Version 2.58.

* doc/standards.texi: Update from master.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d66542be8e9fbe078831d11183d196992a4b6566..16359279569af8948122a2241ad5d87eeda46a15 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-04  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+       Version 2.58.
+       * doc/standards.texi: Update from master.
+
 2003-11-04  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
        AC_CONFIG_FILE([d1/foo:d2/foo]) triggers error messages when

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index c5750eec5c4ac60f6da25b513c4a02ad77692baa..0df354c9906a0d627dd0f38f3b11ece12a375c44 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ POST_UNINSTALL = :
 subdir = .
 DIST_COMMON = README $(am__configure_deps) $(srcdir)/Makefile.in \
        $(top_srcdir)/configure AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL \
-       Makefile.am NEWS README-alpha THANKS TODO aclocal.m4 configure \
-       configure.ac
+       Makefile.am NEWS THANKS TODO aclocal.m4 configure configure.ac
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
 am__configure_deps = $(top_srcdir)/config/m4.m4
 am__CONFIG_DISTCLEAN_FILES = config.status config.cache config.log \

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e14be173b65247217f39067bda214c89f95e5422..9bd64598bdf3cef81cd7e37ea35dfeb77df7f79a 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57h                       -*- outline -*-
+* Major changes in Autoconf 2.58                       -*- outline -*-
+
+  Released 2003-11-04, by Akim Demaille
 
 ** core.*
   core.* files are no longer removed, as they may be valid user files.
 
-** New macros
-  AC_LANG_ASSERT, AS_SET_CATFILE.
-
-* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57g
-
-  Released 2003-10-24, by Akim Demaille
-
 ** autoreconf and auxiliary directory
   Autoreconf creates the auxiliary directory if needed.  This is
   especially useful for initial "bootstrapping" of fresh CVS checkouts.
@@ -17,21 +12,10 @@
 ** AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR
   Use this macro to declare the directory for local m4 macros for aclocal.
 
-** New macros
-  AC_LANG_WERROR
-
 ** AC_LIBOBJS
   No longer includes twice the same file in LIBOBJS if invoked
   multiple times.
 
-* 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
@@ -40,14 +24,6 @@
 
   $top_builddir/src/ is created if needed.
 
-* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57d
-
-  Released 2003-09-25, by Akim Demaille.
-
-* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57b
-
-  Released 2003-08-24, by Akim Demaille.
-
 ** Autotest and local.at
   The optional file local.at is always included in Autotest test suites.
 
@@ -61,12 +37,9 @@
   For instance, -Wno-obsolete disables the complaints about acconfig.h
   and other deprecated constructs.
 
-* Major changes in Autoconf 2.57a
-
-  Released 2003-06-20 by Akim Demaille.
-
 ** New macros
-  AC_C_RESTRICT, AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT.
+  AC_C_RESTRICT, AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT, AC_LANG_ASSERT, AC_LANG_WERROR,
+  AS_SET_CATFILE.
 
 ** AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST
   Works again.

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 844f858f9085b3e9770d0ca05911c7a67ee3c315..efa84d2e6fe64d1d4e8705432fe2f00446559b81 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57e for GNU Autoconf 2.57h.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57e for GNU Autoconf 2.58.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='GNU Autoconf'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='autoconf'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='2.57h'
-PACKAGE_STRING='GNU Autoconf 2.57h'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='2.58'
+PACKAGE_STRING='GNU Autoconf 2.58'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-autoconf@gnu.org'
 
 ac_unique_file="ChangeLog"
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures GNU Autoconf 2.57h to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures GNU Autoconf 2.58 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of GNU Autoconf 2.57h:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of GNU Autoconf 2.58:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit 0
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-GNU Autoconf configure 2.57h
+GNU Autoconf configure 2.58
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57e
 
 Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ cat >&5 <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by GNU Autoconf $as_me 2.57h, which was
+It was created by GNU Autoconf $as_me 2.58, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57e.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='autoconf'
- VERSION='2.57h'
+ VERSION='2.58'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ _ASBOX
 } >&5
 cat >&5 <<_CSEOF
 
-This file was extended by GNU Autoconf $as_me 2.57h, which was
+This file was extended by GNU Autoconf $as_me 2.58, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57e.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF
 ac_cs_version="\\
-GNU Autoconf config.status 2.57h
+GNU Autoconf config.status 2.58
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57e,
   with options \\"`echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`\\"
 
@@ -3035,14 +3035,4 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
 fi
 
 # Report the state of this version of Autoconf if this is a beta.
-    cat <<EOF
-
-You are about to use an experimental version of Autoconf.  Be sure to
-read the relevant mailing lists, most importantly <autoconf@gnu.org>.
-
-Below you will find information on the status of this version of Autoconf.
-
-
-EOF
-    sed -n '/^\* Status/,$p' $srcdir/BUGS
 

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a33b9fffc68924e4bd3acb954004b1e536646b20..14571ab898a74c97373e10c5470a25ccba234052 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # We need AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR.
 AC_PREREQ([2.57])
 
-AC_INIT([GNU Autoconf], [2.57h], [bug-autoconf@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU Autoconf], [2.58], [bug-autoconf@gnu.org])
 AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_NAME])dnl
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ChangeLog])
 

diff --git a/doc/standards.texi b/doc/standards.texi
index 54e0716b92fbd8c3b01ebdebc7f6a65029f92cb7..2100cd397af7139f380c848dfb2d45bc805746c5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/standards.texi
+++ b/doc/standards.texi
@@ -229,18 +229,27 @@ packages or documentation.
 
