-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We are pleased to announce the Automake 1.11.4 maintenance release.
This is mostly a bugfix release, fixing few recent and long-standing bugs. It also contains minor enhancements to the 'ar-lib' and 'compile' script (thanks to Peter Rosin), and adds support for automatic dependency tracking with the IBM XL C/C++ compiler (thanks to Michael Hofmann) and the Tiny C Compiler (thanks to prodding by Vincent Lefevre, see automake bug#11007). The most important change is surely the fact that the install rules do not create an empty '$(foodir)' directory anymore when an empty "foo_PRIMARY" is declared (conditionally or unconditionally) in Makefile.am. See automake bugs #11030 and #10997: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/10997> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/11030> See below for the detailed list of changes since Automake 1.11.3, as summarized by the NEWS file. Download here: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.11.4.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.11.4.tar.xz Please report bugs and problems to <bug-autom...@gnu.org>, and send general comments and feedback to <autom...@gnu.org>. Thanks to everyone who has reported problems, contributed patches, and helped testing Automake! - -*-*- New in 1.11.4: * Miscellaneous changes: - The 'ar-lib' script now ignores the "s" (symbol index) and "S" (no symbol index) modifiers as well as the "s" action, as the symbol index is created unconditionally by Microsoft lib. Also, the "q" (quick) action is now a synonym for "r" (replace). Also, the script has been ignoring the "v" (verbose) modifier already since Automake 1.11.3. - When the 'compile' script is used to wrap MSVC, it now accepts an optional space between the -I, -L and -l options and their respective arguments, for better POSIX compliance. - Automatic dependency tracking now works also with the IBM XL C/C++ compilers, thanks to the new new depmode 'xlc'. - There is an initial, experimental support for automatic dependency tracking with tcc (the Tiny C Compiler). Its associated depmode is currently recognized as "icc" (but this and other details are likely to change in future versions). Bugs fixed in 1.11.4: * Bugs introduced by 1.11.2: - A definition of 'noinst_PYTHON' before 'python_PYTHON' (or similar) don't cause spurious failures upon "make install" anymore. - The user can now instruct the 'uninstall-info' rule not to update the '${infodir}/dir' file by exporting the environment variable 'AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR' to the value "no". This is done for consistency with how the 'install-info' rule operates since automake 1.11.2. * Long-standing bugs: - It is now possible for a foo_SOURCES variable to hold Vala sources together with C header files, as well as with sources and headers for other supported languages (e.g., C++). Previously, only mixing C and Vala sources was supported. - If "aclocal --install" is used, and the first directory specified with '-I' is non-existent, aclocal will now create it before trying to copy files in it. - An empty declaration of a "foo_PRIMARY" don't cause anymore the generated install rules to create an empty $(foodir) directory; for example, if Makefile.am contains something like: pkglibexec_SCRIPTS = if FALSE pkglibexec_SCRIPTS += bar.sh endif the $(pkglibexec) directory will not be created upon "make install". -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPeZq8AAoJEPyBjhdCn5bq4ZYP/2HAy+GNAloEiYFRoy0mEpVz +fnuUoZSZP1Pr70yxJjYSA5IMiwEWlyuKgABcclFds4z78Uz1tbyJOcFw1ToKMuu YX8B+5uwPpm07xFMVlqp2W1ZOHfXbl8fXlhP6U8RcUWsEXYfEwxznTHWoP8GuKG2 LJDUrohN2UkhFTNqSK3N6ToqWODnz/vcnwOVX1pxUgaZQFfcnWD5ZgxtatnRZrUf 5+qUgxgmq8+mb2oWNGuEzG8uAhmW2Y+Nh+l9PR5tRJeU7BQLh/PEgwbtsNJS+XAW gJvGSUSX0te1RtbDHLqAK97Xp5yh8AZetyk5qFk8vhyOusbsmLM7j9Yqi5lj8GZ6 KMoa1xtWqJpdwMoq3gmZGy9rxfCtX58cAr4/r1TpQiYI1Jjlr0xq2oyjSQesmuOG yH100HO+4ci+tWdQt3TS0qa1rHDOVAC76pLvp2O6h17DPzEzmQvzByuDoH7mANv/ JYbqt4DIZtYQHzt5jZZbiFhRFRMSzldW7IZskb2b/JOI0lXI/0tqSgTf2RnRICOV v4JHOGeqCcksok4vqt/a0oBS/qsodzIuBgcbT+eA98Mt76s7livSiuAApwRiOBpm LEG9t9E07wJppkD4K1KH1os4WgW+bftByGVnitc2iJxlsDBaVr7tlLP6bMn39nQR s0HgrJRjQL3L+j4by+Oj =M61v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
