Alexandre; Just want to steal the soapbox here to point out that "1.6b" is more difficult for automated systems to deal with than "1.6.2". Consider the logic to determine whether 1.4-p4 is greater than 1.4.2 or 1.5. > ... works with 1.6.3 but doesn't with 1.6b. ...
...and how *is* the logic for 1.6b compared to 1.6.3 ? Is that like 1.(6.2).0 > 1.6.3 ? Ever consider simple major/minor/point release numbers? Even Oracle's old versions such as 6.0.30.1.2 worked with tools to automatically determine which of two packages is the more recent. Allan Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: > > Here is a snapshot of the current development version of Automake, > in case you want to get a grasp of what Automake 1.7 will look like. > The NEWS entry is appended. > > If you have some time, please try it on your package and report any > issue you encounter. Especially, please shout loud if your package > works with 1.6.3 but doesn't with 1.6b. (It'll better for everybody > if we can fix compatibility issues before the release...) > > You can find this snapshot here: > > ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.6b.tar.gz > ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.6b.tar.bz2 > > Soon it will also appear on the sources mirrors. > > http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html > > Please report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > - Akim, Alexandre, and Tom > > New in 1.6b: > * Autoconf 2.53b is required. > * `aclocal' and `automake' will no longer warn about obsolete > configure macros. This is done by `autoconf -Wobsolete'. > * AM_CONFIG_HEADER, AM_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS and > AM_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ_NEEDS_SYS_IOCTL are obsolete (although still > supported). You should use AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, AC_SYS_POSIX_TERMIOS, > and AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ instead. `autoupdate' can upgrade > `configure.ac' for you. > * Support for per-program and per-library `_CPPFLAGS'. > * New `ctags' target (builds CTAGS files). > * Support for -Wmumble and -Wno-mumble, where mumble is a warning category > (see `automake --help' or the manual for a list of them). > * Honor the WARNINGS environment variable. > * Omit the call to depcomp when using gcc3: call the compiler directly. > * A new option, std-options, tests that programs support --help and --version > when `make installcheck' is run. This is enabled by --gnits. > * Texinfo rules now support the `ps' and `pdf' targets. > * `make distcheck' will enforce DESTDIR support by attempting > a DESTDIR install. > * `+=' can be used in conditionals, even if the augmented variable > was defined for another condition. > * Use Autoconf's --trace interface to inspect configure.ac and get > a more accurate view of it. > * automake --output-dir is deprecated. > * Many bug fixes.
