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