This is a beta for the next bug-fix release of Automake. The list of bug fixes is appended.
I hope to release 1.8.4 next week-end and start the 1.9 cycle soon after that. So please consider this as your last chance to report 1.8.x regressions. Please report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. You can download this beta here: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz.sig ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2.sig ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz.sig ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2 ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2.sig Here are the MD5 checksums: 37b3a30c7b3119d9963d623e4b9b6b2d automake-1.8.3b.tar.bz2 0f1221a3ac3a6a15d5b32533a84949f9 automake-1.8.3b.tar.gz Known issue not fixed in 1.8.3b: Historically Automake has always generated V7 format tarballs during `make dist'. This format is quite antiquated, but is portable. It supports filenames with up to 99 characters. When given longer filenames some tar implementations will diagnose the problem while other will generate broken or non-V7 tarballs. For instance GNU tar 1.13.25 will produce an archive with GNU extensions, while the latest GNU tar beta (1.13.93) will truncate filenames. We are working an a new scheme for Automake 1.9 that will allow newer tar formats to be used. In the meantime, for people who cannot avoid long filenames in their packages we recommand sticking to GNU tar 1.13.25 and not installing newer versions. Bugs fixed in 1.8.3b: * Long standing bugs: - Fix AM_PATH_PYTHON to correctly display $PYTHON when it has been overridden by the user. - Honor PATH_SEPARATOR in various places of the Automake package, for the sake of OS/2. - Adjust dependency tracking mode detection to ICC 8.0's new output. (PR/416) - Fix install-sh so it can install the `mv' binary... using `mv'. * Bugs introduced by 1.8: - Fix an "internal error" when @LIBOBJS@ is used in a variable that is not defined in the same conditions as the _LDADD that uses it. - Do not warn when JAVAROOT is overridden, this is legitimate.
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