Sorry RE: Autoconf 2.53c

[Sam Liddicott]

I'm really sorry I asked that stupid question about the sed bug, the answer
was in the message below, and it is yes.

Sorry.

Sam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akim Demaille [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 03 September 2002 08:30
> To: Autoconf List; Automake List; Libtool List; GNU Utils Bugs
> Subject: Autoconf 2.53c
> 
> 
> 
> Autoconf 2.54 is about to be released.  This version includes many
> bugs fixes, and several new features, listed below.  Special attention
> was paid to Automake 1.7-Autoconf 2.54 interaction.
> 
>         Akim, Alexandres, Jim, Paul, and Tom
> 
> 
> You may download Autoconf 2.53c immediately from:
> 
>   ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/autoconf-2.53c.tar.gz   1013KB
>   ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/autoconf-2.53c.tar.bz2  767KB
>   
> ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/autoconf-2.53b-2.53c.xde
> lta   26KB
> 
> And in the near future, from:
> 
>   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.53c.tar.gz   1013KB
>   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.53c.tar.bz2  767KB
>   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.53b-2.53c.xdelta   26KB
> 
> Here are the MD5 and SHA1 signatures for the compressed tar files:
> 
> 5990708332ea2f7804b5e500b6db80ec  autoconf-2.53c.tar.gz
> 1818ebae944fd04dd9b1bbea243b6ee7  autoconf-2.53c.tar.bz2
> b8b3494d6c254c5a4f66108cba9b865409466ce0  autoconf-2.53c.tar.gz
> 33f8ac2385633b3cddd3f6f8b9e249aa8caedd47  autoconf-2.53c.tar.bz2
> 
> NEWS:
> 
> ** Executables
> 
> - autoreconf no longer changes the version of the gettext/po/intl
>   support files. It now adds the files the correspond to the
>   AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION declared in configure.ac.
> 
>   Warning: It now relies on the 'autopoint' program, which is part
>   of GNU gettext 0.11.4 and newer.
> 
>   Please note that you need to have a GNU gettext version that
>   corresponds at least to the AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION declared
>   in configure.ac. You can upgrade to newer GNU gettext versions,
>   though, without needing to change configure.ac.
> 
> - The -I DIR or --include=DIR option now appends DIR to the 
> include path
>   instead of prepending; this is for consistency with other GNU tools.
>   The new -B DIR or --prepend-include=DIR option has the old behavior.
> 
> ** Macros
> 
> - AC_OUTPUT
>   Now handles all the gory details about LIBOBJS and LTLIBOBJS.
>   Please, remove lines such as
> 
>       # This is necessary so that .o files in LIBOBJS are also
>       # built via the ANSI2KNR-filtering rules.
>       LIBOBJS=`echo $LIBOBJS|sed 's/\.o /\$U.o /g;s/\.o$/\$U.o/'`
> 
>   and read the `AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS' section.  Do not define U in
>   your Makefiles either.
> 
> - AC_CONFIG_LINKS now makes copies if it can't make links.
> 
> - AC_FUNC_FNMATCH now tests only for POSIX compatibility, reverting to
>   Autoconf 2.13 behavior.  The new macro AC_FUNC_FNMATCH_GNU also
>   tests for GNU extensions to fnmatch, and replaces fnmatch if needed.
> 
> - AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED no longer fails when cross-compiling.
> 
> - AC_PROG_CC_STDC is integrated into AC_PROG_CC.
> 
> - AC_PROG_F77 default search no longer includes cf77 and cfg77.
> 
> - New macros
> 
>   AC_C_BACKSLASH_A, AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR, AC_GNU_SOURCE,
>   AC_PROG_EGREP, AC_PROG_FGREP, AC_REPLACE_FNMATCH,
>   AC_FUNC_FNMATCH_GNU, AC_FUNC_REALLOC, AC_TYPE_MBSTATE_T.
> 
> - AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG
>   looks for getloadavg.c in the CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR.
> 
> - AC_FUNC_MALLOC
>    Now defines HAVE_MALLOC to 0 if `malloc' does not work, and asks
>    for an AC_LIBOBJ replacement.
