From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:43:21 +0000 (+0200) Subject: news: Automake 1.13 will require Autoconf >= 2.65 X-Git-Tag: v1.12.0b~33 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=99dc7acd670f31595dae28ff0a3970e5b484e1e4;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git news: Automake 1.13 will require Autoconf >= 2.65 Autoconf 2.65 is almost three years old now, so requiring it is acceptable. Also, the soon-to-appear support for Objective C++ in Automake will be simplified if we can assume that Autoconf version (which is the one that introduced support for Objective C++). * NEWS (Planned future backward-incompatibilities): Automake 1.13 will require Autoconf 2.65 or later. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7d64c0b22..f2181f64e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ New in 1.12.1: * WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities! + - Autoconf 2.65 or later will be required by the next major Automake + version (1.13). Until now, Automake has been working with any + Autoconf version up to 2.62. + - Starting from the next major Automake version (1.13), the rules to build pdf, ps and dvi output from Texinfo input will use the '--tidy' option by default. Since such an option was introduced in Texinfo