Merge branch 'aclocal-trace-macrodir'

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@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ New in 1.13:
     script to avoid such issues; a simple example is provided in the
     "CVS and generated files" chapter of the automake manual.
 
+* Recursive targets:
+
+  The user can now define his own recursive targets that recurse
+  in the directories specified in $(SUBDIRS).  This can be done by
+  specifying the name of such targets in invocations of the new
+  'AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS' m4 macro.
+
 * Improvements to aclocal and related rebuilds rules:
 
   - The Autoconf-provided macro AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR is now traced by
@@ -151,6 +158,16 @@ New in 1.12.2:
     to a shell conditional that can be used in recipes to know whether
     make is being run in silent or verbose mode.
 
+Bugs fixed in 1.12.2:
+
+* Long-standing bugs:
+
+  - The "recheck" targets behaves better in the face of build failures
+    related to previously failed tests.  For example, if a test is a
+    compiled program that must be rerun by "make recheck", and its
+    compilation fails, it will still be rerun by further "make recheck"
+    invocations.  See automake bug#11791.
+
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 New in 1.12.1: