Re: bug#19108: bad error messages in dist targets, automake 1.14.1

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Stefano,

> On 19 Dec 2014, at 10:12, Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> severity 19108 minor
> close 19108
> thanks
> 
>> On 11/19/2014 05:40 PM, Aharon Robbins wrote:
>> Hi. I'm trying to upgrade to automake 1.14.1, and I see this:
>> 
>> @@ -993,10 +993,16 @@ dist-xz: distdir
>>      $(am__post_remove_distdir)
>> 
>>  dist-tarZ: distdir
>> +    @echo WARNING: "Support for shar distribution archives is" \
>> +                   "deprecated." >&2
>> +    @echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
>>      tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z
>>      $(am__post_remove_distdir)
>> 
>>  dist-shar: distdir
>> +    @echo WARNING: "Support for distribution archives compressed with" \
>> +               "legacy program 'compress' is deprecated." >&2
>> +    @echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
>>      shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
>>      $(am__post_remove_distdir)
>> 
>> 
>> The error messages are associated with the wrong targets.
>> 
>> I thought I reported this already...
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Arnold
> Thank for the report.  I've applied a fix that will appear in the next
> automake release.
> 
> <0001-dist-adjust-warning-messages-about-shar-and-tarZ-dep.patch>

It looks like the warning content for those two targets are reversed to me...

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)