From 8d3239f506f8453bb79f09d03ba4c499671f4fd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 06:18:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: Don't blame non-GNU VPATH compatibility issues on Automake. --- ChangeLog | 2 ++ NEWS | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d607f3a3..9b0b0aaa 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2006-06-05 Paul Eggert + * NEWS: Don't blame non-GNU VPATH compatibility issues on Automake. + * doc/autoconf.texi (Integer Overflow): Mention that INT_MIN % -1 typically overflows on x86 CPUs, even though the C standard requires otherwise. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b8b498e3..12579e55 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ INSTALL now suggests VPATH builds (e.g., "sh ../srcdir/configure") only if you use GNU make. In practice, other 'make' implementations have too many subtle incompatibilities in their support for VPATH. - These incompatibilities do not hurt bare Autoconf, but do affect - Automake-generated makefiles. Recommending GNU make keeps the - installation instructions simpler. + Many packages (including Autoconf itself) are portable to other + 'make' implementations, but some packages are not, and recommending + GNU make keeps the installation instructions simpler. ** Even more safety checks for the new Directory variables: Warn about suspicious `${datarootdir}' found in config files output. -- 2.11.4.GIT