From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:23:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * NEWS: Recommend M4 1.4.6 instead of 1.4.5.
X-Git-Tag: AUTOCONF-2.60a~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d2cc5bd9685614dd459e70270943c4d3ee85e5e2;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git

* NEWS: Recommend M4 1.4.6 instead of 1.4.5.
* README: Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c86e879b3..66739d909 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-08-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	* NEWS: Recommend M4 1.4.6 instead of 1.4.5.
+	* README: Likewise.
+	* doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction, Why GNU M4): Likewise.
+
 2006-08-24  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	Rework to use more-modern build style.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f0fece537..11911dd82 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 * Major changes in Autoconf 2.60a
 
-** GNU M4 1.4.5 or later is now recommended.  At least one "make check"
+** GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is now recommended.  At least one "make check"
   test fails with earlier versions of M4.
 
 ** The check for C99 now tests for varargs macros, as documented.
diff --git a/README b/README
index a26cb4ad4..e49dfc81a 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 1.4.5 or later) and Perl
+Perl.  You should install GNU M4 (version 1.4.6 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 1.4.5 here:
+You can get GNU M4 1.4.6 here:
 
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.5.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.6.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 a105f030b..46c3ffd18 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 1.4.5 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4.
+do not have.  You should use version 1.4.6 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},
@@ -18337,7 +18337,7 @@ __file__
 __line__
 @end example
 
-Autoconf requires version 1.4.5 or later of @acronym{GNU} M4.
+Autoconf requires version 1.4.6 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