On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 6:14 PM Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> wrote:
> The GNU Automake 1.16j development snapshot is now available. Download > here: > > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.16j.tar.xz > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.16j.tar.gz > > Hello, No major issue found during my mass rebuild against dependent packages on Fedora-rawhide. LGTM. > We intend for automake 1.17 to be released soon, essentially with only > bug fixes for whatever is found in this pretest. So please do test if at > all possible. > > The main change from 1.16i was another attempt at making the "subsecond > mtime" support reliable and backward compatible. That is, to work with > autoconf-2.72 (which supports subsecond mtimes) and earlier versions > (which don't). See below for the detailed list of changes since the > previous version, as summarized by the NEWS file. > > In general, it's our primary goal to preserve compatibility. If this > release of Automake induces failure in a setup that was previously > working, please let us know. > > Please report bugs and problems to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>, > and send general comments and feedback to <automake@gnu.org>, > and patches to <automake-patc...@gnu.org>. > > Thanks to everyone who has reported problems, contributed patches, > and helped test Automake! > > With special thanks to Bogdan, Mike Frysinger, Nick Bowler, and > Zack Weinberg for their numerous contributions. This release could not > have happened without them. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > New in (what will be) 1.17: > > * New features added > > - AM_PATH_PYTHON will, after checking "python", prefer any Python 3 > version (latest versions checked first) over any Python 2 > version. If a specific version of Python 2 is still needed, the > $PYTHON variable should be set beforehand. > > - AM_PATH_PYTHON will also search for Python versions 3.15 through 3.10. > It previously searched for 3.9 through 3.0. (bug#53530) > > - RANLIB may be overridden on a per-target basis. > > - AM_TEXI2FLAGS may be defined to pass extra flags to TEXI2DVI & > TEXI2PDF. > > - New option "posix" to emit the special target .POSIX for make. > > - Systems with non-POSIX "rm -f" behavior are now supported, and the > prior intent to drop support for them has been reversed. > The ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM setting no longer exists. > > - Variables using escaped \# will trigger portability warnings, but be > retained when appended. GNU Make & BSD Makes are known to support it. > (bug#7610) > > - GNU Make's default pattern rules are disabled, for speed and debugging. > (.SUFFIXES was already cleared.) (bug#64743) > > - For Texinfo documents, if a .texi.in file exists, but no .texi, the > .texi.in will be read. Texinfo source files need not be present at > all, and if present, need not contain @setfilename. Then the file name > as given in the Makefile.am will be used. If @setfilename is present, > it should be the basename of the Texinfo file, extended with .info. > (bug#54063) > > - The missing script also supports autoreconf, autogen, and perl. > > * Bugs fixed > > - Generated file timestamp checks handle filesystems with sub-second > timestamp granularity dynamically, greatly speeding up make check, > etc. However, this requires an autom4te from Autoconf 2.72 or later > (or random test failures and other timing problems may ensue), as > well as a Perl, sleep utility, and filesystem that supports > sub-second resolution; otherwise, we fall back to one-second > granularity as before. When everything is supported, a line > `Features: subsecond-mtime' is now printed by automake --version > and autom4te --version. (bug#64756, bug#67670) > > - The default value of $ARFLAGS is now "cr" instead of "cru", to better > support deterministic builds. (bug#20082) > > - Dependency files are now empty, instead of '# dummy', for speed. > > - Compiling Python modules with Python 3.5+ uses multiple optimization > levels. (bug#38043) > > - When compiling Emacs Lisp files, emacs is run with --no-site-file to > disable user config files that might hang or access the terminal; > and -Q is not used, since its support and behavior varies. (bug#58102) > > - Emacs Lisp compilations respects silent make output. > > - Automake no longer incorrectly warns that the POSIX make variables > $(*D) and the like are non-POSIX. Unfortunately, the make > implementations which do not correctly implement all the POSIX > variables are not detected, but this seems to have little impact > in practice. (bug#9587) > > - Pass libtool tags OBJC and OBJCXX for the respective languages. > (bug#67539) > > - distcleancheck ignores "silly rename" files (.nfs* .smb* .__afs*) > that can show up on network file systems. > > - tests: avoid some declaration conflicts for lex et al. on SunOS. > (bug#34151 and others) > > - Pass any options given to AM_PROG_LEX on to AC_PROG_LEX. > (bug#65600, bug#65730) > > * Obsolescence: > > - py-compile no longer supports Python 0.x or 1.x versions. Python 2.0, > released in 2000, is currently the minimum required version. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >
