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[PATCH 2/3] docs: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS will become obsolescent in Automake 1.
From: |
Stefano Lattarini |
Subject: |
[PATCH 2/3] docs: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS will become obsolescent in Automake 1.13 |
Date: |
Sat, 3 Nov 2012 13:05:08 +0100 |
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 2200341..8153874 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
--
1.8.0
[PATCH 3/3] warn: new special syntax warning, hack for aclocal, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/11/03
Re: [PATCH 0/3] Support for AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS in autoconf, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/11/07