3 * Better DejaGNU support
4 * Added no-installinfo option
5 * Added Emacs Lisp support
6 * Added --no-force option
7 * Included `aclocal' program
11 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
12 * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
17 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
19 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
21 * New "distcheck" target
25 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
27 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
28 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
29 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
30 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
31 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
32 * Added short option names.
33 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
37 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
38 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
39 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
40 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
41 * Now handles TESTS macro
42 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
43 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
44 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
45 * Better error messages in many cases
46 * Program names are canonicalized
47 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
51 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
52 * Beginnings of a test suite
53 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
54 * Doesn't print anything when running
55 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
56 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
57 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
58 * Added --verbose option
59 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
60 configure-generated names
61 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
63 * --strictness=gnu is default
67 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
68 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
69 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
70 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
71 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
72 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
73 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
75 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
76 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
79 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
80 * More standards checking
82 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
83 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
84 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
87 * Works with Perl 4 again
90 * Added --install-missing option.
91 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
92 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
93 * Generates .PHONY target
94 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
95 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
99 * Works with Perl 4 again.
102 * New uniform naming scheme.
103 * --strictness option
105 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
107 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
110 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
113 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
114 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
115 * man page installation reworked.
116 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
119 * Reimplemented in Perl
120 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
121 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
122 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
123 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
126 * Automatic dependency tracking
128 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
129 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
130 * No longer uses double-colon rules
132 * Changes in advance of internationalization