* NEWS: Clarify the entry about multiple conditional definitions

of _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD.
Report from Simon Josefsson.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 22ec1ade737efca193ac0b16a922c310cb1cff24..adee96c1da94a8fec8e6c9b9b74a42b85094313c 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2003-10-21  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 
+       * NEWS: Clarify the entry about multiple conditional definitions
+       of _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD.
+       Report from Simon Josefsson.
+
        * lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Override install_sh_PROGRAM
        too.
        Report from Elmar Hoffmann.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 11c23d3ded434d52f0bc75bc8614daa6fb5ddaa2..ad47c745bc81d0bacf7c00bb06f8e353ca77f721 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ New in 1.7a:
 
     Likewise for _SOURCES, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables.
 
-  - Automake now supports bin_PROGRAMS (or any *_PROGRAMS variable)
-    being defined in several conditions.  As in
+  - Due to implementation constraints, previous versions of Automake
+    proscribed multiple conditional definitions of some variables
+    likes bin_PROGRAMS:
 
       if COND1
         bin_PROGRAMS = a1
@@ -155,7 +156,9 @@ New in 1.7a:
         bin_PROGRAMS = a2
       endif
 
-    Likewise for _SOURCES, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables.
+    All _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables were affected.
+    This restrictions has been lifted, and these variables now
+    support multiple conditional definitions as do other variables.
 
   - Cleanup the definitions of $(distdir) and $(top_distdir).
     $(top_distdir) now points to the root of the distribution