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[PATCH 2/2] docs: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS will become obsolescent in Automake 1.


From: Stefano Lattarini
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS will become obsolescent in Automake 1.13
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:15:57 +0200

See commit 'v1.12.1-165-gcd1a9cc' "aclocal: deprecate ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS,
trace AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR instead" in the Automake git repository.

See also follow-up discussion at:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2012-07/msg00010.html>

* doc/autoconf.texi (@node Input @defmac AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS): Adjust.
(autoreconf Invocation): Warn about the possible future removal of
ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS support from Automake.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
---
 doc/autoconf.texi | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 1d80a6d..852ae22 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -1816,7 +1816,9 @@ If you want @command{autoreconf} to pass flags that are 
not listed here
 on to @command{aclocal}, set @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} in your @file{Makefile.am}.
 Due to a limitation in the Autoconf implementation these flags currently
 must be set on a single line in @file{Makefile.am}, without any
-backslash-newlines.
+backslash-newlines.  Also, be aware that future Automake release might
+start flagging @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} as obsolescent, or even remove
+support for it.
 
 @c ========================================= Initialization and Output Files.
 
@@ -2131,8 +2133,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([dir4 dir5])
 should cause the directories to be searched in this order:
 @samp{dir1 dir2 dir3 dir4 dir5}.
 
-Note that if you use @command{aclocal} from Automake to generate
address@hidden, you must also set
+Note that if you use @command{aclocal} from an Automake release prior to
+1.13 to generate @file{aclocal.m4}, you must also set
 @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I @var{dir1} [-I @var{dir2} ... -I @var{dirN}]}
 in your top-level @file{Makefile.am}.  Due to a limitation in
 the Autoconf implementation of @command{autoreconf}, these include
-- 
1.7.12.317.g1c54b74




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