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* Major changes in Autoconf 2.50 -*- outline -*-
* Major changes in Autoconf 2.50a -*- outline -*-
* Major changes in Autoconf 2.50
** Lots of bug fixes
Way too many for us to spell them out. Check out ChangeLog if you
really want to know more.
There have been far too many to enumerate them here. Check out
ChangeLog if you really want to know more.
** Improved documentation
In particular portability issues are better covered.
In particular, portability issues are better covered.
** Use of Automake
All the standard GNU Makefile targets are supported. The layout has
changed: m4/ holds the m4 extensions Autoconf needs for its
configuration, doc/ contains the documentation, and tests/ the test
suite.
configuration, doc/ contains the documentation, and tests/ contains
the test suite.
** Man pages are provided
For autoconf, autoreconf, autoupdate, autoheader, autoscan, ifnames,
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which might be needed to move from an old macro to its newer
equivalent.
You are strongly encouraged to use it both to modernize your
`configure.in', but also your .m4 extension files.
You are strongly encouraged to use it to modernize both your
`configure.in' and your .m4 extension files.
** autoheader
The internal machinery of autoheader has completely changed. As a
result, using an `acconfig.h' should be considered as obsoleted, and
result, using `acconfig.h' should be considered to be obsoleted, and
you are encouraged to get rid of it using the AH macros.
** autoreconf
Deep overhaul.
Extensive overhaul.
** Fortran 77 compilers
Globally, the support for Fortran 77 is considerably improved.
Support for automatically determining a Fortran 77 compilers
Support for automatically determining a Fortran 77 compiler's
name-mangling scheme. New CPP macros F77_FUNC and F77_FUNC_ are
provided to wrap C/C++ identifiers, thus making it easier and more
transparent for C/C++ to call Fortran 77 routines, and Fortran 77 to
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** Test suite
The test suite no longer uses DejaGNU. It should be easy to submit
test cases in this new frame work.
test cases in this new framework.
** configure
- --help, --help=long, -hl