3 * Better DejaGNU support
4 * Added no-installinfo option
5 * Added Emacs Lisp support
6 * Added --no-force option
7 * Included `aclocal' program
8 * Automake will now generate rules to regenerate aclocal.m4, if appropriate
9 * Now uses `AM_' macro names everywhere
10 * ansi2knr option can have directory prefix (eg `../lib/ansi2knr')
11 * Better C++, yacc, lex support
12 * Will compute _DEPENDENCIES variables automatically if not supplied
13 * Will interpolate $(...) and ${...} when examining contents of a variable
14 * .deps files now in build directory, not source directory; dependency
15 handling generally rewritten
19 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
20 * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
25 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
27 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
29 * New "distcheck" target
33 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
35 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
36 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
37 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
38 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
39 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
40 * Added short option names.
41 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
45 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
46 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
47 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
48 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
49 * Now handles TESTS macro
50 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
51 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
52 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
53 * Better error messages in many cases
54 * Program names are canonicalized
55 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
59 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
60 * Beginnings of a test suite
61 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
62 * Doesn't print anything when running
63 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
64 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
65 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
66 * Added --verbose option
67 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
68 configure-generated names
69 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
71 * --strictness=gnu is default
75 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
76 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
77 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
78 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
79 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
80 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
81 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
83 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
84 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
87 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
88 * More standards checking
90 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
91 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
92 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
95 * Works with Perl 4 again
98 * Added --install-missing option.
99 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
100 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
101 * Generates .PHONY target
102 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
103 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
107 * Works with Perl 4 again.
110 * New uniform naming scheme.
111 * --strictness option
113 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
115 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
118 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
121 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
122 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
123 * man page installation reworked.
124 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
127 * Reimplemented in Perl
128 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
129 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
130 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
131 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
134 * Automatic dependency tracking
136 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
137 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
138 * No longer uses double-colon rules
140 * Changes in advance of internationalization