [Define the type name of an fpregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T, [], [Define if system headers will define lwpid_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T, [], [Define if system headers will define psaddr_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prgregset_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prfpregset_t])
     ;;
   i?86*linux* | \
   powerpc*linux* | \
   arm*linux* | \
   mips*linux*)
     TARGET_MODULES="linux-target.o thread-db.o ptrace-target.o" 
-    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T,  prgregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T)
+    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is any Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T, prgregset_t, [Define the type name of a gregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t, [Define the type name of an fpregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T, [], [Define if system headers will define lwpid_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T, [], [Define if system headers will define psaddr_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prgregset_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prfpregset_t])
     ;;
   *linux*)
     TARGET_MODULES="linux-target.o no-threads.o ptrace-target.o" 
-    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T,  prgregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T)
+    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is any Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T, prgregset_t, [Define the type name of a gregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t, [Define the type name of an fpregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T, [], [Define if system headers will define lwpid_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T, [], [Define if system headers will define psaddr_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prgregset_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prfpregset_t])
     ;;
   *solaris*)
     TARGET_MODULES="solaris-target.o dummy-target.o" 
-    AC_DEFINE(SOLARIS_TARGET)
-# Place-holders -- not necessarily correct...
-    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T,  gregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, fpregset_t)
+    AC_DEFINE(SOLARIS_TARGET, [], [Define if target is any Solaris])
+    # Place-holders -- not necessarily correct...
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prgregset_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prfpregset_t])
     ;;
 esac
 
@@ -77,116 +77,116 @@
 case "$target" in
   *solaris*)
     dnl FIXME: differentiate between flavors of Solaris!
-    AC_DEFINE(SPARC32_SOLARIS_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(SPARC32_SOLARIS_TARGET, [], [Define is target is Sparc32])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   sh*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(SH_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(SH_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is SH (3? 4?) Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   mips64*linux*n64)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_N64)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is 64-bit MIPS Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_N64, [], [Define if target uses MIPS n64 ABI])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long long or unsigned long long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   mips64*linux*n32)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_N32)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is 64-bit MIPS Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_N32, [], [Define if target uses MIPS n32 ABI])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long long or unsigned long long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   mips64*linux*o32)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_O32)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is 64-bit MIPS Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_O32, [], [Define if target uses MIPS o32 ABI])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   mips*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_O32)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is (32-bit) MIPS Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_O32, [], [Define if target uses MIPS o32 ABI])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   i?86*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(X86_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(X86_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is x86 Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   powerpc*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(PPC_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(PPC_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is powerpc Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   m68k*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(M68K_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(M68K_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is m68k Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   alpha*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(ALPHA_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(ALPHA_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is alpha Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long long or unsigned long long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   arm*linux*)
 	if test "$arm32" = "yes"; then
-	    AC_DEFINE(ARM_LINUX_TARGET)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-      	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+	    AC_DEFINE(ARM_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is arm Linux])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
 	else
-    	    AC_DEFINE(ARM_LINUX_TARGET)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
+    	    AC_DEFINE(ARM_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is arm Linux])
+    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long long or unsigned long long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
 	fi
 	;;
 esac
--- rda/win32/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:47.000000000 -0500
+++ rda/win32/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@
 case "$target" in
   *cygwin*)
     dnl FIXME: differentiate between flavors of Solaris!
-    AC_DEFINE(WIN32_TARGET)
+    AC_DEFINE(WIN32_TARGET, [], [Define if target is Win32])
     ;;
 esac
 
-if test -f /usr/include/foo.h; then
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AC_DEFINE, 1, [define if have AC_DEFINE])
-fi
-
 dnl Outputs
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
 
--- sim/common/aclocal.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:54.000000000 -0500
+++ sim/common/aclocal.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
 
     dnl If we use NLS figure out what method
     if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes"; then
-      AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_NLS)
+      AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_NLS, 1, [Define to 1 if NLS is requested])
       AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether included gettext is requested])
       AC_ARG_WITH(included-gettext,
         [  --with-included-gettext use the GNU gettext library included here],
@@ -938,7 +938,8 @@
 
 	   if test "$gt_cv_func_gettext_libc" = "yes" \
 	      || test "$gt_cv_func_gettext_libintl" = "yes"; then
-	      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETTEXT)
+	      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETTEXT, 1,
+			[Define as 1 if you have gettext and don't want to use GNU gettext.])
 	      AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(MSGFMT, msgfmt,
 		[test -z "`$ac_dir/$ac_word -h 2>&1 | grep 'dv '`"], no)dnl
 	      if test "$MSGFMT" != "no"; then
@@ -1217,7 +1218,8 @@
       [AC_TRY_LINK([#include <locale.h>], [return LC_MESSAGES],
        am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES=yes, am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES=no)])
     if test $am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES = yes; then
-      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LC_MESSAGES)
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LC_MESSAGES, 1,
+		[Define if your locale.h file contains LC_MESSAGES.])
     fi
   fi])
 

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#! /bin/sh

set -e

src=$1

$src/configure

dirs="bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld libiberty mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils"
for i in $dirs; do
    rm -f config.cache
    (cd $i && $src/$i/configure --enable-maintainer-mode)
done

rm -f config.cache

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain]

Klee Dienes wrote:
> 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by 
> reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.  In general, define 
> the version used to be "the most recent officially released version of 
> each tool".

I'm not a heavy autotools guy, but I do try to maintain a standardized
build + test enviroment for gdb testing.  I agree with the idea of
referring to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.  I strongly think that
the pointer should say "autoconf 2.56", for example, rather than "the
most recent officialy released version of autoconf".

If the pointer said "most recent officially released version of
autoconf", and I followed those instructions, then I would unwittingly
be using a different version of autoconf (2.57) then the version you are
standardizing on (2.56).  I would prefer an absolute version number,
and we kick it forward when we are happy with the new release + when
the project is not frozen in that regard.

I'm comfortable with the ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils mirror if
we really do enforce that the versions in there are the versions that
we use.  But I'm more comfortable if src/README-maintainer-mode points
directly to ftp.gnu.org.  It seems easier to manage a version list in
README-maintainer-mode rather than ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils.
Also as a gdb maintainer I can notice changes in README-maintainer-mode
easier than I can notice changes in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils.

(BTW the top level src/README-maintainer-mode file still refers to
ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com).

Michael C

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

That sounds fine to me.  My main interest here is to make updating to 
the most recent
version of the released tools be considered the "standard" thing to do.

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 01:15 PM, Michael Elizabeth Chastain 
wrote:

> Klee Dienes wrote:
>> 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by
>> reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.  In general, define
>> the version used to be "the most recent officially released version of
>> each tool".
>
> I'm not a heavy autotools guy, but I do try to maintain a standardized
> build + test enviroment for gdb testing.  I agree with the idea of
> referring to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.  I strongly think that
> the pointer should say "autoconf 2.56", for example, rather than "the
> most recent officialy released version of autoconf".

Re: [RFA/PATCH] Darwin fixes for ltconfig, ltcf-c.sh

[Klee Dienes]

I believe libtool-1.4.3 already has correct Darwin support, although I 
haven't done overly much testing with it.

I submitted a patch to the current GDB/binutils libtool because it was 
unclear when the next libtool merge might be, because I didn't want to 
get in the way of the folks doing the autoconfiscation work, and 
because there was existing precedent (see the ChangeLog entries for 
2002-01-27 and 2001-11-13, for example).

I'm certainly willing to try to push through an upgrade of the 
GDB/binutils libtool to 1.4.3 if that's what's necessary, though; let 
me know and I'll put together a patch.

On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 12:57 PM, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> These files are part of libtool.  From src/MAINTAINERS.
>
> Andrew
>
> ltconfig; ltmain.sh
>         libtool: http://gnu.org
>         Changes need to be done in tandem with the official LIBTOOL
>         sources or submitted to the master file maintainer and brought
>         in via a merge.

[RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

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The following patch updates the following directories to use the latest 
versions of libtool, autoconf, and automake:

bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld libiberty mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils

ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4.3
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.56
automake (GNU automake) 1.7.1
gettext (GNU gettext) 0.11.5

To apply the patch, I put the following four files in a directory, and 
ran 'files.sh' in the top-level directory of the GDB/Binutils tree, 
then configured and built with 'build.sh' (the script was necessary in 
order to pass --enable-maintainer-mode to only the subdirectories for 
which it was appropriate).  I then did a full build to verify that 
maintainer-mode was working, and used the files generated by 
--enable-maintainer-mode as the final versions.  I'm not including the 
ChangeLog entries for all of the auto-generated files, as they're not 
overly interesting; I plan to generate them with a perl script based on 
the result of the build.  I'm also not including the diffs to the 
generated files, since they were about 6Mb, and not all that 
interesting.  I'm happy to provide either if requested.


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.
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* .cvsignore: Add autom4te.cache.

bfd
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.
	* configure.in: Use AC_DISABLE_SHARED and AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
	instead of the AM_ versions.

binutils
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* Makefile.am (YLWRAP): Refer to the top-level ylwrap.
	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.
	* configure.in: Use AC_PROG_LEX instead of AM_PROG_LEX.
	* configure: Pass --build=$host_alias to sub-makes if no other
	value is specified.
		
gas
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.
	* configure.in: Pass explicit value to AC_CONFIG_FILES, not
	${GDBINIT}.  Use AC_CONFIG_FILES, AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS, and
	AC_OUTPUT, not the multi-argument AC_OUTPUT.

gdb
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* Makefile.in: Update to new ylwrap calling conventions.
	* configure.in: Pass description string to AC_DEFINE.

gdb/testsuite
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* gdb.hp/gdb.objdbg/configure.in: Remove objdbg0* from
	AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS.

gprof
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.

ld
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* Makefile.am (YLWRAP): Refer to the top-level ylwrap.
	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.

libiberty
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* aclocal.m4: Use AC_LIBOBJ instead of setting LIBOBJS directly.
	Use _AC_LANG_COMPILER_GNU and $ac_compiler_gnu instead of
	AC_PROG_CC_GNU and $ac_cv_prog_gcc.  Call _AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT to
	get the object file extension.  Use AC_PROG_CC_G instead of
	_AC_PROG_CC_G.
	* configure.in: Use AC_LIBOBJ instead of setting LIBOBJS directly.

opcodes
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.

rda
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* configure.in: Use AC_PROG_LIBTOOL instead of AM_PROG_LIBTOOL.


rda/lib
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* lib/Makefile.am: Remove noinst_LIBRARIES and librda_a_SOURCES
	(it's not possible to specify both a libtool version and a
	non-libtool version using the same object files).

rda/unix
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* unix/configure.in: Pass description strings to AC_DEFINE.

rda/win32
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

	* win32/configure.in: Pass description strings to AC_DEFINE.

sim/common
2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>
	
	* aclocal.m4: Pass description strings to AC_DEFINE.

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--- .cvsignore	2002-12-04 12:16:15.000000000 -0500
+++ .cvsignore	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 *-src
 *-stamp-*
 *-tagged
+autom4te.cache
 blockit
 cfg-paper.info
 config.status
--- bfd/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:16:19.000000000 -0500
+++ bfd/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -108,16 +108,6 @@
  AC_MSG_RESULT($bfd_cv_have_sys_procfs_type_member_$1_$2)
 ])
 
-sinclude(../libtool.m4)
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_DEFUN([AM_DISABLE_SHARED],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 sinclude(../gettext.m4)
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- bfd/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:16:20.000000000 -0500
+++ bfd/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@
 AC_SUBST(bfd_version)
 AC_SUBST(bfd_version_string)
 
-dnl These must be called before AM_PROG_LIBTOOL, because it may want
+dnl These must be called before AC_PROG_LIBTOOL, because it may want
 dnl to call AC_CHECK_PROG.
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib, :)
 
 dnl Default to a non shared library.  This may be overridden by the
 dnl configure option --enable-shared.
-AM_DISABLE_SHARED
+AC_DISABLE_SHARED
 
-AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(64-bit-bfd,
 [  --enable-64-bit-bfd     64-bit support (on hosts with narrower word sizes)],
--- binutils/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 12:16:22.000000000 -0500
+++ binutils/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 CC_FOR_BUILD = @CC_FOR_BUILD@
 EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD = @EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD@
 
+YLWRAP = $(srcdir)/../ylwrap
+
 YACC = `if [ -f ../bison/bison ]; then echo ../bison/bison -y -L$(srcdir)/../bison/; else echo @YACC@; fi`
 YFLAGS = -d
 LEX = `if [ -f ../flex/flex ]; then echo ../flex/flex; else echo @LEX@; fi`
--- binutils/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:16:23.000000000 -0500
+++ binutils/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 sinclude(../bfd/acinclude.m4)
 
-dnl sinclude(../libtool.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 dnl sinclude(../gettext.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- binutils/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:16:23.000000000 -0500
+++ binutils/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 AC_PROG_CC
 
 AC_PROG_YACC
-AM_PROG_LEX
+AC_PROG_LEX
 
 ALL_LINGUAS="fr tr ja es sv da"
 CY_GNU_GETTEXT
--- configure	2002-12-02 23:55:04.000000000 -0500
+++ configure	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1473,6 +1473,10 @@
 
 ### The recursion line is here.
 			if [ ! -z "${recprog}" ] ; then
+				if [ -z "$buildopt" ]
+				then
+					buildopt="--build=$host_alias"
+				fi
 	                        if eval ${config_shell} ${recprog} ${verbose} ${buildopt} --host=${host_alias} --target=${tgt_alias} \
         	                        ${prefixoption} ${tmpdiroption} ${exec_prefixoption} \
                 	                ${srcdiroption} ${diroptions} ${program_prefixoption} ${program_suffixoption} ${program_transform_nameoption} ${site_option} ${withoptions} ${withoutoptions} ${enableoptions} ${disableoptions} ${floating_pointoption} ${cache_file_option} ${other_options} ${redirect} ; then
--- gas/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:16:34.000000000 -0500
+++ gas/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -55,16 +55,6 @@
 $1=[$]_gas_uniq_newlist
 ])dnl
 
-sinclude(../libtool.m4)
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_LIBM],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 sinclude(../gettext.m4)
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- gas/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:16:35.000000000 -0500
+++ gas/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -70,10 +70,14 @@
 
 # If we are on a DOS filesystem, we must use gdb.ini rather than
 # .gdbinit.
-GDBINIT=".gdbinit"
 case "${host}" in
   *-*-msdos* | *-*-go32* | *-*-mingw32* | *-*-windows*)
     GDBINIT="gdb.ini"
+    AC_CONFIG_FILES(gdb.ini:gdbinit.in)
+    ;;
+  *)
+    GDBINIT=".gdbinit"
+    AC_CONFIG_FILES(.gdbinit:gdbinit.in)
     ;;
 esac
 AC_SUBST(GDBINIT)
@@ -993,7 +997,9 @@
 dnl the old symlinks don't exist, so that a reconfigure in an existing
 dnl directory behaves reasonably.
 
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile doc/Makefile ${GDBINIT}:gdbinit.in po/Makefile.in:po/Make-in,
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile doc/Makefile po/Makefile.in:po/Make-in)
+
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([default],
 [rm -f targ-cpu.c targ-cpu.h obj-format.h obj-format.c targ-env.h atof-targ.c itbl-cpu.h
  echo '#include "tc-'"${target_cpu_type}"'.h"' > targ-cpu.h
  echo '#include "obj-'"${obj_format}"'.h"' > obj-format.h
@@ -1008,3 +1014,5 @@
  cgen_cpu_prefix=${cgen_cpu_prefix}
  obj_format=${obj_format}
  te_file=${te_file}])
+
+AC_OUTPUT
\ No newline at end of file
--- gdb/Makefile.in	2002-12-04 23:11:12.000000000 -0500
+++ gdb/Makefile.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: c-exp.tab.c
 c-exp.tab.o: c-exp.tab.c
 c-exp.tab.c: c-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: objc-exp.tab.c
 objc-exp.tab.o: objc-exp.tab.c
 objc-exp.tab.c: objc-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/objc-exp.y y.tab.c objc-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/objc-exp.y y.tab.c objc-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: jv-exp.tab.c
 jv-exp.tab.o: jv-exp.tab.c
 jv-exp.tab.c: jv-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/jv-exp.y  y.tab.c jv-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/jv-exp.y  y.tab.c jv-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: f-exp.tab.c
 f-exp.tab.o: f-exp.tab.c
 f-exp.tab.c: f-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/f-exp.y  y.tab.c f-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/f-exp.y  y.tab.c f-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: m2-exp.tab.c
 m2-exp.tab.o: m2-exp.tab.c
 m2-exp.tab.c: m2-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/m2-exp.y  y.tab.c m2-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS) 
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/m2-exp.y  y.tab.c m2-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: ada-exp.tab.c
 ada-exp.tab.o: ada-exp.tab.c
 ada-exp.tab.c: ada-exp.y 
-	$(YACC) $(YFLAGS) $(srcdir)/ada-exp.y
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/ada-exp.y  y.tab.c ada-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS) 
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	-e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	-e '/extern.*free/d' \
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@
 .PRECIOUS: p-exp.tab.c
 p-exp.tab.o: p-exp.tab.c
 p-exp.tab.c: p-exp.y
-	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/p-exp.y  y.tab.c p-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS)
+	$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/p-exp.y  y.tab.c p-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS)
 	-sed -e '/extern.*malloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*realloc/d' \
 	     -e '/extern.*free/d' \
--- gdb/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:16:47.000000000 -0500
+++ gdb/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
 ac_cv_c_long_double=yes, ac_cv_c_long_double=no)])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_c_long_double)
 if test $ac_cv_c_long_double = yes; then
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE)
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE], [], [Define if the `long double' type works])
 fi
 
