From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 05:54:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Types): AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is now X-Git-Tag: v2.62~337 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f944fa8e916e4f3c1f8e80e23e6037787ce78493;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Types): AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is now obsolescent. * NEWS: Document this. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 042af7d4..84869c2e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2007-04-06 Paul Eggert + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Types): AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is now + obsolescent. + * NEWS: Document this. + 2007-03-29 Paul Eggert * doc/autoconf.texi (Here-Documents, Limitations of Builtins): diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 9a8d165b..b9e6487d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ ** For portability with the eventual M4 2.0, macros should no longer use anything larger than $9 to refer to arguments. +** AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is obsolescent. + The documentation now says that AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE is obsolescent: it + tests for problems that are so old that it is no longer of practical + importance on current systems. New programs need not use + AC_C_LONG_DOUBLE. We have no current plans to remove it. + + * Major changes in Autoconf 2.61a (2006-12-11) ** AC_FUNC_FSEEKO was broken in 2.61; it didn't make fseeko and ftello visible diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 514fe3ef..29ddd9e8 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -5959,6 +5959,9 @@ exists. If the C compiler supports a working @code{long double} type, define @code{HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE}. The @code{long double} type might have the same range and precision as @code{double}. + +This macro is obsolescent, as current C compilers support @code{long +double}. New programs need not use this macro. @end defmac @defmac AC_TYPE_LONG_DOUBLE_WIDER