2 * Support for `configure.ac'.
3 * Support for `else COND', `endif COND' and negated conditions `!COND'.
4 * `make dist-all' is much faster.
5 * Allows '@' AC_SUBSTs in macro names.
6 * Faster AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (requires update of `missing' script)
7 * User-side dependency tracking. Developers no longer need GNU make
9 * Uses DIST_SUBDIRS in some situations when SUBDIRS is conditional
10 * Most files are correctly handled if they appear in subdirs
11 For instance, a _DATA file can appear in a subdir
12 * GNU tar is no longer required for `make dist'
13 * Added support for `dist_' and `nodist_' prefixes
14 * Added support for `nobase_' prefix
15 * Compiled Java support
16 * Support for per-executable and per-library compilation flags
20 * Added support for the Fortran 77 programming language.
21 * Re-indexed the Automake Texinfo manual.
22 * Added `AM_FOOFLAGS' variable for each compiler invocation;
23 e.g. AM_CFLAGS can be used in Makefile.am to set C compiler flags
24 * Support for latest autoconf, including support for objext
25 * Can now put `.' in SUBDIRS to control build order
26 * `include' command and `+=' support for macro assignment
27 * Dependency tracking no long susceptible to deleted header file problem
28 * Maintainer mode now a conditional. @MAINT@ is now an anachronism.
33 * Better Cygwin32 support
34 * Support for suffix rules with _SOURCES variables
35 * New options `readme-alpha' and `check-news'; Gnits mode sets these
36 * @LEXLIB@ no longer required when lex source seen
37 Lex support in `missing', and new lex macro. Update your missing script.
38 * Built-in support for assembly
39 * aclocal gives error if `AM_' macro not found
40 * Passed YFLAGS, not YACCFLAGS, to yacc
41 * AM_PROG_CC_STDC does not have to come before AC_PROG_CPP
42 * Dependencies computed as a side effect of compilation
43 * Preliminary support for Java
44 * DESTDIR support at "make install" time
45 * Improved ansi2knr support; you must use the latest ansi2knr.c (included)
49 * Better DejaGNU support
50 * Added no-installinfo option
51 * Added Emacs Lisp support
52 * Added --no-force option
53 * Included `aclocal' program
54 * Automake will now generate rules to regenerate aclocal.m4, if appropriate
55 * Now uses `AM_' macro names everywhere
56 * ansi2knr option can have directory prefix (eg `../lib/ansi2knr')
57 ansi2knr now works correctly on K&R sources
58 * Better C++, yacc, lex support
59 * Will compute _DEPENDENCIES variables automatically if not supplied
60 * Will interpolate $(...) and ${...} when examining contents of a variable
61 * .deps files now in build directory, not source directory; dependency
62 handling generally rewritten
63 * DATA, MANS and BUILT_SOURCES no longer included in distribution
64 * can now put config.h into a subdir
65 * Added dist-all target
66 * Support for install-info program (see texinfo 3.9)
67 * Support for "yacc -d"
68 * configure substitutions are automatically discovered and included
69 in generated Makefile.in
70 * Special --cygnus mode
71 * OMIT_DEPENDENCIES can now hold list of dependencies to be omitted
72 when making distribution. Some dependencies are auto-ignored.
73 * Changed how libraries are specified in _LIBRARIES variable
74 * Full libtool support, from Gord Matzigkeit
75 * No longer have to explicitly touch stamp-h when using AC_CONFIG_HEADER;
76 AM_CONFIG_HEADER handles it automatically
77 * Texinfo output files no longer need .info extension
78 * Added `missing' support
80 * Conditionals in Makefile.am, from Ian Taylor
84 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
85 * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
90 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
92 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
94 * New "distcheck" target
98 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
100 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
101 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
102 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
103 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
104 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
105 * Added short option names.
106 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
110 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
111 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
112 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
113 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
114 * Now handles TESTS macro
115 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
116 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
117 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
118 * Better error messages in many cases
119 * Program names are canonicalized
120 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
124 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
125 * Beginnings of a test suite
126 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
127 * Doesn't print anything when running
128 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
129 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
130 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
131 * Added --verbose option
132 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
133 configure-generated names
134 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
136 * --strictness=gnu is default
140 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
141 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
142 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
143 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
144 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
145 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
146 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
147 foo_SOURCES variable.
148 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
149 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
152 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
153 * More standards checking
155 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
156 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
157 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
160 * Works with Perl 4 again
163 * Added --install-missing option.
164 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
165 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
166 * Generates .PHONY target
167 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
168 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
172 * Works with Perl 4 again.
175 * New uniform naming scheme.
176 * --strictness option
178 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
180 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
183 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
186 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
187 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
188 * man page installation reworked.
189 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
192 * Reimplemented in Perl
193 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
194 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
195 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
196 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
199 * Automatic dependency tracking
201 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
202 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
203 * No longer uses double-colon rules
205 * Changes in advance of internationalization