 dnl See if the compiler and runtime support printing long doubles
--- gdb/testsuite/gdb.hp/gdb.objdbg/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:00.000000000 -0500
+++ gdb/testsuite/gdb.hp/gdb.objdbg/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@
 AC_SUBST(CC)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(`cd $srcdir;pwd`/../../../..)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(objdbg01 objdbg02 objdbg03 objdbg04)
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
--- gprof/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:02.000000000 -0500
+++ gprof/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-sinclude(../libtool.m4)
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 sinclude(../gettext.m4)
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- ld/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 12:17:11.000000000 -0500
+++ ld/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 tooldir = $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)
 
+YLWRAP = $(srcdir)/../ylwrap
+
 YACC = `if [ -f ../bison/bison ]; then echo ../bison/bison -y -L$(srcdir)/../bison/; else echo @YACC@; fi`
 YFLAGS = -d
 LEX = `if [ -f ../flex/flex ]; then echo ../flex/flex; else echo @LEX@; fi`
--- ld/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:11.000000000 -0500
+++ ld/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 sinclude(../bfd/acinclude.m4)
 
-dnl sinclude(../libtool.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 dnl sinclude(../gettext.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- libiberty/aclocal.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:23.000000000 -0500
+++ libiberty/aclocal.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   ac_cv_func_strncmp_works=no)
 rm -f core core.* *.core])
 if test $ac_cv_func_strncmp_works = no ; then
-  LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strncmp.o"
+  AC_LIBOBJ(strncmp)
 fi
 ])
 
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@
   test -z "$CC" && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable cc found in \$PATH])
 fi
 
-AC_PROG_CC_GNU
+_AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT
+_AC_LANG_COMPILER_GNU
 
-if test $ac_cv_prog_gcc = yes; then
+if test $ac_compiler_gnu = yes; then
   GCC=yes
   ac_libiberty_warn_cflags='-W -Wall -Wtraditional -pedantic'
 dnl Check whether -g works, even if CFLAGS is set, in case the package
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
   ac_test_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS+set}"
   ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
   CFLAGS=
-  AC_PROG_CC_G
+  _AC_PROG_CC_G
   if test "$ac_test_CFLAGS" = set; then
     CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
   elif test $ac_cv_prog_cc_g = yes; then
--- libiberty/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:23.000000000 -0500
+++ libiberty/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -240,7 +240,12 @@
   # newlib provide and which ones we will be expected to provide.
 
   if test "x${with_newlib}" = "xyes"; then
-    LIBOBJS="asprintf.o basename.o insque.o random.o strdup.o vasprintf.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ(asprintf)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(basename)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(insque)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(random)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(strdup)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(vasprintf)
 
     for f in $funcs; do
       case "$f" in
@@ -308,8 +313,16 @@
     # Handle VxWorks configuration specially, since on VxWorks the
     # libraries are actually on the target board, not in the file
     # system.
-    LIBOBJS="basename.o getpagesize.o insque.o random.o strcasecmp.o"
-    LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strncasecmp.o strdup.o vfork.o waitpid.o vasprintf.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ(basename)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(getpagesize)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(insque)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(random)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(strcasecmp)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(strncasecmp)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(strdup)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(vfork)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(waitpid)
+    AC_LIBOBJ(vasprintf)
     for f in $funcs; do
       case "$f" in
 	basename | getpagesize | insque | random | strcasecmp)
@@ -356,7 +369,7 @@
     if test -n "${with_target_subdir}"
     then
       funcs="`echo $funcs | sed -e 's/random//'`"
-      LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS random.o"
+      AC_LIBOBJ(random)
       vars="`echo $vars | sed -e 's/sys_siglist//'`"
       checkfuncs="`echo $checkfuncs | sed -e 's/strsignal//' -e 's/psignal//'`"
     fi
@@ -392,12 +405,12 @@
 
   # We haven't set the list of objects yet.  Use the standard autoconf
   # tests.  This will only work if the compiler works.
-  AC_PROG_CC_WORKS
+  AC_PROG_CC
   AC_REPLACE_FUNCS($funcs)
   libiberty_AC_FUNC_C_ALLOCA
   AC_FUNC_VFORK
   if test $ac_cv_func_vfork_works = no; then
-    LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS vfork.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ(vfork)
   fi
   # We only need _doprnt if we might use it to implement v*printf.
   if test $ac_cv_func_vprintf != yes \
--- opcodes/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:45.000000000 -0500
+++ opcodes/acinclude.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 sinclude(../bfd/acinclude.m4)
 
-dnl sinclude(../libtool.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
-dnl The lines below arrange for aclocal not to bring libtool.m4
-dnl AM_PROG_LIBTOOL into aclocal.m4, while still arranging for automake
-dnl to add a definition of LIBTOOL to Makefile.in.
-ifelse(yes,no,[
-AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_LIBTOOL],)
-AC_DEFUN([AM_DISABLE_SHARED],)
-AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
-])
-
 dnl sinclude(../gettext.m4) already included in bfd/acinclude.m4
 ifelse(yes,no,[
 AC_DEFUN([CY_WITH_NLS],)
--- rda/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:46.000000000 -0500
+++ rda/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 dnl automake support
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 dnl AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
-AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_EXEEXT
 AC_LANG_C
 
--- rda/lib/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 12:17:46.000000000 -0500
+++ rda/lib/Makefile.am	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # Create a libtool convenience archive
 # ... and a plain library archive for non-libtool clients
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = librda.la
-noinst_LIBRARIES = librda.a
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../include \
 	-I$(srcdir)/../../include
@@ -17,4 +16,3 @@
 THESOURCES=gdbserv-input.c gdbserv-output.c gdbserv-state.c gdbserv-utils.c gdbsocket.c gdblog.c stdio-log.c gdbserv-log.c gdbloop.c gdbsched.c gdbserv-target.c
 
 librda_la_SOURCES = $(THESOURCES)
-librda_a_SOURCES = $(THESOURCES)
--- rda/unix/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:47.000000000 -0500
+++ rda/unix/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 dnl automake support
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
-AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_EXEEXT
 AC_LANG_C
 
@@ -32,43 +32,43 @@
 case "$target" in
   mips64*linux*)
     TARGET_MODULES="linux-target.o no-threads.o ptrace-target.o" 
-    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T,  prgregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T)
+    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is any Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T, prgregset_t, [Define the type name of a gregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t, [Define the type name of an fpregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T, [], [Define if system headers will define lwpid_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T, [], [Define if system headers will define psaddr_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prgregset_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prfpregset_t])
     ;;
   i?86*linux* | \
   powerpc*linux* | \
   arm*linux* | \
   mips*linux*)
     TARGET_MODULES="linux-target.o thread-db.o ptrace-target.o" 
-    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T,  prgregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T)
+    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is any Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T, prgregset_t, [Define the type name of a gregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t, [Define the type name of an fpregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T, [], [Define if system headers will define lwpid_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T, [], [Define if system headers will define psaddr_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prgregset_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prfpregset_t])
     ;;
   *linux*)
     TARGET_MODULES="linux-target.o no-threads.o ptrace-target.o" 
-    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T,  prgregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T)
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T)
+    AC_DEFINE(LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is any Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T, prgregset_t, [Define the type name of a gregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, prfpregset_t, [Define the type name of an fpregset])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LWPID_T, [], [Define if system headers will define lwpid_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PSADDR_T, [], [Define if system headers will define psaddr_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prgregset_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prfpregset_t])
     ;;
   *solaris*)
     TARGET_MODULES="solaris-target.o dummy-target.o" 
-    AC_DEFINE(SOLARIS_TARGET)
-# Place-holders -- not necessarily correct...
-    AC_DEFINE(GREGSET_T,  gregset_t)
-    AC_DEFINE(FPREGSET_T, fpregset_t)
+    AC_DEFINE(SOLARIS_TARGET, [], [Define if target is any Solaris])
+    # Place-holders -- not necessarily correct...
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRGREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prgregset_t])
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PRFPREGSET_T, [], [Define if system headers will define prfpregset_t])
     ;;
 esac
 
