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Re: Autoconf 2.59
From: |
Akim Demaille |
Subject: |
Re: Autoconf 2.59 |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:12:18 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
> Hi!
> Could you please upload Autoconf 2.59 in autoconf/? Its location is
> included below. Thanks in advance!
Autoconf 2.59 is still not available on the GNU site. Can I help?
Thanks!
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: Autoconf 2.59 released
> The Autoconf is happy to announce its release 2.58. For the time
> being it is only available from my web site, but hopefully it should
> be on maintstream servers soon.
> Akim, on behalf of Alexandre, Jim, Paul and Tom.
> Here are the compressed sources:
> http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.59.tar.gz (1.2MB)
> http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2 (909KB)
> And here are xdelta-style diffs:
> http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.58-2.59.xdelta (11KB)
> Here are GPG detached signatures:
> http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.59.tar.gz.asc
> http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2.asc
> Here are the MD5 and SHA1 signatures:
> d4d45eaa1769d45e59dcb131a4af17a0 autoconf-2.59.tar.gz
> 1ee40f7a676b3cfdc0e3f7cd81551b5f autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2
> bba9f0e4d11c8fa04f328904401a0b92 autoconf-2.58-2.59.xdelta
> b141ee21e2088097e49f0bec9ea51d5b5077d40c autoconf-2.59.tar.gz
> d366a07b2d99c95b7f24395aa8a8e023d8b93b69 autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2
> 41c985308026c1dbdd921e2ceaab95b52f650527 autoconf-2.58-2.59.xdelta
> NEWS
> * Major changes in Autoconf 2.59
> ** ac_abs_builddir etc.
> Absolute paths were actually relative in 2.58.
> * Major changes in Autoconf 2.58
> ** core.*
> core.* files are no longer removed, as they may be valid user files.
> ** autoreconf and auxiliary directory
> Autoreconf creates the auxiliary directory if needed. This is
> especially useful for initial "bootstrapping" of fresh CVS checkouts.
> ** AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR
> Use this macro to declare the directory for local m4 macros for aclocal.
> ** AC_LIBOBJS
> No longer includes twice the same file in LIBOBJS if invoked
> multiple times.
> ** AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS
> The directory for its first argument is automatically created. For
> instance, with
> AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([src/modules.hh], [...])
> $top_builddir/src/ is created if needed.
> ** Autotest and local.at
> The optional file local.at is always included in Autotest test suites.
> ** Warnings
> The warnings are always issued, including with cached runs.
> This became a significant problem since aclocal and automake can
> run autoconf behind the scene.
> ** autoheader warnings
> The warnings of autoheader can be turned off, using --warning.
> For instance, -Wno-obsolete disables the complaints about acconfig.h
> and other deprecated constructs.
> ** New macros
> AC_C_RESTRICT, AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT, AC_LANG_ASSERT, AC_LANG_WERROR,
> AS_SET_CATFILE.
> ** AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST
> Works again.
> ** AC_FUNC_MKTIME
> Now checks that mktime is the inverse of localtime.
> ** Improve DJGPP portability
> The Autoconf tools and configure behave better under DJGPP.
> ** Present But Cannot Be Compiled
> New FAQ section dedicated to the mystic
> configure: WARNING: pi.h: present but cannot be compiled
> configure: WARNING: pi.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: pi.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
> messages.
> ** Concurrent executions of autom4te
> autom4te now locks its internal files, which enables concurrent
> executions of autom4te, likely to happen if automake, autoconf,
> autoheader etc. are run simultaneously.
> ** Libtool
> Use of Libtool 1.5 and higher is encouraged. Compatibility with
> Libtool pre-1.4 is not checked.
> ** Autotest
> Testsuites no longer rerun failed tests in verbose mode; instead,
> failures are logged while the test is run.
> In addition, expected failures can be marked as such.
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