From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 11:24:23 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Merge branch 'objc++' into maint X-Git-Tag: v1.12.0b~20 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=75b91149b81b38570282008c926eba9eb99b6a29;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git Merge branch 'objc++' into maint * objc++: objc, objc++: test support for compilation flags objc, objc++: add stress test objc, objc++: test automatic dependency tracking objc: reorganize basic tests objc++, objc: add first semantic tests objc++: add first basic test news: announce initial support for Objective C++ objc++: test support for '.mm' suffix in _SOURCES entries objc++: add documentation objc++: initial support for Objective C++ Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- 75b91149b81b38570282008c926eba9eb99b6a29 diff --cc NEWS index 6db25921b,7d0abcd83..dcfd8c1c4 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@@ -49,43 -65,6 +49,48 @@@ New in 1.12.1 search path are looked up is probably going to be changed in the next Automake release (1.13). ++* New supported languages: ++ ++ - Support for Objective C++ has been added; it should work similarly to ++ the support for Objective C. ++ +* Deprecated obsolescent features: + + - Support for the "Cygnus-style" trees (enabled by the 'cygnus' option) is + now deprecated (its use triggers a warning in the 'obsolete' category). + It will be removed in the next major Automake release (1.13). + + - The long-obsolete (since 1.10) automake-provided $(mkdir_p) make + variable, @mkdir_p@ configure-time substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR + m4 macro are deprecated, eliciting a warning in the 'obsolete' + category. They will be removed in the next major version (1.13). + +Bugs fixed in 1.12.1: + +* Bugs introduced by 1.12: + + - Several weaknesses in Automake's own build system and test suite + have been fixed. + +* Bugs introduced by 1.11.3: + + - When given non-option arguments, aclocal rejects them, instead of + silently ignoring them. + +* Long-standing bugs: + + - When the 'color-tests' option is in use, forcing of colored testsuite + output through "AM_COLOR_TESTS=always" works even if the terminal is + a non-ANSI one, i.e., if the TERM environment variable has a value of + "dumb". + + - Several inefficiencies and poor performances in the implementation + of the parallel-tests 'check' and 'recheck' targets have been fixed. + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +New in 1.12: + * Obsolete features removed: - The never documented nor truly used script 'acinstall' has been