@@ -77,116 +77,116 @@
 case "$target" in
   *solaris*)
     dnl FIXME: differentiate between flavors of Solaris!
-    AC_DEFINE(SPARC32_SOLARIS_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(SPARC32_SOLARIS_TARGET, [], [Define is target is Sparc32])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   sh*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(SH_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(SH_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is SH (3? 4?) Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   mips64*linux*n64)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_N64)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is 64-bit MIPS Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_N64, [], [Define if target uses MIPS n64 ABI])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long long or unsigned long long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   mips64*linux*n32)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_N32)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is 64-bit MIPS Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_N32, [], [Define if target uses MIPS n32 ABI])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long long or unsigned long long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   mips64*linux*o32)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_O32)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS64_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is 64-bit MIPS Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_O32, [], [Define if target uses MIPS o32 ABI])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   mips*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_O32)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is (32-bit) MIPS Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(MIPS_ABI_O32, [], [Define if target uses MIPS o32 ABI])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   i?86*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(X86_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(X86_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is x86 Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   powerpc*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(PPC_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(PPC_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is powerpc Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   m68k*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(M68K_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(M68K_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is m68k Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   alpha*linux*)
-    AC_DEFINE(ALPHA_LINUX_TARGET)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
+    AC_DEFINE(ALPHA_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is alpha Linux])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long long or unsigned long long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
     ;;
   arm*linux*)
 	if test "$arm32" = "yes"; then
-	    AC_DEFINE(ARM_LINUX_TARGET)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG)
-      	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG)
+	    AC_DEFINE(ARM_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is arm Linux])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 4, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
 	else
-    	    AC_DEFINE(ARM_LINUX_TARGET)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
-    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG)
+    	    AC_DEFINE(ARM_LINUX_TARGET, [], [Define if target is arm Linux])
+    	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_SIZE, 8, [Define for ptrace systems, to the size of a ptrace word.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_XFER_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace transfer type is long long or unsigned long long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG1_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg1 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG2_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg2 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg3 type is long or unsigned long.])
+	    AC_DEFINE(PTRACE_ARG4_TYPE_LONG_LONG, [], [Define if ptrace arg4 type is long or unsigned long.])
 	fi
 	;;
 esac
--- rda/win32/configure.in	2002-12-04 12:17:47.000000000 -0500
+++ rda/win32/configure.in	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@
 case "$target" in
   *cygwin*)
     dnl FIXME: differentiate between flavors of Solaris!
-    AC_DEFINE(WIN32_TARGET)
+    AC_DEFINE(WIN32_TARGET, [], [Define if target is Win32])
     ;;
 esac
 
-if test -f /usr/include/foo.h; then
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_AC_DEFINE, 1, [define if have AC_DEFINE])
-fi
-
 dnl Outputs
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
 
--- sim/common/aclocal.m4	2002-12-04 12:17:54.000000000 -0500
+++ sim/common/aclocal.m4	2002-12-04 23:18:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
 
     dnl If we use NLS figure out what method
     if test "$USE_NLS" = "yes"; then
-      AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_NLS)
+      AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_NLS, 1, [Define to 1 if NLS is requested])
       AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether included gettext is requested])
       AC_ARG_WITH(included-gettext,
         [  --with-included-gettext use the GNU gettext library included here],
@@ -938,7 +938,8 @@
 
 	   if test "$gt_cv_func_gettext_libc" = "yes" \
 	      || test "$gt_cv_func_gettext_libintl" = "yes"; then
-	      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETTEXT)
+	      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETTEXT, 1,
+			[Define as 1 if you have gettext and don't want to use GNU gettext.])
 	      AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(MSGFMT, msgfmt,
 		[test -z "`$ac_dir/$ac_word -h 2>&1 | grep 'dv '`"], no)dnl
 	      if test "$MSGFMT" != "no"; then
@@ -1217,7 +1218,8 @@
       [AC_TRY_LINK([#include <locale.h>], [return LC_MESSAGES],
        am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES=yes, am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES=no)])
     if test $am_cv_val_LC_MESSAGES = yes; then
-      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LC_MESSAGES)
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LC_MESSAGES, 1,
+		[Define if your locale.h file contains LC_MESSAGES.])
     fi
   fi])
 

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echo "Versions:"

dir=`echo $0 | sed -e 's/\/[^\/]*$//'`
echo $dir

libtool --version | grep \. | grep '(' | grep -v Copy 2>&1
autoconf --version | grep \. | grep '(' | grep -v Copy 2>&1
automake --version | grep \. | grep '(' | grep -v Copy 2>&1
gettext --version | grep \. | grep '(' | grep -v Copy 2>&1

update=`grep '+++' $dir/bfd.txt | sed -e 's/+++ //' -e 's/[ 	].*//'`
echo; echo Resetting:
echo Removing $update
rm -f $update
cvs -z9 -q update $update

find . -name autom4te.cache | xargs rm -rf

echo; echo "Patching:"

patch -p0 < $dir/bfd.txt

cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.7/depcomp .
cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.7/missing .
cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.7/mkinstalldirs .
cp -p /usr/share/automake-1.7/ylwrap .

cp -p /usr/share/libtool/ltmain.sh .

rm -f ltcf-c.sh
rm -f ltcf-cxx.sh
rm -f ltcf-gcj.sh
rm -f ltconfig
rm -f libtool.m4

echo; echo "Configuring:"

dirs="bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld libiberty mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils"
for i in $dirs; do
    dirs=`find $i -type d`
    dirs=`for j in $dirs; do if [ -f $j/configure.in ]; then echo $j; fi; done`
    for j in $dirs; do
        echo "Configuring $j"
	autoreconf -f -I`pwd` $j
    done
done

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#! /bin/sh

set -e

src=$1

$src/configure

dirs="bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld libiberty mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils"
for i in $dirs; do
    rm -f config.cache
    (cd $i && $src/$i/configure --enable-maintainer-mode)
done

rm -f config.cache

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On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 01:32 PM, Klee Dienes wrote:

> I believe libtool-1.4.3 already has correct Darwin support, although I 
> haven't done overly much testing with it.
>
> I submitted a patch to the current GDB/binutils libtool because it was 
> unclear when the next libtool merge might be, because I didn't want to 
> get in the way of the folks doing the autoconfiscation work, and 
> because there was existing precedent (see the ChangeLog entries for 
> 2002-01-27 and 2001-11-13, for example).
>
> I'm certainly willing to try to push through an upgrade of the 
> GDB/binutils libtool to 1.4.3 if that's what's necessary, though; let 
> me know and I'll put together a patch.
>
> On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 12:57 PM, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
>> These files are part of libtool.  From src/MAINTAINERS.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> ltconfig; ltmain.sh
>>         libtool: http://gnu.org
>>         Changes need to be done in tandem with the official LIBTOOL
>>         sources or submitted to the master file maintainer and brought
>>         in via a merge.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Hans-Peter Nilsson]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Klee Dienes wrote:
> The following patch updates the following directories to use the latest
> versions of libtool, autoconf, and automake:

Bravo!  Great!  ... Could you please do this for GCC
gcc-3_4-basic-improvements-branch too?

Thanks!

brgds, H-P

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Alan Modra]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:26:53AM -0500, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Klee Dienes wrote:
> > The following patch updates the following directories to use the latest
> > versions of libtool, autoconf, and automake:
> 
> Bravo!  Great!

Agreed, but it needs a little more work.  I ran Klee's script (minus
the rm and cvs update - I want to keep a few local mods!) last night
and my binutils builds went uneventfully.  There were a few make
warnings about commands being overridden, but that's a minor problem.
The big problem, as others have noted, is that "make install" doesn't
install properly on a native build.  ie. with --build=i686-linux
--host=i686-linux --target=i686-linux I get tools installed as
i686-linux-$tool rather than plain $tool.  It seems that
program_prefix is now set by configure whenever --target is
specified, which I suppose is not a bad idea.  I'm happy to have the
tools installed as i686-linux-$tool, but I want them installed as
$tool too!

