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[FYI] NEWS: better distinction between obsolete and obsolescent features
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Stefano Lattarini |
Subject: |
[FYI] NEWS: better distinction between obsolete and obsolescent features |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:46:37 +0100 |
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
---
NEWS | 18 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 76546c7..faf79fd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,7 +11,16 @@ New in 1.14:
over the same-named automake-provided macro, as defined in file
'/usr/local/share/aclocal-1.14/vala.m4'.
-* Obsolete and obsolescent features:
+* Obsolescent features flagged:
+
+ - Use of the special makefile variable 'ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS' is deprecated.
+ To specify locations of extra m4 files, the 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR' or
+ 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS' (the latter introduced with autoconf 2.70)
+ should be used instead. And use of the '--install' aclocal option in
+ 'ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS' has proved to be a bad idea anyway -- see automake
+ bug#9037.
+
+* Obsolete features removed:
- Support for the long-deprecated name 'configure.in' for the Autoconf
input file has been removed altogether. Just use the modern name
@@ -24,13 +33,6 @@ New in 1.14:
- Support for the long-obsolete $(INCLUDES) variable has been finally
removed, in favour of the modern equivalent $(AM_CPPFLAGS).
- - Use of the special makefile variable 'ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS' is deprecated.
- To specify locations of extra m4 files, the 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR' or
- 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS' (the latter introduced with autoconf 2.70)
- should be used instead. And use of the '--install' aclocal option in
- 'ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS' has proved to be a bad idea anyway -- see automake
- bug#9037.
-
* Removed support for obsolete platforms:
- Support for the SGI C/C++ compilers has been removed: these compilers
--
1.8.0.1.409.g252f922
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