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(AT_INIT): Let `at_stop_on_error' and `at_verbose' be `:'/`false'
variables instead of `'/`1'.
`at_check_stds' replaces `at_no_redirs'.
Rename `Snippet 3' as `Snippet 4'.
Introduce `Snippet 3' for variable initializations.
Adjust the dependencies.
(AT_CHECK): Don't show diff's result unless verbose.
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m4 Add .cvsignore in each directory. 2000-08-09 08:47:01 +00:00
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acgeneral.m4 * acgeneral.m4 (AU_ALIAS): Do not use `defn' since then autoupdate 2000-09-19 12:21:47 +00:00
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acidentifiers * acidentifiers: Catch ptrdiff_t. 2000-08-01 11:14:48 +00:00
aclang.m4 * aclang.m4 (AC_PROG_CPP): Use double quotes in the for loop 2000-09-14 07:55:32 +00:00
aclocal.m4 * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Document `unset'. 2000-05-24 13:00:34 +00:00
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autoscan.in * autoscan.pl: Repair broken Getopt::Long use. 2000-09-04 14:50:50 +00:00
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config.guess Update imported files. 2000-08-04 08:59:17 +00:00
config.sub Update imported files. 2000-08-04 08:59:17 +00:00
configure * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_INSTALL): Exclude c:install on AmigaOS. 2000-09-12 15:03:13 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in: Bump version to 2.49b. 2000-09-04 12:12:21 +00:00
COPYING fix a couple of bugs 1996-12-11 00:49:47 +00:00
ifnames.in Thanks to --program-transform-name, `autoconf' might be install as 2000-05-26 17:45:10 +00:00
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INSTALL * aclang.m4 (_AC_PROG_CC_GNU, _AC_PROG_CXX_GNU, 2000-07-28 07:36:11 +00:00
install-sh 1999-02-26 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-02-25 18:31:19 +00:00
libm4.m4 * libm4.m4 (m4_ifvanl): Don't output a newline for empty 2000-09-20 10:45:10 +00:00
Makefile.am * configure.in: Bump version to 2.49b. 2000-09-04 12:12:21 +00:00
Makefile.in * configure.in: Bump version to 2.49b. 2000-09-04 12:12:21 +00:00
mdate-sh 1999-10-31 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-10-31 01:54:28 +00:00
missing Update `missing'. 2000-05-25 16:31:12 +00:00
mkinstalldirs 1999-04-10 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-04-09 21:44:01 +00:00
NEWS * acgeneral.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS): Check for configure.gnu 2000-09-18 11:05:41 +00:00
README Spell checked ChangeLog. 2000-02-09 18:17:50 +00:00
README-alpha Fixed mistakes in README-alpha. 2000-03-03 16:45:19 +00:00
THANKS * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_RANLIB): Use AC_CHECK_TOOL. 2000-08-04 09:21:52 +00:00
TODO Update TODO. 2000-08-09 07:41:52 +00:00

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