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

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 12/19/2014 11:37 AM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> 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,
Sure, in the diff that Aharon reported they were (which is why he opened
the bug :-) My patch (attached to the message you replied to) fixes that.