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@@ -120,6 +120,29 @@ New in 1.15: Makefiles, in the face of the newly-introduced randomization for hash keys order in Perl 5.18. + - In older Automake versions, if a user defined one single Makefile + fragment (say 'foo.am') to be included (via Automake includes) in + his main Makefile.am, and defined a custom make rule to generate that + file from other data, Automake used to spuriously complain about with + something like "... overrides Automake target '$(srcdir)/foo.am". + This bug is now fixed. + + - Automake bug#18286: "make distcheck" could sometimes fail to detect + missing files in the distribution tarball, especially in those cases + where both the generated files and their dependencies are explicitly + in $(srcdir). An important example of this are *generated* makefile + fragments included at Automake time in Makefile.am; e.g.: + + ... + $(srcdir)/fragment.am: $(srcdir)/data.txt $(srcdir)/preproc.sh + cd $(srcdir) && $(SHELL) preproc.sh <data.txt >fragment.am + include $(srcdir)/fragment.am + ... + + If the use forgot to add data.txt and/or preproc.sh in the distribution + tarball, "make distcheck" would have erroneously succeeded! This issue + is now fixed. + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New in 1.14.1: |