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kc3-lang/automake/NEWS
Alexandre Duret-Lutz
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New in 1.6f: * Autoconf 2.54 is required. * `aclocal' and `automake' will no longer warn about obsolete configure macros. This is done by `autoconf -Wobsolete'. * AM_CONFIG_HEADER, AM_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS and AM_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ_NEEDS_SYS_IOCTL are obsolete (although still supported). You should use AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS, and AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ instead. `autoupdate' can upgrade `configure.ac' for you. * Support for per-program and per-library `_CPPFLAGS'. * New `ctags' target (builds CTAGS files). * Support for -Wmumble and -Wno-mumble, where mumble is a warning category (see `automake --help' or the manual for a list of them). * Honor the WARNINGS environment variable. * Omit the call to depcomp when using gcc3: call the compiler directly. * A new option, std-options, tests that programs support --help and --version when `make installcheck' is run. This is enabled by --gnits. * Texinfo rules now support the `ps' and `pdf' targets. * Info files are now created in the build directory, not the source directory. * info_TEXINFOS supports files in subdirectories (this requires Texinfo 4.1 or greater). * `make distcheck' will enforce DESTDIR support by attempting a DESTDIR install. * `+=' can be used in conditionals, even if the augmented variable was defined for another condition. * Makefile fragments (inserted with `include') are always distributed. * Use Autoconf's --trace interface to inspect configure.ac and get a more accurate view of it. * Add support for extending aclocal's default macro search path using a `dirlist' file within the aclocal directory. * automake --output-dir is deprecated. * Many bug fixes. New in 1.6: * Autoconf 2.52 is required. * automake no longer run libtoolize. This is the job of autoreconf (from GNU Autoconf). * `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(tarname,version)' is an obsolete construct. You can now use `AC_INIT(pkgname,version) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' instead. (Note that "pkgname" is not "tarname", see the manual for details.) 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. * Support for parsers and lexers in subdirectories. 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