* NEWS: Whoops! AC_FUNC_STRNLEN isn't obsolescent. Problem

reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
* doc/autoconf.texi (AC_FUNC_STRNLEN): Likewise.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac7a7326568db2117ac655a0a05e2bae61c290e6..3cc2c2556a1dfdddd66b73afe2acbfd37584aa9d 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-06-05  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * NEWS: Whoops!  AC_FUNC_STRNLEN isn't obsolescent.  Problem
+       reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (AC_FUNC_STRNLEN): Likewise.
+
 2006-06-05  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
        * THANKS: Update.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7e024b2e9f77a10ec8e8fc251610574d118bf45b..7441798e1509e5bd728f7ed72f517f4beda7f71d 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -41,15 +41,14 @@
   they test for problems that are so old that they are no longer of
   practical importance on current systems.
 
-    AC_C_BACKSLASH_A       AC_FUNC_SELECT_ARGTYPES   AC_HEADER_STAT
-    AC_C_CONST             AC_FUNC_SETPGRP           AC_HEADER_STDC
-    AC_C_PROTOTYPES        AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED  AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
-    AC_C_STRINGIZE         AC_FUNC_STAT              AC_HEADER_TIME
-    AC_C_VOLATILE          AC_FUNC_STRFTIME          AC_ISC_POSIX
-    AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID  AC_FUNC_STRNLEN           AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
-    AC_FUNC_GETPGRP        AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL        AC_STRUCT_TM
-    AC_FUNC_LSTAT          AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
-    AC_FUNC_MEMCMP         AC_HEADER_DIRENT
+    AC_C_BACKSLASH_A       AC_FUNC_MEMCMP            AC_HEADER_DIRENT
+    AC_C_CONST             AC_FUNC_SELECT_ARGTYPES   AC_HEADER_STAT
+    AC_C_PROTOTYPES        AC_FUNC_SETPGRP           AC_HEADER_STDC
+    AC_C_STRINGIZE         AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED  AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
+    AC_C_VOLATILE          AC_FUNC_STAT              AC_HEADER_TIME
+    AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID  AC_FUNC_STRFTIME          AC_ISC_POSIX
+    AC_FUNC_GETPGRP        AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL        AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
+    AC_FUNC_LSTAT          AC_FUNC_VPRINTF           AC_STRUCT_TM
 
   New programs need not use these macros.  We have no current plans to
   remove them.

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 6a8e1734074aabee3ef9592cc679acd77aff4323..4f5fcfdee5dc80ec95d24bb1bccc0e09f48a0c29 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -4689,9 +4689,6 @@ If the @code{strtold} function exists and conforms to C99, define
 @prindex @code{strnlen}
 If the @code{strnlen} function is not available, or is buggy (like the one
 from @acronym{AIX} 4.3), require an @code{AC_LIBOBJ} replacement for it.
-
-This macro is obsolescent, as no current systems have the bug.
-New programs need not use this macro.
 @end defmac
 
 @defmac AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL