On 10/17/2012 04:15 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > See commit 'v1.12.1-165-gcd1a9cc' "aclocal: deprecate ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS, > trace AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR instead" in the Automake git repository. > > See also follow-up discussion at: > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2012-07/msg00010.html> > > * doc/autoconf.texi (@node Input @defmac AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS): Adjust. > (autoreconf Invocation): Warn about the possible future removal of > ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS support from Automake. > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <[email protected]> > --- > doc/autoconf.texi | 8 +++++--- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi > index 1d80a6d..852ae22 100644 > --- a/doc/autoconf.texi > +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi > @@ -1816,7 +1816,9 @@ If you want @command{autoreconf} to pass flags that are > not listed here > on to @command{aclocal}, set @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} in your > @file{Makefile.am}. > Due to a limitation in the Autoconf implementation these flags currently > must be set on a single line in @file{Makefile.am}, without any > -backslash-newlines. > +backslash-newlines. Also, be aware that future Automake release might > +start flagging @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} as obsolescent, or even remove > +support for it.
Context based on my comments of patch 1 may require touching up this hunk.
>
> @c ========================================= Initialization and Output Files.
>
> @@ -2131,8 +2133,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([dir4 dir5])
> should cause the directories to be searched in this order:
> @samp{dir1 dir2 dir3 dir4 dir5}.
>
> -Note that if you use @command{aclocal} from Automake to generate
> -@file{aclocal.m4}, you must also set
> +Note that if you use @command{aclocal} from an Automake release prior to
> +1.13 to generate @file{aclocal.m4}, you must also set
> @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I @var{dir1} [-I @var{dir2} ... -I @var{dirN}]}
> in your top-level @file{Makefile.am}. Due to a limitation in
> the Autoconf implementation of @command{autoreconf}, these include
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