* NEWS: Recommend M4 1.4.7 instead of 1.4.6.

* README: Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise.

2006-09-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eb9f84f5a2cf6f40637780b5412dbc2a09873fc2..e2aa6630ebeafc46d445c6d0a2b7a9ecb3d61384 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-09-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * NEWS: Recommend M4 1.4.7 instead of 1.4.6.
+       * README: Likewise.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise.
+
 2006-09-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
        and Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 37f81cfa8bfa6fdf5d77981fcb2ecfe7cfa46584..4ea516639e419ce6d1a40de733895f9fd91cf623 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   New macro, with the behavior of the 2.60a AC_COMPUTE_INT macro.
   AC_COMPUTE_INT no longer caches or reports results.
 
+** GNU M4 1.4.7 or later is now recommended.
+
 * Major changes in Autoconf 2.60a (2006-08-25)
 
 ** GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is now recommended.  At least one "make check"

diff --git a/README b/README
index e49dfc81afccea1d8e8a59181eecdd6ccb4b542e..fa478dc6d2f1d2b57d4dc529b3cfd4d585653022 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ operating system features that the package can use, in the form of M4
 macro calls.
 
 Producing configuration scripts using Autoconf requires GNU M4 and
-Perl.  You should install GNU M4 (version 1.4.6 or later) and Perl
+Perl.  You should install GNU M4 (version 1.4.7 or later) and Perl
 (5.005_03 or later) before configuring Autoconf, so that Autoconf's
 configure script can find them.  The configuration scripts produced by
 Autoconf are self-contained, so their users do not need to have
 Autoconf (or GNU M4, Perl, etc.).
 
-You can get GNU M4 1.4.6 here:
+You can get GNU M4 1.4.7 here:
 
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.6.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.7.tar.gz
 
 The file INSTALL should be distributed with packages that use
 Autoconf-generated configure scripts and Makefiles that conform to the

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 5d3cb79df4988b474d2c354d3e6eae320d9780b0..b155edff68a449f3582e3e271a56a1f148601ebf 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ Autoconf imposes some restrictions on the names of macros used with
 
 Autoconf requires @acronym{GNU} M4 in order to generate the scripts.  It uses
 features that some versions of M4, including @acronym{GNU} M4 1.3,
-do not have.  You should use version 1.4.6 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4.
+do not have.  You should use version 1.4.7 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4.
 
 @xref{Autoconf 1}, for information about upgrading from version 1.
 @xref{History}, for the story of Autoconf's development.  @xref{FAQ},
@@ -18373,7 +18373,7 @@ __file__
 __line__
 @end example
 
-Autoconf requires version 1.4.6 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4.
+Autoconf requires version 1.4.7 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4.
 
 Since only software maintainers need to use Autoconf, and since @acronym{GNU}
 M4 is simple to configure and install, it seems reasonable to require