Here is a snapshot of the current development version of Automake. This should become Automake 1.7 *soon*. How soon will depends on the feedback we get on this beta.
Please get it, install it, test it, torture it. Please report any issue by mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or (preferred) using the form at http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=automake Please SHOUT LOUD if your package works with Automake 1.6.3 but doesn't with 1.6d. You can find this snapshot here: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.6d.tar.gz ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.6d.tar.bz2 Here are the news since 1.6. (The `|' on the left indicates a change since the last snapshot, 1.6b.) New in 1.6d: |* Autoconf 2.54 is required. * `aclocal' and `automake' will no longer warn about obsolete configure macros. This is done by `autoconf -Wobsolete'. * AM_CONFIG_HEADER, AM_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS and AM_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ_NEEDS_SYS_IOCTL are obsolete (although still supported). You should use AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS, and AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ instead. `autoupdate' can upgrade `configure.ac' for you. * Support for per-program and per-library `_CPPFLAGS'. * New `ctags' target (builds CTAGS files). * Support for -Wmumble and -Wno-mumble, where mumble is a warning category (see `automake --help' or the manual for a list of them). * Honor the WARNINGS environment variable. * Omit the call to depcomp when using gcc3: call the compiler directly. * A new option, std-options, tests that programs support --help and --version when `make installcheck' is run. This is enabled by --gnits. * Texinfo rules now support the `ps' and `pdf' targets. |* Info files are now created in the build directory, not the source directory. |* info_TEXINFOS supports files in subdirectories (this requires Texinfo 4.1 | or greater). * `make distcheck' will enforce DESTDIR support by attempting a DESTDIR install. * `+=' can be used in conditionals, even if the augmented variable was defined for another condition. |* Makefile fragments (inserted with `include') are always distributed. * Use Autoconf's --trace interface to inspect configure.ac and get a more accurate view of it. |* Add support for extending aclocal's default macro search path | using a `dirlist' file within the aclocal directory. * automake --output-dir is deprecated. * Many bug fixes. - Akim, Alexandre, and Tom
