Re: Autoconf 2.59

[Akim Demaille]

 > Hi!

 > Could you please upload Autoconf 2.59 in autoconf/?  Its location is
 > included below.  Thanks in advance!

Autoconf 2.59 is still not available on the GNU site.  Can I help?

Thanks!

 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------

 > Subject: Autoconf 2.59 released

 > The Autoconf is happy to announce its release 2.58.  For the time
 > being it is only available from my web site, but hopefully it should
 > be on maintstream servers soon.

 >    Akim, on behalf of Alexandre, Jim, Paul and Tom.

 > Here are the compressed sources:
 >   http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.59.tar.gz   (1.2MB)
 >   http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2  (909KB)

 > And here are xdelta-style diffs:
 >   http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.58-2.59.xdelta   (11KB)

 > Here are GPG detached signatures:
 >   http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.59.tar.gz.asc
 >   http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~akim/download/autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2.asc

 > Here are the MD5 and SHA1 signatures:

 > d4d45eaa1769d45e59dcb131a4af17a0  autoconf-2.59.tar.gz
 > 1ee40f7a676b3cfdc0e3f7cd81551b5f  autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2
 > bba9f0e4d11c8fa04f328904401a0b92  autoconf-2.58-2.59.xdelta
 > b141ee21e2088097e49f0bec9ea51d5b5077d40c  autoconf-2.59.tar.gz
 > d366a07b2d99c95b7f24395aa8a8e023d8b93b69  autoconf-2.59.tar.bz2
 > 41c985308026c1dbdd921e2ceaab95b52f650527  autoconf-2.58-2.59.xdelta

 > NEWS

 > * Major changes in Autoconf 2.59

 > ** ac_abs_builddir etc.
 >   Absolute paths were actually relative in 2.58.

 > * Major changes in Autoconf 2.58

 > ** core.*
 >   core.* files are no longer removed, as they may be valid user files.

 > ** autoreconf and auxiliary directory
 >   Autoreconf creates the auxiliary directory if needed.  This is
 >   especially useful for initial "bootstrapping" of fresh CVS checkouts.

 > ** AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR
 >   Use this macro to declare the directory for local m4 macros for aclocal.

 > ** AC_LIBOBJS
 >   No longer includes twice the same file in LIBOBJS if invoked
 >   multiple times.

 > ** AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS
 >   The directory for its first argument is automatically created.  For
 >   instance, with

 >       AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([src/modules.hh], [...])

 >   $top_builddir/src/ is created if needed.

 > ** Autotest and local.at
 >   The optional file local.at is always included in Autotest test suites.

 > ** Warnings
 >   The warnings are always issued, including with cached runs.
 >   This became a significant problem since aclocal and automake can
 >   run autoconf behind the scene.

 > ** autoheader warnings
 >   The warnings of autoheader can be turned off, using --warning.
 >   For instance, -Wno-obsolete disables the complaints about acconfig.h
 >   and other deprecated constructs.

 > ** New macros
 >   AC_C_RESTRICT, AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT, AC_LANG_ASSERT, AC_LANG_WERROR,
 >   AS_SET_CATFILE.

 > ** AC_DECL_SYS_SIGLIST
 >   Works again.

 > ** AC_FUNC_MKTIME
 >   Now checks that mktime is the inverse of localtime.

 > ** Improve DJGPP portability
 >   The Autoconf tools and configure behave better under DJGPP.

 > ** Present But Cannot Be Compiled
 >   New FAQ section dedicated to the mystic

 >     configure: WARNING: pi.h: present but cannot be compiled
 >     configure: WARNING: pi.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
 >     configure: WARNING: pi.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
 >       messages.

 > ** Concurrent executions of autom4te
 >   autom4te now locks its internal files, which enables concurrent
 >   executions of autom4te, likely to happen if automake, autoconf,
 >   autoheader etc. are run simultaneously.

 > ** Libtool
 >   Use of Libtool 1.5 and higher is encouraged.  Compatibility with
 >   Libtool pre-1.4 is not checked.

 > ** Autotest
 >   Testsuites no longer rerun failed tests in verbose mode; instead,
 >   failures are logged while the test is run.

 >   In addition, expected failures can be marked as such.


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