1 * WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
3 - The following long-obsolete m4 macros will be removed in the
4 next major Automake version (1.13):
6 AM_PROG_CC_STDC: superseded by AC_PROG_CC since October 2002
7 fp_PROG_CC_STDC: broken alias for AM_PROG_CC_STDC
8 fp_WITH_DMALLOC: old alias for AM_WITH_DMALLOC
9 AM_CONFIG_HEADER: superseded by AC_CONFIG_HEADERS since July 2002
10 ud_PATH_LISPDIR: old alias for AM_PATH_LISPDIR
11 jm_MAINTAINER_MODE: old alias for AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
12 ud_GNU_GETTEXT: old alias for AM_GNU_GETTEXT
13 gm_PROG_LIBTOOL: old alias for AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
14 fp_C_PROTOTYPES: old alias for AM_C_PROTOTYPES (which was part
15 of the now-removed automatic de-ANSI-fication
18 - All the "old alias" macros in 'm4/obsolete.m4' will be removed in
19 the next major Automake version (1.13).
21 - Support for the two- and three-arguments invocation forms of the
22 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro will be deprecated in the next minor version
23 of Automake (1.12.1) and removed in the next major version (1.13).
25 - The long-obsolete (since 1.10) automake-provided $(mkdir_p) make
26 variable, @mkdir_p@ substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro will
27 all be deprecated in the next minor version of Automake (1.12.1)
28 and removed in the next major version (1.13).
30 - The '--acdir' option of aclocal is deprecated, and will probably
31 be removed in the next major Automake release (1.13). You should
32 use the options '--automake-acdir' and '--system-acdir' instead
33 (which have been introduced in Automake 1.11.2).
35 - The exact order in which the directories in the aclocal macro
36 search path are looked up is probably going to be changed in the
37 next Automake release (1.13).
41 * Obsolete features removed:
43 - Support for automatic de-ANSI-fication has been removed.
45 - The support for the "obscure" multilib feature has been removed
46 from Automake core (but remains available in the 'contrib/'
47 directory of the Automake distribution).
49 - Support for ".log -> .html" conversion and the check-html and
50 recheck-html targets has been removed from Automake core (but
51 remains available in the 'contrib/' directory of the Automake
54 - The deprecated 'lzma' compression format for distribution archives
55 has been removed, in favor of 'xz' and 'lzip'.
57 - The obsolete AM_WITH_REGEX macro has been removed.
59 - The long-deprecated options '--output-dir', '--Werror' and
60 '--Wno-error' have been removed.
62 - The chapter on the history of Automake has been moved out of the
63 reference manual, into a new dedicated Texinfo file.
67 - New 'cscope' target to build a cscope database for the source tree.
69 * Changes to Automake-generated testsuite harnesses:
71 - The new automake option 'serial-tests' has been introduced. It can
72 be used to explicitly instruct automake to use the older serial
73 testsuite harness. This is still the default at the moment, but it
74 might change in future versions.
76 - Test scripts that exit with status 99 to signal an "hard error" (e.g.,
77 and unexpected or internal error, or a failure to set up the test case
78 scenario) have their outcome reported as an 'ERROR' now. Previous
79 versions of automake reported such an outcome as a 'FAIL' (the only
80 difference with normal failures being that hard errors were counted
81 as failures even when the test originating them was listed in
84 - The testsuite summary displayed by the parallel-test harness has a
85 completely new format, that always list the numbers of passed, failed,
86 xfailed, xpassed, skipped and errored tests, even when these numbers
87 are zero (but using smart coloring when the color-tests option is in
90 - The default testsuite driver offered by the 'parallel-tests' option is
91 now implemented (partly at least) with the help of automake-provided
92 auxiliary scripts (e.g., 'test-driver'), instead of relying entirely
93 on code in the generated Makefile.in.
94 This has two noteworthy implications. The first one is that projects
95 using the 'parallel-tests' option should now either run automake with
96 the '--add-missing' option, or manually copy the 'test-driver' script
97 into their tree. The second, and more important, implication is that
98 now, when the 'parallel-tests' option is in use, TESTS_ENVIRONMENT can
99 not be used anymore to define a test runner, and the command specified
100 in LOG_COMPILER (and <ext>_LOG_COMPILER) must be a *real* executable
101 program or script. For example, this is still a valid usage (albeit
104 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
105 if test -n '$(STRICT_TESTS)'; then \
106 maybe_errexit='-e'; \
110 LOG_COMPILER = $(SHELL) $$maybe_errexit
112 while this is not anymore:
114 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
115 $(SHELL) `test -n '$(STRICT_TESTS_CHECKING)' && echo ' -e'`
119 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
120 run_with_perl_or_shell () \
122 if grep -q '^#!.*perl' $$1; then
128 LOG_COMPILER = run_with_per_or_shell
130 - The package authors can now use customary testsuite drivers within
131 the framework provided by the 'parallel-tests' testsuite harness.
132 Consistently with the existing syntax, this can be done by defining
133 special makefile variables 'LOG_DRIVER' and '<ext>_LOG_DRIVER'.
135 - A new developer-reserved variable 'AM_TESTS_FD_REDIRECT' can be used
136 to redirect/define file descriptors used by the test scripts.
138 - The parallel-tests harness generates now, in addition the '.log' files
139 holding the output produced by the test scripts, a new set of '.trs'
140 files, holding "metadata" derived by the execution of the test scripts;
141 among such metadata are the outcomes of the test cases run by a script.
143 - Initial and still experimental support for the TAP test protocol is
146 * Changes to Yacc and Lex support:
148 - C source and header files derived from non-distributed Yacc and/or
149 Lex sources are now removed by a simple "make clean" (while they were
150 previously removed only by "make maintainer-clean").
152 - Slightly backward-incompatible change, relevant only for use of Yacc
153 with C++: the extensions of the header files produced by the Yacc
154 rules are now modelled after the extension of the corresponding
155 sources. For example, yacc files named "foo.y++" and "bar.yy" will
156 produce header files named "foo.h++" and "bar.hh" respectively, where
157 they would have previously produced header files named simply "foo.h"
158 and "bar.h". This change offers better compatibility with 'bison -o'.
160 * Miscellaneous changes:
162 - Automake now prefers to quote 'like this' or "like this", rather
163 than `like this', in diagnostic message and generated Makefiles,
164 to accommodate the new GNU Coding Standards recommendations.
166 - Automake has a new option '--print-libdir' that prints the path of the
167 directory containing the Automake-provided scripts and data files.
169 - The 'dist' and 'dist-all' targets now can run compressors in parallel.
171 - Automake can now generate silenced rules for texinfo outputs.
173 - Some auxiliary files that are automatically distributed by Automake
174 (e.g., 'install-sh', or the 'depcomp' script for packages compiling
175 C sources) might now be listed in the DIST_COMMON variable in many
176 Makefile.in files, rather than in the top-level one.
178 - Messages of types warning or error from 'automake' and 'aclocal'
179 are now prefixed with the respective type, and presence of -Werror
182 - Automake's early configure-time sanity check now tries to avoid
183 sleeping for a second, which slowed down cached configure runs
184 noticeably. In that case, it will check back at the end of the
185 configure script to ensure that at least one second has passed, to
186 avoid time stamp issues with makefile rules rerunning autotools
189 - For programs and libraries, automake now detect EXTRA_foo_DEPENDENCIES
190 and adds them to the normal list of dependencies, but without
191 overwriting the foo_DEPENDENCIES variable, which is normally computed
194 - The warnings in the category 'extra-portability' are now enabled by
195 '-Wall'. In previous versions, one has to use '-Wextra-portability'
198 - The 'ar-lib' script now ignores the "s" (symbol index) and "S" (no
199 symbol index) modifiers as well as the "s" action, as the symbol index
200 is created unconditionally by Microsoft lib. Also, the "q" (quick)
201 action is now a synonym for "r" (replace). Also, the script has been
202 ignoring the "v" (verbose) modifier already since Automake 1.11.3.
206 - Various minor bugfixes for recent or long-standing bugs.
208 * Bugs introduced by 1.11:
210 - The AM_COND_IF macro also works if the shell expression for the
211 conditional is no longer valid for the condition.
213 - The automake-provided parallel testsuite harness does not fail anymore
214 with BSD make used in parallel mode when there are test scripts in a
215 subdirectory, like in:
217 TESTS = sub/foo.test sub/bar.test
219 * Long-standing bugs:
221 - Automake's own build system finally have a real "installcheck" target.
223 - Files listed with the AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE macro in configure.ac are
224 now automatically distributed also if the directory of the auxiliary
225 files coincides with the top-level directory.
227 - Automake now detects the presence of the '-d' flag in the various
228 '*YFLAGS' variables even when their definitions involve indirections
229 through other variables, such as in:
231 AM_YFLAGS = $(foo_opts)
233 - Automake now complains if a '*YFLAGS' variable has any conditional
234 content, not only a conditional definition.
236 - Explicit enabling and/or disabling of Automake warning categories
237 through the '-W...' options now always takes precedence over the
238 implicit warning level implied by Automake strictness (foreign, gnu
239 or gnits), regardless of the order in which such strictness and
240 warning flags appear. For example, a setting like:
241 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Wall --foreign
242 will cause the warnings in category 'portability' to be enabled, even
243 if those warnings are by default disabled in 'foreign' strictness.
