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authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2012-03-31 14:53:24 +0200
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2012-04-30 18:05:30 +0200
commit71cc0e0920d9dd864a3e4eae08ec91af177a8071 (patch)
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parentb4653256c2210d721e603023220e6fe05277286b (diff)
downloadautomake-71cc0e0920d9dd864a3e4eae08ec91af177a8071.tar.gz
cygnus: warn when it's used (flagged as 'obsolete' now)
Support for "Cygnus-style" tree as enabled by the 'cygnus' option is now reported as obsolete when the warnings in the 'obsolete' category are enabled. See automake bug#11034. * automake.in (check_cygnus): Report the use of 'cygnus' mode as obsolete. * NEWS: Update. * docs/automake.texi: Minor adjustments. * t/cygnus-deprecation.sh: New test. * t/list-of-tests.mk: Add it. * tests/cygnus-check-without-all.sh: Adjust by calling automake with the warnings in the 'obsolete' category disabled. * t/cygnus-requires-maintainer-mode.sh: Likewise. * t/cygnus-dependency-tracking.sh: Likewise. * t/cygnus-imply-foreign.sh: Likewise. * t/cygnus-no-installinfo.sh: Likewise. * t/cygnus-no-dist.sh: Likewise. * t/clean2.sh: Likewise. * t/flavor.sh: Likewise. * t/txinfo5.sh: Likewise. * t/txinfo5b.sh: Likewise. * t/library.sh: Remove use of 'cygnus' and 'dejagnu' options, and of AM_MAINTAINER_MODE macro. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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+New in 1.12.1:
+
+* Deprecated obsolescent features:
+
+ - Support for the "Cygnus-style" trees (enabled by the 'cygnus' option) is
+ now deprecated (its use triggers a warning in the 'obsolete' category).
+ It will be removed in the next major Automake release (1.13).
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
New in 1.12:
* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
@@ -32,10 +42,6 @@ New in 1.12:
- All the "old alias" macros in 'm4/obsolete.m4' will be removed in
the next major Automake version (1.13).
- - Support for the "Cygnus-style" trees (enabled by the 'cygnus' option)
- will be deprecated in the next minor version of Automake (1.12.1) and
- removed in the next major version (1.13).
-
- Support for the two- and three-arguments invocation forms of the
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE macro will be deprecated in the next minor version
of Automake (1.12.1) and removed in the next major version (1.13).