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kc3-lang/automake/NEWS
Tom Tromey
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New in 1.5d: * Autoconf 2.52 is required. * `dist' generates all the archive flavors, as did `dist-all'. * `dist-gzip' generates the Gzip tar file only. * Combining Automake Makefile conditionals no longer lead to a combinatorial explosion. Makefile.in's keep a reasonable size. * AM_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE, AM_FUNC_STRTOD, AM_FUNC_OBSTACK, AM_PTRDIFF_T are no longer shipped, since Autoconf 2.52 provides them (both as AM_ and AC_). * `#line' of Lex and Yacc files are properly set. * EXTRA_DIST can contain generated directories. * Support for dot-less extensions in suffix rules. * The part of the distcheck target that checks whether distclean actually cleans all built files has been moved in a separate target, distcleancheck, so it can be overridden easily. * `make distcheck' will pass additional options defined in $(DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS) to configure. * Fixed CDPATH portability problems, in particular for MacOS X. * Fixed handling of nobase_ targets. * Fixed support of implicit rules leading to .lo objects. * Fixed late inclusion of --add-missing files (e.g. depcomp) in DIST_COMMON * Added uninstall-hook target * `AC_INIT AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(package,version)' is an obsolete construct. You can now use `AC_INIT(package,version) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' instead. It is also possible to pass a list of global Automake options as first argument to this new form of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE. * Compiler-based assembler is now called `CCAS'; people expected `AS' to be a real assembler. * AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE will set STRIP itself when it needs it. Adding AC_CHECK_TOOL([STRIP], [strip]) manually is no longer required. * aclocal and automake are also installed with the version number appended, and some of the install directory names have changed. This lets you have multiple versions installed simultaneously. New in 1.5: * Support for `configure.ac'. * Support for `else COND', `endif COND' and negated conditions `!COND'. * `make dist-all' is much faster. * Allows '@' AC_SUBSTs in macro names. * Faster AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (requires update of `missing' script) * User-side dependency tracking. Developers no longer need GNU make * Python support * Uses DIST_SUBDIRS in some situations when SUBDIRS is conditional * Most files are correctly handled if they appear in subdirs For instance, a _DATA file can appear in a subdir * GNU tar is no longer required for `make dist' * Added support for `dist_' and `nodist_' prefixes * Added support for `nobase_' prefix * Compiled Java support * Support for per-executable and per-library compilation flags * Many bug fixes New in 1.4: * Added support for the Fortran 77 programming language. * Re-indexed the Automake Texinfo manual. * Added `AM_FOOFLAGS' variable for each compiler invocation; e.g. AM_CFLAGS can be used in Makefile.am to set C compiler flags * Support for latest autoconf, including support for objext * Can now put `.' in SUBDIRS to control build order * `include' command and `+=' support for macro assignment * Dependency tracking no long susceptible to deleted header file problem * Maintainer mode now a conditional. @MAINT@ is now an anachronism. * Bug fixes New in 1.3: * Bug fixes * Better Cygwin32 support * Support for suffix rules with _SOURCES variables * New options `readme-alpha' and `check-news'; Gnits mode sets these * @LEXLIB@ no longer required when lex source seen Lex support in `missing', and new lex macro. Update your missing script. * Built-in support for assembly * aclocal gives error if `AM_' macro not found * Passed YFLAGS, not YACCFLAGS, to yacc * AM_PROG_CC_STDC does not have to come before AC_PROG_CPP * Dependencies computed as a side effect of compilation * Preliminary support for Java * DESTDIR support at "make install" time * Improved ansi2knr support; you must use the latest ansi2knr.c (included) New in 1.2: * Bug fixes * Better DejaGNU support * Added no-installinfo option * Added Emacs Lisp support * Added --no-force option * Included `aclocal' program * Automake will now generate rules to regenerate aclocal.m4, if appropriate * Now uses `AM_' macro names everywhere * ansi2knr option can have directory prefix (eg `../lib/ansi2knr') ansi2knr now works correctly on K&R sources * Better C++, yacc, lex support * Will compute _DEPENDENCIES variables automatically if not supplied * Will interpolate $(...) and ${...} when examining contents of a variable * .deps files now in build directory, not source directory; dependency handling generally rewritten * DATA, MANS and BUILT_SOURCES no longer included in distribution * can now put config.h into a subdir * Added dist-all target * Support for install-info program (see texinfo 3.9) * Support for "yacc -d" * configure substitutions are automatically discovered and included in generated Makefile.in * Special --cygnus mode * OMIT_DEPENDENCIES can now hold list of dependencies to be omitted when making distribution. Some dependencies are auto-ignored. * Changed how libraries are specified in _LIBRARIES variable * Full libtool support, from Gord Matzigkeit * No longer have to explicitly touch stamp-h when using AC_CONFIG_HEADER; AM_CONFIG_HEADER handles it automatically * Texinfo output files no longer need .info extension * Added `missing' support * Cygwin32 support * Conditionals in Makefile.am, from Ian Taylor New in 1.0: * Bug fixes * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU. New in 0.33: * More bug fixes * More checking * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still preliminary however * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE * dist-zip support * New "distcheck" target New in 0.32: * Many bug fixes * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too. * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool * Added short option names. * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages New in 0.31: * Bug fixes * Documentation updates (many from Fran