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In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use
https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading
software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to
Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is
downstream of, which I'll patch separately.
Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to
malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers,
and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other
countries browse US-based websites. See, for example:
Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar
S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI
2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626
HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant
help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should
take some care here.
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This follows up on commit v1.11-665-gc5df21e of 2012-01-17,
"multilib: deprecate, will be moved to contrib". See also:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2012-01/msg00109.html>
* NEWS: Update.
* automake.in ($seen_multilib): Remove.
(scan_autoconf_traces): Don't trace 'AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB', and don't
handle it anymore.
(handle_multilib): Remove.
(generate_makefile): Don't call it anymore.
* doc/automake.texi: Remove documentation about multilib support,
related macros, and helper files.
* m4/multi.m4: Delete.
* m4/Makefile.am (dist_automake_ac_DATA): Remove it.
* lib/am/multilib.am: Delete.
* lib/am/Makefile.am (dist_am_DATA): Remove it.
* contrib/multilib/multilib.am: New file, adapted from extracts of
a Makefile.in generated with automake multilib support. We did
this instead of moving and editing 'lib/am/multilib.am' because it
allows us to license this file with a liberal license that will
permit users to copy-and-paste it in non-GPLed Makefile.am files
too).
* lib/symlink-tree, lib/config-ml.in: Move ...
* contrib/multilib: ... in here.
* lib/Makefile.am (dist_script_DATA, dist_pkgvdata_DATA): Update.
* contrib/multilib/README: New file.
* contrib/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add the files created or moved
in 'contrib/multlib'.
* tests/multilib.test: Update and enhance a little.
* tests/help-multilib.test: Likewise.
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