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[Gavin D. Smith]

branch: master
commit 1d51ae4d171f833c33952b7b745cf85df1098865
Author: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 24 13:46:07 2024 +0100

    * NEWS: automake 1.17
    * README-hacking: advice on automake upgrade
---
 ChangeLog      | 5 +++++
 NEWS           | 2 +-
 README-hacking | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 384613cb7e..e92b690dc2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2024-10-24  Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
+
+       * NEWS: automake 1.17
+       * README-hacking: advice on automake upgrade
+
 2024-10-24  Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
 
        * README-hacking, configure.ac, tp/Texinfo/XS/configure.ac:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc5ace820f..eb2d5278b2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ See the manual for detailed information.
   ~/.infokey, in accordance with the XDG Base Directory Specification
 
 * Distribution
-  . gettext 0.22.5
+  . automake 1.17, gettext 0.22.5
 
 
 7.1.1 (7 September 2024)
diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 6075241b1e..e45516bbfd 100644
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ progress of translations at
 whether script is working as intended.)
 
 check at latest automake/autoconf/gettext/help2man version:
+  . after installing latest version, run autoreconf -f -v -i followed
+    by reverting unwanted changes
   . to upgrade gettext, run
       gettextize --no-changelog -f --po-dir=po --po-dir=po_document --dry-run
       gettextize --no-changelog -f --po-dir=po --po-dir=po_document