Release Digest: GNU, July 31, 2002

Automake 1.6.3

We're pleased to announce the release of Automake 1.6.3
This is a bug fix release, and as such there is no new
features since Automake 1.6.2.  The NEWS entry is appended.

This will probably be the last release on the 1.6.x branch.

You can find the new release here:

    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.6.3.tar.gz
    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.6.3.tar.bz2
    ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.6.3.tar.gz
    ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.6.3.tar.bz2

Soon it will also appear on the sources and GNU mirrors.
Follow these links for a list of them:

    http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
    http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html

Please report bugs to .

 - Akim, Alexandre, and Tom

New in 1.6.3:
* Support for AM_INIT_GETTEXT([external])
* Bug fixes, including:
  - Fix Automake's own `make install' so it works even if `ln' doesn't.
  - nobase_ programs and scripts honor --program-transform correctly.
  - Erase configure.lineno during `make distclean'.
  - Erase YACC and LEX outputs during `make maintainer-clean'.



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Automake 1.4-p6

We're pleased to announce the release of Automake 1.4-p6.

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* This is NOT a bug fix release.                       *
* This is NOT the latest release of Automake.          *
* This version we recommend you use is Automake 1.6.3. *
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This version is based on Automake 1.4-p5, and has been
updated to install versioned binaries (automake-1.4 and
aclocal-1.4), like it is done in recent Automake versions.

The impetus for this change comes from the Gnome developers
who can't easily upgrade their entire CVS tree from Automake 1.4.x
to Automake 1.6.x.  Now they can install Automake 1.4-p6 and
Automake 1.6.3, and specify which version should be used by
each CVS module.  This should ease the transition.

You can find this release here:

    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.4-p6.tar.gz
    ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.4-p6.tar.gz

Soon it will also appear on the sources and GNU mirrors.
Follow these links for a list of them:

    http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
    http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html

Please report bugs to .

 - Akim, Alexandre, and Tom

New in 1.4-p6:
* Versioned install support back-ported from 1.6