GNU Autoconf test version 2.59d is now available. This is a beta release, intended to be largely identical to 2.60, to be released very soon, if no unexpected issues turn up. So test it now, use it with your code, and report any remaining issues, please! The important changes since 2.59c are listed below, but two changes introduced earlier, in version 2.59c, require special attention: * Some directory variables have been added, and others adjusted to changes in the GNU Coding Standards. If your package expands '$datadir', '$infodir', or '$mandir' anywhere, you need to check your package, and possibly adjust it accordingly. The URL to the older NEWS entries below, and the FAQ node 'Defining Directories' in the manual have more information. * AC_PROG_CC and AC_PROG_CXX no longer arrange for an 'exit' function declaration. If you use this in your macros, you need to ensure that such a declaration is in place for C99 and C++ checks, or change the tests to 'return' from 'main' instead. Here are the compressed sources: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.59d.tar.gz (1.4MB) Here are the GPG detached signatures: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.59d.tar.gz.asc Here are the MD5 and SHA1 signatures: 3c0eb03b60bad6823bd36b632b65ab94 autoconf-2.59d.tar.gz 30efc24b8abe2f0a010b95363c17313ea24ecf26 autoconf-2.59d.tar.gz NEWS * Major changes in Autoconf 2.59d ** GNU make now recommended for VPATH builds INSTALL now suggests VPATH builds (e.g., "sh ../srcdir/configure") only if you use GNU make. In practice, other 'make' implementations have too many subtle incompatibilities in their support for VPATH. These incompatibilities do not hurt bare Autoconf, but do affect Automake-generated makefiles. Recommending GNU make keeps the installation instructions simpler. ** Even more safety checks for the new Directory variables: Warn about suspicious `${datarootdir}' found in config files output. ** AC_TRY_COMMAND, AC_TRY_EVAL, ac_config_guess, ac_config_sub, ac_configure These never-documented macros and variables have been marked with comments saying that they may be removed in a future release, because their use can lead to unintended code being executed. If you need functionality that only these macros or variables currently supply, please write bug-autoconf@xxxxxxxx ** AC_SUBST, AC_DEFINE Literal arguments to these are passed to m4_pattern_allow now. ** AC_PROG_CC_STDC Passing 'ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc=no' to 'configure' now sets ac_cv_prog_cc_c99 and ac_cv_prog_cc_c89 to 'no' as well, for backward compatibility with obsolete K&R tests in the Automake test suite. ** AC_PROG_CXX_C_O New macro. ** AC_PROG_MKDIR_P New macro. ** AS_MKDIR_P Now more robust with special characters in file names, or when multiple processes create the same directory at the same time. ** Obsolescent macros The documentation now says that the following macros are obsolescent: they test for problems that are so old that they are no longer of practical importance on current systems. AC_C_BACKSLASH_A AC_FUNC_MEMCMP AC_HEADER_DIRENT AC_C_CONST AC_FUNC_SELECT_ARGTYPES AC_HEADER_STAT AC_C_PROTOTYPES AC_FUNC_SETPGRP AC_HEADER_STDC AC_C_STRINGIZE AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT AC_C_VOLATILE AC_FUNC_STAT AC_HEADER_TIME AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID AC_FUNC_STRFTIME AC_ISC_POSIX AC_FUNC_GETPGRP AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL AC_FUNC_LSTAT AC_FUNC_VPRINTF AC_STRUCT_TM New programs need not use these macros. We have no current plans to remove them. ** autoreconf For compatibility with future Libtool 2.0, autoreconf will invoke libtoolize with the option `--ltdl' now, if LT_CONFIG_LTDL_DIR is used. Here is a link to the ChangeLog entries since 2.59c: http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/autoconf/autoconf/ChangeLog.diff?r1=1.2833&r2=1.2939&diff_format=u Here is a link to the ChangeLog entries since 2.59: http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/autoconf/autoconf/ChangeLog.diff?r1=1.2305&r2=1.2939&diff_format=u Here is a link to the NEWS entries since 2.59: http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/autoconf/autoconf/NEWS.diff?r1=1.322&r2=1.379&diff_format=u Please report bugs to bug-autoconf@xxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