One other nit: Your changelog mentions binutils/configure where
you're in fact patching the toplevel configure.  You probably need to
explain why this particular patch was necessary too.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Andrew Cagney]

Er, wow!  Few technical hurdles to overcome first.

Anyone know what happens if only half the directories get converted?

There is a problem with libiberty and utils because GCC have their feet 
stuck in the ice (unless src, again splits off from GCC, but I suspect 
here we don't want to).

> bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld libiberty mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils

bfd, binutils, gas, gprof, ld and opcodes are all BINUTILS.
mmalloc, sim and gdb are all GDB.
I'd drop rda from the list.

I don't understand this:

- 
$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- 
$(YFLAGS)
+ 
$(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" 
$(YFLAGS)

isn't it independant of the switch?

Same with this?

-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE)
+  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE], [], [Define if the `long double' type 
works])

(or did the new autoconf change the interface causing a warning if the 
three parameters were not present?).

Andrew

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> I don't understand this:
>
> - $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- 
> $(YFLAGS)
> + $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" 
> $(YFLAGS)
>
> isn't it independant of the switch?

It's a result of using the ylwrap from autoconf-1.7, which is needed 
since the rules for the binutils/ parsers are automatically generated 
by automake.

> Same with this?
>
> -  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE)
> +  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE], [], [Define if the `long double' type 
> works])
>
> (or did the new autoconf change the interface causing a warning if the 
> three parameters were not present?).

Not even a warning: it blows out autoheader with an error.  The new 
AC_DEFINE interface deprecates the use of a template file, and instead 
requires all the information to be provided by the AC_DEFINE commands 
(it's particularly annoying since the warning about the existence of a 
template file is about 10 lines long, ALL CAPS, and can't be turned off 
with --warnings=none).

I actually made a point of not fixing any warnings during the 
conversion that weren't symptoms of real errors.  My reasoning is that 
once the flag day part of the conversion is done, we can fix the 
warnings in individual directories individually, but that for the 
initial conversion it was best to keep it as simple as possible.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Andrew Cagney]

> On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>> I don't understand this:
>> 
>> - $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- $(YFLAGS)
>> + $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS)
>> 
>> isn't it independant of the switch?

> 
> It's a result of using the ylwrap from autoconf-1.7, which is needed since the rules for the binutils/ parsers are automatically generated by automake.

Does it work now?

>> Same with this?
>> 
>> -  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE)
>> +  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE], [], [Define if the `long double' type works])
>> 
>> (or did the new autoconf change the interface causing a warning if the three parameters were not present?). 

> Not even a warning: it blows out autoheader with an error.  The new AC_DEFINE interface deprecates the use of a template file, and instead requires all the information to be provided by the AC_DEFINE commands (it's particularly annoying since the warning about the existence of a template file is about 10 lines long, ALL CAPS, and can't be turned off with --warnings=none).
> 

Ulgh.  Same here though, does this work with autoconf 2.13++ (the 
current offical autoconf)?

Andrew

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 12:00 PM, Andrew Cagney wrote:

>> On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>>> I don't understand this:
>>> - $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp 
>>> -- $(YFLAGS)
>>> + $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- 
>>> "$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS)
>>> isn't it independant of the switch?
>>>
>> It's a result of using the ylwrap from autoconf-1.7, which is needed 
>> since the rules for the binutils/ parsers are automatically generated 
>> by automake.
>>
> Does it work now?

I'm not sure I understand the question, but I'll elaborate on the 
situation a bit in hopes that I can answer it anyway.

Automake-1.4p5 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:

ylwrap PROGRAM INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- [ARGS]...

Automake-1.7 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:

ylwrap INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- PROGRAM [ARGS]...

So if we use automake-1.7 to build Makefile.in binutils/ld/gas, we need 
to use the ylwrap from automake-1.7 as well, which uses the new syntax 
and therefore requires the change to the GDB Makefile.in.   I don't 
think it's possible to have a version of the GDB Makefile.in that works 
with both versions.

>>> Same with this?
>>> -  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE)
>>> +  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE], [], [Define if the `long double' 
>>> type works])
>>> (or did the new autoconf change the interface causing a warning if 
>>> the three parameters were not present?).
>
>> Not even a warning: it blows out autoheader with an error.  The new 
>> AC_DEFINE interface deprecates the use of a template file, and 
>> instead requires all the information to be provided by the AC_DEFINE 
>> commands (it's particularly annoying since the warning about the 
>> existence of a template file is about 10 lines long, ALL CAPS, and 
>> can't be turned off with --warnings=none).
>
> Ulgh.  Same here though, does this work with autoconf 2.13++ (the 
> current offical autoconf)?

The 3-argument form works with both autoconf-2.13 and autoconf-2.50+.

Is autoconf-2.13 really the current official autoconf?  The autoconf 
release announcements don't make that at all clear:

>    - Why should I upgrade from 2.13?
>
> This version is no longer maintained.  It does not address recent
> architectures, recent compilers etc.  We know that upgrading from 2.13
> to 2.5x is not an easy task, especially because the Autoconf 2.13 was
> extremely tolerant of incorrect macro invocations, but waiting longer
> endangers the portability of your package and only delays the
> conversion to newer Autoconf versions.  Worse: some maintainers now
> spend a significant amount of time fixing bugs in 2.13 or backporting
> macros from 2.55.

Or do you mean that autoconf-2.13++ is the current official version for 
Binutils/BFD (in which case I withdraw my question)?

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:55:37PM -0500, Klee Dienes wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 12:00 PM, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> >>On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >>>I don't understand this:
> >>>- $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) "$(YACC)" $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp 
> >>>-- $(YFLAGS)
> >>>+ $(SHELL) $(YLWRAP) $(srcdir)/c-exp.y  y.tab.c c-exp.tmp -- 
> >>>"$(YACC)" $(YFLAGS)
> >>>isn't it independant of the switch?
> >>>
> >>It's a result of using the ylwrap from autoconf-1.7, which is needed 
> >>since the rules for the binutils/ parsers are automatically generated 
> >>by automake.
> >>
> >Does it work now?
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the question, but I'll elaborate on the 
> situation a bit in hopes that I can answer it anyway.
> 
> Automake-1.4p5 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:
> 
> ylwrap PROGRAM INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- [ARGS]...
> 
> Automake-1.7 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:
> 
> ylwrap INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- PROGRAM [ARGS]...
> 
> So if we use automake-1.7 to build Makefile.in binutils/ld/gas, we need 
> to use the ylwrap from automake-1.7 as well, which uses the new syntax 
> and therefore requires the change to the GDB Makefile.in.   I don't 
> think it's possible to have a version of the GDB Makefile.in that works 
> with both versions.

But, to clarify even further: if we use the new ylwrap from Automake
1.7, regardless of what version of _automake_ we are using, then Klee's
patch to gdb/Makefile.in will work.

This means that all directories which use both automake and ylwrap must
be converted at the same time however.

> The 3-argument form works with both autoconf-2.13 and autoconf-2.50+.
> 
> Is autoconf-2.13 really the current official autoconf?  The autoconf 
> release announcements don't make that at all clear:
> 
> Or do you mean that autoconf-2.13++ is the current official version for 
> Binutils/BFD (in which case I withdraw my question)?

Right, that's what Andrew meant, I think.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Andrew Cagney]

>> I'm not sure I understand the question, but I'll elaborate on the 
>> situation a bit in hopes that I can answer it anyway.
>> 
>> Automake-1.4p5 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:
>> 
>> ylwrap PROGRAM INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- [ARGS]...
>> 
>> Automake-1.7 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:
>> 
>> ylwrap INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- PROGRAM [ARGS]...
>> 
>> So if we use automake-1.7 to build Makefile.in binutils/ld/gas, we need 
>> to use the ylwrap from automake-1.7 as well, which uses the new syntax 
>> and therefore requires the change to the GDB Makefile.in.   I don't 
>> think it's possible to have a version of the GDB Makefile.in that works 
>> with both versions.
> 
> 
> But, to clarify even further: if we use the new ylwrap from Automake
> 1.7, regardless of what version of _automake_ we are using, then Klee's
> patch to gdb/Makefile.in will work.
> 
> This means that all directories which use both automake and ylwrap must
> be converted at the same time however.

