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1 New in 1.4a-dep:
2 * Faster AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (requires update of `missing' script)
3 * User-side dependency tracking. Developers no longer need GNU make
4 New in 1.4a:
5 * Many files (but not all) are correctly handled if they appear in subdirs
6 For instance, a _DATA file can appear in a subdir
7 * GNU tar is no longer required for `make dist'
8 * Added support for `dist_' and `nodist_' prefixes
9 * Compiled Java support
10 * Support for per-executable and per-library compilation flags
11 * The usual bug fixes
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13 New in 1.4:
14 * Added support for the Fortran 77 programming language.
15 * Re-indexed the Automake Texinfo manual.
16 * Added `AM_FOOFLAGS' variable for each compiler invocation;
17 e.g. AM_CFLAGS can be used in Makefile.am to set C compiler flags
18 * Support for latest autoconf, including support for objext
19 * Can now put `.' in SUBDIRS to control build order
20 * `include' command and `+=' support for macro assignment
21 * Dependency tracking no long susceptible to deleted header file problem
22 * Maintainer mode now a conditional. @MAINT@ is now an anachronism.
23 * Bug fixes
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25 New in 1.3:
26 * Bug fixes
27 * Better Cygwin32 support
28 * Support for suffix rules with _SOURCES variables
29 * New options `readme-alpha' and `check-news'; Gnits mode sets these
30 * @LEXLIB@ no longer required when lex source seen
31 Lex support in `missing', and new lex macro. Update your missing script.
32 * Built-in support for assembly
33 * aclocal gives error if `AM_' macro not found
34 * Passed YFLAGS, not YACCFLAGS, to yacc
35 * AM_PROG_CC_STDC does not have to come before AC_PROG_CPP
36 * Dependencies computed as a side effect of compilation
37 * Preliminary support for Java
38 * DESTDIR support at "make install" time
39 * Improved ansi2knr support; you must use the latest ansi2knr.c (included)
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41 New in 1.2:
42 * Bug fixes
43 * Better DejaGNU support
44 * Added no-installinfo option
45 * Added Emacs Lisp support
46 * Added --no-force option
47 * Included `aclocal' program
48 * Automake will now generate rules to regenerate aclocal.m4, if appropriate
49 * Now uses `AM_' macro names everywhere
50 * ansi2knr option can have directory prefix (eg `../lib/ansi2knr')
51 ansi2knr now works correctly on K&R sources
52 * Better C++, yacc, lex support
53 * Will compute _DEPENDENCIES variables automatically if not supplied
54 * Will interpolate $(...) and ${...} when examining contents of a variable
55 * .deps files now in build directory, not source directory; dependency
56 handling generally rewritten
57 * DATA, MANS and BUILT_SOURCES no longer included in distribution
58 * can now put config.h into a subdir
59 * Added dist-all target
60 * Support for install-info program (see texinfo 3.9)
61 * Support for "yacc -d"
62 * configure substitutions are automatically discovered and included
63 in generated Makefile.in
64 * Special --cygnus mode
65 * OMIT_DEPENDENCIES can now hold list of dependencies to be omitted
66 when making distribution. Some dependencies are auto-ignored.
67 * Changed how libraries are specified in _LIBRARIES variable
68 * Full libtool support, from Gord Matzigkeit
69 * No longer have to explicitly touch stamp-h when using AC_CONFIG_HEADER;
70 AM_CONFIG_HEADER handles it automatically
71 * Texinfo output files no longer need .info extension
72 * Added `missing' support
73 * Cygwin32 support
74 * Conditionals in Makefile.am, from Ian Taylor
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76 New in 1.0:
77 * Bug fixes
78 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
79 * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
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81 New in 0.33:
82 * More bug fixes
83 * More checking
84 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
85 preliminary however
86 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
87 * dist-zip support
88 * New "distcheck" target
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90 New in 0.32:
91 * Many bug fixes
92 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
93 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.
94 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
95 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
96 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
97 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
98 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
99 * Added short option names.
100 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
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102 New in 0.31:
103 * Bug fixes
104 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
105 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
106 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
107 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
108 * Now handles TESTS macro
109 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
110 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
111 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
112 * Better error messages in many cases
113 * Program names are canonicalized
114 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
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116 New in 0.30:
117 * Bug fixes
118 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
119 * Beginnings of a test suite
120 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
121 * Doesn't print anything when running
122 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
123 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
124 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
125 * Added --verbose option
126 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
127 configure-generated names
128 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
129 * New documentation
130 * --strictness=gnu is default
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132 New in 0.29:
133 * Many bug fixes
134 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
135 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
136 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
137 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
138 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
139 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
140 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
141 foo_SOURCES variable.
142 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
143 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
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145 New in 0.28:
146 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
147 * More standards checking
148 * Bug fixes
149 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
150 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
151 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
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153 New in 0.27:
154 * Works with Perl 4 again
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156 New in 0.26:
157 * Added --install-missing option.
158 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
159 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
160 * Generates .PHONY target
161 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
162 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
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164 New in 0.25:
165 * Bug fixes.
166 * Works with Perl 4 again.
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168 New in 0.24:
169 * New uniform naming scheme.
170 * --strictness option
171 * Works with Perl 5
172 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
173 distributed.
174 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
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176 New in 0.23:
177 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
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179 New in 0.22:
180 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
181 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
182 * man page installation reworked.
183 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
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185 New in 0.21:
186 * Reimplemented in Perl
187 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
188 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
189 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
190 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
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192 New in 0.20:
193 * Automatic dependency tracking
194 * More documentation
195 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
196 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
197 * No longer uses double-colon rules
198 * Bug fixes
199 * Changes in advance of internationalization