running "make fetch". In case any file in the automake repository
has been updated, commit and re-run the testsuite.
-* Ensure that the copyright notices of the distributed files is up to
+* Ensure that the copyright notices of the distributed files are up to
date. The maintainer-only target "update-copyright" can help with
this.
* New features added
- - PYTHON_PREFIX and PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX variables now set from Python's
- sys.prefix and sys.exec_prefix; new configure options
- --with-python_prefix and --with-python_exec_prefix supported,
- to specify explicitly.
+ - The PYTHON_PREFIX and PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX variables are now set from
+ Python's sys.prefix and sys.exec_prefix; use the new configure options
+ --with-python_prefix and --with-python_exec_prefix to specify explicitly.
- Common top-level files can be provided as .md; the non-md version is
- used if both are present:
+ used if both are present:
AUTHORS ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README README-alpha THANKS
- CTAGS, ETAGS, SCOPE variables can be set via configure.
- Silent make output for custom link commands.
- New option "no-dist-built-sources" skips generating $(BUILT_SOURCES)
- before building the tarball as part of "make dist", that is,
- omits the dependency of $(distdir): $(BUILT_SOURCES).
+ before building the tarball as part of "make dist", that is,
+ omits the dependency of $(distdir): $(BUILT_SOURCES).
* Bugs fixed
- test-driver less likely to clash with tests writing to the same file.
- - DejaGnu tests always use the directory name testsuite/, for
+ - DejaGnu tests always use the directory name, testsuite/, for
compatibility with the newer dejagnu-1.6.3 and with prior versions.
* Distribution