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* libm4.m4 (m4_quote): s/$@/$*/.
* acgeneral.m4 (AC_COPYRIGHT): Prepend `# ' to the lines that goes
on the top of `configure'.  Actually, prepend `@%:@ ' so that
there are as many evaluations on both sides.
(_AC_INIT_VERSION): No longer strip `# '.
2000-03-08 16:13:32 +00:00
bin Use rm -f', not just rm' when removing temporaries. 2000-03-04 08:46:31 +00:00
doc No longer rely on /bin/sh to compose the optional parts of 2000-03-08 11:08:29 +00:00
lib The argument of AC_COPYRIGHT should be plain text, not an sh 2000-03-08 16:13:32 +00:00
m4 2000-02-25 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-02-25 13:19:35 +00:00
man * autoscan.pl (parse_args): Add support for -m <macrodir>. 2000-03-02 18:25:34 +00:00
tests * tests/Makefile.am (all-local): Remove. It wastes time to have 2000-03-08 16:12:09 +00:00
testsuite 1999-11-11 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-29 12:18:40 +00:00
acfunctions 1999-04-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1999-04-22 21:38:24 +00:00
acgeneral.m4 The argument of AC_COPYRIGHT should be plain text, not an sh 2000-03-08 16:13:32 +00:00
acheaders more tweaks 1996-11-15 00:04:39 +00:00
acidentifiers various small adjustments 1994-08-23 15:04:53 +00:00
aclocal.m4 1999-11-11 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-29 12:18:40 +00:00
acmakevars various small adjustments 1994-08-23 15:04:53 +00:00
acoldnames.m4 Revamp the autoupdate/AC_OBSOLETE chain. All the details are 2000-02-08 13:25:49 +00:00
acprograms various small adjustments 1994-08-23 15:04:53 +00:00
acspecific.m4 Don't dump X help messages when `configure' does not check for X. 2000-03-08 11:09:59 +00:00
acversion.m4.in 1999-10-31 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-10-31 01:54:28 +00:00
AUTHORS rewhack the compiler checking and fix some minor bugs 1996-11-20 00:21:34 +00:00
autoconf.in Move the quadrigraphs out of the user name space. 2000-03-03 14:25:03 +00:00
autoconf.m4 Clean up some m4 files. 2000-02-08 13:16:01 +00:00
autoconf.sh Move the quadrigraphs out of the user name space. 2000-03-03 14:25:03 +00:00
autoheader.in Use rm -f', not just rm' when removing temporaries. 2000-03-04 08:46:31 +00:00
autoheader.m4 Define HAVE_DECL_FOO both to 1 if found and 0 otherwise. 2000-02-15 09:33:59 +00:00
autoheader.sh Use rm -f', not just rm' when removing temporaries. 2000-03-04 08:46:31 +00:00
autoreconf.in The whole family supports -V = --version. 2000-03-02 18:17:26 +00:00
autoreconf.sh The whole family supports -V = --version. 2000-03-02 18:17:26 +00:00
autoscan.in * autoscan.pl (parse_args): Add support for -m <macrodir>. 2000-03-02 18:25:34 +00:00
autoscan.pl * autoscan.pl (parse_args): Add support for -m <macrodir>. 2000-03-02 18:25:34 +00:00
autoupdate.m4 Revamp the autoupdate/AC_OBSOLETE chain. All the details are 2000-02-08 13:25:49 +00:00
ChangeLog The argument of AC_COPYRIGHT should be plain text, not an sh 2000-03-08 16:13:32 +00:00
ChangeLog.0 . 1995-06-23 02:57:42 +00:00
ChangeLog.1 * ChangeLog.1: Formatting changes. 2000-02-09 18:09:50 +00:00
config.guess * config.guess: Updated for master repository. 2000-03-01 10:11:19 +00:00
config.sub * config.guess: Updated for master repository. 2000-03-01 10:11:19 +00:00
configure * autoscan.pl (parse_args): Add support for -m <macrodir>. 2000-03-02 18:25:34 +00:00
configure.in * configure.in (HELP2MAN): Specify the third argument of 2000-02-22 08:46:29 +00:00
COPYING fix a couple of bugs 1996-12-11 00:49:47 +00:00
ifnames.in The whole family supports -V = --version. 2000-03-02 18:17:26 +00:00
ifnames.sh The whole family supports -V = --version. 2000-03-02 18:17:26 +00:00
INSTALL * merged from the experimental branch. 1999-10-26 03:54:59 +00:00
install-sh 1999-02-26 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-02-25 18:31:19 +00:00
libm4.m4 The argument of AC_COPYRIGHT should be plain text, not an sh 2000-03-08 16:13:32 +00:00
Makefile.am * Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Removed. 2000-02-29 08:49:17 +00:00
Makefile.in * Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Removed. 2000-02-29 08:49:17 +00:00
mdate-sh 1999-10-31 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-10-31 01:54:28 +00:00
missing 1999-10-31 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-10-31 01:54:28 +00:00
mkinstalldirs 1999-04-10 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-04-09 21:44:01 +00:00
NEWS 1999-10-31 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 2000-01-10 10:13:42 +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 * acgeneral.m4 (_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): Fix copy n' paste typos in 2000-03-08 11:13:31 +00:00
TODO Provide a means to specify more Copyright information in 2000-03-08 13:22:42 +00:00

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