X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=8e2ee31075c3ec53ed84da93591a3e065d667d0e;hb=0fec8df49cf76b50e5ea2d4fafea57c0aed8a90d;hp=b56cd3d5fd027eb83c2c66acc68386517a7e4ca9;hpb=14141f258ac8d5d14b9479eaf2bb82189bd17bf5;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fautomake.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b56cd3d..8e2ee31 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,25 +1,21 @@ -New in 1.12.1: +New in 1.13: -* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities! +* Obsolete features removed: - - 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. + - Support for the "Cygnus-style" trees (once enabled by the 'cygnus' + option) has been removed. See discussion about automake bug#11034 + for more background. - - 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. + - The automake-provided $(mkdir_p) make variable, @mkdir_p@ configure + time substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro have been removed. They + had been obsolete since automake 1.10, and actively deprecated since + Automake 1.12.1. - - 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 - harness will still be available through the use of the 'serial-tests' - option. + - The deprecated aclocal option '--acdir' has been removed. You + should use the options '--automake-acdir' and '--system-acdir' + instead (which have been introduced in Automake 1.11.2). - - The following long-obsolete m4 macros will be removed in the - next major Automake version (1.13): + - The following long-obsolete m4 macros have been removed: AM_PROG_CC_STDC: superseded by AC_PROG_CC since October 2002 fp_PROG_CC_STDC: broken alias for AM_PROG_CC_STDC @@ -33,50 +29,71 @@ New in 1.12.1: of the now-removed automatic de-ANSI-fication support of Automake) - - All the "old alias" macros in 'm4/obsolete.m4' will be removed in - the next major Automake version (1.13). + - All the "old alias" macros in 'm4/obsolete.m4' have been removed. - - Support for the "Cygnus-style" trees (enabled by the 'cygnus' option) - will be deprecated in the next minor version of Automake (1.12.1) and - removed in the next major version (1.13). +* Silent rules support: + + - Support for silent rules is now always active in Automake-generated + Makefiles. So, although the verbose output is still the default, + the user can now always use "./configure --enable-silent-rules" or + "make V=0" to enable quieter output in the package he's building. + + - The 'silent-rules' option has now become a no-op, preserved for + backward-compatibility only. In particular, its use does not disable + the warnings in the 'portability-recursive' category anymore. + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +New in 1.12.1: + +* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities! + + - 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 + harness will still be available through the use of the 'serial-tests' + option. - Support for the two- and three-arguments invocation forms of the 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 '--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 - (which have been introduced in Automake 1.11.2). - - The exact order in which the directories in the aclocal macro search path are looked up is probably going to be changed in the next Automake release (1.13). * Deprecated obsolescent features: + - 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). -* Silent rules support: - - - Support for silent rules is now always active in Automake-generated - Makefiles. So, although the verbose output is still the default, - the user can now always use "./configure --enable-silent-rules" or - "make V=0" to enable quieter output in the package he's building. - - - The 'silent-rules' option has now become a no-op, preserved for - backward-compatibility only. In particular, its use will not disable - the warnings in the 'portability-recursive' category anymore. - Bugs fixed in 1.12.1: * Bugs introduced by 1.12: - - Several weaknesses in the Automake's own build system test suite - have been fixed. + - 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: @@ -85,6 +102,9 @@ Bugs fixed in 1.12.1: 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. + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New in 1.12: