the proper functioning of a different fix. Make sure your
fix is properly tested and it does what it is supposed to do.
-6. Now that you have the right things happening, syncronize the
+6. Now that you have the right things happening, synchronize the
$(srcdir)/tests/base directory with the $(builddir)/tests/res
directory. The output of "make check" will be some diffs that
should give you some hints about what to do.
and "c-test" because they are performed internally:
* select - Run a regex on the contents of the file being considered.
- All such regex-es must match.
+ All such regex-es must match. Matching is done with
+ extended regular expressions.
* bypass - Run a regex on the contents of the file being considered.
No such regex may match.
- * c-test - call a function in fixtests.c. See that file.
+ * c_test - call a function in fixtests.c. See that file.
- * mach - Match the output of config.conf against a series of fnmatch
+ * files - the "fnmatch" pattern of the file(s) to examine for
+ the issue. There may be several copies of this attribute.
+ If the header lives in a /usr/include subdirectory, be
+ sure to include that subdirectory in the name. e.g. net/if.h
+
+ * mach - Match the output of config.guess against a series of fnmatch
patterns. It must match at least one of the patterns, unless
"not-machine" has also been specified. In that case, the
- config.conf output must not match any of the patterns.
+ config.guess output must not match any of the patterns.
The next test is relatively slow because it must be handled in a
separate shell process. Some platforms do not support server shells,
1. Be positive for all header files that require the fix.
- It is desireable to:
+ It is desirable to:
2. Be negative as often as possible whenever the fix is not
required, avoiding the process overhead.
c_fix_arg = "#ifndef %1\n%0\n#endif";
c_fix_arg = "#define[ \t]+([A-Z][A-Z0-9a-z_]*).*";
- This would wrap a traditional #define inside of a "#ifndef"/"#endif"
- pair. The second "c_fix_arg" may be omitted *IF* there is
- a select clause and the first one matches the text you want
- replaced. You may delete text by supplying an empty string for
- the format (the first "c_fix_arg").
+ This would wrap a one line #define inside of a "#ifndef"/"#endif"
+ pair. The second "c_fix_arg" may be omitted *IF* there is at least
+ one select clause and the first one identifies the text you wish to
+ reformat. It will then be used as the second "c_fix_arg". You may
+ delete the selected text by supplying an empty string for the
+ replacement format (the first "c_fix_arg").
Note: In general, a format c_fix may be used in place of one
sed expression. However, it will need to be rewritten by