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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ 2000-02-09 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> + * README: Updated. + +2000-02-09 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> + * ChangeLog.1: Formatting changes. 2000-02-09 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> @@ -9,31 +9,29 @@ operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4 macro calls. Producing configuration scripts using Autoconf requires GNU m4. You -must install GNU m4 (version 1.1 or later, preferably 1.3 or later -for better performance) before configuring Autoconf, so that -Autoconf's configure script can find it. The configuration scripts -produced by Autoconf are self-contained, so their users do not need to -have Autoconf (or GNU m4). +must install GNU m4 (version 1.4 or later) before configuring +Autoconf, so that Autoconf's configure script can find it. The +configuration scripts produced by Autoconf are self-contained, so +their users do not need to have Autoconf (or GNU m4). -Also, some optional utilities that come with Autoconf use Perl, TCL, -and the TCL packages Expect and DejaGNU. However, none of those -are required in order to use the main Autoconf program. If they are -not present, the affected Autoconf utilities will not be installed. +Also, some optional utilities that come with Autoconf use Perl. +However, it is not required in order to use the main Autoconf program. +If it is not present, the affected Autoconf utilities will not be +installed. -The file INSTALL can be distributed with packages that use +You can use the program `autoheader' to automatically create a +configuration header from a `configure.in'. + +The file INSTALL should be distributed with packages that use Autoconf-generated configure scripts and Makefiles that conform to the GNU coding standards. The package's README can just give an overview of the package, where to report bugs, and a pointer to INSTALL for instructions on compilation and installation. This removes the need to maintain many similar sets of installation instructions. -The file `acconfig.h' contains short descriptions of the C preprocessor -variables that Autoconf can define, suitable for copying into other -packages' configuration headers or Makefile.in files. You can use the -program `autoheader' to automatically create a configuration header -from a `configure.in', based on the information in `acconfig.h'. - Mail suggestions and bug reports for Autoconf to autoconf@gnu.org. -Please include the Autoconf version number, which you can get by running -"autoconf --version". The current autoconf maintainer is Ben Elliston -<bje@cygnus.com>. +Please include the Autoconf version number, which you can get by +running `autoconf --version'. + +PS/ Oops, by the way, please read the file `INSTALL' to install +Autoconf ;) |