automake 1.7.2 & DJGPP: test names too long for uniqueness in 8+3

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

The filenames for the automake 1.7.2 test suite are too long too fit uniquely
into the 8+3 restriction for DOS. They can be longer than 8 characters in the
stem and 3 in the extension, so long as they truncate into something unique in
8 characters in the stem and 3 characters in the extension - DJGPP will still
accept the long filenames in these situations and they will be truncated
"behind the scenes". E.g.: aclocali and aclocalii truncate to the same thing,
which means there will be a conflict under DOS.

Here are my current mappings:

    aclocal* -> acloc*
    acoutput* -> acoutpt*
    autoheader* -> autohed*
    condincl* -> condinc*
    distcommon* -> distcom*
    instdata* -> instdat*
    installsh* -> instsh*
    libobj* -> libob*
    link_f_c* -> l_f_c*
    nodefine* -> nodef*
    required* -> require* (reqd* might lose less meaning)
    sourcesub* -> srcsub*
    specflags* -> specflg*
    subdircond* -> subcond*
    texinfo* -> txinfo*

What is the general feeling about renaming the tests to fit 8+3?

The ChangeLog files also conflict, because .2000 and .2001 both truncate to
.200. My mapping is to drop the century.

Please CC me on any replies, because I'm not subscribed to bug-automake.

Thanks, regards,

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]