Merge branch 'branch-1.13.2' into maint

[platform/upstream/automake.git] / NEWS

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@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ New in 1.13.2:
 
 * Bugs fixed:
 
+  - When the 'ustar' option is used, the generated configure script no
+    longer risks hanging during the tests for the availability of the
+    'pax' utility, even if the user running configure has a UID or GID
+    that requires more than 21 bits to be represented.
+    See automake bug#8343 and bug#13588.
+
   - The obsolete macros AM_CONFIG_HEADER or AM_PROG_CC_STDC work once
     again, as they did in Automake 1.12.x (albeit printing runtime
     warnings in the 'obsolete' category).  Removing them has turned