3 * Better DejaGNU support
4 * Added no-installinfo option
5 * Added Emacs Lisp support
6 * Added --no-force option
7 * Included `aclocal' program
8 * Automake will now generate rules to regenerate aclocal.m4, if appropriate
9 * Now uses `AM_' macro names everywhere
10 * ansi2knr option can have directory prefix (eg `../lib/ansi2knr')
11 * Better C++, yacc, lex support
12 * Will compute _DEPENDENCIES variables automatically if not supplied
13 * Will interpolate $(...) and ${...} when examining contents of a variable
14 * .deps files now in build directory, not source directory; dependency
15 handling generally rewritten
16 * DATA and BUILT_SOURCES no longer included in distribution
17 * can now put config.h into a subdir
18 * Added dist-all target
19 * Support for install-info program (see texinfo 3.9)
20 * Support for "yacc -d"
21 * configure substitutions are automatically discovered and included
22 in generated Makefile.in
23 * Special --cygnus mode
24 * OMIT_DEPENDENCIES can now hold list of dependencies to be omitted
25 when making distribution. Some dependencies are auto-ignored.
29 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
30 * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
35 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
37 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
39 * New "distcheck" target
43 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
45 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
46 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
47 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
48 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
49 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
50 * Added short option names.
51 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
55 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
56 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
57 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
58 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
59 * Now handles TESTS macro
60 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
61 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
62 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
63 * Better error messages in many cases
64 * Program names are canonicalized
65 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
69 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
70 * Beginnings of a test suite
71 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
72 * Doesn't print anything when running
73 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
74 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
75 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
76 * Added --verbose option
77 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
78 configure-generated names
79 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
81 * --strictness=gnu is default
85 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
86 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
87 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
88 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
89 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
90 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
91 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
93 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
94 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
97 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
98 * More standards checking
100 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
101 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
102 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
105 * Works with Perl 4 again
108 * Added --install-missing option.
109 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
110 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
111 * Generates .PHONY target
112 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
113 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
117 * Works with Perl 4 again.
120 * New uniform naming scheme.
121 * --strictness option
123 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
125 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
128 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
131 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
132 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
133 * man page installation reworked.
134 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
137 * Reimplemented in Perl
138 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
139 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
140 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
141 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
144 * Automatic dependency tracking
146 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
147 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
148 * No longer uses double-colon rules
150 * Changes in advance of internationalization