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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes. $as_echo_n now elicits a warning in the 'obsolete' category. The macros AS_ECHO and AS_ECHO_N should be used instead. -** AC_CHECK_HEADER and AC_CHECK_HEADERS now default to doing only a - compilation test. This completes the transition from preprocessor- - based header tests begun in Autoconf 2.56. - - The double test that was the default since Autoconf 2.64 is no - longer available. You can still request a preprocessor-only test - by specifying '-' as the fourth argument to either macro, but this - is now deprecated. If you really need that behavior use - AC_PREPROC_IFELSE. - ** When checking for missing templates, autoheader now takes any templates defined in the inputs of secondary config headers into account. This makes it possible to use AC_DEFINE for secondary @@ -55,6 +45,9 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes. AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE, AC_CHECK_HEADERS, AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE, AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS, and AC_REPLACE_FUNCS. +** Man pages for config.guess and config.sub are no longer provided. + They were moved to the master source tree for config.guess and config.sub. + ** Macros - New macro AC_C__GENERIC. @@ -108,6 +101,16 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes. - AT_TESTED arguments can use variable or command substitutions, including in particular $EXEEXT +- AC_CHECK_HEADER and AC_CHECK_HEADERS now default to doing only a + compilation test. This completes the transition from preprocessor- + based header tests begun in Autoconf 2.56. + + The double test that was the default since Autoconf 2.64 is no + longer available. You can still request a preprocessor-only test + by specifying '-' as the fourth argument to either macro, but this + is now deprecated. If you really need that behavior use + AC_PREPROC_IFELSE. + - AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT has been streamlined. It now assumes that the ISO C90 headers 'stdlib.h' and 'string.h' are unconditionally available, and does not include the pre-standard header 'memory.h' @@ -143,8 +146,14 @@ GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes. use with multiple languages, rather than forcing all checks in the language used by the first encounter of the macro. -** Man pages for config.guess and config.sub are no longer provided. -They were moved to the master source tree for config.guess and config.sub. +- AS_INIT now writes only the base filename of the primary input file + into the generated script. This avoids embedding (part of) the path + to the source directory in generated files, which hinders build + reproducibility. + + We believe this was the only case where generated file contents could + change depending on the build environment. If you find any other cases + please report them as bugs. * Noteworthy changes in release 2.69 (2012-04-24) [stable] |