> 
> ** Bug fixes
> 
> - Spurious complaints from `m4_bmatch' about invalid regular
>   expressions are suppressed.
> 
> - Empty top_builddirs are properly handled.
> 
> - AC_CHECK_MEMBER works correctly when the member is an aggregate.
> 
> - AC_PATH_PROG
>   Now colon in the optional path arguments are properly handled.
> 
> ** Improved portability
> 
> - Both Autoconf the package, and the scripts it produces, should run
>   more reliably with Zsh.  Bear in mind it is the default Bourne shell
>   on Darwin.
> 
> - Autoconf and the scripts it produces no longer assume the 
> existence of
>   the obsolescent commands egrep and fgrep.
> 
> ** Documentation
> 
> - Limitations of Make
>   More of them.
> 
> - GNATS
>   The GNATS base has moved to
>   http://bugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=autoconf
> 
> ** Misc.
> 
> - config.log
>   Now contains the list of ouput variables and files (AC_SUBST,
>   AC_SUBST_FILES).
> 
> ChangeLog entries:
> 
> **********************************************************************
> ChangeLog     3 Sep 2002 06:15:44 -0000       1.1991
> **********************************************************************
> 2002-09-03  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       Version 2.53c.
> 
> 2002-09-02  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * bin/autom4te.in (parse_args): Don't honor AUTOM4TE_PATH and
>       SITE_MACRO_DIR.
>       * configure.ac: Disable SITE_MACRO_DIR.
> 
> 2002-09-02  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (AC_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS): Reflect 
> renaming: s/am/ac/,
>       i.e., change am_cv_sys_posix_termios to ac_cv_sys_posix_termios.
>       Also, tweak grammar: s/make sure to/be sure to/.
> 
> 2002-09-02  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Explain 
> why logical
>       directory names are generally preferable to physical names.
> 
> 2002-09-02  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&update_file): s/die/error/.
>       Reported by Raja R. Harinath.
>       * bin/autoheader.in, bin/autoreconf.in, bin/autoscan.in,
>       * bin/autoupdate.in: Use error instead of die.
> 
> 2002-09-01  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * tests/mktests.sh (ac_exclude_egrep, au_exclude_egrep): Use
>       ordinary shell concatenation rather than echo+tr+sed 
> command that
>       runs afoul of a long-line-related sed bug in Solaris 8.
> 
>       * bin/autoheader.in (parse_args): --warning -> --warnings.
> 
>       * bin/autoconf.as: Work even if "ls" outputs "FOO not found" to
>       stdout, as traditional "ls" does.
>       * lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT,
>       _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O): Likewise.
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Add "ls".
> 
>       * bin/autoconf.as: Add --prepend-include option.  This patch was
>       applied to bin/autoconf.in in the 2002-07-17 patch by 
> Mark D. Roth,
>       but bin/autoconf.in is generated automatically from 
> bin/autoconf.as.
> 
>       * bin/autoconf.in, configure: Regenerate.
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Mention
>       ENV, MAIL, MAILPATH, PS1, PS2, PS4.  Index PWD.
> 
>       * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Unset ENV, MAIL,
>       MAILPATH and set PS1, PS2, PS4 to default values, to work
>       around bug in pre-3.0 UWIN ksh reported by Bruce Lilly.
>       For LC_ALL etc, first try to set to "C" as POSIX requires and as
>       the Autoconf documentation specifies; fall back to 
> "unset" only if
>       this fails.  Use a shell for-loop for this rather than 
> an m4 loop,
>       to shorten the output script.
> 
> 2002-08-30  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables): Mention POSIX
>       1003.1-2001's requirements for CDPATH.  Give a simpler 
> workaround
>       for the CDPATH problem.  Document PWD.
>       (Limitations of Builtins): Document the problem that 
> "cd $foo" and
>       "ls $foo" may refer to different directories in shells 
> conforming
>       to POSIX 1003.1-2001.  Use PS1 rather than CDPATH for "unset"
>       example, since the old example is now out of date.