[australian expletive deleted]

But GDB, which doesn't use automake, can start using the new one 
(locally) now, and get the patches committed?

Andrew

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:13:14PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> >>I'm not sure I understand the question, but I'll elaborate on the 
> >>situation a bit in hopes that I can answer it anyway.
> >>
> >>Automake-1.4p5 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:
> >>
> >>ylwrap PROGRAM INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- [ARGS]...
> >>
> >>Automake-1.7 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:
> >>
> >>ylwrap INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- PROGRAM [ARGS]...
> >>
> >>So if we use automake-1.7 to build Makefile.in binutils/ld/gas, we need 
> >>to use the ylwrap from automake-1.7 as well, which uses the new syntax 
> >>and therefore requires the change to the GDB Makefile.in.   I don't 
> >>think it's possible to have a version of the GDB Makefile.in that works 
> >>with both versions.
> >
> >
> >But, to clarify even further: if we use the new ylwrap from Automake
> >1.7, regardless of what version of _automake_ we are using, then Klee's
> >patch to gdb/Makefile.in will work.
> >
> >This means that all directories which use both automake and ylwrap must
> >be converted at the same time however.
> 
> [australian expletive deleted]
> 
> But GDB, which doesn't use automake, can start using the new one 
> (locally) now, and get the patches committed?

Probably not.  It expects it to be in the toplevel directory.  Might be
able to override YLWRAP for now.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Andrew Cagney]

> The 3-argument form works with both autoconf-2.13 and autoconf-2.50+.
> 

So the three argument form fixes can be committed now?

> I'm not sure I understand the question, but I'll elaborate on the situation a bit in hopes that I can answer it anyway.
> 
> Automake-1.4p5 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:
> 
> ylwrap PROGRAM INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- [ARGS]...
> 
> Automake-1.7 generates Makefile.in's that use the syntax:
> 
> ylwrap INPUT [OUTPUT DESIRED]... -- PROGRAM [ARGS]...
> 
> So if we use automake-1.7 to build Makefile.in binutils/ld/gas, we need to use the ylwrap from automake-1.7 as well, which uses the new syntax and therefore requires the change to the GDB Makefile.in.   I don't think it's possible to have a version of the GDB Makefile.in that works with both versions. 

Right.  But can the fixes be committed now (while we potentially twiddle 
our thums waiting for the end of the northern winter :-).  I get the 
feeling that the answer is no.  Outch!

Andrew

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 04:08 PM, Andrew Cagney wrote:

>> The 3-argument form works with both autoconf-2.13 and autoconf-2.50+.
>
> So the three argument form fixes can be committed now?

Yes, that should be fine, though I'd have to do a test-configure/build 
of it to be 100% sure.

> Right.  But can the fixes be committed now (while we potentially 
> twiddle our thums waiting for the end of the northern winter :-).  I 
> get the feeling that the answer is no.  Outch!

We could use YLWRAP = $(srcdir)/ylwrap instead of YLWRAP = 
$(srcdir)/../ylwrap, and then include the new-style ylwrap in the GDB 
directory, if we chose to.  I suspect it'd be better just to wait until 
we are willing/able to use automake to generate the makefiles for 
binutils/ld/gas, but I have no strong opinion either way.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[DJ Delorie]

> There is a problem with libiberty and utils because GCC have their
> feet stuck in the ice

Plus the libiberty master *is* gcc, so you can't apply the patches to
just the src side anyway.  The libiberty in src is a "mere copy" of
the one in gcc.  You must apply libiberty patches to gcc either at the
same time or before applying them to src (and now is a bad time to
change gcc's libiberty).

Utils is not part of gcc.

> (unless src, again splits off from GCC, but I suspect here we don't
> want to).

Sorry, won't happen for libiberty.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

As far as I can tell offhand, none of the other patches depend on 
libiberty being updated, so one option is to upgrade the other 
directories, and leave libiberty alone.

The downside of this is that gcc/binutils folks now need to keep 
multiple versions of the tools around, and I imagine it would play hell 
with --enable-maintainer-mode.

In what way is it a bad time to change libiberty?  I'm not arguing with 
the statement, just trying to understand the constraints a bit better.  
Would it be possible to convert the libiberty on the bib-branch, and 
import the binutils/gdb version from there?


On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 11:28 AM, DJ Delorie wrote:

>
>> There is a problem with libiberty and utils because GCC have their
>> feet stuck in the ice
>
> Plus the libiberty master *is* gcc, so you can't apply the patches to
> just the src side anyway.  The libiberty in src is a "mere copy" of
> the one in gcc.  You must apply libiberty patches to gcc either at the
> same time or before applying them to src (and now is a bad time to
> change gcc's libiberty).
>
> Utils is not part of gcc.
>
>> (unless src, again splits off from GCC, but I suspect here we don't
>> want to).
>
> Sorry, won't happen for libiberty.
>

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[DJ Delorie]

> As far as I can tell offhand, none of the other patches depend on
> libiberty being updated, so one option is to upgrade the other
> directories, and leave libiberty alone.

That would be fine.  If you had a patch that depended on libiberty
being upgraded, I'd probably question it anyway.

> The downside of this is that gcc/binutils folks now need to keep
> multiple versions of the tools around, and I imagine it would play
> hell with --enable-maintainer-mode.

You didn't propose changing gcc, newlib, cygwin, sid, or many other
projects, so this will be an issue regardless.

> In what way is it a bad time to change libiberty?

GCC is getting ready to branch for a release.  After the branch, we'll
merge bib and be back to the usual openness.

> Would it be possible to convert the libiberty on the bib-branch, and
> import the binutils/gdb version from there?

By the time the issues are worked out for gdb/binutils and the switch
made there, gcc will hopefully have branched.  Plus the gcc head is
more stable than the branch anyway, which is what I'd prefer be the
main copy for everyone else.

How much of a hurry are you in, anyway?

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

My primary interest in all of this is to fully merge the Apple 
Binutils/GDB sources into the FSF tree, which requires some changes to 
libtool that are only in more recent versions of libtool/autoconf.

My secondary interest is that I seem to spend a lot of time hacking 
Binutils/GDB makefiles, and I'd like that process to be as painless as 
possible.

I'm in a moderate hurry for the gdb/binutils changes, mainly because 
Apple needs to have some form of the changes to enable the FSF sources 
to build properly on our platform, and I find the mental load of 
maintaining the divergent sources to be a headache, particularly when 
preparing patches.

I'm in no particular hurry for the libiberty changes, since it doesn't 
use libtool anyway and the current build setup works fine for Apple in 
the short-term.  I eventually hope to libtool-ize libiberty as well, 
but that can certainly wait until an appropriate time in the GCC 
release cycle.

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 12:42 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> By the time the issues are worked out for gdb/binutils and the switch
> made there, gcc will hopefully have branched.  Plus the gcc head is
> more stable than the branch anyway, which is what I'd prefer be the
> main copy for everyone else.
>
> How much of a hurry are you in, anyway?

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[H. J. Lu]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:43:13AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Er, wow!  Few technical hurdles to overcome first.
> 
> Anyone know what happens if only half the directories get converted?
> 
> There is a problem with libiberty and utils because GCC have their feet 
> stuck in the ice (unless src, again splits off from GCC, but I suspect 
> here we don't want to).
> 

That is my major concern. I have toolchain setups of gcc 2.96 + the
current binutils, gcc 3.2 + the current binutils, gcc 3.2-redhat-8 +
the current binutils and gcc 3.3 + the current binutils. Will they
ever work together?



H.J.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Klee Dienes wrote:

> The following patch updates the following directories to use the latest 
> versions of libtool, autoconf, and automake:
> 
> bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld libiberty mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils
> 
> ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4.3
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.56
> automake (GNU automake) 1.7.1
> gettext (GNU gettext) 0.11.5

 Does it work for both native and cross builds?  Last time I checked,
autoconf 2.5x considered all binutils builds are for cross tools because
of the --target option set unconditionally by the top-level configure and
as a result prefixed all tool names with $target_alias upon install.  The
patch doesn't seem to deal with it. 

 Otherwise -- nice work, thanks. 

-- 
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+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

Ah, indeed it does.  I had tested a cross-build, but didn't think to 
test 'make install' on the completed build.  I'll take a look, thanks.

