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- New in 1.0:
- * Bug fixes
- * distcheck target runs install and installcheck targets
- * Added preliminary support for DejaGNU.
-
- New in 0.33:
- * More bug fixes
- * More checking
- * More libtool fixes from Gord Matzigkeit; libtool support is still
- preliminary however
- * Added support for jm_MAINTAINER_MODE
- * dist-zip support
- * New "distcheck" target
-
- New in 0.32:
- * Many bug fixes
- * mkinstalldirs and mdate-sh now appear in directory specified by
- AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.
- * Removed DIST_SUBDIRS, DIST_OTHER
- * AC_ARG_PROGRAM only required when an actual program exists
- * dist-hook target now run before distribution packaged up; idea from
- Dieter Baron. Other hooks exist, too.
- * Preliminary (unfinished) support for libtool
- * Added short option names.
- * Better "dist" support when gluing together multiple packages
-
- New in 0.31:
- * Bug fixes
- * Documentation updates (many from Franτois Pinard)
- * strictness `normal' now renamed to `foreign'
- * Renamed --install-missing to --add-missing
- * Now handles AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
- * Now handles TESTS macro
- * DIST_OTHER renamed to EXTRA_DIST
- * DIST_SUBDIRS is deprecated
- * @ALLOCA@ and @LIBOBJS@ now work in _LDADD variables
- * Better error messages in many cases
- * Program names are canonicalized
- * Added "check" prefix; from Gord Matzigkeit
-
- New in 0.30:
- * Bug fixes
- * configure.in scanner knows about AC_PATH_XTRA, AC_OUTPUT ":" syntax
- * Beginnings of a test suite
- * Automatically adds -I options for $(srcdir), ".", and path to config.h
- * Doesn't print anything when running
- * Beginnings of MAINT_CHARSET support
- * Can specify version in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS
- * Most errors recognizable by Emacs' M-x next-error
- * Added --verbose option
- * All "primary" variables now obsolete; use EXTRA_PRIMARY to supply
- configure-generated names
- * Required macros now distributed in aclocal.m4
- * New documentation
- * --strictness=gnu is default
-
- New in 0.29:
- * Many bug fixes
- * More sophisticated configure.in scanning; now understands ALLOCA and
- LIBOBJS directly, handles AC_CONFIG_HEADER more precisely, etc.
- * TEXINFOS and MANS now obsolete; use info_TEXINFOS and man_MANS instead.
- * CONFIG_HEADER variable now obsolete
- * Can handle multiple Texinfo sources
- * Allow hierarchies deeper than 2. From Gord Matzigkeit.
- * HEADERS variable no longer needed; now can put .h files directly into
- foo_SOURCES variable.
- * Automake automatically rebuilds files listed in AC_OUTPUT. The
- corresponding ".in" files are included in the distribution.
-
- New in 0.28:
- * Added --gnu and --gnits options
- * More standards checking
- * Bug fixes
- * Cleaned up 'dist' targets
- * Added AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS variable and several options
- * Now scans configure.in to get some information (preliminary)
-
- New in 0.27:
- * Works with Perl 4 again
-
- New in 0.26:
- * Added --install-missing option.
- * Pretty-prints generated macros and rules
- * Comments in Makefile.am are placed more intelligently in Makefile.in
- * Generates .PHONY target
- * Rule or macro in Makefile.am now overrides contents of Automake file
- * Substantial cleanups from Franτois Pinard
-
- New in 0.25:
- * Bug fixes.
- * Works with Perl 4 again.
-
- New in 0.24:
- * New uniform naming scheme.
- * --strictness option
- * Works with Perl 5
- * '.c' files corresponding to '.y' or '.l' files are automatically
- distributed.
- * Many bug fixes and cleanups
-
- New in 0.23:
- * Allow objects to be conditionally included in libraries via lib_LIBADD.
-
- New in 0.22:
- * Bug fixes in 'clean' code.
- * Now generates 'installdirs' target.
- * man page installation reworked.
- * 'make dist' no longer re-creates all Makefile.in's.
-
- New in 0.21:
- * Reimplemented in Perl
- * Added --amdir option (for debugging)
- * Texinfo support cleaned up.
- * Automatic de-ANSI-fication cleaned up.
- * Cleaned up 'clean' targets.
-
- New in 0.20:
- * Automatic dependency tracking
- * More documentation
- * New variables DATA and PACKAGEDATA
- * SCRIPTS installed using $(INSTALL_SCRIPT)
- * No longer uses double-colon rules
- * Bug fixes
- * Changes in advance of internationalization
-