From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 12:05:08 +0000 (+0100) Subject: docs: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS will become obsolescent in Automake 1.13 X-Git-Tag: v2.69b~191 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4f6345bda73fc081a57f4e733512cd946aeeb3fd;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git docs: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS will become obsolescent in Automake 1.13 See commit 'v1.12.1-165-gcd1a9cc' "aclocal: deprecate ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS, trace AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR instead" in the Automake git repository. See also follow-up discussion at: * doc/autoconf.texi (@node Input @defmac AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS): Adjust. (autoreconf Invocation): Warn about the possible future removal of ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS support from Automake. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini Signed-off-by: Eric Blake --- diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 7697d0e7..f2a661e3 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -1816,7 +1816,9 @@ If you want @command{autoreconf} to pass flags that are not listed here on to @command{aclocal}, set @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} in your @file{Makefile.am}. Due to a limitation in the Autoconf implementation these flags currently must be set on a single line in @file{Makefile.am}, without any -backslash-newlines. +backslash-newlines. Also, be aware that future Automake releases might +start flagging @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} as obsolescent, or even remove +support for it. @c ========================================= Initialization and Output Files. @@ -2136,8 +2138,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([dir3 dir4]) should cause the directories to be searched in this order: @samp{dir1 dir2 dir3 dir4}. -Note that if you use @command{aclocal} from Automake to generate -@file{aclocal.m4}, you must also set +Note that if you use @command{aclocal} from an Automake release prior to +1.13 to generate @file{aclocal.m4}, you must also set @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I @var{dir1} [-I @var{dir2} ... -I @var{dirN}]} in your top-level @file{Makefile.am}. Due to a limitation in the Autoconf implementation of @command{autoreconf}, these include