245 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
249 * WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
251 - The obsolescent AM_WITH_REGEX macro has been deprecated, since the
252 GNU rx library has been decommissioned.
254 - The `lzma' compression format for distribution archives has been
255 deprecated in favor of `xz' and `lzip'.
257 * Miscellaneous changes:
259 - Automake's own build system is more silent by default, making use of
260 the 'silent-rules' option.
262 - The master copy of the `gnupload' script is now maintained in gnulib,
265 - The `missing' script doesn't try to wrap calls to `tar' anymore.
267 - "make dist" doesn't wrap `tar' invocations with the `missing' script
268 anymore. Similarly, the obsolescent variable `$(AMTAR)' (which you
269 shouldn't be using BTW ;-) does not invoke the missing script anymore
270 to wrap tar, but simply invokes the `tar' program itself.
272 - "make dist" can now create lzip-compressed tarballs.
274 - In the Automake info documentation, the Top node and the nodes about
275 the invocation of the automake and aclocal programs have been renamed;
276 now, calling "info automake" will open the Top node, while calling
277 "info automake-invocation" and "info aclocal-invocation" will access
278 the nodes about the invocation of respectively automake and aclocal.
280 - Automake is now distributed as a gzip-compressed and an xz-compressed
281 tarball. Previously, bzip2 was used instead of xz.
283 - The last relics of Python 1.5 support have been removed from the
284 AM_PATH_PYTHON macro.
286 Bugs fixed in 1.11.3:
288 * Long-standing bugs:
290 - The "deleted header file problem" for *.am files is avoided by stub
291 rules. This allows `make' to trigger a rerun of `automake' also if
292 some previously needed `.am' file has been removed.
294 - The `silent-rules' option now generates working makefiles even
295 for the uncommon `make' implementations that do not support the
296 nested-variables extension to POSIX 2008. For such `make'
297 implementations, whether a build is silent is determined at
298 configure time, and cannot be overridden at make time with
299 `make V=0' or `make V=1'.
301 - Vala support now works better in VPATH setups.
303 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
307 * Changes to aclocal:
309 - The `--acdir' option is deprecated. Now you should use the new options
310 `--automake-acdir' and `--system-acdir' instead.
312 - The `ACLOCAL_PATH' environment variable is now interpreted as a
313 colon-separated list of additional directories to search after the
314 automake internal acdir (by default ${prefix}/share/aclocal-APIVERSION)
315 and before the system acdir (by default ${prefix}/share/aclocal).
317 * Miscellaneous changes:
319 - The Automake support for automatic de-ANSI-fication has been
322 - The `lzma' compression scheme and associated automake option `dist-lzma'
323 is obsoleted by `xz' and `dist-xz' due to upstream changes.
325 - You may adjust the compression options used in dist-xz and dist-bzip2.
326 The default is now merely -e for xz, but still -9 for bzip; you may
327 specify a different level via the XZ_OPT and BZIP2 envvars respectively.
328 E.g., "make dist-xz XZ_OPT=-7" or "make dist-bzip2 BZIP2=-5"
330 - The `compile' script now converts some options for MSVC for a better
331 user experience. Similarly, the new `ar-lib' script wraps Microsoft lib.
333 - The py-compile script now accepts empty arguments passed to the options
334 `--destdir' and `--basedir', and complains about unrecognized options.
335 Moreover, a non-option argument or a special `--' argument terminates
338 - A developer that needs to pass specific flags to configure at "make
339 distcheck" time can now, and indeed is advised to, do so by defining
340 the developer-reserved makefile variable AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS,
341 instead of the old DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS.
342 The DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS variable should now be reserved for the
343 user; still, the old Makefile.am files that used to define it will
344 still continue to work as before.
346 - New macro AM_PROG_AR that looks for an archiver and wraps it in the new
347 'ar-lib' auxiliary script if the selected archiver is Microsoft lib.
348 This new macro is required for LIBRARIES and LTLIBRARIES when automake
349 is run with -Wextra-portability and -Werror.
351 - When using DejaGnu-based testsuites, the user can extend the `site.exp'
352 file generated by automake-provided rules by defining the special make
353 variable `$(EXTRA_DEJAGNU_SITE_CONFIG)'.
355 - The `install-info' rule can now be instructed not to create/update
356 the `${infodir}/dir' file, by exporting the new environment variable
357 `AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR' to the value "no".
359 Bugs fixed in 1.11.2:
361 * Bugs introduced by 1.11.2:
363 - Automake now correctly recognizes the prefix/primary combination
364 `pkglibexec_SCRIPTS' as valid.
366 * Bugs introduced by 1.11:
368 - The parallel-tests driver no longer produces erroneous results with
369 Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh upon unreadable log files.
371 - The `parallel-tests' test driver does not report spurious successes
372 when used with concurrent FreeBSD make (e.g., "make check -j3").
374 - When the parallel-tests driver is in use, automake now explicitly
375 rejects invalid entries and conditional contents in TEST_EXTENSIONS,
376 instead of issuing confusing and apparently unrelated error messages
377 (e.g., "non-POSIX variable name", "bad characters in variable name",
378 or "redefinition of TEST_EXTENSIONS), or even, in some situations,
379 silently producing broken `Makefile.in' files.
381 - The `silent-rules' option now truly silences all compile rules, even
382 when dependency tracking is disabled. Also, when `silent-rules' is
383 not used, `make' output no longer contains spurious backslash-only
384 lines, thus once again matching what Automake did before 1.11.
386 - The AM_COND_IF macro also works if the shell expression for the
387 conditional is no longer valid for the condition.
389 * Long-standing bugs:
391 - The order of Yacc and Lex flags is fixed to be consistent with other
392 languages: $(AM_YFLAGS) comes before $(YFLAGS), and $(AM_LFLAGS) before
393 $(LFLAGS), so that the user variables override the developer variables.
395 - "make distcheck" now correctly complains also when "make uninstall"
396 leaves one and only one file installed in $(prefix).
398 - A "make uninstall" issued before a "make install", or after a mere
399 "make install-data" or a mere "make install-exec" does not spuriously
402 - Automake now warns about more primary/directory invalid combinations,
403 such as "doc_LIBRARIES" or "pkglib_PROGRAMS".
405 - Rules generated by Automake now try harder to not change any files when
406 `make -n' is invoked. Fixes include compilation of Emacs Lisp, Vala, or
407 Yacc source files and the rule to update config.h.
409 - Several scripts and the parallel-tests testsuite driver now exit with
410 the right exit status upon receiving a signal.
412 - A per-Makefile.am setting of -Werror does not erroneously carry over
413 to the handling of other Makefile.am files.
415 - The code for automatic dependency tracking works around a Solaris
416 make bug triggered by sources containing repeated slashes when the
417 `subdir-objects' option was used.
419 - The makedepend and hp depmodes now work better with VPATH builds.
421 - Java sources specified with check_JAVA are no longer compiled for
422 "make all", but only for "make check".
424 - An usage like "java_JAVA = foo.java" will now cause Automake to warn
425 and error out if `javadir' is undefined, instead of silently producing
426 a broken Makefile.in.
428 - aclocal and automake now honour the configure-time definitions of
429 AUTOCONF and AUTOM4TE when they spawn autoconf or autom4te processes.
431 - The `install-info' recipe no longer tries to guess whether the
432 `install-info' program is from Debian or from GNU, and adaptively
433 change its behaviour; this has proven to be frail and easy to
436 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
438 Bugs fixed in 1.11.1:
440 - Lots of minor bugfixes.
442 * Bugs introduced by 1.11:
444 - The `parallel-tests' test driver works around a GNU make 3.80 bug with
445 trailing white space in the test list (`TESTS = foo $(EMPTY)').
447 * Long standing bugs:
449 - On Darwin 9, `pythondir' and `pyexecdir' pointed below `/Library/Python'
450 even if the `--prefix' argument pointed outside of a system directory.
451 AM_PATH_PYTHON has been fixed to ignore the value returned from python's
452 `get_python_lib' function if it points outside the configured prefix,
453 unless the `--prefix' argument was either `/usr' or below `/System'.
455 - The testsuite does not try to change the mode of `ltmain.sh' files from
456 a Libtool installation (symlinked to test directories) any more.
458 - AM_PROG_GCJ uses AC_CHECK_TOOLS to look for `gcj' now, so that prefixed
459 tools are preferred in a cross-compile setup.
461 - The distribution is tarred up with mode 755 now by the `dist*' targets.
462 This fixes a race condition where untrusted users could modify files
463 in the $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION) distdir before packing if the toplevel
464 build directory was world-searchable. This is CVE-2009-4029.
466 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
470 * Version requirements:
472 - Autoconf 2.62 or greater is required.
474 * Changes to aclocal:
476 - The autoconf version check implemented by aclocal in aclocal.m4
477 (and new in Automake 1.10) is degraded to a warning. This helps
478 in the common case where the Autoconf versions used are compatible.
480 * Changes to automake:
482 - The automake program can run multiple threads for creating most
483 Makefile.in files concurrently, if at least Perl 5.7.2 is available
484 with interpreter-based threads enabled. Set the environment variable
485 AUTOMAKE_JOBS to the maximum number of threads to use, in order to
486 enable this experimental feature.