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 10:44 AM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> Does it work for both native and cross builds?  Last time I checked,
> autoconf 2.5x considered all binutils builds are for cross tools 
> because
> of the --target option set unconditionally by the top-level configure 
> and
> as a result prefixed all tool names with $target_alias upon install.  
> The
> patch doesn't seem to deal with it.
>
>  Otherwise -- nice work, thanks.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 01:04:33AM -0500, Klee Dienes wrote:
> The following patch updates the following directories to use the latest 
> versions of libtool, autoconf, and automake:
> 
> bfd binutils gas gdb gprof ld libiberty mmalloc opcodes rda sim utils
> 
> ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4.3
> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.56
> automake (GNU automake) 1.7.1
> gettext (GNU gettext) 0.11.5
> 
> To apply the patch, I put the following four files in a directory, and 
> ran 'files.sh' in the top-level directory of the GDB/Binutils tree, 
> then configured and built with 'build.sh' (the script was necessary in 
> order to pass --enable-maintainer-mode to only the subdirectories for 
> which it was appropriate).  I then did a full build to verify that 
> maintainer-mode was working, and used the files generated by 
> --enable-maintainer-mode as the final versions.  I'm not including the 
> ChangeLog entries for all of the auto-generated files, as they're not 
> overly interesting; I plan to generate them with a perl script based on 
> the result of the build.  I'm also not including the diffs to the 
> generated files, since they were about 6Mb, and not all that 
> interesting.  I'm happy to provide either if requested.
> 

Modulo other people's concerns, I pretty much like it.  I've got two of
my own though.

1.  Please make sure to coordinate with Nathanael Nerode, who is in the
middle of extensive autoconf-related work in the GCC repository.

2.  I'd really, really like it if we had tarballs of the _exact_
version of all four autotools up on sources.redhat.com, and we required
(requested) all maintainers to download and use exactly those versions
when regenerating things.  That makes it vaguely possible to hand-check
configure diffs.  Red Hat and Debian ship slightly different versions
of autoconf 2.13...



-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[DJ Delorie]

> 2.  I'd really, really like it if we had tarballs of the _exact_
> version of all four autotools up on sources.redhat.com,

They're in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/ already.  Have been
for years.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:29:45AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > 2.  I'd really, really like it if we had tarballs of the _exact_
> > version of all four autotools up on sources.redhat.com,
> 
> They're in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/ already.  Have been
> for years.

Let me rephrase that in two parts:
 - keep them updated with the new ones
 - be more enthusiastic about recommending people use them.  Most do
   not.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[DJ Delorie]

> > > 2.  I'd really, really like it if we had tarballs of the _exact_
> > > version of all four autotools up on sources.redhat.com,
> > 
> > They're in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/ already.  Have been
> > for years.
> 
> Let me rephrase that in two parts:
>  - keep them updated with the new ones
>  - be more enthusiastic about recommending people use them.  Most do
>    not.

Hey, I didn't say it was perfect ;-)

I suppose we could rig up some auto-autoconf-commit script that just
did the right thing whenever configure.in's are committed.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> > They're in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/ already.  Have been
> > for years.
> 
> Let me rephrase that in two parts:
>  - keep them updated with the new ones
>  - be more enthusiastic about recommending people use them.  Most do
>    not.

 Too bad special versions are required at all.  It's a major PITA to keep
specific versions for various packages

-- 
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+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:39:54PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> > > They're in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/ already.  Have been
> > > for years.
> > 
> > Let me rephrase that in two parts:
> >  - keep them updated with the new ones
> >  - be more enthusiastic about recommending people use them.  Most do
> >    not.
> 
>  Too bad special versions are required at all.  It's a major PITA to keep
> specific versions for various packages

It's not that they're special - it's that they're _consistent_ that
matters.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Elena Zannoni]

Daniel Jacobowitz writes:
 > On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:39:54PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
 > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
 > > 
 > > > > They're in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/ already.  Have been
 > > > > for years.
 > > > 
 > > > Let me rephrase that in two parts:
 > > >  - keep them updated with the new ones
 > > >  - be more enthusiastic about recommending people use them.  Most do
 > > >    not.
 > > 
 > >  Too bad special versions are required at all.  It's a major PITA to keep
 > > specific versions for various packages
 > 
 > It's not that they're special - it's that they're _consistent_ that
 > matters.
 > 


Can a note with a link be added to the 'contribute' gdb page?
I, for instance,  keep loosing the reference.

Elena


 > -- 
 > Daniel Jacobowitz
 > MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

I actually found the files in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils to 
be an impediment to using the correct versions.  For a long time I had 
no idea they even existed, and then once I found out about them, it was 
even more confusing, since they weren't the versions that were actually 
used.

I'd argue that we should:

1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by 
reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.  In general, define 
the version used to be "the most recent officially released version of 
each tool".

and either

2a) Consider updates to generated files caused by re-configuring with 
the most recent released version of the tools as an "obvious fix".

or (even better)

2b) Configure the CVS repository to run autoreconf using the most 
recent versions whenever a new configure.in/Makefile.in/Makefile.am is 
committed.

The idea here is that it's relatively straightforward for a 
binutils/gdb maintainer to know what to do when updating a 
configuration file (get the most recent version of the tools from the 
FSF and use them), and that we have a natural tendency to stay 
up-to-date with automake/autoconf changes, without having flag-day 
style upgrades become an issue.

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 05:39:54PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> They're in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils/ already.  Have been
> for years.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Klee Dienes wrote:

> The idea here is that it's relatively straightforward for a 
> binutils/gdb maintainer to know what to do when updating a 
> configuration file (get the most recent version of the tools from the 
> FSF and use them), and that we have a natural tendency to stay 
> up-to-date with automake/autoconf changes, without having flag-day 
> style upgrades become an issue.

 That would be the most acceptable approach to me.  Of the tools involved,
only autoconf changed significantly recently with its transition from 2.13
to 2.50.  But versions 2.5x are around long enough now to get more or less
stabilized, so hesitating from going forward and making an upgrade can
only impede development.

-- 
+  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Andrew Cagney]

> I actually found the files in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/binutils to be an impediment to using the correct versions.  For a long time I had no idea they even existed, and then once I found out about them, it was even more confusing, since they weren't the versions that were actually used.

As a maintainer you should bring peoples attention to the fact that they 
used the wrong autoconf the moment you notice it.

> I'd argue that we should:
> 
> 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.  In general, define the version used to be "the most recent officially released version of each tool".

Reality check.  If the offical autoconf has a bug, GDB and BINUTILS will 
be forced to use a local version :-/

> and either
> 
> 2a) Consider updates to generated files caused by re-configuring with the most recent released version of the tools as an "obvious fix".

This is already the case.  However, it doesn't address the problem of an 
erant maintainer.

> or (even better)
> 
> 2b) Configure the CVS repository to run autoreconf using the most recent versions whenever a new configure.in/Makefile.in/Makefile.am is committed.

No.  That discussion was considered for GDB and indent.  Here the 
problem is in maintainers being able to follow a procedure.  Not a need 
for a new tool.

> The idea here is that it's relatively straightforward for a binutils/gdb maintainer to know what to do when updating a configuration file (get the most recent version of the tools from the FSF and use them), and that we have a natural tendency to stay up-to-date with automake/autoconf changes, without having flag-day style upgrades become an issue.

Andrew

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Andrew Cagney wrote:

> > I'd argue that we should:
> > 
> > 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.  In general, define the version used to be "the most recent officially released version of each tool".
> 
> Reality check.  If the offical autoconf has a bug, GDB and BINUTILS will 
> be forced to use a local version :-/

 Well, if that happens, the affected tool should be fixed eventually
(assuming the discoverer of the bug bothered submitting fixes to the
relevant maintainer).  Until then, it's much better to make a patch that
fixes the bug available, than to prepare own tarballs (or apart from). 
This way one may apply required patches to new versions of the tool.  This
simplifies local maintenance of the tool as other patches or newer
versions may be required for other software.

-- 
+  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Doug Evans]

Klee Dienes writes:
 > I'd argue that we should:
 > 
 > 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by 
 > reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.

This places a requirement on the maintainers of ftp.gnu.org
to not delete said tarballs until binutils has been updated.
I dont' think you or they want that kind of coupling.
Better to uncouple things and have your own tarballs.
Then you can upgrade according to your schedule, not theirs.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

As long as the versions of the tools are specified by a version string 
referencing an official version in README-maintainer-mode, and not by 
"whatever version is on sourceware.cygnus.com", I'm happy.

