Autoconf 2.57f is released

[Akim Demaille]

This is our candidate release for Autoconf 2.58.  We plan to release
it soon, so that Automake 1.8 can be released, hence Libtool 1.6, so
that GNU M4 2.0 can be shipped, enabling Autoconf 2.60 ;)

Please, test it thoroughly.

        Akim, Alexandre, Jim, Paul, and Tom.


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NEWS

* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57f

  Released 2003-10-01, by Akim Demaille.

* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57e

  Released 2003-09-29, by Akim Demaille.

** AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS
  The directory for its first argument is automatically created.  For
  instance, with

      AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([src/modules.hh], [...])

  $top_builddir/src/ is created if needed.


ChangeLog entries:

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ChangeLog
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2003-10-01  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

        Version 2.57f.

2003-09-30  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm: Use Errno.
        (lock): Ignore ENOLCK errors.  Problem reported Andreas Schwab in
        <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2003-09/msg00141.html>.

2003-09-30  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

        * config/announce-gen (&print_news_deltas): Extracted from...
        (&print_changelog_deltas): here.
        (&news_file): Rename as...
        (@news_file): this.

2003-09-30  Nicolas Joly  <address@hidden>

        * lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC): Remove files which might
        have been created when invoking the compiler.
        * tests/fortran.at (GNU Fortran 77): Quote $G77.

2003-09-29  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

        Version 2.57e.

        * config/mkinstalldirs: Upgrade.

2003-09-28  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Set DUALCASE=1, for MKS sh.
        Problem reported by Lars J. Aas in
        <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2003-07/msg00042.html>.
        (_AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE): Change "rm -fr ./-p" to the more-conservative
        "test -d ./-p && rmdir ./-p".  Suggested by Andreas Schwab in:
        http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2003-09/msg00039.html

2003-09-26  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

        * lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS): Make sure the
        directory for AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS' first argument exists.
        This makes valid the invocation of _AC_SRCPATH that follows.
        Reported by Eric Sunshine.
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Configuration Commands): Adjust.

2003-09-26  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

        * bin/autoscan.in (Autom4te::FileUtils): Use it for find_file.
        Reported by Ralf Corsepius.

2003-09-26  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

        * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_HELP_STRING): Don't overquote the
        arguments.
        Actually, use AU_ALIAS.
        From Bruno Haible.

2003-09-26  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_MKDIR_P_PREPARE): If mkdir -p . fails,
        rm -fr ./-p to remove junk left behind on NextStep and OpenStep.
        Problem reported by Eric Sunshine in:
        http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2002-12/msg00014.html

2003-09-26  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

        The test suite are sometimes assigning timings incorrectly.
        Reported by Henk Krus.
        Diagnosed by Nicolas Joly.

        * lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_CLEANUP): Rename AT_help as
        AT_help_all.
        Instead of making AT_help a sequence of assignments to grow
        $at_help_all, just make AT_help_all be the growing contents of
        $at_help_all, and make a single assignment in...
        (AT_INIT): here.
        (at_times_skip): Flip the meaning and rename as...
        (at_times_p): this.
        (AT_INIT): When summarizing the test that ran, remove
        $at_times_file after use, and check it is present before trying to
        use it.