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commit bb09823ea70b0468852ba0e8c2b288eddd406a80
Author: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
Date:   Fri Sep 11 06:53:17 2009 +0200

    New config.status option --config.
    
    * lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Implement
    --config.
    * doc/autoconf.texi (config.status Invocation): Document it.
    * NEWS: Update.
    * tests/torture.at (configure invocation): Test it.
    Suggested several times, by several people, in the past.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog              |   10 ++++++++++
 NEWS                   |    2 ++
 doc/autoconf.texi      |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 lib/autoconf/status.m4 |    6 +++++-
 tests/torture.at       |   15 +++++++++++++--
 5 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9ea4ed6..af08473 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2009-09-11  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
+
+       New config.status option --config.
+       * lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Implement
+       --config.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (config.status Invocation): Document it.
+       * NEWS: Update.
+       * tests/torture.at (configure invocation): Test it.
+       Suggested several times, by several people, in the past.
+
 2009-09-10  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
 
        Document that AS_INIT is automatically used.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b8620b6..262be0c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes.
 ** The `$tmp' temporary directory used in config.status is documented for
    public use now.
 
+** config.status now provides a --config option to produce the configuration.
+
 * Major changes in Autoconf 2.64 (2009-07-26) [stable]
   Released by Eric Blake, based on git versions 2.63b.*.
 
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 4203cd0..098d512 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -20502,6 +20502,22 @@ files, and exit.
 Print the version number of Autoconf and the configuration settings,
 and exit.
 
address@hidden --config
+Print the configuration settings in reusable way, quoted for the shell,
+and exit.  For example, for a debugging build that otherwise reuses the
+configuration from a different build directory @var{build-dir} of a
+package in @var{src-dir}, you could use the following:
+
address@hidden
address@hidden/config.status --config`
+eval @var{src-dir}/configure "$args" CFLAGS=-g address@hidden
address@hidden example
+
address@hidden
+Note that it may be necessary to override a @option{--srcdir} setting
+that was saved in the configuration, if the arguments are used in a
+different build directory.
+
 @item --silent
 @itemx --quiet
 @itemx -q
diff --git a/lib/autoconf/status.m4 b/lib/autoconf/status.m4
index b8652e6..84ee6c3 100644
--- a/lib/autoconf/status.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/status.m4
@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ Usage: $[0] [[OPTION]]... [[TAG]]...
 
   -h, --help       print this help, then exit
   -V, --version    print version number and configuration settings, then exit
+      --config     print configuration, then exit
   -q, --quiet, --silent
 []                   do not print progress messages
   -d, --debug      don't remove temporary files
@@ -1424,11 +1425,12 @@ General help using GNU software: 
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.])])"
 
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
+ac_cs_config="`AS_ECHO(["$ac_configure_args"]) | sed 's/^ //; 
s/[[\\""\`\$]]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
 m4_ifset([AC_PACKAGE_NAME], [AC_PACKAGE_NAME ])config.status[]dnl
 m4_ifset([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], [ AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
 configured by $[0], generated by m4_PACKAGE_STRING,
-  with options \\"`AS_ECHO(["$ac_configure_args"]) | sed 's/^ //; 
s/[[\\""\`\$]]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
+  with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
 Copyright (C) m4_PACKAGE_YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This config.status script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
@@ -1472,6 +1474,8 @@ do
     ac_cs_recheck=: ;;
   --version | --versio | --versi | --vers | --ver | --ve | --v | -V )
     AS_ECHO(["$ac_cs_version"]); exit ;;
+  --config | --confi | --conf | --con | --co | --c )
+    AS_ECHO(["$ac_cs_config"]); exit ;;
   --debug | --debu | --deb | --de | --d | -d )
     debug=: ;;
 m4_ifdef([_AC_SEEN_CONFIG(FILES)], [dnl
diff --git a/tests/torture.at b/tests/torture.at
index 84eeda9..fe4c131 100644
--- a/tests/torture.at
+++ b/tests/torture.at
@@ -390,8 +390,9 @@ AT_CLEANUP
 # We run `./configure one=val1 --enable-two=val2 --with-three=val3'
 # and verify that (i) `configure' correctly receives the arguments,
 # (ii) correctly passes them to `config.status', which we check by
-# running `config.status --recheck', and (iii) correctly passes them
-# to sub-configure scripts.
+# running `config.status --recheck', (iii) correctly passes them
+# to sub-configure scripts, and (iv) correctly reproduces them with
+# `config.status --config'.
 
 AT_SETUP([configure invocation])
 
@@ -425,6 +426,11 @@ AT_CHECK_CONFIGURE([one=one --enable-two=two 
--with-three=three |
 AT_CHECK([./config.status --recheck | sed -n 's/^result=//p'], 0,
         [onetwothree
 ])
+AT_CHECK([args=`./config.status --config` && eval ./configure "$args" |
+           sed -n -e 's/^result=//p'], 0,
+        [m4_do([onetwothree
+],             [onetwothree
+])])
 
 AT_CHECK_CONFIGURE([one="\"'$ " --enable-two="\" '  $" --with-three="  \"'$"|
                      sed -n -e 's/^result=//p'], 0,
@@ -435,6 +441,11 @@ AT_CHECK([./config.status --recheck | sed -n 
's/^result=//p'], 0,
         ["'$ " '  $    "'$
 ])
 dnl restore font-lock: "
+AT_CHECK([args=`./config.status --config` && eval ./configure "$args" |
+           sed -n -e 's/^result=//p'], 0,
+        [m4_do(["'$ " '  $     "'$
+],             ["'$ " '  $     "'$
+])])
 
 AT_CLEANUP
 


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