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7 * Support for `configure.ac'.
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17 * GNU tar is no longer required for `make dist'
18 * Added support for `dist_' and `nodist_' prefixes
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20 * Compiled Java support
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29 * Support for latest autoconf, including support for objext
30 * Can now put `.' in SUBDIRS to control build order
31 * `include' command and `+=' support for macro assignment
32 * Dependency tracking no long susceptible to deleted header file problem
33 * Maintainer mode now a conditional. @MAINT@ is now an anachronism.
38 * Better Cygwin32 support
39 * Support for suffix rules with _SOURCES variables
40 * New options `readme-alpha' and `check-news'; Gnits mode sets these
41 * @LEXLIB@ no longer required when lex source seen
42 Lex support in `missing', and new lex macro. Update your missing script.
43 * Built-in support for assembly
44 * aclocal gives error if `AM_' macro not found
45 * Passed YFLAGS, not YACCFLAGS, to yacc
46 * AM_PROG_CC_STDC does not have to come before AC_PROG_CPP
47 * Dependencies computed as a side effect of compilation
48 * Preliminary support for Java
49 * DESTDIR support at "make install" time
50 * Improved ansi2knr support; you must use the latest ansi2knr.c (included)
54 * Better DejaGNU support
55 * Added no-installinfo option
56 * Added Emacs Lisp support
57 * Added --no-force option
58 * Included `aclocal' program
59 * Automake will now generate rules to regenerate aclocal.m4, if appropriate
60 * Now uses `AM_' macro names everywhere
61 * ansi2knr option can have directory prefix (eg `../lib/ansi2knr')
62 ansi2knr now works correctly on K&R sources
63 * Better C++, yacc, lex support
64 * Will compute _DEPENDENCIES variables automatically if not supplied
65 * Will interpolate $(...) and ${...} when examining contents of a variable
66 * .deps files now in build directory, not source directory; dependency
67 handling generally rewritten
68 * DATA, MANS and BUILT_SOURCES no longer included in distribution
69 * can now put config.h into a subdir
70 * Added dist-all target
71 * Support for install-info program (see texinfo 3.9)
72 * Support for "yacc -d"
73 * configure substitutions are automatically discovered and included
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75 * Special --cygnus mode
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78 * Changed how libraries are specified in _LIBRARIES variable
79 * Full libtool support, from Gord Matzigkeit
80 * No longer have to explicitly touch stamp-h when using AC_CONFIG_HEADER;
81 AM_CONFIG_HEADER handles it automatically
82 * Texinfo output files no longer need .info extension
83 * Added `missing' support
85 * Conditionals in Makefile.am, from Ian Taylor
89 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
90 * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
95 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
97 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
99 * New "distcheck" target
103 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
105 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
106 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
107 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
108 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
109 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
110 * Added short option names.
111 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
115 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
116 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
117 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
118 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
119 * Now handles TESTS macro
120 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
121 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
122 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
123 * Better error messages in many cases
124 * Program names are canonicalized
125 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
129 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
130 * Beginnings of a test suite
131 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
132 * Doesn't print anything when running
133 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
134 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
135 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
136 * Added --verbose option
137 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
138 configure-generated names
139 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
141 * --strictness=gnu is default
145 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
146 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
147 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
148 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
149 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
150 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
151 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
152 foo_SOURCES variable.
153 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
154 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
157 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
158 * More standards checking
160 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
161 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
162 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
165 * Works with Perl 4 again
168 * Added --install-missing option.
169 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
170 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
171 * Generates .PHONY target
172 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
173 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
177 * Works with Perl 4 again.
180 * New uniform naming scheme.
181 * --strictness option
183 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
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188 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
191 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
192 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
193 * man page installation reworked.
194 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
197 * Reimplemented in Perl
198 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
199 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
200 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
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207 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
208 * No longer uses double-colon rules
210 * Changes in advance of internationalization
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