> 
>       * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Reject FOO if "cd
>       FOO" and "ls FOO" talk about different directories; this catches
>       problems when POSIX 1003.1-2001 "cd" fails due to symlink
>       spaghetti.
> 
>       * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE): Use AS_UNSET instead
>       of rolling our own unset.
>       (_AS_PREPARE): $as_unset CDPATH instead of AS_UNSETting 
> it, since
>       in practice we needn't worry about CDPATH if unset doesn't work.
> 
>       * Makefile.in, aclocal.m4, bin/Makefile.in,
>       config/Makefile.in, doc/Makefile.in, lib/Makefile.in,
>       lib/Autom4te/Makefile.in, lib/autoconf/Makefile.in,
>       lib/autoscan/Makefile.in, lib/autotest/Makefile.in,
>       lib/emacs/Makefile.in, lib/m4sugar/Makefile.in, man/Makefile.in,
>       tests/Makefile.in: Regenerate with Automake 1.6.3.
> 
>       * config/config.guess, config/config.sub, config/mkinstalldirs:
>       Update.
> 
>       * configure: Regenerate with self.
> 
> 2002-08-30  Kevin Ryde  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Notes on "cc"
>       default output.
> 
> 2002-08-29  Rainer Orth  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * bin/autom4te.in (Request::load): Correctly test for "do" read
>       failure.
> 
> 2002-08-29  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * lib/Autom4te/General.pm (&xqx): New.
>       (&xsystem): Use WIFEXITED and WEXITSTATUS instead of 
> decoding $? by
>       hand, which is not portable.
>       (&error): New.
>       * bin/autom4te.in: Use them.
>       Use &error instead of die.
>       * tests/m4sugar.at (m4_warn, m4_require: circular dependencies):
>       Adjust.
> 
> 2002-08-17  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (AC_PROG_F77): Remove fc from the
>       default list of compilers to try, since it was long ago 
> superseded
>       by the ksh fc builtin.  Suggested by Steven G. Johnson.
> 
> 2002-07-31  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Invoking autom4te): End the option table,
>       fixing a bug introduced by the previous patch.
>       (Limitations of Make): Add a 'target lookup' subentry in the
>       'VPATH' entry.  Rewrite all `make' occurences as 
> address@hidden'.
> 
> 2002-07-29  Mark D. Roth  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * bin/autom4te.in: Remove --include-envvar and 
> --site-macro-subdir
>       options and use $AUTOM4TE_PATH.
>       * doc/autoconf.texi: Remove documentation of autom4te
>       --include-envvar and --site-macro-subdir options and document
>       use of $AUTOM4TE_PATH.
>       * lib/autom4te.in: Remove --include-envvar and 
> --site-macro-subdir
>       arguments from each language section.
> 
> 2002-07-29  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/install.texi: Include copyright symbol in 
> copyright notice.
> 
>       * Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Remove; it's a user-specified macro.
>       Replace with:
>       (AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): New macro.
>       * doc/Makefile.am (MAKEINFO, AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): Likewise.
>       * Makefile.am (INSTALL): Use the new macros.
>       Use -o rather than --output, since "missing" does not 
> grok --output.
> 
> 2002-07-25  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make): Escaped newlines in
>       comments do not always work. Never trust the exit status of
>       `make -k'.
> 
> 2002-07-24  Kevin Ryde  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make, Making testsuite Scripts):
>       Untabify, since tabs are not enjoyed by texi2dvi and makeinfo.
> 
> 2002-07-23  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_PATH_SEPARATOR_PREPARE):
>       Use PATH="/nonexistent;.", not PATH=".;.", as FreeBSD ksh2002
>       apparently treats PATH="nonexistent" as if it contained ".".
>       Bug reported by Stefan `Sec' Zehl.
> 
> 2002-07-22  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make): Mention the special
>       handling of the obj/ directory by BSD make.
> 
> 2002-07-20  Kevin Ryde  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make): Add HP-UX 
> IA-64 trailing
>       backslashes.
> 
> 2002-07-19  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (Function Portability): `exit'.
>       (Programming in M4sh): Ethymology of M4sh.
> 
> 2002-07-19  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi (AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS): More about $U.
> 
>