* lib/Automake/XFile.pm: Update to use ChannelDefs.

(close): Call Automake::FileUtils::handle_exec_errors on errors.
* automake.in (scan_autoconf_files): Exit with $?=63 on version
mismatch.
(scan_autoconf_traces): Likewise.  Close the autoconf pipe to
capture abnormal exits.
* aclocal.in ($exit_status): Remove, and use Channels.pm's $exit_code
instead.
(trace_used_macros): Close the autom4te pipe to capture abnormal exits.
* lib/missing: When a tool has run and exited with $?=63, emulate
it.  Adjust the diagnostic and pretend the tool is tool old in this
case.  Use an emacs-updated "scriptversion" variable.
* configure.in: Output tests/aclocal-${APIVERSION} and
tests/automake-${APIVERSION}.
* tests/aclocal.in, tests/automake.in,
tests/missing.test, tests/missing2.test: New files.
* tests/defs.in (AUTOMAKE, ACLOCAL, PATH): Define
to use tests/aclocal-$APIVERSION and tests/automake-$APIVERSION.
* tests/dup3.test: Remove. alocal9.test, acloca10.test, and others are
already testing for this.
* tests/depacl2.test, tests/dup2.test, tests/order.test: Fix
configure.in so that aclocal works.
* tests/defun.test: Quote the AC_DEFUN body.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add missing.test and missing2.test,
and remove dup3.test.
(check_SCRIPTS): Add aclocal and automake.

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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f339ef6ba..b6e812f88 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ New in 1.7a:
     argument.  The latter can be used to override the default behavior
     (which is to abort).
 
+  - Automake will exit with $? = 63 on version mismatch.  (So does
+    Autoconf 2.58)  missing knows this, and in this case it will
+    emulate the tools as if they were absent.  Because older versions
+    of Automake and Autoconf did not use this exit code, this change
+    will only be useful in projects generated with future versions of
+    these tools.
+
 * Obsolete features
 
   - lisp_DATA is now allowed.  If you are using the empty ELCFILES