From 6476663785760c46e5ed81ccdede6449a3345ced Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:34:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] news: document deprecation of configure.in * NEWS (Warnings and deprecations): We now warn if 'configure.in' is used instead of 'configure.ac' as autoconf input. (Future backward-incompatibilities): Adjust. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- NEWS | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f682bf5..cf45836 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ New in 1.12.2: * WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities! - - Starting from either the next minor version (1.12.2) or the next major - version (1.13), Automake will start warning if 'configure.in' is used - instead of 'configure.ac' as the Autoconf input. Future versions of - Automake will drop support for 'configure.in' altogether. + - 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 @@ -54,6 +53,13 @@ New in 1.12.2: search path are looked up is probably going to be changed in the next Automake release (1.13). +* 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: -- 2.7.4