+New in 1.12.2:
+
* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
+ - Future versions of Automake will likely drop support for the
+ long-deprecated 'configure.in' name for the Autoconf input file.
+ You are advised to use the recommended name 'configure.ac' instead.
+
+ - Autoconf 2.65 or later will be required by the next major Automake
+ version (1.13). Until now, Automake has required Autoconf version
+ 2.62 or later.
+
+ - Starting from the next major Automake version (1.13), the rules to
+ build pdf, ps and dvi output from Texinfo input will use the '--tidy'
+ option by default. Since such an option was introduced in Texinfo
+ 4.9, this means that Makefiles generated by future Automake versions
+ will require at least that version of Texinfo.
+
- Starting from the next major Automake version (1.13), the parallel
testsuite harness (previously only enabled by the 'parallel-tests'
option) will become the default one; the older serial testsuite
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro will be deprecated in the next minor version
of Automake (1.12.1) and removed in the next major version (1.13).
- - The long-obsolete (since 1.10) automake-provided $(mkdir_p) make
- variable, @mkdir_p@ substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro will
- all be deprecated in the next minor version of Automake (1.12.1)
- and removed in the next major version (1.13).
-
- The '--acdir' option of aclocal is deprecated, and will probably
be removed in the next major Automake release (1.13). You should
use the options '--automake-acdir' and '--system-acdir' instead
search path are looked up is probably going to be changed in the
next Automake release (1.13).
-New in 1.11a:
+* Warnings and deprecations:
+
+ - Automake now issues a warning (in the 'portability' category) if
+ 'configure.in' is used instead of 'configure.ac' as the Autoconf
+ input file. Such a warning will also be present in the next
+ Autoconf version (2.70).
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+New in 1.12.1:
+
+* New supported languages:
+
+ - Support for Objective C++ has been added; it should work similarly to
+ the support for Objective C.
+
+* Deprecated obsolescent features:
+
+ - Use of the long-deprecated two- and three-arguments invocation forms
+ of the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro now elicits a warning in the 'obsolete'
+ category. Starting from the next major Automake release (1.13), such
+ usages won't be allowed anymore.
+
+ - Support for the "Cygnus-style" trees (enabled by the 'cygnus' option) is
+ now deprecated (its use triggers a warning in the 'obsolete' category).
+ It will be removed in the next major Automake release (1.13).
+
+ - The long-obsolete (since 1.10) automake-provided $(mkdir_p) make
+ variable, @mkdir_p@ configure-time substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR
+ m4 macro are deprecated, eliciting a warning in the 'obsolete'
+ category. They will be removed in the next major version (1.13).
+
+* Miscellaneous changes:
+
+ - The Automake test cases now require a proper POSIX-conforming shell.
+ Older non-POSIX Bourne shells (like Solaris 10 /bin/sh) won't be
+ accepted anymore. In most cases, the user shouldn't have to specify
+ such POSIX shell explicitly, since it will be looked up at configure
+ time. Still, when this lookup fails, or when the user wants to
+ override its conclusion, the variable 'AM_TEST_RUNNER_SHELL' can be
+ used (pointing to the shell that will be used to run the Automake
+ test cases).
+
+Bugs fixed in 1.12.1:
+
+* Bugs introduced by 1.12:
+
+ - Several weaknesses in Automake's own build system and test suite
+ have been fixed.
+
+* Bugs introduced by 1.11.3:
+
+ - When given non-option arguments, aclocal rejects them, instead of
+ silently ignoring them.
+
+* Long-standing bugs:
+
+ - When the 'color-tests' option is in use, forcing of colored testsuite
+ output through "AM_COLOR_TESTS=always" works even if the terminal is
+ a non-ANSI one, i.e., if the TERM environment variable has a value of
+ "dumb".
+
+ - Several inefficiencies and poor performances in the implementation
+ of the parallel-tests 'check' and 'recheck' targets have been fixed.
+
+ - The post-processing of output "#line" directives done the ylwrap
+ script is more faithful w.r.t. files in a subdirectory; for example,
+ if the processed file is "src/grammar.y", ylwrap will correctly
+ produce directives like:
+ #line 7 "src/grammar.y"
+ rather than like
+ #line 7 "grammar.y"
+ as it did before.
+
+* Bugs with new Perl versions:
+
+ - Aclocal works correctly with perl 5.16.0 (automake bug#11543).
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+New in 1.12:
* Obsolete features removed:
+ - The never documented nor truly used script 'acinstall' has been
+ removed.
+
- Support for automatic de-ANSI-fication has been removed.
- The support for the "obscure" multilib feature has been removed
testsuite harness. This is still the default at the moment, but it
might change in future versions.
+ - The 'recheck' target (provided by the parallel testsuite harness) now
+ depends on the 'all' target. This allows for a better user-experience
+ in test-driven development. See automake bug#11252.
+
- Test scripts that exit with status 99 to signal an "hard error" (e.g.,
and unexpected or internal error, or a failure to set up the test case
scenario) have their outcome reported as an 'ERROR' now. Previous
$(SHELL) $$1; \
fi; \
}
- LOG_COMPILER = run_with_per_or_shell
+ LOG_COMPILER = run_with_perl_or_shell
- The package authors can now use customary testsuite drivers within
the framework provided by the 'parallel-tests' testsuite harness.
* Miscellaneous changes:
+ - The AM_PROG_VALAC macro now causes configure to exit with status 77,
+ rather than 1, if the vala compiler found is too old.
+
+ - The build system of Automake itself now avoids the use of make
+ recursion as much as possible.
+
- Automake now prefers to quote 'like this' or "like this", rather
than `like this', in diagnostic message and generated Makefiles,
to accommodate the new GNU Coding Standards recommendations.
- The 'dist' and 'dist-all' targets now can run compressors in parallel.
+ - The rules to create pdf, dvi and ps output from Texinfo files now
+ works better with modern 'texi2dvi' script, by explicitly passing
+ it the '--clean' option to ensure stray auxiliary files are not
+ left to clutter the build directory.
+
- Automake can now generate silenced rules for texinfo outputs.
- Some auxiliary files that are automatically distributed by Automake
avoid time stamp issues with makefile rules rerunning autotools
programs.
- - For programs and libraries, automake now detect EXTRA_foo_DEPENDENCIES
- and adds them to the normal list of dependencies, but without
- overwriting the foo_DEPENDENCIES variable, which is normally computed
- by automake.
-
- The warnings in the category 'extra-portability' are now enabled by
'-Wall'. In previous versions, one has to use '-Wextra-portability'
to enable them.
- - The 'ar-lib' script now ignores the "s" (symbol index) and "S" (no
- symbol index) modifiers as well as the "s" action, as the symbol index
- is created unconditionally by Microsoft lib. Also, the "q" (quick)
- action is now a synonym for "r" (replace). Also, the script has been
- ignoring the "v" (verbose) modifier already since Automake 1.11.3.
-
- - When the 'compile' script is used to wrap MSVC, it now accepts an
- optional space between the -I, -L and -l options and their respective
- arguments, for better POSIX compliance.
-
-Bugs fixed in 1.11a:
+Bugs fixed in 1.12:
- Various minor bugfixes for recent or long-standing bugs.
- Automake's own build system finally have a real "installcheck" target.
+ - Vala-related cleanup rules are now more complete, and work better in
+ a VPATH setup.
+
- Files listed with the AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE macro in configure.ac are
now automatically distributed also if the directory of the auxiliary
files coincides with the top-level directory.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-New in 1.11.3:
+Bugs fixed in 1.11.5:
-* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
+* Bugs introduced by 1.11.3:
- - The obsolescent AM_WITH_REGEX macro has been deprecated, since the
- GNU rx library has been decommissioned.
+ - Vala files with '.vapi' extension are now recognized and handled
+ correctly again. See automake bug#11222.
