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1 New in 1.1p:
2 * Bug fixes
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 ansi2knr now works correctly on K&R sources
12 * Better C++, yacc, lex support
13 * Will compute _DEPENDENCIES variables automatically if not supplied
14 * Will interpolate $(...) and ${...} when examining contents of a variable
15 * .deps files now in build directory, not source directory; dependency
16 handling generally rewritten
17 * DATA, MANS and BUILT_SOURCES no longer included in distribution
18 * can now put config.h into a subdir
19 * Added dist-all target
20 * Support for install-info program (see texinfo 3.9)
21 * Support for "yacc -d"
22 * configure substitutions are automatically discovered and included
23 in generated Makefile.in
24 * Special --cygnus mode
25 * OMIT_DEPENDENCIES can now hold list of dependencies to be omitted
26 when making distribution. Some dependencies are auto-ignored.
27 * Changed how libraries are specified in _LIBRARIES variable
28 * Full libtool support, from Gord Matzigkeit
29 * No longer have to explicitly touch stamp-h when using AC_CONFIG_HEADER;
30 AM_CONFIG_HEADER handles it automatically
31 * Texinfo output files no longer need .info extension
32 * Added `missing' support
33 * Cygwin32 support
34 * Conditionals in Makefile.am, from Ian Taylor
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36 New in 1.0:
37 * Bug fixes
38 * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
39 * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
40 \f
41 New in 0.33:
42 * More bug fixes
43 * More checking
44 * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
45 preliminary however
46 * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
47 * dist-zip support
48 * New "distcheck" target
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50 New in 0.32:
51 * Many bug fixes
52 * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
53 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.
54 * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
55 * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
56 * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
57 Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
58 * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
59 * Added short option names.
60 * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
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62 New in 0.31:
63 * Bug fixes
64 * Documentation updates (many from François Pinard)
65 * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
66 * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
67 * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
68 * Now handles TESTS macro
69 * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
70 * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
71 * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
72 * Better error messages in many cases
73 * Program names are canonicalized
74 * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
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76 New in 0.30:
77 * Bug fixes
78 * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
79 * Beginnings of a test suite
80 * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
81 * Doesn't print anything when running
82 * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
83 * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
84 * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
85 * Added --verbose option
86 * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
87 configure-generated names
88 * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
89 * New documentation
90 * --strictness=gnu is default
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92 New in 0.29:
93 * Many bug fixes
94 * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
95 LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
96 * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
97 * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
98 * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
99 * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
100 * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
101 foo_SOURCES variable.
102 * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
103 corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
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105 New in 0.28:
106 * Added --gnu and --gnits options
107 * More standards checking
108 * Bug fixes
109 * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
110 * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
111 * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
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113 New in 0.27:
114 * Works with Perl 4 again
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116 New in 0.26:
117 * Added --install-missing option.
118 * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
119 * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
120 * Generates .PHONY target
121 * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
122 * Substantial cleanups from François Pinard
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124 New in 0.25:
125 * Bug fixes.
126 * Works with Perl 4 again.
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128 New in 0.24:
129 * New uniform naming scheme.
130 * --strictness option
131 * Works with Perl 5
132 * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
133 distributed.
134 * Many bug fixes and cleanups
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136 New in 0.23:
137 * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
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139 New in 0.22:
140 * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
141 * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
142 * man page installation reworked.
143 * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
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145 New in 0.21:
146 * Reimplemented in Perl
147 * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
148 * Texinfo support cleaned up.
149 * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
150 * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
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152 New in 0.20:
153 * Automatic dependency tracking
154 * More documentation
155 * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
156 * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
157 * No longer uses double-colon rules
158 * Bug fixes
159 * Changes in advance of internationalization