12-fyi--force.patch

[Akim Demaille]

Index: ChangeLog
from  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

        * bin/autoconf.in, bin/autoheader.in: --force, -f is a new option.

Index: NEWS
--- NEWS Wed, 01 Aug 2001 23:34:52 +0200 akim
+++ NEWS Sat, 04 Aug 2001 19:15:08 +0200 akim
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 ** autom4te
   New executable, used by the Autoconf suite to cache and speed up
   some processing.
+** autoconf
+- --force, -f
+** autoheader
+- --force, -f
 
 * Major changes in Autoconf 2.52
 ** Documentation
Index: bin/autoconf.in
--- bin/autoconf.in Sat, 04 Aug 2001 18:47:20 +0200 akim
+++ bin/autoconf.in Sat, 04 Aug 2001 19:19:01 +0200 akim
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]
   -V, --version            print version number, then exit
   -v, --verbose            verbosely report processing
   -d, --debug              don't remove temporary files
+  -f, --force              consider all the files are obsolete
   -o, --output=FILE        save output in FILE (stdout is the default)
   -W, --warnings=CATEGORY  report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ Tracing:
 # Variables.
 : address@hidden@}}
 debug=false
+force=false
 dir=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,[^\\/]*$,,'`
 # Trace Autoconf's initialization?
 initialization=false
@@ -117,6 +119,8 @@ Tracing:

     --debug | -d )
        debug=:; shift ;;
+    --force | -f )
+       force=:; shift ;;
     --verbose | -v )
        verbose=echo
        shift;;
@@ -231,6 +235,7 @@ Tracing:
 run_autom4te="$autom4te "\
 `$verbose "--verbose "`\
 `$debug && echo "--debug "`\
+`$force && echo "--force "`\
 "--include $autoconf_dir --include $localdir "\
 "--warning syntax,$warnings "\
 "$preselect"\
Index: bin/autoheader.in
--- bin/autoheader.in Tue, 24 Jul 2001 01:00:23 +0200 akim
+++ bin/autoheader.in Sat, 04 Aug 2001 19:06:43 +0200 akim
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]
   -V, --version            print version number, then exit
   -v, --verbose            verbosely report processing
   -d, --debug              don't remove temporary files
+  -f, --force              consider all the files are obsolete
   -W, --warnings=CATEGORY  report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

 Warning categories include:
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]
 done
 debug=false
 localdir=.
+force=false
 status=0
 tmp=
 verbose=:
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

     --debug | -d )
        debug=:; shift ;;
+    --force | -f )
+       force=:; shift ;;
     --verbose | -v )
        verbose=echo
        shift;;
@@ -356,7 +360,9 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]
 if test $status = 0; then
   if test $# = 0; then
     # Output is a file
-    if test -f $config_h_in && cmp -s $tmp/config.hin $config_h_in; then
+    if test -f $config_h_in &&
+        cmp -s $tmp/config.hin $config_h_in &&
+        test "$force" != :; then
       # File didn't change, so don't update its mod time.
       echo "$me: $config_h_in is unchanged" >&2
     else
Index: bin/autoreconf.in
--- bin/autoreconf.in Mon, 04 Jun 2001 18:29:01 +0200 akim
+++ bin/autoreconf.in Sat, 04 Aug 2001 19:08:24 +0200 akim
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]
   -V, --version   print version number, then exit
   -v, --verbose   verbosely report processing
   -d, --debug     don't remove temporary files
-  -f, --force     consider every files are obsolete
+  -f, --force     consider all the files are obsolete
   -i, --install   copy missing auxiliary files
   -s, --symlink   instead of copying, install symbolic links

@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]
 autoheader="$autoheader -l $localdir"
 # --force
 $force || automake="$automake --no-force"
+$force &&
+{
+  autoconf="$autoconf --force"
+  autoheader="$autoheader --force"
+}
 # --verbose
 autoconf="$autoconf `$verbose --verbose`"
 autoheader="$autoheader `$verbose --verbose`"
Index: doc/autoconf.texi
--- doc/autoconf.texi Thu, 02 Aug 2001 01:07:44 +0200 akim
+++ doc/autoconf.texi Sat, 04 Aug 2001 19:12:04 +0200 akim
@@ -1126,6 +1126,10 @@ @node autoconf Invocation, autoreconf In
 @itemx -d
 Don't remove the temporary files.

address@hidden --force
address@hidden -f
+Remake @file{configure} even if newer than its input files.
+
 @item address@hidden
 @itemx -A @var{dir}
 @evindex AC_MACRODIR
@@ -2392,13 +2396,17 @@ @node autoheader Invocation, Autoheader
 @itemx -V
 Print the version number of Autoconf and exit.

address@hidden --verbose
address@hidden -v
+Report processing steps.
+
 @item --debug
 @itemx -d
 Don't remove the temporary files.

address@hidden --verbose
address@hidden -v
-Report processing steps.
address@hidden --force
address@hidden -f
+Remake the template file even if newer than its input files.

 @item address@hidden
 @itemx -A @var{dir}