+
+ - Vala support work again for projects that contain some program
+ built from '.vala' (and possibly '.c') sources and some other
+ program built from '.c' sources *only*. See automake bug#11229.
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - The `lzma' compression format for distribution archives has been
- deprecated in favor of `xz' and `lzip'.
+New in 1.11.4:
+
+* Miscellaneous changes:
+
+ - The 'ar-lib' script now ignores the "s" (symbol index) and "S" (no
+ symbol index) modifiers as well as the "s" action, as the symbol index
+ is created unconditionally by Microsoft lib. Also, the "q" (quick)
+ action is now a synonym for "r" (replace). Also, the script has been
+ ignoring the "v" (verbose) modifier already since Automake 1.11.3.
+
+ - When the 'compile' script is used to wrap MSVC, it now accepts an
+ optional space between the -I, -L and -l options and their respective
+ arguments, for better POSIX compliance.
+
+ - There is an initial, experimental support for automatic dependency
+ tracking with tcc (the Tiny C Compiler). Its associated depmode is
+ currently recognized as "icc" (but this and other details are likely
+ to change in future versions).
+
+ - Automatic dependency tracking now works also with the IBM XL C/C++
+ compilers, thanks to the new new depmode 'xlc'.
+
+Bugs fixed in 1.11.4:
+
+* Bugs introduced by 1.11.2:
+
+ - A definition of 'noinst_PYTHON' before 'python_PYTHON' (or similar)
+ don't cause spurious failures upon "make install" anymore.
+
+ - The user can now instruct the 'uninstall-info' rule not to update
+ the '${infodir}/dir' file by exporting the environment variable
+ 'AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR' to the value "no". This is done for consistency
+ with how the 'install-info' rule operates since automake 1.11.2.
+
+* Long-standing bugs:
+
+ - It is now possible for a foo_SOURCES variable to hold Vala sources
+ together with C header files, as well as with sources and headers for
+ other supported languages (e.g., C++). Previously, only mixing C and
+ Vala sources was supported.
+
+ - If "aclocal --install" is used, and the first directory specified with
+ '-I' is non-existent, aclocal will now create it before trying to copy
+ files in it.
+
+ - An empty declaration of a "foo_PRIMARY" don't cause anymore the
+ generated install rules to create an empty $(foodir) directory;
+ for example, if Makefile.am contains something like:
+
+ pkglibexec_SCRIPTS =
+ if FALSE
+ pkglibexec_SCRIPTS += bar.sh
+ endif
+
+ the $(pkglibexec) directory will not be created upon "make install".
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+New in 1.11.3:
* Miscellaneous changes:
- The last relics of Python 1.5 support have been removed from the
AM_PATH_PYTHON macro.
+ - For programs and libraries, automake now detects EXTRA_foo_DEPENDENCIES
+ and adds them to the normal list of dependencies, but without
+ overwriting the foo_DEPENDENCIES variable, which is normally computed
+ by automake.
+
Bugs fixed in 1.11.3:
+* Bugs introduced by 1.11.2:
+
+ - Automake now correctly recognizes the prefix/primary combination
+ `pkglibexec_SCRIPTS' as valid.
+
+ - The parallel-tests harness doesn't trip anymore on sed implementations
+ with stricter limits on the length of input lines (problem seen at
+ least on Solaris 8).
+
* Long-standing bugs:
- The "deleted header file problem" for *.am files is avoided by stub
* Miscellaneous changes:
- The Automake support for automatic de-ANSI-fication has been
- deprecated.
+ deprecated. It will probably be removed in the next major Automake
+ release (1.12).
- The `lzma' compression scheme and associated automake option `dist-lzma'
is obsoleted by `xz' and `dist-xz' due to upstream changes.
Bugs fixed in 1.11.2:
-* Bugs introduced by 1.11.2:
-
- - Automake now correctly recognizes the prefix/primary combination
- `pkglibexec_SCRIPTS' as valid.
-
* Bugs introduced by 1.11:
- The parallel-tests driver no longer produces erroneous results with
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