Re: [PATCHES] Fix issues with $(am__dry_run) and metacharacters in $(MAKEFLAGS)

[Peter Rosin]

Stefano Lattarini skrev 2012-02-17 12:00:
> Two patches: a fix to be applied to maint, and a testsuite enhancement to
> be applied to master.
> 
> Tested with GNU make from 3.79 to 3.82, FreeBSD 9.0 make, OpenBSD 5.0 make,
> NetBSD 5.1 make, Solaris 10 CCS make and Sun Distributed Make 7.8.
> 
> I will push soonish if there is no objection.

Some simple typo fixes follow inline in the below heavily snipped quote, I
haven't looked at the change as such though...

Cheers,
Peter

> diff --git a/tests/make-dryrun.tap b/tests/make-dryrun.tap

> +# Test against a known regressions.  This was especially

s/regressions/regression/ (I know, not from this patch, but perhaps since you
are at it)

> +# heinous, since make running in normal mode was sometimes
> +# mistaken for make running in dry mode.

> Subject: [PATCH] dryrun: $(am__dry_run) not confused by metachars in
>  $(MAKEFLAGS)
> 
> * lib/am/header-vars.am (am__make_dryrun): Make smarter and more
> correct in handling shell metacharacters in $(MAKEFLAGS).

s/Make/Be/ and perhaps
s/in handling/in handling of/