 Trademark acknowledgements are the statements that such-and-such is a
 trademark of so-and-so.  The GNU Project has no objection to the basic
-idea of trademarks, but these acknowledgements feel like kowtowing, so
-we don't use them.  There is no legal requirement for them.
+idea of trademarks, but these acknowledgements feel like kowtowing, 
+and there is no legal requirement for them, so we don't use them.
 
 What is legally required, as regards other people's trademarks, is to
-avoid using them in ways which a reader might read as naming or labeling
-our own programs or activities.  For example, since ``Objective C'' is
-(or at least was) a trademark, we made sure to say that we provide a
-``compiler for the Objective C language'' rather than an ``Objective C
-compiler''.  The latter is meant to be short for the former, but it does
-not explicitly state the relationship, so it could be misinterpreted as
-using ``Objective C'' as a label for the compiler rather than for the
-language.
+avoid using them in ways which a reader might reasonably understand as
+naming or labeling our own programs or activities.  For example, since
+``Objective C'' is (or at least was) a trademark, we made sure to say
+that we provide a ``compiler for the Objective C language'' rather
+than an ``Objective C compiler''.  The latter would have been meant as
+a shorter way of saying the former, but it does not explicitly state
+the relationship, so it could be misinterpreted as using ``Objective
+C'' as a label for the compiler rather than for the language.
+
+Please don't use ``win'' as an abbreviation for Microsoft Windows in
+GNU software or documentation.  In hacker terminology, calling
+something a "win" is a form of praise.  If you wish to praise
+Microsoft Windows when speaking on your own, by all means do so, but
+not in GNU software.  Usually we write the word ``windows'' in full,
+but when brevity is very important (as in file names and sometimes
+symbol names), we abbreviate it to ``w''.  For instance, the files and
+functions in Emacs that deal with Windows start with @samp{w32}.
 
 @node Design Advice
 @chapter General Program Design

diff --git a/man/autoconf.1 b/man/autoconf.1
index eb6b8568d99083f3e9dc07ecf0fc7514f6ded525..0e906f9876797a499e81081258c26994927d3b71 100644 (file)
--- a/man/autoconf.1
+++ b/man/autoconf.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH AUTOCONF "1" "October 2003" "autoconf 2.57h" "User Commands"
+.TH AUTOCONF "1" "November 2003" "autoconf 2.58" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 autoconf \- Generate configuration scripts
 .SH SYNOPSIS

diff --git a/man/autoheader.1 b/man/autoheader.1
index 949b526e3aa5f69a98e5ad63dcbb314519013ded..f931f42df4484962c72099eca20a16f513d30661 100644 (file)
--- a/man/autoheader.1
+++ b/man/autoheader.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH AUTOHEADER "1" "October 2003" "autoheader 2.57h" "User Commands"
+.TH AUTOHEADER "1" "November 2003" "autoheader 2.58" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 autoheader \- Create a template header for configure
 .SH SYNOPSIS

diff --git a/man/autom4te.1 b/man/autom4te.1
index a517f19ff9beb01e052f50dcb978e4f305220388..28e02da3c00d00e34928cbcd4dd0f605f583f37c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/autom4te.1
+++ b/man/autom4te.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH AUTOM4TE "1" "October 2003" "autom4te 2.57h" "User Commands"
+.TH AUTOM4TE "1" "November 2003" "autom4te 2.58" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 autom4te \- Generate files and scripts thanks to M4
 .SH SYNOPSIS

diff --git a/man/autoreconf.1 b/man/autoreconf.1
index 78883a8017768eef01d12002894f7abd2d0ee406..54805bcc94aa4cc609a470d28a5cdbf2a2713389 100644 (file)
--- a/man/autoreconf.1
+++ b/man/autoreconf.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH AUTORECONF "1" "October 2003" "autoreconf 2.57h" "User Commands"
+.TH AUTORECONF "1" "November 2003" "autoreconf 2.58" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 autoreconf \- Update generated configuration files
 .SH SYNOPSIS

diff --git a/man/autoscan.1 b/man/autoscan.1
index 8823cbe1a87dcbd26eeab62a6ebd78284de8b217..a56b8742c026129c63719ce37570d92c417cd642 100644 (file)
--- a/man/autoscan.1
+++ b/man/autoscan.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH AUTOSCAN "1" "October 2003" "autoscan 2.57h" "User Commands"
+.TH AUTOSCAN "1" "November 2003" "autoscan 2.58" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 autoscan \- Generate a preliminary configure.in
 .SH SYNOPSIS

diff --git a/man/autoupdate.1 b/man/autoupdate.1
index 20cc8d70f2ec5e58cbba7d6a5068060eaf93cbfb..dd51fddde4bf80b1df8b017e2e28d58471e07d8e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/autoupdate.1
+++ b/man/autoupdate.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH AUTOUPDATE "1" "October 2003" "autoupdate 2.57h" "User Commands"
+.TH AUTOUPDATE "1" "November 2003" "autoupdate 2.58" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 autoupdate \- Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf
 .SH SYNOPSIS

diff --git a/man/ifnames.1 b/man/ifnames.1
index f4552b633e8614081b60d4fb4c1eac7b70d79a44..fb8164414cd78bd46bb3502e2b8493b04c43eee3 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ifnames.1
+++ b/man/ifnames.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
-.TH IFNAMES "1" "October 2003" "ifnames 2.57h" "User Commands"
+.TH IFNAMES "1" "November 2003" "ifnames 2.58" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 ifnames \- Extract CPP conditionals from a set of files
 .SH SYNOPSIS