Release Digest: GNU, May 20, 2003 | Linux Today

Release Digest: GNU, May 20, 2003

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 21, 2003

GNU Automake 1.7.5

We’re pleased to announce the release of Automake 1.7.5

Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in’s
suitable for use with Autoconf, compliant with the GNU Makefile
standards, and portable to various make implementations.

This is a bug fix release. The list of bug fixes is
appended.

You can find the new release here:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.7.5.tar.bz2

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.7.5.tar.gz

ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.7.5.tar.bz2

ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/automake/automake-1.7.5.tar.gz

Soon it will also appear on the sources and GNU mirrors listed
here:

http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html

http://sources.redhat.com/mirrors.html

Finally, here are the MD5 checksums:

21c51ad339224c5862d5abd23121c362 automake-1.7.5.tar.bz2
deeb18ed55215e3f6591a125865a1157 automake-1.7.5.tar.gz

Please report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.

Bugs fixed in 1.7.5:

  • Update install-sh’s license to remove an advertising clause.
    (Debian bug #191717)
  • Fix a bug introduced in 1.7.4, related to BUILT_SOURCE
    handling, that caused invalid Makefile.ins to be generated.
  • Make sure AM_MAKE_INCLUDE doesn’t fail when a `doit’ file
    exists.
  • New FAQ entry: renamed objects.

=2D-=20
Alexandre Duret-Lutz


Xnee 1.07

Xnee 1.07 is released

Xnee is available from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xnee/ and
mirrors of that site (see list of mirror sites at http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html).

Xnee can record, distribute and replay X (X11) protocol data.
This is useful for automated tests of applications or benchmarking
of applications. …think of it as a robot. Read more about Xnee at
http://www.gnu.org/software/xnee/

Please send bug reports to bug-xnee@gnu.org

bye!

hesa


Version 1.07

  • Version numbering changed (x.yz is used instead of x.y.z)
  • plugin functionality renamed to resource
  • plugin functionality added (plug in dynamic libs)
  • synchronization rewritten
  • force-replay option added
  • replay delay rewritten
  • Xnee can be configured (during configure) to exclude buffer
    verbose
Web Webster

Web Webster

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