* README: Recommend M4 1.4.5.

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

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8806bc90954f0ed661c66cafe6ee48f9146abe9a..e0c5bf73f7261f91ba506dce775603619d26a367 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-17  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * README: Recommend M4 1.4.5.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise.
+
 2006-07-07  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * doc/autoconf.texi (C Compiler): Add a ref to Volatile Objects

diff --git a/README b/README
index 5e16466f8eca69f26a400456db72690627243596..a26cb4ad4ef8fe03b7cf3addb7b266c8d750ef31 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 must install GNU M4 (version 1.4.4 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.).
+Perl.  You should install GNU M4 (version 1.4.5 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 1.4.4 here:
+You can get GNU M4 1.4.5 here:
 
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.4.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.5.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 c2ffe87870dba9b74752e00c463e62d0f305f332..9d7dc7a6892b1e742a507edfd01448eb0269b9d9 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 1.4.4 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4.
+do not have.  You should use version 1.4.5 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},
@@ -18256,7 +18256,7 @@ __file__
 __line__
 @end example
 
-Autoconf requires version 1.4.4 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4.
+Autoconf requires version 1.4.5 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