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* acspecific.m4	(AC_CYGWIN, AC_EMXOS2, AC_MINGW32): AU defined to
nothing.  Replace them by...
(_AC_CYGWIN, _AC_EMXOS2, _AC_MINGW32): these, which are
automatically called by...
(AC_EXEEXT): this.
* doc/autoconf.texi (System Services, Obsolete Macros): Adjust.
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m4 AC_PROG_GNU_M4 should actually be private to the package 2000-05-23 14:46:23 +00:00
man * acgeneral.m4 (AC_PACKAGE): Rename as _AC_INIT_PACKAGE. 2000-05-19 13:16:06 +00:00
tests Factor the AC_PROG_<compiler>_WORKS macros. 2000-05-22 08:38:44 +00:00
acfunctions * acspecific.m4 (AC_FUNC_CHOWN): New macro, based on Jim 2000-05-22 08:46:23 +00:00
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aclang.m4 * acgeneral.m4: Quote the names being m4-defined. 2000-05-22 08:41:36 +00:00
aclocal.m4 Update aclocal.m4 and configure. 2000-05-16 12:43:19 +00:00
acmakevars
acoldnames.m4
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acspecific.m4 Simplify the interface: users shouldn't need to explicitly check 2000-05-23 14:47:33 +00:00
acversion.m4.in The Associated Rewriters are even prouder to present... 2000-05-11 15:45:34 +00:00
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autoheader.in * acgeneral.m4 (AC_MSG_WARN): s/warning/WARNING/. 2000-05-19 13:21:05 +00:00
autoheader.sh * acgeneral.m4 (AC_MSG_WARN): s/warning/WARNING/. 2000-05-19 13:21:05 +00:00
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configure * acspecific.m4 (_AC_LIBOBJ_ALLOCA): New macro, extracted from... 2000-05-22 14:09:35 +00:00
configure.in * acgeneral.m4 (AC_PACKAGE): Rename as _AC_INIT_PACKAGE. 2000-05-19 13:16:06 +00:00
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INSTALL Don't double quote in AC_MSG_*. 2000-05-03 08:53:06 +00:00
install-sh
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NEWS Add configure --config-cache', -C' as a shortcut for 2000-05-22 13:31:00 +00:00
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README-alpha
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TODO * acgeneral.m4 (_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): Prefer 2000-05-19 12:20:41 +00:00

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