From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:45:56 +0000 (+0100) Subject: NEWS: better distinction between obsolete and obsolescent features X-Git-Tag: v1.16~147 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=75e8d5ae392cf9caad74d42c35e6a1ef74f8dbc7;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git NEWS: better distinction between obsolete and obsolescent features Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 76546c746..faf79fda5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,7 +11,16 @@ New in 1.14: over the same-named automake-provided macro, as defined in file '/usr/local/share/aclocal-1.14/vala.m4'. -* Obsolete and obsolescent features: +* Obsolescent features flagged: + + - Use of the special makefile variable 'ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS' is deprecated. + To specify locations of extra m4 files, the 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR' or + 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS' (the latter introduced with autoconf 2.70) + should be used instead. And use of the '--install' aclocal option in + 'ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS' has proved to be a bad idea anyway -- see automake + bug#9037. + +* Obsolete features removed: - Support for the long-deprecated name 'configure.in' for the Autoconf input file has been removed altogether. Just use the modern name @@ -24,13 +33,6 @@ New in 1.14: - Support for the long-obsolete $(INCLUDES) variable has been finally removed, in favour of the modern equivalent $(AM_CPPFLAGS). - - Use of the special makefile variable 'ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS' is deprecated. - To specify locations of extra m4 files, the 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR' or - 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS' (the latter introduced with autoconf 2.70) - should be used instead. And use of the '--install' aclocal option in - 'ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS' has proved to be a bad idea anyway -- see automake - bug#9037. - * Removed support for obsolete platforms: - Support for the SGI C/C++ compilers has been removed: these compilers