RE: Autoconf 2.53c

[Sam Liddicott]

[I've Cut down replies]

does this include a fix for the bug where generated sed fragments are too
large for solaris packaged sed?

I'm "reporting" this bug second hand as occuring with autoconf 2.53, if you
are not aware of it I will get more details.

Sam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 03 September 2002 08:30
> To: Autoconf List; Automake List; Libtool List; GNU Utils Bugs
> Subject: Autoconf 2.53c
> 
> 
> 
> Autoconf 2.54 is about to be released.  This version includes many
> bugs fixes, and several new features, listed below.  Special attention
> was paid to Automake 1.7-Autoconf 2.54 interaction.
> 
>         Akim, Alexandres, Jim, Paul, and Tom
> 
> 
> You may download Autoconf 2.53c immediately from:
> 
>   ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/autoconf-2.53c.tar.gz   1013KB
>   ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/autoconf-2.53c.tar.bz2  767KB
>   
> ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/autoconf-2.53b-2.53c.xde
> lta   26KB
> 
> And in the near future, from:
> 
>   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.53c.tar.gz   1013KB
>   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.53c.tar.bz2  767KB
>   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.53b-2.53c.xdelta   26KB
> 
> Here are the MD5 and SHA1 signatures for the compressed tar files:
> 
> 5990708332ea2f7804b5e500b6db80ec  autoconf-2.53c.tar.gz
> 1818ebae944fd04dd9b1bbea243b6ee7  autoconf-2.53c.tar.bz2
> b8b3494d6c254c5a4f66108cba9b865409466ce0  autoconf-2.53c.tar.gz
> 33f8ac2385633b3cddd3f6f8b9e249aa8caedd47  autoconf-2.53c.tar.bz2
> 
> NEWS:
> 
> ** Executables
> 
> - autoreconf no longer changes the version of the gettext/po/intl
>   support files. It now adds the files the correspond to the
>   AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION declared in configure.ac.
> 
>   Warning: It now relies on the 'autopoint' program, which is part
>   of GNU gettext 0.11.4 and newer.
> 
>   Please note that you need to have a GNU gettext version that
>   corresponds at least to the AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION declared
>   in configure.ac. You can upgrade to newer GNU gettext versions,
>   though, without needing to change configure.ac.
> 
> - The -I DIR or --include=DIR option now appends DIR to the 
> include path
>   instead of prepending; this is for consistency with other GNU tools.
>   The new -B DIR or --prepend-include=DIR option has the old behavior.
> 
> ** Macros
> 
> - AC_OUTPUT
>   Now handles all the gory details about LIBOBJS and LTLIBOBJS.
>   Please, remove lines such as
> 
>       # This is necessary so that .o files in LIBOBJS are also
>       # built via the ANSI2KNR-filtering rules.
>       LIBOBJS=`echo $LIBOBJS|sed 's/\.o /\$U.o /g;s/\.o$/\$U.o/'`
> 
>   and read the `AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS' section.  Do not define U in
>   your Makefiles either.
> 
> - AC_CONFIG_LINKS now makes copies if it can't make links.
> 
> - AC_FUNC_FNMATCH now tests only for POSIX compatibility, reverting to
>   Autoconf 2.13 behavior.  The new macro AC_FUNC_FNMATCH_GNU also
>   tests for GNU extensions to fnmatch, and replaces fnmatch if needed.
> 
> - AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED no longer fails when cross-compiling.
> 
> - AC_PROG_CC_STDC is integrated into AC_PROG_CC.
> 
> - AC_PROG_F77 default search no longer includes cf77 and cfg77.
> 
> - New macros
> 
>   AC_C_BACKSLASH_A, AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR, AC_GNU_SOURCE,
>   AC_PROG_EGREP, AC_PROG_FGREP, AC_REPLACE_FNMATCH,
>   AC_FUNC_FNMATCH_GNU, AC_FUNC_REALLOC, AC_TYPE_MBSTATE_T.
> 
> - AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG
>   looks for getloadavg.c in the CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR.
> 
> - AC_FUNC_MALLOC
>    Now defines HAVE_MALLOC to 0 if `malloc' does not work, and asks
>    for an AC_LIBOBJ replacement.
> 
> ** Bug fixes
> 
> - Spurious complaints from `m4_bmatch' about invalid regular
>   expressions are suppressed.
> 
> - Empty top_builddirs are properly handled.
> 
> - AC_CHECK_MEMBER works correctly when the member is an aggregate.
