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[FYI] {maint} news: document deprecation of configure.in
From: |
Stefano Lattarini |
Subject: |
[FYI] {maint} news: document deprecation of configure.in |
Date: |
Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:35:05 +0200 |
* NEWS (Warnings and deprecations): We now warn if 'configure.in' is
used instead of 'configure.ac' as autoconf input.
(Future backward-incompatibilities): Adjust.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
---
NEWS | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f682bf5..cf45836 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ New in 1.12.2:
* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
- - Starting from either the next minor version (1.12.2) or the next major
- version (1.13), Automake will start warning if 'configure.in' is used
- instead of 'configure.ac' as the Autoconf input. Future versions of
- Automake will drop support for 'configure.in' altogether.
+ - Future versions of Automake will likely drop support for the
+ long-deprecated 'configure.in' name for the Autoconf input file.
+ You are advised to use the recommended name 'configure.ac' instead.
- Autoconf 2.65 or later will be required by the next major Automake
version (1.13). Until now, Automake has required Autoconf version
@@ -54,6 +53,13 @@ New in 1.12.2:
search path are looked up is probably going to be changed in the
next Automake release (1.13).
+* Warnings and deprecations:
+
+ - Automake now issues a warning (in the 'portability' category) if
+ 'configure.in' is used instead of 'configure.ac' as the Autoconf
+ input file. Such a warning will also be present in the next
+ Autoconf version (2.70).
+
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New in 1.12.1:
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1.7.9.5
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