From 7a2ff99d85c7abcd2753e9815fc8fdac4b13e38f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 21:17:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] news: document new 'subdir-objects' warning * NEWS: Automake 1.14 will warn if a subdir source file is specified but the 'subdir-objects' option is not given. This is done to smooth the transition to Automake 2.0, which will unconditionally assume the behaviour now given only with the 'subdir-objects' option. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- NEWS | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 594bb85b2..53881df67 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ New in 1.14: + - The next major Automake version (2.0) will unconditionally turn on + the 'subdir-objects' option. I order to smooth out the transition, + we now give a warning (in the category 'unsupported') whenever a + source file is present in a subdirectory but the 'subdir-object' is + not enabled. For example, the following usage will trigger such a + warning (of course, assuming the 'subdir-objects' option is off): + + bin_PROGRAMS = sub/foo + sub_foo_SOURCES = sub/main.c sub/bar.c + - Automake will automatically enhance the AC_PROG_CC autoconf macro to make it check, at configure time, that the C compiler supports the combined use of both the "-c -o" options. This "rewrite" of -- 2.47.2