488 * Changes to Libtool support:
490 - Libtool generic flags are now passed to the install and uninstall
493 - distcheck works with Libtool 2.x even when LT_OUTPUT is used, as
494 config.lt is removed correctly now.
498 - subdir-object mode works now with Fortran (F77, FC, preprocessed
499 Fortran, and Ratfor).
501 - For files with extension .f90, .f95, .f03, or .f08, the flag
502 $(FCFLAGS_f[09]x) computed by AC_FC_SRCEXT is now used in compile rules.
504 - Files with extension .sx are also treated as preprocessed assembler.
506 - The default source file extension (.c) can be overridden with
507 AM_DEFAULT_SOURCE_EXT now.
509 - Python 3.0 is supported now, Python releases prior to 2.0 are no
512 - AM_PATH_PYTHON honors python's idea about the site directory.
514 - There is initial support for the Vala programming language, when using
517 * Miscellaneous changes:
519 - Automake development is done in a git repository on Savannah now, see
521 http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=automake.git
523 A read-only CVS mirror is provided at
525 cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@pserver.git.sv.gnu.org:/automake.git \
526 checkout -d automake HEAD
528 - "make dist" can now create xz-compressed tarballs,
529 as well as (deprecated?) lzma-compressed tarballs.
531 - `automake --add-missing' will by default install the GPLv3 file as
532 COPYING if it is missing. It will also warn that the license file
533 should be added to source control. Note that Automake will never
534 overwrite an existing COPYING file, even when the `--force-missing'
537 - The manual is now distributed under the terms of the GNU FDL 1.3.
539 - Automake ships and installs man pages for automake and aclocal now.
541 - New shorthand `$(pkglibexecdir)' for `$(libexecdir)/@PACKAGE@'.
543 - install-sh supports -C, which does not update the installed file
544 (and its time stamps) if the contents did not change.
546 - The `gnupload' script has been revamped.
548 - The `depcomp' and `compile' scripts now work with MSVC under MSYS.
550 - The targets `install' and `uninstall' are more efficient now, in that
551 for example multiple files from one Automake variable such as
552 `bin_SCRIPTS' are copied in one `install' (or `libtool --mode=install')
553 invocation if they do not have to be renamed.
555 Both install and uninstall may sometimes enter (`cd' into) the target
556 installation directory now, when no build-local scripts are used.
558 Both install and uninstall do not fail anymore but do nothing if an
559 installation directory variable like `bindir' is set to the empty string.
561 For built-in rules, `make install' now fails reliably if installation
562 of a file failed. Conversely, `make uninstall' even succeeds when
563 issued multiple times.
565 These changes may need some adjustments from users: For example,
566 some `install' programs refuse to install multiple copies of the
567 same file in one invocation, so you may need to remove duplicate
568 entries from file lists.
570 Also, within one set of files, say, nobase_data_DATA, the order of
571 installation may be changed, or even unstable among different hosts,
572 due to the use of associative arrays in awk. The increased use of
573 awk matches a similar move in Autoconf to provide for better scaling.
575 Further, most undocumented per-rule install command variables such as
576 binSCRIPT_INSTALL have been removed because they are not needed any
577 more. Packages which use them should be using the appropriate one of
578 INSTALL_{DATA,PROGRAM,SCRIPT} or their install_sh_{DATA,PROGRAM,SCRIPT}
579 counterpart, depending on the type of files and the need for automatic
580 target directory creation.
582 - The "deleted header file problem" for *.m4 files is avoided by
583 stub rules. This allows `make' to trigger a rerun of `aclocal'
584 also if some previously needed macro file has been removed.
586 - Rebuild rules now also work for a removed `subdir/Makefile.in' in
587 an otherwise up to date tree.
589 - The `color-tests' option causes colored test result output on terminals.
591 - The `parallel-tests' option enables a new test driver that allows for
592 parallel test execution, inter-test dependencies, lazy test execution
593 for unit-testing, re-testing only failed tests, and formatted result output
594 as RST (reStructuredText) and HTML. Enabling this option may require some
595 changes to your test suite setup; see the manual for details.
597 - The `silent-rules' option enables Linux kernel-style silent build output.
598 This option requires the widely supported but non-POSIX `make' feature
599 of recursive variable expansion, so do not use it if your package needs
600 to build with `make' implementations that do not support it.
602 To enable less verbose build output, the developer has to use the Automake
603 option `silent-rules' in `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE', or call the `AM_SILENT_RULES'
604 macro. The user may then set the default verbosity by passing the
605 `--enable-silent-rules' option to `configure'. At `make' run time, this
606 default may be overridden using `make V=0' for less verbose, and `make V=1'
607 for backward-compatible verbose output.
609 - New prefix `notrans_' for manpages which should not be transformed
610 by --program-transform.
612 - New macro AM_COND_IF for conditional evaluation and conditional
615 - For AC_CONFIG_LINKS, if source and destination are equal, do not
616 remove the file in a non-VPATH build. Such setups work with Autoconf
619 - AM_MAINTAINER_MODE now allows for an optional argument specifying
622 - AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE may prevent substitution of AC_SUBSTed variables,
623 useful especially for multi-line values.
625 - Automake's early configure-time sanity check now diagnoses an
626 unsafe absolute source directory name and makes configure fail.
628 - The Automake macros and rules cope better with whitespace in the
629 current directory name, as long as the relative path to `configure'
630 does not contain whitespace. To this end, the values of `$(MISSING)'
631 and `$(install_sh)' may contain suitable quoting, and their expansion
632 might need `eval'uation if used outside of a makefile. These
633 undocumented variables may be used in several documented macros such
634 as $(AUTOCONF) or $(MAKEINFO).
638 * Long-standing bugs:
640 - Fix aix dependency tracking for libtool objects.
642 - Work around AIX sh quoting issue in AC_PROG_CC_C_O, leading to
643 unnecessary use of the `compile' script.
645 - For nobase_*_LTLIBRARIES with nonempty directory components, the
646 correct `-rpath' argument is used now.
648 - `config.status --file=Makefile depfiles' now also works with the
649 extra quoting used internally by Autoconf 2.62 and newer
650 (it used to work only without the `--file=' bit).
652 - The `missing' script works better with versioned tool names.
654 - Semantics for `missing help2man' have been revamped:
656 Previously, if `help2man' was not present, `missing help2man' would have
657 the following semantics: if some man page was out of date but present, then
658 a warning would be printed, but the exit status was 0. If the man page was
659 not present at all, then `missing' would create a replacement man page
660 containing an error message, and exit with a status of 2. This does not play
661 well with `make': the next run will see this particular man page as being up
662 to date, and will only error out on the next generated man page, if any;
663 repeat until all pages are done. This was not desirable.
665 These are the new semantics: if some man page is not present, and help2man
666 is not either, then `missing' will warn and generate the replacement page
667 containing the error message, but exit successfully. However, `make dist'
668 will ensure that no such bogus man pages are packaged into a tarball.
670 - Targets provided by automake behave better with `make -n', in that they
671 take care not to create files.
673 - `config.status Makefile... depfiles' works fine again in the presence of
674 disabled dependency tracking.
676 - The default no-op recursive rules for these targets also work with BSD make
677 now: html, install-html, install-dvi, install-pdf, install-pdf, install-info.
679 - `make distcheck' works also when both a directory and some file below it
680 have been added to a distribution variable, such as EXTRA_DIST or *_SOURCES.
682 - Texinfo dvi, ps, pdf, and html output files are not removed upon
683 `make mostlyclean' any more; only the LaTeX by-products are.
685 - Renamed objects also work with the `subdir-objects' option and
686 source file languages which Automake does not know itself.
688 - `automake' now correctly complains about variable assignments which are
689 preceded by a comment, extend over multiple lines with backslash-escaped
690 newlines, and end in a comment sign. Previous versions would silently
691 and wrongly ignore such assignments completely.
693 * Bugs introduced by 1.10:
695 - Fix output of dummy dependency files in presence of post-processed
696 Makefile.in's again, but also cope with long lines.
698 - $(EXEEXT) is automatically appended to filenames of XFAIL_TESTS
699 that have been declared as programs in the same Makefile.
700 This is for consistency with the analogous change to TESTS in 1.10.
702 - Fix order of standard includes to again be `-I. -I$(srcdir)',
703 followed by directories containing config headers.
705 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
709 * Version requirements:
711 - Autoconf 2.60 or greater is required.
713 - Perl 5.6 or greater is required.
715 * Changes to aclocal:
717 - aclocal now also supports -Wmumble and -Wno-mumble options.
719 - `dirlist' entries (for the aclocal search path) may use shell
720 wildcards such as `*', `?', or `[...]'.
722 - aclocal supports an --install option that will cause system-wide
723 third-party macros to be installed in the local directory
724 specified with the first -I flag. This option also uses #serial
725 lines in M4 files to upgrade local macros.
727 The new aclocal options --dry-run and --diff help to review changes
728 before they are installed.
730 - aclocal now outputs an autoconf version check in aclocal.m4 in
731 projects using automake.
733 For a few years, automake and aclocal have been calling autoconf
734 (or its underlying engine autom4te) to accurately retrieve the
735 data they need from configure.ac and its siblings. Doing so can
736 only work if all autotools use the same version of autoconf. For
737 instance a Makefile.in generated by automake for one version of
738 autoconf may stop working if configure is regenerated with another
739 version of autoconf, and vice versa.
