Automake 1.7.3 released

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

We're pleased to announce the release of Automake 1.7.3
This is a bug fix release.  The list of bug fixes is appended.

You can find the new release here:

    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.7.3.tar.bz2
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.7.3.tar.gz
    ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.7.3.tar.bz2
    ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.7.3.tar.gz

Soon it will also appear on the sources and GNU mirrors listed here:

    http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
    http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html

Here are the MD5 checksums:

    f088f86393ab21931513d91de95162a4  automake-1.7.3.tar.bz2
    83145fcf00bb1105be1b0974e258b86c  automake-1.7.3.tar.gz

Please report bugs to <address@hidden>.

 - Akim, Alexandre, and Tom

Bugs fixed in 1.7.3:
* Fix stamp files numbering (when using multiple AC_CONFIG_HEADERS).
* Query distutils for `pythondir' and `pythonexecdir', instead of
  using an hardcoded path.  This should allow builds on 64-bit
  distributions that usually use lib64/ instead of lib/.
* AM_PATH_PYTHON will also search for python2.3.
* elisp files are now built all at once instead of one by one. Besides
  incurring a speed-up, this is required to support interdependent elisp files.
* Support for DJGPP:
  - `make distcheck' will now work in `_inst/' and `_build' instead
    of `=inst/' and `=build/'
  - use `_dirstamp' when the file-system doesn't support `.dirstamp'
  - install/uninstall `*.i[0-9][0-9]'-style info files
  - more changes that affect only the Automake package (not its output)
* Fix some incompatibilities with upcoming perl-5.10.
* Properly quote AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME and AC_PACKAGE_VERSION when defining
  PACKAGE and VERSION.
* depcomp fixes:
  - dashmstdout and dashXmstdout modes: don't use `-o /dev/null', this
    is troublesome with gcc and Solaris compilers. (PR/385)
  - makedepend mode: work with Libtool. (PR/385 too)
  - support for ICC.
* better support for unusual gettext setups, such as multiple po/ directories
  (PR/381):
  - Flag missing po/ and intl/ directories as warnings, not errors.
  - Disable these warnings if po/ does not exist.
* Noteworthy manual updates:
  - New FAQ chapter.
  - Document how AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR interacts with missing files.
    (Debian Bug #39542)
  - Document `AM_YFLAGS = -d'.  (PR/382)