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, MANS 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.
26 * Changed how libraries are specified in _LIBRARIES variable
27 * Full libtool support, from Gord Matzigkeit
28 * No longer have to explicitly touch stamp-h when using AC_CONFIG_HEADER;
29 AM_CONFIG_HEADER handles it automatically
30 * Texinfo output files no longer need .info extension
31 * Added `missing' support
36 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
37 * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
42 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
44 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
46 * New "distcheck" target
50 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
52 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
53 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
54 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
55 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
56 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
57 * Added short option names.
58 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
62 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
63 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
64 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
65 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
66 * Now handles TESTS macro
67 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
68 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
69 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
70 * Better error messages in many cases
71 * Program names are canonicalized
72 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
76 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
77 * Beginnings of a test suite
78 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
79 * Doesn't print anything when running
80 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
81 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
82 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
83 * Added --verbose option
84 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
85 configure-generated names
86 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
88 * --strictness=gnu is default
92 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
93 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
94 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
95 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
96 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
97 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
98 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
100 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
101 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
104 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
105 * More standards checking
107 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
108 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
109 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
112 * Works with Perl 4 again
115 * Added --install-missing option.
116 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
117 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
118 * Generates .PHONY target
119 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
120 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
124 * Works with Perl 4 again.
127 * New uniform naming scheme.
128 * --strictness option
130 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
132 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
135 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
138 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
139 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
140 * man page installation reworked.
141 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
144 * Reimplemented in Perl
145 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
146 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
147 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
148 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
151 * Automatic dependency tracking
153 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
154 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
155 * No longer uses double-colon rules
157 * Changes in advance of internationalization