741 This new version check ensures that the whole build system has
742 been generated using the same autoconf version.
744 * Support for new Autoconf macros:
746 - The new AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE Autoconf macro is supported.
748 - If `subdir-objects' is set, and AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR is specified,
749 $(LIBOBJS), $(LTLIBOBJS), $(ALLOCA), and $(LTALLOCA) can be used
750 in different directories. However, only one instance of such a
751 library objects directory is supported.
753 * Change to Libtool support:
755 - Libtool generic flags (those that go before the --mode=MODE option)
756 can be specified using AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS and target_LIBTOOLFLAGS.
758 * Yacc and Lex changes:
760 - The rebuild rules for distributed Yacc and Lex output will avoid
761 overwriting existing files if AM_MAINTAINER_MODE and maintainer-mode
764 - ylwrap is now always used for lex and yacc source files,
765 regardless of whether there is more than one source per directory.
769 - Preprocessed assembler (*.S) compilation now honors CPPFLAGS,
770 AM_CPPFLAGS and per-target _CPPFLAGS, and supports dependency
771 tracking, unlike non-preprocessed assembler (*.s).
773 - subdir-object mode works now with Assembler. Automake assumes
774 that the compiler understands `-c -o'.
776 - Preprocessed assembler (*.S) compilation now also honors
777 $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES).
779 - Improved support for Objective C:
780 - Autoconf's new AC_PROG_OBJC will enable automatic dependency tracking.
781 - A new section of the manual documents the support.
783 - New support for Unified Parallel C:
784 - AM_PROG_UPC looks for a UPC compiler.
785 - A new section of the manual documents the support.
787 - Per-target flags are now correctly handled in link rules.
789 For instance maude_CFLAGS correctly overrides AM_CFLAGS; likewise
790 for maude_LDFLAGS and AM_LDFLAGS. Previous versions bogusly
791 preferred AM_CFLAGS over maude_CFLAGS while linking, and they
792 used both AM_LDFLAGS and maude_LDFLAGS on the same link command.
794 The fix for compiler flags (i.e., using maude_CFLAGS instead of
795 AM_CFLAGS) should not hurt any package since that is how _CFLAGS
796 is expected to work (and actually works during compilation).
798 However using maude_LDFLAGS "instead of" AM_LDFLAGS rather than
799 "in addition to" breaks backward compatibility with older versions.
800 If your package used both variables, as in
802 AM_LDFLAGS = common flags
804 a_LDFLAGS = more flags
807 and assumed *_LDFLAGS would sum up, you should rewrite it as
809 AM_LDFLAGS = common flags
811 a_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) more flags
814 This new behavior of *_LDFLAGS is more coherent with other
815 per-target variables, and the way *_LDFLAGS variables were
816 considered internally.
818 * New installation targets:
820 - New targets mandated by GNU Coding Standards:
825 By default they will only install Texinfo manuals.
826 You can customize them with *-local variants:
832 - The undocumented recursive target `uninstall-info' no longer exists.
833 (`uninstall' is in charge of removing all possible documentation
834 flavors, including optional formats such as dvi, ps, or info even
835 when `no-installinfo' is used.)
837 * Miscellaneous changes:
839 - Automake no longer complains if input files for AC_CONFIG_FILES
840 are specified using shell variables.
842 - clean, distribution, or rebuild rules are normally disabled for
843 inputs and outputs of AC_CONFIG_FILES, AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, and
844 AC_CONFIG_LINK specified using shell variables. However, if these
845 variables are used as ${VAR}, and AC_SUBSTed, then Automake will
846 be able to output rules anyway.
847 (See the Automake documentation for AC_CONFIG_FILES.)
849 - $(EXEEXT) is automatically appended to filenames of TESTS
850 that have been declared as programs in the same Makefile.
851 This is mostly useful when some check_PROGRAMS are listed in TESTS.
853 - `-Wportability' has finally been turned on by default for `gnu' and
854 `gnits' strictness. This means, automake will complain about %-rules
855 or $(GNU Make functions) unless you switch to `foreign' strictness or
856 use `-Wno-portability'.
858 - Automake now uses AC_PROG_MKDIR_P (new in Autoconf 2.60), and uses
859 $(MKDIR_P) instead of $(mkdir_p) to create directories. The
860 $(mkdir_p) variable is still defined (to the same value as
861 $(MKDIR_P)) but should be considered obsolete. If you are using
862 $(mkdir_p) in some of your rules, please plan to update them to
863 $(MKDIR_P) at some point.
865 - AM_C_PROTOTYPES and ansi2knr are now documented as being obsolete.
866 They still work in this release, but may be withdrawn in a future one.
868 - Inline compilation rules for gcc3-style dependency tracking are
871 - Automake installs a "Hello World!" example package in $(docdir).
872 This example is used throughout the new "Autotools Introduction"
873 chapter of the manual.
875 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
879 * Makefile.in bloat reduction:
881 - Inference rules are used to compile sources in subdirectories when
882 the `subdir-objects' option is used and no per-target flags are
883 used. This should reduce the size of some projects a lot, because
884 Automake used to output an explicit rule for each such object in
887 - Automake no longer outputs three rules (.o, .obj, .lo) for each
888 object that must be built with explicit rules. It just outputs
889 the rules required to build the kind of object considered: either
890 the two .o and .obj rules for usual objects, or the .lo rule for
893 * Change to Libtool support:
895 - Libtool tags are used with libtool versions that support them.
896 (I.e., with Libtool 1.5 or greater.)
898 - Automake is now able to handle setups where a libtool library is
899 conditionally installed in different directories, as in
902 lib_LTLIBRARIES = liba.la
904 pkglib_LTLIBRARIES = liba.la
906 liba_la_SOURCES = ...
908 * Changes to aclocal:
910 - aclocal now ensures that AC_DEFUNs and AU_DEFUNs it discovers are
911 really evaluated, before it decides to include them in aclocal.m4.
912 This solves nasty problems with conditional redefinitions of
913 Autoconf macros in /usr/share/aclocal/*.m4 files causing extraneous
914 *.m4 files to be included in any project using these macros.
915 (Calls to AC_PROG_EGREP causing libtool.m4 to be included is the
916 most famous instance of this bug.)
918 - Do not complain about missing conditionally AC_REQUIREd macros
919 that are not actually used. In 1.8.x aclocal would correctly
920 determine which of these macros were really needed (and include
921 only these in the package); unfortunately it would also require
922 all of them to be present in order to run. This created
923 situations were aclocal would not work on a tarball distributing
924 all the macros it uses. For instance running aclocal on a project
925 containing only the subset of the Gettext macros in use by the
926 project did not work, because gettext conditionally requires other
929 * Portability improvements:
931 - Tar format can be chosen with the new options tar-v7, tar-ustar, and
932 tar-pax. The new option filename-length-max=99 helps diagnosing
933 filenames that are too long for tar-v7. (PR/414)
935 - Variables aumented with `+=' are now automatically flattened (i.e.,
936 trailing backslashes removed) and then wrapped around 80 colummns
937 (adding trailing backslashes). In previous versions, a long series
943 would result in a single-line definition of VAR that could possibly
944 exceed the maximum line length of some make implementations.
946 Non-augmented variables are still output as they are defined in
951 - Support Fortran 90/95 with the new "fc" and "ppfc" languages.
952 Works the same as the old Fortran 77 implementation; just replace
953 F77 with FC everywhere (exception: FFLAGS becomes FCFLAGS).
954 Requires a version of autoconf which provides AC_PROG_FC (>=2.59).
956 - Support for conditional _LISP.
958 - Support for conditional -hook and -local rules (PR/428).
960 - Diagnose AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR calls following AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE. (PR/49)
962 - Automake will not write any Makefile.ins after the first error it
963 encounters. The previous Makefile.ins (if any) will be left in
964 place. (Warnings will not prevent output, but remember they can
965 be turned into errors with -Werror.)
967 - The restriction that SUBDIRS must contain direct children is gone.
970 - The manual tells more about SUBDIRS vs. DIST_SUBDIRS.
971 It also gives an example of nested packages using AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS.
973 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
977 * Long-standing bugs:
979 - Define DIST_SUBDIRS even when the `no-dist' or `cygnus' options are used
980 so that `make distclean' and `make maintainer-clean' can work.
982 - Define AR and ARFLAGS even when only EXTRA_LIBRARIES are defined.
984 - Fix many rules to please FreeBSD make, which runs commands with `sh -e'.
986 - Polish diagnostic when no input file is found.
988 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
992 * Long-standing bugs:
994 - Fix AM_PATH_PYTHON to correctly display $PYTHON when it has been
995 overridden by the user.
997 - Honor PATH_SEPARATOR in various places of the Automake package, for
1000 - Adjust dependency tracking mode detection to ICC 8.0's new output.
1003 - Fix install-sh so it can install the `mv' binary... using `mv'.
1005 - Fix tru64 dependency tracking for libtool objects.
1007 - Work around Exuberant Ctags when creating a TAGS files in a directory
1008 without files to scan but with subdirectories to include.
1010 * Bugs introduced by 1.8:
1012 - Fix an "internal error" when @LIBOBJS@ is used in a variable that is
1013 not defined in the same conditions as the _LDADD that uses it.
1015 - Do not warn when JAVAROOT is overridden, this is legitimate.
1017 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1019 Bugs fixed in 1.8.3:
1021 * Long-standing bugs:
1023 - Quote filenames in installation rules, in case $DESTDIR, $prefix,
1024 or any of the other *dir variables contain a space.
1026 Please note that Automake does not and cannot support spaces in
1027 filenames that are involved during the build. This change affects
1028 only installation paths, so that `make install' does not bomb out
1029 in packages configured with
1030 ./configure --prefix '/c/Program Files'
1032 - Fix the depfiles output so it works with GNU sed (<4.1) even when
1033 POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
1035 - Do not AC_SUBST(LIBOBJS) in AM_WITH_REGEX. This macro was unusable
1036 since Autoconf 2.54, which defines LIBOBJS itself.
1038 - Fix a potential (but unlikely) race condition in parallel elisp
1039 builds. (Introduced in 1.7.3.)
1041 - Do not assume that users override _DEPENDENCIES in all conditions
1042 where Automake will try to define them.
1044 - Do not use `mkdir -p' in mkinstalldirs, unless this is GNU mkdir.
1045 Solaris 8's `mkdir -p' is not thread-safe and can break parallel
1048 This fix also affects the $(mkdir_p) variable defined since
1049 Automake 1.8. It will be set to `mkdir -p' only if mkdir is GNU
1050 mkdir, and to `mkinstalldirs' or `install-sh -d' otherwise.
1052 - Secure temporary directory creation in `make distcheck'. (PR/413)
1054 - Do not generate two build rules for `parser.h' when the
1055 parser appears in two different conditionals.
1057 - Work around a Solaris 8 /bin/sh bug in the test for dependency
1058 checking. Usually ./configure will not pick this shell; so this
1059 fix only helps cases where the shell is forced to /bin/sh.
1061 * Bugs introduced by 1.8:
1063 - In some situations (hand-written `m4_include's), aclocal would
1064 call the `File::Spec->rel2abs' method, which was only introduced
1065 in Perl 5.6. This new version reestablish support Perl 5.005.
1067 It is likely that the next major Automake releases will require at
1068 least Perl 5.6. Consider upgrading your development environment
1069 if you are still using the five-year-old Perl 5.005.
1071 - Automake would sometimes fail to define rules for targets listed
1072 in variables defined in multiple conditions. For instance on
1078 it would define only the `a.$(OBJEXT): a.c' rule and omit the
1079 `b.$(OBJEXT): b.c' rule.
1081 * New sections in manual:
1083 - Third-Party Makefiles: how to interface third party Makefiles.
1084 - Upgrading: upgrading packages to newer Automake versions.
1085 - Multiple Outputs: handling tools that produce many outputs.
1087 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1091 * A (well known) portability bug slipped in the changes made to
1092 install-sh in Automake 1.8.1. The broken install-sh would refuse to
1093 install anything on Tru64.
1095 * Fix install rules for conditionally built python files. (This never
1098 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1102 * Bugs introduced by 1.8:
1104 - Fix Config.pm import error with old Perl versions (at least
1105 5.005_03). One symptom is that aclocal could not find its macro
1108 - Automake 1.8 used `mkdir -m 0755 -p --' to ensure that directories
1109 created by `make install' are always world readable, even if the
1110 installer happens to have an overly restrictive umask (e.g. 077).
1111 This was a mistake and has been reverted. There are at least two
1112 reasons why we must not use `-m 0755':
1113 - it causes special bits like SGID to be ignored,
1114 - it may be too restrictive (some setups expect 775 directories).
1116 - Fix aclocal to honor definitions located in files which have been
1117 m4_included manually. aclocal 1.8 had been updated to check
1118 m4_included files for new requirements, but forgot that these
1119 m4_included files can also provide new definitions.
1121 Note that if you have such a setup, we recommend you get rid of
1122 it. In the past, there was a reason to m4_include files manually:
1123 aclocal used to duplicate entire M4 files into aclocal.m4, even
1124 files that were distributed. Some packages were therefore
1125 m4_including the distributed file directly, and playing some
1126 tricks to ensure aclocal would not copy that file to aclocal.m4,
1127 in order to limit the amount of duplication. Since aclocal 1.8.x
1128 will precisely output m4_includes for local M4 files, we recommend
1129 that you clean up your setup, removing all manual m4_includes and
1130 letting aclocal output them.
1132 - Output detailed menus in the Info version if the Automake manual,
1133 so that Emacs can locate the indexes.
1135 - configure.ac and configure were listed twice in DIST_COMMON (an
1136 internal variable where Automake lists configury files to
1137 distribute). This was harmless, but unaesthetic.
1139 - Use `chmod a-w' instead of `chmod -w' as the latter honors umask.
1140 This was an issue only in the Automake package itself, not in
1143 - Automake assumed that all AC_CONFIG_LINKS arguments had the form
1144 DEST:SRC. This was wrong, as some packages do
1145 AC_CONFIG_LINKS($computedlinks). This version no longer abort in
1148 - Contrary to mkinstalldirs, $(mkdir_p) was expecting exactly one
1149 argument. This caused two kinds of failures:
1150 - Rules installing data in a conditionally defined directory
1151 failed when that directory was undefined. In this case no
1152 argument was supplied.
1153 - `make installdirs' failed, because several directories were
1154 passed to $(mkdir_p). This was an issue only on platform
1155 were $(mkdir_p) is implemented with `install-sh -d'.
1156 $(mkdir_p) as been changed to accept 0 or more arguments, as
1159 * Long-standing bugs:
1161 - Fix an unexpected diagnostic occurring when users attempt
1162 to override some internal variables that Automake appends to.
1164 - aclocal now scans configure.ac for macro definitions (PR/319).
1166 - Fix a portability issue with OSF1/Tru64 Make. If a directory
1167 distributes files which are outside itself (this usually occurs
1168 when using AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([../dir]) to use auxiliary files
1169 from a parent package), then `make distcheck' fails due to an
1170 optimization performed by OSF1/Tru64 Make in its VPATH handling.
1171 (tests/subpkg2.test failure)
1173 - Fix another portability issue with Sun and OSF1/Tru64 Make.
1174 In a VPATH-build configuration, `make install' would install
1175 nobase_ files to wrong locations.
1177 - Fix a Perl `uninitialized value' diagnostic occurring when
1178 automake complains that a Texinfo file does not have a
1179 @setfilename statement.
1181 - Erase config.status.lineno during `make distclean'. This file
1182 can be created by config.status. Automake already knew about
1183 configure.lineno, but forgot config.status.lineno.
1185 - Distribute all files, even those which are built and installed
1186 conditionally. This change affects files listed in conditionally
1187 defined *_HEADERS and *_PYTHON variable (unless they are nodist_*)
1188 as well as those listed in conditionally defined dist_*_DATA,
1189 dist_*_JAVA, dist_*_LISP, and dist_*_SCRIPTS variables.
1191 - Fix AM_PATH_LISPDIR to avoid \? in sed regular expressions; it
1192 doesn't conform to POSIX.
1194 - Normalize help strings for configure variables and options added
1199 - Check for python2.4 in AM_PATH_PYTHON.
1201 * Spurious failures in test suite:
1203 - tests/libtool5.test, tests/ltcond.test, tests/ltcond2.test,
1204 tests/ltconv.test: fix failures with CVS Libtool.
1205 - tests/aclocal6.test: fix failure if autom4te.cache is disabled.
1206 - tests/txinfo24.test, tests/txinfo25.test, tests/txinfo28.test:
1207 fix failures with old Texinfo versions.
1209 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1215 - The NEWS file is more verbose.
1219 - Autoconf 2.58 or greater is required.
1223 - Default source file names in the absence of a _SOURCES declaration
1224 are made by removing any target extension before appending `.c', so
1225 to make the libtool module `foo.la' from `foo.c', you only need to
1228 lib_LTLIBRARIES = foo.la
1229 foo_la_LDFLAGS = -module
1231 For backward compatibility, foo_la.c will be used instead of
1232 foo.c if this file exists or is the explicit target of a rule.
1233 However -Wobsolete will warn about this deprecated naming.
1235 - AR's `cru' flags are now set in a global ARFLAGS variable instead
1236 of being hard-coded in each $(AR) invocation, so they can be
1237 substituted from configure.ac. This has been requested by people
1238 dealing with non-POSIX ar implementations.
1240 - New warning option: -Woverride. This will warn about any user
1241 target or variable definitions which override Automake
1244 - Texinfo rules back up and restore info files when makeinfo fails.
1246 - Texinfo rules now support the `html' target.
1247 Running this requires Texinfo 4.0 or greater.
1249 `html' is a new recursive target, so if your package mixes
1250 hand-crafted `Makefile.in's with Automake-generated
1251 `Makefile.in's, you should adjust the former to support (or
1252 ignore) this target so that `make html' recurses successfully. If
1253 you had a custom `html' rule in your `Makefile.am', it's better to
1254 rename it as `html-local', otherwise your rule will override
1255 Automake's new rule (you can check that by running `automake
1256 -Woverride') and that will stop the recursion to subdirectories.
1258 Last but not least, this `html' rule is declared PHONY, even when
1259 overridden. Fortunately, it appears that few packages use a
1260 non-PHONY `html' rule.
1262 - Any file which is m4_included from configure.ac will appear as a
1263 configure and Makefile.in dependency, and will be automatically
1266 - The rules for rebuilding Makefiles and Makefile.ins will now
1267 rebuild all Makefiles and all Makefile.ins at once when one of
1268 configure's dependencies has changed. This is considerably faster
1269 than previous implementations, where config.status and automake
1270 were run separately in each directory (this still happens when you
1271 change a Makefile.am locally, without touching configure.ac or
1272 friends). Doing this also solves a longstanding issue: these
1273 rebuild rules failed to work when adding new directories to the
1274 tree, forcing you to run automake manually.
1276 - For similar reasons, the rules to rebuild configure,
1277 config.status, and aclocal.m4 are now defined in all directories.
1278 Note that if you were using the CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES and
1279 CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES (formerly undocumented) variables, you
1280 should better define them in all directories. This is easily done
1281 using an AC_SUBST (make sure you prefix these dependencies with
1282 $(top_srcdir) since this variable will appear at different
1283 levels of the build tree).
1285 - aclocal will now use `m4_include' instead of copying local m4
1286 files into aclocal.m4. (Local m4 files are those you ship with
1287 your project, other files will be copied as usual.)
1289 Because m4_included files are automatically distributed, it means
1290 for most projects there is no point in EXTRA_DISTing the list of
1291 m4 files which are used. (You can probably get rid of
1292 m4/Makefile.am if you had one.)
1294 - aclocal will avoid touching aclocal.m4 when possible, so that
1295 Autom4te's cache isn't needlessly invalidated. This behavior can
1296 be switched off with the new `--force' option.
1298 - aclocal now uses Autoconf's --trace to detect macros which are
1299 actually used and will no longer include unused macros simply
1300 because they where mentioned. This was often the case for macros
1301 called conditionally.
1303 - New options no-dist and no-dist-gzip.
1305 - compile, depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, mkinstalldirs,
1306 py-compile, and ylwrap, now all understand --version and --help.
1308 - Automake will now recognize AC_CONFIG_LINKS so far as removing created
1309 links as part of the distclean target and including source files in
1312 - AM_PATH_PYTHON now supports ACTION-IF-FOUND and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND
1313 argument. The latter can be used to override the default behavior
1314 (which is to abort).
1316 - Automake will exit with $? = 63 on version mismatch. (So does
1317 Autoconf 2.58) missing knows this, and in this case it will
1318 emulate the tools as if they were absent. Because older versions
1319 of Automake and Autoconf did not use this exit code, this change
1320 will only be useful in projects generated with future versions of
1323 - When using AC_CONFIG_FILES with multiple input files, Automake
1324 generates the first ".in" input file for which a ".am" exists.
1325 (Former versions would try to use only the first input file.)
1327 - lisp_DATA is now allowed. If you are using the empty ELCFILES
1328 idiom to disable byte-compilation of lisp_LISP files, it is
1329 recommended that you switch to using lisp_DATA. Note that
1330 this is not strictly equivalent: lisp_DATA will install elisp
1331 files even if emacs is not installed, while *_LISP do not
1332 install anything unless emacs is found.
1334 - Makefiles will prefer `mkdir -p' over mkinstalldirs if it is
1335 available. This selection is achieved through the Makefile
1336 variable $(mkdir_p) that is set by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE to either
1337 `mkdir -m 0755 -p --', `$(mkinstalldirs) -m 0755', or
1338 `$(install_sh) -m 0755 -d'.
1342 - Because `mkdir -p' is available on most platforms, and we can use
1343 `install-sh -d' when it is not, the use of the mkinstalldirs
1344 script is being phased out. `automake --add-missing' no longer
1345 installs it, and if you remove mkinstalldirs from your package,
1346 automake will define $(mkinstalldirs) as an alias for $(mkdir_p).
1348 Gettext 0.12.1 still requires mkinstalldirs. Fortunately
1349 gettextize and autopoint will install it when needed. Automake
1350 will continue to define the $(mkinstalldirs) and to distribute
1351 mkinstalldirs when this script is in the source tree.
1353 - AM_PROG_CC_STDC is now empty. The content of this macro was
1354 merged in AC_PROG_CC. If your code uses $am_cv_prog_cc_stdc, you
1355 should adjust it to use $ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc instead. (This
1356 renaming should be safe, even if you have to support several,
1357 versions of Automake, because AC_PROG_CC defines this variable
1358 since Autoconf 2.54.)
1360 - Some users where using the undocumented ACLOCAL_M4_SOURCES
1361 variable to override the aclocal.m4 dependencies computed
1362 (inaccurately) by older versions of Automake. Because Automake
1363 now tracks configure's m4 dependencies accurately (see m4_include
1364 above), the use of ACLOCAL_M4_SOURCES should be considered
1365 obsolete and will be flagged as such when running `automake
1370 - Defining programs conditionally using Automake conditionals no
1371 longer leads to a combinatorial explosion. The following
1372 construct used to be troublesome when used with dozens of
1387 Likewise for _SOURCES, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables.
1389 - Due to implementation constraints, previous versions of Automake
1390 proscribed multiple conditional definitions of some variables
1400 All _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables were affected.
1401 This restriction has been lifted, and these variables now
1402 support multiple conditional definitions as do other variables.
1404 - Cleanup the definitions of $(distdir) and $(top_distdir).
1405 $(top_distdir) now points to the root of the distribution
1406 directory created during `make dist', as it did in Automake 1.4,
1407 not to the root of the build tree as it did in intervening
1408 versions. Furthermore these two variables are now only defined in
1409 the top level Makefile, and passed to sub-directories when running
1412 - The --no-force option now correctly checks the Makefile.in's
1413 dependencies before deciding not to update it.
1415 - Do not assume that make files are called Makefile in cleaning rules.
1417 - Update .info files in the source tree, not in the build tree. This
1418 is what the GNU Coding Standard recommend. Only Automake 1.7.x
1419 used to update these files in the build tree (previous versions did
1420 it in the source tree too), and it caused several problems, varying
1421 from mere annoyance to portability issues.
1423 - COPYING, COPYING.LIB, and COPYING.LESSER are no longer overwritten
1424 when --add-missing and --force-missing are used. For backward
1425 compatibility --add-missing will continue to install COPYING (in
1426 `gnu' strictness) when none of these three files exist, but this
1427 use is deprecated: you should better choose a license yourself and
1428 install it once for all in your source tree (and in your code
1431 - Fix ylwrap so that it does not overwrite header files that haven't
1432 changed, as the inline rule already does.
1434 - User-defined rules override automake-defined rules for the same
1435 targets, even when rules do not have commands. This is not new
1436 (and was documented), however some of the automake-generated
1437 rules have escaped this principle in former Automake versions.
1438 Rules for the following targets are affected by this fix:
1440 clean, clean-am, dist-all, distclean, distclean-am, dvi, dvi-am,
1441 info, info-am, install-data-am, install-exec-am, install-info,
1442 install-info-am, install-man, installcheck-am, maintainer-clean,
1443 maintainer-clean-am, mostlyclean, mostlyclean-am, pdf, pdf-am,
1444 ps, ps-am, uninstall-am, uninstall-info, uninstall-man
1446 Practically it means that an attempt to supplement the dependencies
1447 of some target, as in
1449 clean: my-clean-rule
1451 will now *silently override* the automake definition of the
1452 rule for this target. Running `automake -Woverride' will diagnose
1453 all such overriding definitions.
1455 It should be noted that almost all these targets support a *-local
1456 variant that is meant to supplement the automake-defined rule
1457 (See node `Extending' in the manual). The above rule should
1460 clean-local: my-clean-rule
1462 These *-local targets have been documented since at least
1463 Automake 1.2, so you should not fear the change if you have
1464 to support multiple automake versions.
1468 - The Automake manual is now distributed under the terms of the GNU FDL.
1470 - Targets dist-gzip, dist-bzip2, dist-tarZ, dist-zip are always defined.
1472 - core dumps are no longer removed by the cleaning rules. There are
1473 at least three reasons for this:
1474 1. These files should not be created by any build step,
1475 so their removal do not fit any of the cleaning rules.
1476 Actually, they may be precious to the developer.
1477 2. If such file is created during a build, then it's clearly a
1478 bug Automake should not hide. Not removing the file will
1479 cause `make distcheck' to complain about its presence.
1480 3. Operating systems have different naming conventions for
1481 core dump files. A core file on one system might be a
1482 completely legitimate data file on another system.
1484 - RUNTESTFLAGS, CTAGSFLAGS, ETAGSFLAGS, JAVACFLAGS are no longer
1485 defined by Automake. This means that any definition in the
1486 environment will be used, unless overridden in the Makefile.am or
1487 on the command line. The old behavior, where these variables were
1488 defined empty in each Makefile, can be obtained by AC_SUBSTing or
1489 AC_ARG_VARing each variable from configure.ac.
1491 - CONFIGURE_DEPENDENCIES and CONFIG_STATUS_DEPENDENCIES are now
1492 documented. (The is not a new feature, these variables have
1493 been there since at least Automake 1.4.)
1495 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1497 Bugs fixed in 1.7.9:
1498 * Fix install-strip to work with nobase_ binaries.
1499 * Fix renaming of #line directives in ylwrap.
1500 * Rebuild with Autoconf 2.59. (1.7.8 was not installable with pdksh.)
1502 Bugs fixed in 1.7.8:
1503 * Remove spurious blank lines in cleaning rules introduced in 1.7.7.
1504 * Fix detection of Debian's install-info, broken since version 1.5.
1505 (Debian bug #213524).
1506 * Honor -module if it appears in AM_LDFLAGS (i.e., relax name checking)
1507 This was only done for libfoo_LDFLAGS and LDFLAGS in previous versions.
1509 Bugs fixed in 1.7.7:
1510 * The implementation of automake's --no-force option is unreliable,
1511 so this option is ignored in this version. A real fix will appear in
1512 Automake 1.8. (Debian Bug #206299)
1513 * AM_PATH_PYTHON: really check the whole list of interpreters if no
1514 argument is given. (PR/399)
1515 * Do not warn about leading `_' in variable names, even with -Wportability.
1516 * Support user redefinitions of TEXINFO_TEX.
1517 * depcomp: support AIX Compiler version 6.
1518 * Fix missing rebuilds during `make dist' with BSD make.
1519 (Could produce tarballs containing out-of-date files.)
1520 * Resurrect multilib support.
1521 * Noteworthy manual updates:
1522 - Extending aclocal: how to write m4 macros that won't trigger warnings
1524 - A Shared Library: Rewrite and split into subsections.
1526 Bugs fixed in 1.7.6:
1527 * Fix depcomp's icc mode for ICC 7.1.
1528 * Diagnose calls to AC_CONFIG_FILES and friends with not enough arguments.
1529 * Fix maintainer-clean's removal of autom4te.cache in VPATH builds.
1530 * Fix AM_PATH_LISPDIR to work with POSIXLY_CORRECT=1.
1531 * Fix the location reported in some diagnostics related to AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
1532 * Remove Latin-1 characters from elisp-comp.
1533 * Update the manual's @dircategory to match the Free Software Directory.
1535 Bugs fixed in 1.7.5:
1536 * Update install-sh's license to remove an advertising clause.
1537 (Debian bug #191717)
1538 * Fix a bug introduced in 1.7.4, related to BUILT_SOURCE handling,
1539 that caused invalid Makefile.ins to be generated.
1540 * Make sure AM_MAKE_INCLUDE doesn't fail when a `doit' file exists.
1541 * New FAQ entry: renamed objects.
1543 Bugs fixed in 1.7.4:
1544 * Tweak the TAGS rule to support Exuberant Ctags (in addition to
1545 the Emacs implementation)
1546 * Fix output of aclocal.m4 dependencies in subdirectories.
1547 * Use `mv -f' instead of `mv' in fastdep rules.
1548 * Upgrade mdate-sh to work on OS/2.
1549 * Don't byte-compile elisp files when ELCFILES is set empty.
1550 (this documented feature was broken by 1.7.3)
1551 * Diagnose trailing backslashes on last line of Makefile.am.
1552 * Diagnose whitespace following trailing backslashes.
1553 * Multiple tests are now correctly supported in DEJATOOL. (PR/388)
1554 * Fix rebuilt rules for AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile:Makefile.in:Makefile.bot])
1556 * `make install' will build `BUILT_SOURCES' first.
1557 * Minor documentation fixes.
1559 Bugs fixed in 1.7.3:
1560 * Fix stamp files numbering (when using multiple AC_CONFIG_HEADERS).
1561 * Query distutils for `pythondir' and `pythonexecdir', instead of
1562 using an hardcoded path. This should allow builds on 64-bit
1563 distributions that usually use lib64/ instead of lib/.
1564 * AM_PATH_PYTHON will also search for python2.3.
1565 * elisp files are now built all at once instead of one by one. Besides
1566 incurring a speed-up, this is required to support interdependent elisp files.
1567 * Support for DJGPP:
1568 - `make distcheck' will now work in `_inst/' and `_build' instead
1569 of `=inst/' and `=build/'
1570 - use `_dirstamp' when the file-system doesn't support `.dirstamp'
1571 - install/uninstall `*.i[0-9][0-9]'-style info files
1572 - more changes that affect only the Automake package (not its output)
1573 * Fix some incompatibilities with upcoming perl-5.10.
1574 * Properly quote AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME and AC_PACKAGE_VERSION when defining
1575 PACKAGE and VERSION.
1577 - dashmstdout and dashXmstdout modes: don't use `-o /dev/null', this
1578 is troublesome with gcc and Solaris compilers. (PR/385)
1579 - makedepend mode: work with Libtool. (PR/385 too)
1581 * better support for unusual gettext setups, such as multiple po/ directories
1583 - Flag missing po/ and intl/ directories as warnings, not errors.
1584 - Disable these warnings if po/ does not exist.
1585 * Noteworthy manual updates:
1587 - Document how AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR interacts with missing files.
1589 - Document `AM_YFLAGS = -d'. (PR/382)
1591 Bugs fixed in 1.7.2:
1592 * Fix installation and uninstallation of Info files built in subdirectories.
1593 * Do not run `./configure --with-included-gettext' during `make distcheck'
1594 if AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]) is used.
1595 * Correctly uninstall renamed man pages.
1596 * Do not strip escaped newline in variables defined in one condition
1597 and augmented in another condition.
1598 * Fix ansi2knr rules for LIBOBJS sources.
1599 * Clean all known Texinfo index files, not only those which appear to
1600 be used, because we cannot know which indexes are used in included files.
1601 (PR/375, Debian Bug #168671)
1602 * Honor only the first @setfilename seen in a Texinfo file.
1603 * Treat "required file X not found" diagnostics as errors (exit status 1).
1604 * Don't complain that a required file is not found when it is a Makefile
1606 * Don't use single suffix inference rules when building `.info'-less
1607 Info files, for the sake of Solaris make.
1608 * The `check' target now depends on `$(BUILT_SOURCES)'. (PR/359)
1609 * Recognize multiple inference rules such as `.a.b .c.d:'. (PR/371)
1610 * Warn about multiple inference rules when -Wportability is used. (PR/372)
1611 * Fix building of deansified files from subdirectories. (PR/370)
1612 * Add missing `fi' in the .c->.obj rules.
1613 * Improve install-sh to work even when names contain spaces or certain
1614 (but not all) shell metachars.
1615 * Fix the following spurious failures in the test suite:
1616 depcomp2.test, gnits2.test, gnits3.test, python3.test, texinfo13.test
1617 * Noteworthy manual updates:
1618 - Augment the section about BUILT_SOURCES.
1619 - Mention that AM_PROG_CC_STDC is a relic that is better avoided today.
1621 Bugs fixed in 1.7.1:
1622 * Honor `ansi2knr' for files built in subdirectories, or using per-targets
1624 * Aclocal should now recognize macro names containing parentheses, e.g.
1625 AC_DEFUN([AC_LANG_PREPROC(Fortran 90)], [...]).
1626 * Erase *.sum and *.log files created by DejaGnu, during `make distclean'.
1628 * Install Python files even if they were built. (PR/369)
1629 * Have stamp-vti dependent upon configure instead of configure.ac, as the
1630 version might not be defined in the latter. (PR/358)
1631 * Reorder arguments passed to a couple of commands, so things works
1632 when POSIXLY_CORRECT=1.
1633 * Fix a regex that can cause Perl to segfault on large input.
1635 * Fix distribution of packages that have some sources defined conditionally,
1636 as in the `Conditional compilation using Automake conditionals' example
1638 * Fix spurious test suite failures on IRIX.
1639 * Don't report a required variable as undefined if it has been
1640 defined conditionally for the "right" conditions.
1641 * Fix cleaning of the /tmp subdirectory used by `make distcheck', in case
1642 `make distcheck' fails.
1643 * Fix distribution of included Makefile fragment, so we don't create
1644 spurious directories in the distribution. (PR/366)
1645 * Don't complain that a target lacks `.$(EXEEXT)' when it has it.
1648 * Autoconf 2.54 is required.
1649 * `aclocal' and `automake' will no longer warn about obsolete
1650 configure macros. This is done by `autoconf -Wobsolete'.
1651 * AM_CONFIG_HEADER, AM_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS and
1652 AM_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ_NEEDS_SYS_IOCTL are obsolete (although still
1653 supported). You should use AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS,
1654 and AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ instead. `autoupdate' can upgrade
1655 `configure.ac' for you.
1656 * Support for per-program and per-library `_CPPFLAGS'.
1657 * New `ctags' target (builds CTAGS files).
1658 * Support for -Wmumble and -Wno-mumble, where mumble is a warning category
1659 (see `automake --help' or the manual for a list of them).
1660 * Honor the WARNINGS environment variable.
1661 * Omit the call to depcomp when using gcc3: call the compiler directly.
1662 * A new option, std-options, tests that programs support --help and --version
1663 when `make installcheck' is run. This is enabled by --gnits.
1664 * Texinfo rules now support the `ps' and `pdf' targets.
1665 * Info files are now created in the build directory, not the source directory.
1666 * info_TEXINFOS supports files in subdirectories (this requires Texinfo 4.1
1668 * `make distcheck' will enforce DESTDIR support by attempting
1670 * `+=' can be used in conditionals, even if the augmented variable
1671 was defined for another condition.
1672 * Makefile fragments (inserted with `include') are always distributed.
1673 * Use Autoconf's --trace interface to inspect configure.ac and get
1674 a more accurate view of it.
1675 * Add support for extending aclocal's default macro search path
1676 using a `dirlist' file within the aclocal directory.
1677 * automake --output-dir is deprecated.
1678 * The part of the distcheck target that checks whether uninstall actually
1679 removes all installed files has been moved in a separate target,
1680 distuninstallcheck, so it can be overridden easily.
1684 * Support for AM_INIT_GETTEXT([external])
1685 * Bug fixes, including:
1686 - Fix Automake's own `make install' so it works even if `ln' doesn't.
1687 - nobase_ programs and scripts honor --program-transform correctly.
1688 - Erase configure.lineno during `make distclean'.
1689 - Erase YACC and LEX outputs during `make maintainer-clean'.
1692 * Many bug fixes, including:
1693 - Requiring the current version works.
1694 - Fix "$@" portability issues (for Zsh).
1695 - Fix output of dummy dependency files in presence of post-processed
1697 - Don't compute dependencies in background to avoid races with libtool.
1698 - Fix handling of _OBJECTS variables for targets sharing source variables.
1699 - Check dependency mode for Java when AM_PROG_GCJ is used.
1702 * automake --output-dir is deprecated
1703 * Many bug fixes, including:
1704 - Don't choke on AM_LDFLAGS definitions.
1705 - Clean libtool objects from subdirectories.
1706 - Allow configure variables with reserved suffix and unknown prefix
1707 (e.g. AC_SUBST(mumble_LDFLAGS) when 'mumble' is not a target).
1708 - Fix the definition of AUTOMAKE and ACLOCAL in configure.
1711 * Autoconf 2.52 is required.
1712 * automake no longer run libtoolize.
1713 This is the job of autoreconf (from GNU Autoconf).
1714 * `dist' generates all the archive flavors, as did `dist-all'.
1715 * `dist-gzip' generates the Gzip tar file only.
1716 * Combining Automake Makefile conditionals no longer lead to a combinatorial
1717 explosion. Makefile.in's keep a reasonable size.
1718 * AM_FUNC_ERROR_AT_LINE, AM_FUNC_STRTOD, AM_FUNC_OBSTACK, AM_PTRDIFF_T
1719 are no longer shipped, since Autoconf 2.52 provides them (both as AM_
1721 * `#line' of Lex and Yacc files are properly set.
1722 * EXTRA_DIST can contain generated directories.
1723 * Support for dot-less extensions in suffix rules.
1724 * The part of the distcheck target that checks whether distclean actually
1725 cleans all built files has been moved in a separate target, distcleancheck,
1726 so it can be overridden easily.
1727 * `make distcheck' will pass additional options defined in
1728 $(DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS) to configure.
1729 * Fixed CDPATH portability problems, in particular for MacOS X.
1730 * Fixed handling of nobase_ targets.
1731 * Fixed support of implicit rules leading to .lo objects.
1732 * Fixed late inclusion of --add-missing files (e.g. depcomp) in DIST_COMMON
1733 * Added uninstall-hook target
1734 * `AC_INIT AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tarname,version)' is an obsolete construct.
1735 You can now use `AC_INIT(pkgname,version) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' instead.
1736 (Note that "pkgname" is not "tarname", see the manual for details.)
1737 It is also possible to pass a list of global Automake options as
1738 first argument to this new form of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
1739 * Compiler-based assembler is now called `CCAS'; people expected `AS'
1740 to be a real assembler.
1741 * AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE will set STRIP itself when it needs it. Adding
1742 AC_CHECK_TOOL([STRIP], [strip]) manually is no longer required.
1743 * aclocal and automake are also installed with the version number
1744 appended, and some of the install directory names have changed.
1745 This lets you have multiple versions installed simultaneously.
1746 * Support for parsers and lexers in subdirectories.
1749 * Support for `configure.ac'.
1750 * Support for `else COND', `endif COND' and negated conditions `!COND'.
1751 * `make dist-all' is much faster.
1752 * Allows '@' AC_SUBSTs in macro names.
1753 * Faster AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (requires update of `missing' script)
1754 * User-side dependency tracking. Developers no longer need GNU make
1756 * Uses DIST_SUBDIRS in some situations when SUBDIRS is conditional
1757 * Most files are correctly handled if they appear in subdirs
1758 For instance, a _DATA file can appear in a subdir
1759 * GNU tar is no longer required for `make dist'
1760 * Added support for `dist_' and `nodist_' prefixes
1761 * Added support for `nobase_' prefix
1762 * Compiled Java support
1763 * Support for per-executable and per-library compilation flags
1767 * Added support for the Fortran 77 programming language.
1768 * Re-indexed the Automake Texinfo manual.
1769 * Added `AM_FOOFLAGS' variable for each compiler invocation;
1770 e.g. AM_CFLAGS can be used in Makefile.am to set C compiler flags
1771 * Support for latest autoconf, including support for objext
1772 * Can now put `.' in SUBDIRS to control build order
1773 * `include' command and `+=' support for macro assignment
1774 * Dependency tracking no long susceptible to deleted header file problem
1775 * Maintainer mode now a conditional. @MAINT@ is now an anachronism.
1780 * Better Cygwin32 support
1781 * Support for suffix rules with _SOURCES variables
1782 * New options `readme-alpha' and `check-news'; Gnits mode sets these
1783 * @LEXLIB@ no longer required when lex source seen
1784 Lex support in `missing', and new lex macro. Update your missing script.
1785 * Built-in support for assembly
1786 * aclocal gives error if `AM_' macro not found
1787 * Passed YFLAGS, not YACCFLAGS, to yacc
1788 * AM_PROG_CC_STDC does not have to come before AC_PROG_CPP
1789 * Dependencies computed as a side effect of compilation
1790 * Preliminary support for Java
1791 * DESTDIR support at "make install" time
1792 * Improved ansi2knr support; you must use the latest ansi2knr.c (included)
1796 * Better DejaGnu support
1797 * Added no-installinfo option
1798 * Added Emacs Lisp support
1799 * Added --no-force option
1800 * Included `aclocal' program
1801 * Automake will now generate rules to regenerate aclocal.m4, if appropriate
1802 * Now uses `AM_' macro names everywhere
1803 * ansi2knr option can have directory prefix (eg `../lib/ansi2knr')
1804 ansi2knr now works correctly on K&R sources
1805 * Better C++, yacc, lex support
1806 * Will compute _DEPENDENCIES variables automatically if not supplied
1807 * Will interpolate $(...) and ${...} when examining contents of a variable
1808 * .deps files now in build directory, not source directory; dependency
1809 handling generally rewritten
1810 * DATA, MANS and BUILT_SOURCES no longer included in distribution
1811 * can now put config.h into a subdir
1812 * Added dist-all target
1813 * Support for install-info program (see texinfo 3.9)
1814 * Support for "yacc -d"
1815 * configure substitutions are automatically discovered and included
1816 in generated Makefile.in
1817 * Special --cygnus mode
1818 * OMIT_DEPENDENCIES can now hold list of dependencies to be omitted
1819 when making distribution. Some dependencies are auto-ignored.
1820 * Changed how libraries are specified in _LIBRARIES variable
1821 * Full libtool support, from Gord Matzigkeit
1822 * No longer have to explicitly touch stamp-h when using AC_CONFIG_HEADER;
1823 AM_CONFIG_HEADER handles it automatically
1824 * Texinfo output files no longer need .info extension
1825 * Added `missing' support
1827 * Conditionals in Makefile.am, from Ian Taylor
1831 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
1832 * Added preliminary support for DejaGnu.
1837 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
1839 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
1841 * New "distcheck" target
1845 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
1847 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
1848 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
1849 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
1850 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
1851 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
1852 * Added short option names.
1853 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
1857 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
1858 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
1859 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
1860 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
1861 * Now handles TESTS macro
1862 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
1863 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
1864 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
1865 * Better error messages in many cases
1866 * Program names are canonicalized
1867 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
1871 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
1872 * Beginnings of a test suite
1873 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
1874 * Doesn't print anything when running
1875 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
1876 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
1877 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
1878 * Added --verbose option
1879 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
1880 configure-generated names
1881 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
1883 * --strictness=gnu is default
1887 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
1888 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
1889 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
1890 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
1891 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
1892 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
1893 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
1894 foo_SOURCES variable.
1895 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
1896 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
1899 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
1900 * More standards checking
1902 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
1903 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
1904 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
1907 * Works with Perl 4 again
1910 * Added --install-missing option.
1911 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
1912 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
1913 * Generates .PHONY target
1914 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
1915 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
1919 * Works with Perl 4 again.
1922 * New uniform naming scheme.
1923 * --strictness option
1925 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
1927 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
1930 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
1933 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
1934 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
1935 * man page installation reworked.
1936 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
1939 * Reimplemented in Perl
1940 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
1941 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
1942 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
1943 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
1946 * Automatic dependency tracking
1947 * More documentation
1948 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
1949 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
1950 * No longer uses double-colon rules
1952 * Changes in advance of internationalization
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