3 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
4 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
5 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
6 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
7 * Now handles TESTS macro
8 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
9 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
10 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
11 * Better error messages in many cases
12 * Program names are canonicalized
13 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
17 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
18 * Beginnings of a test suite
19 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
20 * Doesn't print anything when running
21 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
22 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
23 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
24 * Added --verbose option
25 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
26 configure-generated names
27 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
29 * --strictness=gnu is default
33 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
34 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
35 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
36 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
37 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
38 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
39 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
41 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
42 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
45 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
46 * More standards checking
48 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
49 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
50 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
53 * Works with Perl 4 again
56 * Added --install-missing option.
57 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
58 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
59 * Generates .PHONY target
60 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
61 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
65 * Works with Perl 4 again.
68 * New uniform naming scheme.
71 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
73 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
76 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
79 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
80 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
81 * man page installation reworked.
82 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
85 * Reimplemented in Perl
86 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
87 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
88 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
89 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
92 * Automatic dependency tracking
94 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
95 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
96 * No longer uses double-colon rules
98 * Changes in advance of internationalization