From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:04:35 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * NEWS: Recommend M4 1.4.7 instead of 1.4.6. X-Git-Tag: AUTOCONF-2.60b~34 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c3291e20d43cec596a7e1817a208863ae91baaef;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git * NEWS: Recommend M4 1.4.7 instead of 1.4.6. * README: Likewise. * doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise. 2006-09-25 Paul Eggert --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index eb9f84f5a..e2aa6630e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2006-09-25 Paul Eggert + + * NEWS: Recommend M4 1.4.7 instead of 1.4.6. + * README: Likewise. + * doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise. + 2006-09-25 Paul Eggert and Ralf Wildenhues diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 37f81cfa8..4ea516639 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ New macro, with the behavior of the 2.60a AC_COMPUTE_INT macro. AC_COMPUTE_INT no longer caches or reports results. +** GNU M4 1.4.7 or later is now recommended. + * Major changes in Autoconf 2.60a (2006-08-25) ** GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is now recommended. At least one "make check" diff --git a/README b/README index e49dfc81a..fa478dc6d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ operating system features that the package can use, in the form of M4 macro calls. Producing configuration scripts using Autoconf requires GNU M4 and -Perl. You should install GNU M4 (version 1.4.6 or later) and Perl +Perl. You should install GNU M4 (version 1.4.7 or later) and Perl (5.005_03 or later) before configuring Autoconf, so that Autoconf's configure script can find them. The configuration scripts produced by Autoconf are self-contained, so their users do not need to have Autoconf (or GNU M4, Perl, etc.). -You can get GNU M4 1.4.6 here: +You can get GNU M4 1.4.7 here: -ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.6.tar.gz +ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.7.tar.gz The file INSTALL should be distributed with packages that use Autoconf-generated configure scripts and Makefiles that conform to the diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 5d3cb79df..b155edff6 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ Autoconf imposes some restrictions on the names of macros used with Autoconf requires @acronym{GNU} M4 in order to generate the scripts. It uses features that some versions of M4, including @acronym{GNU} M4 1.3, -do not have. You should use version 1.4.6 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4. +do not have. You should use version 1.4.7 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4. @xref{Autoconf 1}, for information about upgrading from version 1. @xref{History}, for the story of Autoconf's development. @xref{FAQ}, @@ -18373,7 +18373,7 @@ __file__ __line__ @end example -Autoconf requires version 1.4.6 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4. +Autoconf requires version 1.4.7 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4. Since only software maintainers need to use Autoconf, and since @acronym{GNU} M4 is simple to configure and install, it seems reasonable to require