FYI, I have committed the patch below to the FAQ. Thanks, Ralf
Minor FAQ update. * autotools-faq.texi: Update installation instructions for Autoconf 2.68 and M4 1.4.16. Fix a couple of typos, add link to the Autoconf Macro Archive. Point to Automake bug reporting page. Index: faq/autotools-faq.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /webcvs/automake/automake/faq/autotools-faq.texi,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.2 autotools-faq.texi --- faq/autotools-faq.texi 24 Feb 2011 05:19:31 -0000 1.2 +++ faq/autotools-faq.texi 2 Mar 2011 21:43:29 -0000 @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Libtool helps create and use shared libraries portably. @item Gnulib is intended to be the canonical source for most of the important -"portability" and/or common files for GNU projects. +``portability'' and/or common files for GNU projects. @end itemize Together, they make up the @ref{GNU Build System,,, automake, The Automake Manual}. @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ @pxref{FAQ,, the Automake FAQ, automake, The Automake Manual}, @pxref{FAQ,, the Libtool FAQ, libtool, The Libtool Manual}. -Beside, there are a lot of @ref{What tutorials exist?, Tutorials}. +Beside, there are many @ref{What tutorials exist?, Tutorials}. @node Where can I get the latest versions of these tools? @section Where can I get the latest versions of these tools? @@ -178,11 +178,14 @@ @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/@/archive/@/html/@/bug-autoconf/}. @item -For Automake, write to @email{bug-automake@@gnu.org}; list archives can be found at +For Automake, see +@c FIXME: change this to point to the info section once 1.11.2 is out. +@uref{http://www.gnu.org/@/software/@/automake/@/manual/@/html_node/@/Reporting-Bugs.html, +the bug reporting instructions}, then write to @email{bug-automake@@gnu.org}; +list archives can be found at @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/@/archive/@/html/@/bug-automake/}. Messages that do not reply to existing threads create new bugs in the -@uref{http://debbugs.gnu.org/@/cgi/@/pkgreport.cgi?package=automake;@/max-bugs=100;@/base-order=1;@/bug-rev=1, -debbugs GNU bug tracker for Automake}. +@uref{http://debbugs.gnu.org/@/automake, debbugs GNU bug tracker for Automake}. @item For Libtool, write to @email{bug-libtool@@gnu.org}; list archives can be found at @@ -193,8 +196,6 @@ @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/@/archive/@/html/@/bug-gnulib/}. @end itemize -TODO - If you are unsure where to write to, choose one of the lists. It is not a big problem if you choose the wrong one, but please do not post your report to multiple lists in several separate mails. @@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ @c http://seul.org/docs/autotut/ from 2001 @c http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~iam/docs/tutorial.html from 1998 +@c http://www.openismus.com/documents/linux/automake/automake.shtml Example packages can be found here: @@ -305,17 +307,17 @@ export PATH # Do the following in a scratch directory. -wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.14.tar.gz -wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.64.tar.gz +wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.16.tar.gz +wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.68.tar.gz wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.11.1.tar.gz wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.tar.gz -gzip -dc m4-1.4.14.tar.gz | tar xvf - -gzip -dc autoconf-2.64.tar.gz | tar xvf - +gzip -dc m4-1.4.16.tar.gz | tar xvf - +gzip -dc autoconf-2.68.tar.gz | tar xvf - gzip -dc automake-1.11.1.tar.gz | tar xvf - gzip -dc libtool-2.4.tar.gz | tar xvf - -cd m4-1.4.14 +cd m4-1.4.16 ./configure -C --prefix=$myprefix && make && make install -cd ../autoconf-2.64 +cd ../autoconf-2.68 ./configure -C --prefix=$myprefix && make && make install cd ../automake-1.11.1 ./configure -C --prefix=$myprefix && make && make install @@ -709,7 +711,9 @@ generate a header template for the first argument. @pxref{Header Templates,,, autoconf, The Autoconf Manual}. @item -Use the @code{AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H} macro from The Autoconf Macro Archive. +Use the @code{AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H} macro from +@uref{http://www.gnu.org/@/software/@/autoconf-archive/, The Autoconf Macro +Archive}. @end itemize @node How do I use different C compilers in a Makefile.am?