> 
> - AC_PATH_PROG
>   Now colon in the optional path arguments are properly handled.
> 
> ** Improved portability
> 
> - Both Autoconf the package, and the scripts it produces, should run
>   more reliably with Zsh.  Bear in mind it is the default Bourne shell
>   on Darwin.
> 
> - Autoconf and the scripts it produces no longer assume the 
> existence of
>   the obsolescent commands egrep and fgrep.
> 
> ** Documentation
> 
> - Limitations of Make
>   More of them.
> 
> - GNATS
>   The GNATS base has moved to
>   http://bugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=autoconf
> 
> ** Misc.
> 
> - config.log
>   Now contains the list of ouput variables and files (AC_SUBST,
>   AC_SUBST_FILES).
> 
> ChangeLog entries:
> 
> **********************************************************************
> ChangeLog     3 Sep 2002 06:15:44 -0000       1.1991
> **********************************************************************
> 2002-09-03  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       Version 2.53c.
> 
> 2002-09-02  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * bin/autom4te.in (parse_args): Don't honor AUTOM4TE_PATH and
>       SITE_MACRO_DIR.
>       * configure.ac: Disable SITE_MACRO_DIR.
> 
> 2002-09-02  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (AC_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS): Reflect 
> renaming: s/am/ac/,
>       i.e., change am_cv_sys_posix_termios to ac_cv_sys_posix_termios.
>       Also, tweak grammar: s/make sure to/be sure to/.
> 
> 2002-09-02  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Explain 
> why logical
>       directory names are generally preferable to physical names.
> 
> 2002-09-02  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&update_file): s/die/error/.
>       Reported by Raja R. Harinath.
>       * bin/autoheader.in, bin/autoreconf.in, bin/autoscan.in,
>       * bin/autoupdate.in: Use error instead of die.
> 
> 2002-09-01  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * tests/mktests.sh (ac_exclude_egrep, au_exclude_egrep): Use
>       ordinary shell concatenation rather than echo+tr+sed 
> command that
>       runs afoul of a long-line-related sed bug in Solaris 8.
> 
>       * bin/autoheader.in (parse_args): --warning -> --warnings.
> 
>       * bin/autoconf.as: Work even if "ls" outputs "FOO not found" to
>       stdout, as traditional "ls" does.
>       * lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT,
>       _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O): Likewise.
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Add "ls".
> 
>       * bin/autoconf.as: Add --prepend-include option.  This patch was
>       applied to bin/autoconf.in in the 2002-07-17 patch by 
> Mark D. Roth,
>       but bin/autoconf.in is generated automatically from 
> bin/autoconf.as.
> 
>       * bin/autoconf.in, configure: Regenerate.
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Mention
>       ENV, MAIL, MAILPATH, PS1, PS2, PS4.  Index PWD.
> 
>       * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Unset ENV, MAIL,
>       MAILPATH and set PS1, PS2, PS4 to default values, to work
>       around bug in pre-3.0 UWIN ksh reported by Bruce Lilly.
>       For LC_ALL etc, first try to set to "C" as POSIX requires and as
>       the Autoconf documentation specifies; fall back to 
> "unset" only if
>       this fails.  Use a shell for-loop for this rather than 
> an m4 loop,
>       to shorten the output script.
> 
> 2002-08-30  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Mention POSIX
>       1003.1-2001's requirements for CDPATH.  Give a simpler 
> workaround
>       for the CDPATH problem.  Document PWD.
>       (Limitations of Builtins): Document the problem that 
> "cd $foo" and
>       "ls $foo" may refer to different directories in shells 
> conforming
>       to POSIX 1003.1-2001.  Use PS1 rather than CDPATH for "unset"
>       example, since the old example is now out of date.
> 
>       * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Reject FOO if "cd
>       FOO" and "ls FOO" talk about different directories; this catches
>       problems when POSIX 1003.1-2001 "cd" fails due to symlink
>       spaghetti.
> 