In practice I can't imagine there would be a problem with versions 
disappearing from the FSF site before we had upgraded to the current 
version (the current autoconf repository has versions of autoconf going 
back to 1996).   But if that's a concern, we can always replicate 
official FSF releases to a local directory and cache them there.

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 01:58 PM, Doug Evans wrote:

> Klee Dienes writes:
>> I'd argue that we should:
>>
>> 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by
>> reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.
>
> This places a requirement on the maintainers of ftp.gnu.org
> to not delete said tarballs until binutils has been updated.
> I dont' think you or they want that kind of coupling.
> Better to uncouple things and have your own tarballs.
> Then you can upgrade according to your schedule, not theirs.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com> writes:

> As long as the versions of the tools are specified by a version string
> referencing an official version in README-maintainer-mode, and not by
> "whatever version is on sourceware.cygnus.com", I'm happy.

That works until there is a bug which is a problem for the binutils
but there is not yet a new release.

It's not a theoretical point.  That's the reason we started using
versions stored on sources.redhat.com in the first place.

Ian

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Klee Dienes]

Sure, but is it really a common situation where we are neither able to 
revert to a previous released version of libtool, or get a release of 
the upstream tools made with the needed fix in a timely fashion?

[ Here I wake up from my optimistic reverie and proceed to answer my 
own rhetorical question: ]

The answer to this, of course, is "yes," and I agree that poor 
backwards compatibility from autoconf-2.13 to autoconf-2.50 is the real 
source of the problem here.  My point is that the current solution 
doesn't seem to be addressing the real problem --- we have essentially 
created our own forked versions of all of the autotools, with no 
visible plans to re-merge to the FSF version, and no intent to maintain 
the forked version on our own.

I'm not arguing that it will never be necessary to fork our own version 
of autotools in the case of a short-term emergency (well actually, I 
might argue that, but I'm not arguing it here).  I'm just arguing that 
a forked version of binutils with no clear upstream referent is a 
particularly bad state of affairs:

	-rw-r--r--   1 77       1002       259210 Feb 27  2000 
autoconf-000227.tar.bz2
	-rw-r--r--   1 77       1002       292827 Feb 27  2000 
automake-000227.tar.bz2
	-rw-r--r--   1 77       1002       519132 Feb 27  2000 
gettext-000227.tar.bz2
	-rw-r--r--   1 77       1002       370603 Feb 27  2000 
libtool-000227.tar.bz2


On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 03:24 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

> Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com> writes:
>
>> As long as the versions of the tools are specified by a version string
>> referencing an official version in README-maintainer-mode, and not by
>> "whatever version is on sourceware.cygnus.com", I'm happy.
>
> That works until there is a bug which is a problem for the binutils
> but there is not yet a new release.
>
> It's not a theoretical point.  That's the reason we started using
> versions stored on sources.redhat.com in the first place.
>
> Ian

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Doug Evans wrote:

>  > 1) Specify the versions of autoconf/automake/libtool/gettext by 
>  > reference to official tarballs from ftp.gnu.org.
> 
> This places a requirement on the maintainers of ftp.gnu.org
> to not delete said tarballs until binutils has been updated.
> I dont' think you or they want that kind of coupling.

 Historically this is not a problem.  The maintainers of ftp.gnu.org are
not that hasty in deleting old stuff (which is the right way).  There are
old releases of autoconf back to 2.7, automake back to 1.0, gettext 0.10
and libtool 1.0.  The worst that happens is moving stuff from /gnu to
/old-gnu. 

> Better to uncouple things and have your own tarballs.
> Then you can upgrade according to your schedule, not theirs.

 Of course archiving copies separately is not a problem, either.  Then you
can write: "Get copies from ftp.gnu.org, or use versions archived here." 

-- 
+  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[DJ Delorie]

>  Historically this is not a problem.

Legally it is.  The first time they delete something we need, our
distribution becomes instantly illegal.

And traditionally, the GPL hasn't allowed you to put the
responsibility of providing sources on someone else.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, DJ Delorie wrote:

> >  Historically this is not a problem.
> 
> Legally it is.  The first time they delete something we need, our
> distribution becomes instantly illegal.
> And traditionally, the GPL hasn't allowed you to put the
> responsibility of providing sources on someone else.

 I don't understand -- AFAIK, the GNU GPL doesn't enforce everyone making
use of files generated by autoconf/automake/gettext/libtool to distribute
sources of the said tools.  As I understand, only if binutils use modified
tools, the relevant sources need to be made available.  For versions using
such tools, making the patches available is obvious (for practical
reasons, too).  Whether the original sources of the tools the patches
apply to need to be made available is unclear to me -- I can't decipher it
from the GNU GPL.  It won't hurt certainly. 

 Anyway referring to ftp.gnu.org as the primary source of original
versions of tools the way I wrote should be fine legally, too. 

-- 
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+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+        e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available        +

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[DJ Delorie]

IANAL, but...

>  I don't understand -- AFAIK, the GNU GPL doesn't enforce everyone
> making use of files generated by autoconf/automake/gettext/libtool
> to distribute sources of the said tools.

The preferred form for making modifications to configure is to edit
configure.in.  Autoconf is not usually a standard part of the
operating system (esp when we require specific versions).  Therefore,
it is a script used to control compilation, and must be considered
part of the source.

The only exception is that autoconf itself disclaims this connection,
and explicitly allows you to distribute configure without distributing
autoconf itself.  I didn't check the other tools.  I guess we're safe
legally.

We still have the problem of needing a specific version of the tools,
though.

> As I understand, only if binutils use modified tools, the relevant
> sources need to be made available.

There's nothing in the GPL that even mentions patches.

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Ben Elliston]

>>>>> "Klee" == Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com> writes:

  Klee> The idea here is that it's relatively straightforward for a
  Klee> binutils/gdb maintainer to know what to do when updating a
  Klee> configuration file (get the most recent version of the tools
  Klee> from the FSF and use them), and that we have a natural
  Klee> tendency to stay up-to-date with automake/autoconf changes,
  Klee> without having flag-day style upgrades become an issue.

The flag day has less to do with the binutils and GCC development
process and more to do with Autoconf development.  Some poor decisions
have been made there recently with respect to backward compatibility.

Ben

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Ben Elliston]

>>>>> "Klee" == Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com> writes:

  Klee> The idea here is that it's relatively straightforward for a
  Klee> binutils/gdb maintainer to know what to do when updating a
  Klee> configuration file (get the most recent version of the tools
  Klee> from the FSF and use them), and that we have a natural
  Klee> tendency to stay up-to-date with automake/autoconf changes,
  Klee> without having flag-day style upgrades become an issue.

The flag day has less to do with the binutils and GCC development
process and more to do with Autoconf development.  Some poor decisions
have been made there recently with respect to backward compatibility.

Ben

Re: [RFC] Update to current automake/autoconf/libtool versions.

[Alexandre Oliva]

Sorry I'm a bit late in following up.  I don't follow these lists as
closely as GCC, and this should have been copied there, at least for
the parts that affects the top level, since those are shared.

On Dec  5, 2002, Klee Dienes <klee@apple.com> wrote:

> ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4.3

Can't do that.  The copy we use is from a newer code base than the 1.4
branch of libtool.  It's taken from a 1.5-to-be (multi-language)
branch from quite a while ago, back when the ltcf-*.sh scripts hadn't
been merged into libtool.m4.

> 2002-12-04  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>

> 	* .cvsignore: Add autom4te.cache.

Please don't.  autom4te.cache is an aberration.  It shouldn't be
created by default, and it shouldn't be left dangling there in the
source tree.  I'd much rather have rules that remove it as soon as
configure is rebuilt.

> 	* acinclude.m4: Remove include of libtool.m4.

Can't let you do that, Dave.  This causes us to use whatever
libtool.m4 happens to be in aclocal.m4's search path, which is very
likely not compatible with ltmain.sh from the top level.  That's why
we use libtool.m4 from the top level and keep all the libtool files in
sync.  I wouldn't mind updating to the libtool current CVS tree, which
would get us rid of a number of files in the top level, but this takes
a lot of testing on many different platforms.

> 	* configure.in: Use AC_PROG_LEX instead of AM_PROG_LEX.
> 	* configure: Pass --build=$host_alias to sub-makes if no other
> 	value is specified.

Huh?  configure is generated from configure.in.  Besides, it's wrong
in principle.  --build is not to be the same as --host, it's the other
way round (even though autoconf 2.13 got it backwards).  Gotta find
out why we depend on build being defaulted to host and fixing that
instead.

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