Re: Announcing Autoconf 2.49d

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <address@hidden> writes:

Thomas> When I generate the Makefile.in's using automake 1.4, there
Thomas> are a number of syntax errors (which also appeared in the
Thomas> 2.49c and I recall being reported).  

I don't remember.

Thomas> I don't see anything in the package which indicates this is
Thomas> dependent on one of the alpha versions of automake.

We are using a _fixed_ 1.4, as is distributed by Debian.

automake (1.4-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * add postrm to remove entry in info page
  * fixed problem with EXTRA_DIST including a directory which is not
    installed (closes: #39436).
  * fixed problem with incorrect error message when running "automake
    --verbose --copy --add-missing --foreign" (closes: #46206).

 -- Kevin Dalley <address@hidden>  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:32:56 -0800

automake (1.4-4) unstable; urgency=low

  * fixed problem with installation of info files (closes: #48757)

 -- Kevin Dalley <address@hidden>  Sat, 30 Oct 1999 17:00:59 -0700

automake (1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Do not install INSTALL (closes: #36548).
  * updated config.{guess,sub} from automake cvs (closes: #48131).
  * update to Standards-Version 2.5.0.0

 -- Kevin Dalley <address@hidden>  Sat, 30 Oct 1999 10:57:06 -0700

automake (1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * This patch allows the proper use and detection of alphapca56
    machines.  Debian Alpha needs this.  (fixes bug #32390).

 -- Kevin Dalley <address@hidden>  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 14:49:29 -0800

automake (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * first release of automake-1.4, which includes support for latest
    autoconf, fixes a number of bugs

 -- Kevin Dalley <address@hidden>  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:26:53 -0800