>       * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Use AS_UNSET instead
>       of rolling our own unset.
>       (_AS_PREPARE): $as_unset CDPATH instead of AS_UNSETting 
> it, since
>       in practice we needn't worry about CDPATH if unset doesn't work.
> 
>       * Makefile.in, aclocal.m4, bin/Makefile.in,
>       config/Makefile.in, doc/Makefile.in, lib/Makefile.in,
>       lib/Autom4te/Makefile.in, lib/autoconf/Makefile.in,
>       lib/autoscan/Makefile.in, lib/autotest/Makefile.in,
>       lib/emacs/Makefile.in, lib/m4sugar/Makefile.in, man/Makefile.in,
>       tests/Makefile.in: Regenerate with Automake 1.6.3.
> 
>       * config/config.guess, config/config.sub, config/mkinstalldirs:
>       Update.
> 
>       * configure: Regenerate with self.
> 
> 2002-08-30  Kevin Ryde  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Notes on "cc"
>       default output.
> 
> 2002-08-29  Rainer Orth  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * bin/autom4te.in (Request::load): Correctly test for "do" read
>       failure.
> 
> 2002-08-29  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&xqx): New.
>       (&xsystem): Use WIFEXITED and WEXITSTATUS instead of 
> decoding $? by
>       hand, which is not portable.
>       (&error): New.
>       * bin/autom4te.in: Use them.
>       Use &error instead of die.
>       * tests/m4sugar.at (m4_warn, m4_require: circular dependencies):
>       Adjust.
> 
> 2002-08-17  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (AC_PROG_F77): Remove fc from the
>       default list of compilers to try, since it was long ago 
> superseded
>       by the ksh fc builtin.  Suggested by Steven G. Johnson.
> 
> 2002-07-31  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Invoking autom4te): End the option table,
>       fixing a bug introduced by the previous patch.
>       (Limitations of Make): Add a 'target lookup' subentry in the
>       'VPATH' entry.  Rewrite all `make' occurences as 
> address@hidden'.
> 
> 2002-07-29  Mark D. Roth  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * bin/autom4te.in: Remove --include-envvar and 
> --site-macro-subdir
>       options and use $AUTOM4TE_PATH.
>       * doc/autoconf.texi: Remove documentation of autom4te
>       --include-envvar and --site-macro-subdir options and document
>       use of $AUTOM4TE_PATH.
>       * lib/autom4te.in: Remove --include-envvar and 
> --site-macro-subdir
>       arguments from each language section.
> 
> 2002-07-29  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/install.texi: Include copyright symbol in 
> copyright notice.
> 
>       * Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Remove; it's a user-specified macro.
>       Replace with:
>       (AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): New macro.
>       * doc/Makefile.am (MAKEINFO, AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): Likewise.
>       * Makefile.am (INSTALL): Use the new macros.
>       Use -o rather than --output, since "missing" does not 
> grok --output.
> 
> 2002-07-25  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make): Escaped newlines in
>       comments do not always work. Never trust the exit status of
>       `make -k'.
> 
> 2002-07-24  Kevin Ryde  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make, Making testsuite Scripts):
>       Untabify, since tabs are not enjoyed by texi2dvi and makeinfo.
> 
> 2002-07-23  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_PATH_SEPARATOR_PREPARE):
>       Use PATH="/nonexistent;.", not PATH=".;.", as FreeBSD ksh2002
>       apparently treats PATH="nonexistent" as if it contained ".".
>       Bug reported by Stefan `Sec' Zehl.
> 
> 2002-07-22  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make): Mention the special
>       handling of the obj/ directory by BSD make.
> 
> 2002-07-20  Kevin Ryde  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make): Add HP-UX 
> IA-64 trailing
>       backslashes.
> 
> 2002-07-19  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Function Portability): `exit'.
>       (Programming in M4sh): Ethymology of M4sh.
> 
> 2002-07-19  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS): More about $U.
> 
>