Automake 1.8.3b uploaded (beta for 1.8.4)

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

This is a beta for the next bug-fix release of Automake.
The list of bug fixes is appended.

I hope to release 1.8.4 next week-end and start the 1.9 cycle soon
after that.  So please consider this as your last chance to report
1.8.x regressions.

Please report bugs to <address@hidden>.

You can download this beta here:

  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz.sig
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2
  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2.sig
  ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz
  ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz.sig
  ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2
  ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2.sig

Here are the MD5 checksums:

  37b3a30c7b3119d9963d623e4b9b6b2d  automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2
  0f1221a3ac3a6a15d5b32533a84949f9  automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz

Known issue not fixed in 1.8.3b:

  Historically Automake has always generated V7 format tarballs during
  `make dist'.  This format is quite antiquated, but is portable.  It
  supports filenames with up to 99 characters.  When given longer
  filenames some tar implementations will diagnose the problem while
  other will generate broken or non-V7 tarballs.  For instance GNU tar
  1.13.25 will produce an archive with GNU extensions, while the
  latest GNU tar beta (1.13.93) will truncate filenames.

  We are working an a new scheme for Automake 1.9 that will allow
  newer tar formats to be used.  In the meantime, for people who
  cannot avoid long filenames in their packages we recommand sticking
  to GNU tar 1.13.25 and not installing newer versions.

Bugs fixed in 1.8.3b:

* Long standing bugs:

  - Fix AM_PATH_PYTHON to correctly display $PYTHON when it has been
    overridden by the user.

  - Honor PATH_SEPARATOR in various places of the Automake package, for
    the sake of OS/2.

  - Adjust dependency tracking mode detection to ICC 8.0's new output.
    (PR/416)

  - Fix install-sh so it can install the `mv' binary... using `mv'.

* Bugs introduced by 1.8:

  - Fix an "internal error" when @LIBOBJS@ is used in a variable that is
    not defined in the same conditions as the _LDADD that uses it.

  - Do not warn when JAVAROOT is overridden, this is legitimate.

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