From: Akim Demaille Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:24:05 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update NEWS and TODO. X-Git-Tag: autoconf-2.50~745 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0d08de0eebac087f8a971959257044548c6a233d;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git Update NEWS and TODO. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b4f05996d..bc658a363 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ For autoconf, autoreconf, autoupdate, autoheader, autoscan and ifnames. provide the parsing layer for tools which need to `study' configure.in. +- --warnings + Specify what category of warnings should be enabled. + ** autoupdate autoupdate is now much more powerful, and is able to provide the glue code which might be needed to move from an old macro to its newer diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index ae2161f5d..46efbdcc3 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ Document --install. Should --install `fix' configure.in for the user? 2.15 cannot be released without having `make check' succeed under DJGPP. EMX will be a requirement for the next release, not this one. -** Doc: -Should we document AC_LANG_* and AC_*_IFELSE? I hope the interface is -right... - ** autoconf --install We must finalize the interface we want. @@ -39,9 +35,6 @@ Shouldn't *any* `program' be installed as `$target_alias-program' even if AC_ARG_PROGRAM is not called? That would be much more predictable. Ian? -** More macros from Jim -Those related to *_SLASH_*. - ** AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG We must find a solution for this macro which needs to find `getloadavg.c'. @@ -60,9 +53,6 @@ might hurt feelings? In addition, it means that the Messiah has come, which might be slightly presumptuous :). Still, someone fluent in English should write it. -** AUTHORS -Now what? - ** More C compilers (How come this has never been handled? --akim) Question: at least one common UNIX variant has a "cc" that is old K&R and "c89" for ANSI C. Is there any reason why AC_PROG_CC couldn't @@ -70,14 +60,6 @@ check for c89 before cc if it can't find gcc? hpa@yggdrasil.com (H. Peter Anvin) -** @magic@ expanded in all the AC_SUBST (I think this one is obsoleted -with the existence of Automake. Remove this wish? --akim) -Perhaps Autoconf could have a single @magic@ frob that gets replaced with -assignments for all the *dir variables? There is quite a plethora for each -Makefile.in to have foodir = @foodir@. - -From: Roland McGrath - * Autoconf 2.51 or so @@ -110,13 +92,6 @@ files, or it should include the `.h' too. For instance the AC_FUNC_GNU_GETOPT macro could provide the three files, likewise for the macro which allows to choose a regex engine. -** Document the coding style -Browse the Autoconf Macro Archive, spot what we don't like, and -document it. Explain AC_DEFUN vs. define. Explain people should -really quote the names of the macros when they define it. Stress that -AC_FUNC_* which AC_REPLACE should not inline the setup of the -replacement function, it's unreadable. - ** Allow --recursive to config.status So that --recheck does not pass --no-recursive to configure.