Automake 1.6.3

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

We're pleased to announce the release of Automake 1.6.3
This is a bug fix release, and as such there is no new
features since Automake 1.6.2.  The NEWS entry is appended.

This will probably be the last release on the 1.6.x branch.

You can find the new release here:

    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.6.3.tar.gz
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.6.3.tar.bz2
    ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.6.3.tar.gz
    ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.6.3.tar.bz2

Soon it will also appear on the sources and GNU mirrors.
Follow these links for a list of them:

    http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
    http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html

Please report bugs to <address@hidden>.

 - Akim, Alexandre, and Tom

New in 1.6.3:
* Support for AM_INIT_GETTEXT([external])
* Bug fixes, including:
  - Fix Automake's own `make install' so it works even if `ln' doesn't.
  - nobase_ programs and scripts honor --program-transform correctly.
  - Erase configure.lineno during `make distclean'.
  - Erase YACC and LEX outputs during `make maintainer-clean'.