From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:11:38 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * NEWS: Clarify the entry about multiple conditional definitions
X-Git-Tag: Release-1-7b~29
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* NEWS: Clarify the entry about multiple conditional definitions
of _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD.
Report from Simon Josefsson.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 22ec1ade7..adee96c1d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2003-10-21  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 
+	* NEWS: Clarify the entry about multiple conditional definitions
+	of _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD.
+	Report from Simon Josefsson.
+
 	* lib/am/install.am (install-strip): Override install_sh_PROGRAM
 	too.
 	Report from Elmar Hoffmann.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 11c23d3de..ad47c745b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ New in 1.7a:
 
     Likewise for _SOURCES, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables.
 
-  - Automake now supports bin_PROGRAMS (or any *_PROGRAMS variable)
-    being defined in several conditions.  As in
+  - Due to implementation constraints, previous versions of Automake
+    proscribed multiple conditional definitions of some variables
+    likes bin_PROGRAMS:
 
       if COND1
         bin_PROGRAMS = a1
@@ -155,7 +156,9 @@ New in 1.7a:
         bin_PROGRAMS = a2
       endif
 
-    Likewise for _SOURCES, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables.
+    All _PROGRAMS, _LDADD, and _LIBADD variables were affected.
+    This restrictions has been lifted, and these variables now
+    support multiple conditional definitions as do other variables.
 
   - Cleanup the definitions of $(distdir) and $(top_distdir).
     $(top_distdir) now points to the root of the distribution