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