https://github.com/libsdl-org/autoconf/commit/26ba11fae147b5c288d417a54a35ffd5e80bfffb
From 26ba11fae147b5c288d417a54a35ffd5e80bfffb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ozkan Sezer <[EMAIL REDACTED]>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 14:55:00 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] added 2.69 .version and ChangeLog files.
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+2012-04-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ Release Version 2.69.
+ * NEWS: Mention the release.
+
+2012-04-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ maint: drop bz2 tarball
+ At 2.68b, I asked whether anyone would miss .gz and .bz2 formats.
+ Consensus was overwhelming that .gz still holds a place in people's
+ hearts, in spite of .xz compressing to smaller files, but no one
+ was able to make a convincing argument for .bz2.
+
+ * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Drop bzip2; xz wins hands down.
+
+2012-04-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ maint: resync files from upstream
+ The files in lib/Autom4te/ are intentionally not synced at this
+ point, since this recent Automake patch:
+ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2012-03/msg00111.html
+
+ was buggy regarding '-' as stdout, and also exposes some latent
+ bugs in autoconf where we use raw 'open' instead of XFile::open.
+
+ * build-aux/announce-gen: Resync via 'make fetch'.
+ * build-aux/config.sub: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/git-version-gen: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/gnupload: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/move-if-change: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/texinfo.tex: Likewise.
+ * doc/standards.texi: Likewise.
+ * maint.mk: Likewise.
+
+2012-04-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ doc: fix bad @xref uses
+ Upstream gnulib maint.mk improvements caught a few issues we
+ should fix, as well as a few issues in files we copy from
+ other sources that we will just ignore here.
+
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Generic Programs, Special Shell Variables)
+ (Limitations of Builtins): Use references correctly.
+ * cfg.mk
+ (exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_undesirable_word_seq)
+ (exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_useless_cpp_parens): Add exemptions.
+
+2012-04-24 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+ AC_INIT: remove a transitional warning
+ On bi-arch systems (such as x86 / x86_64) it is often necessary to pass
+ the --host option together with an appropriate value for CC. But this
+ triggers a warning:
+
+ $ ./configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu CC="gcc -m32 -march=i586"
+ configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
+ If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used
+ ..
+
+ This warning was introduced on 2000-06-30, in commit
+ <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf.git;a=commitdiff;h=cb2e761b8e1181f97e8e09d85526bd22078433db>
+ with the remark "Re-enable the old behavior of --host and --build."
+
+ This warning was meant to warn users about a changed semantics of
+ --build and --host. This change is now 12 years in the past; users
+ have had enough time to learn it. I therefore suggest to remove the
+ warning.
+
+ I've done lots of cross and bi-arch compilations in the last 10 years,
+ all with --host and without --build, and have never observed a problem
+ with it, except for the warning. Simply relying on config.guess is sufficient.
+
+ * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): Don't warn if --host
+ given without --build.
+
+2012-04-24 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+ doc: fix incorrect and incomplete doc about cross-compilation mode
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Runtime): Mention the effect of the cross-
+ compilation mode on AC_RUN_IFELSE.
+ (Specifying Target Triplets): Fix description of --host's effects.
+ (Hosts and Cross-Compilation): Remove incorrect statement about
+ --host's effects.
+
+2012-04-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ doc: document --build and cross-compilation better
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Specifying Target Triplets): Mention that
+ specifying a build-type that differs from host-type enables
+ cross-compilation. Problem reported by Bruno Haible in:
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2012-04/msg00009.html
+
+2012-04-11 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ maint: avoid "make syntax-check" failure
+ * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Update to reflect typo fix in old news.
+
+2012-03-28 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics fix imprecise comment in Autom4te::General
+ * lib/Autom4te/General.pm: This file is *not* used by Automake;
+ adjust comments accordingly.
+
+2012-03-07 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ tests: fix port of AT_CHECK_ENV to hosts with flaky grep
+ * tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_ENV): Don't copy the buggy grep's
+ diagnostics to stderr, as that causes AT_CHECK to fail. They can
+ be found in the stderr-* files if this is needed for debugging.
+
+2012-03-07 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ docs: document set -n pitfalls
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <set>: Document
+ issues with set -n.
+
+2012-03-07 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ build: require perl 5.6
+ This reduces the implicit requirement from 5.6.2 back to 5.6,
+ while raising the explicit requirement to match the actual code.
+
+ * configure.ac (PERL): Fail up front if perl is too old.
+ * NEWS: Document this.
+ * README: Likewise.
+ * README-hacking: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm: Bump requirement.
+ * lib/Autom4te/General.pm: Relax requirement.
+
+2012-03-07 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ tests: ignore ksh -n warnings
+ Recent ksh is noisy:
+
+ $ ksh -nc '``'; echo $?
+ ksh: warning: line 1: `...` obsolete, use $(...)
+ 0
+
+ * tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_SHELL_SYNTAX): Ignore noisy ksh on.
+ Reported by Martin Zaun.
+
+2012-03-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ tests: port AT_CHECK_ENV to hosts with flaky grep
+ * tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_ENV): Don't assume that if one grep
+ fails, the other will too. It could be that 'grep' is flaky,
+ and fails somewhat at random. This would explain the problems
+ reported for autoconf-2.68b on FreeBSD and MacOS X, for example:
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-03/msg00032.html>
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-03/msg00035.html>
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-03/msg00036.html>
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-03/msg00044.html>
+
+2012-03-06 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maint: resync files from upstream
+ Since the perl version required in Automake::Getopt has been
+ recently lowered from 5.6.2 to 5.6.0, this change has the nice
+ effect of making autoconf compatible again with all perls in
+ the 5.6.x release series.
+
+ * maint.mk: Resync via 'make fetch'.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Channels.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Getopt.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm: Likewise.
+
+2012-03-05 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maint: drop syncing with Automake::Struct
+ The module Automake::Struct has been removed in automake master
+ branch (with yesterday's commit v1.11-2055-g74a7f49 "maint: drop
+ 'Automake::Struct' module"): since Automake now requires Perl 5.6,
+ that module has become obsolete, being basically just a backport
+ of Perl 5.6's 'Class::Struct' to Perl 5.5. With this change, we
+ follow suite in Autoconf, which syncs some of its internal modules
+ with Automake.
+
+ * lib/Autom4te/Struct.pm: Delete.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Makefile.am (dist_perllib_DATA): Don't list it
+ anymore.
+ * cfg.mk: Don't sync it with the Automake repository anymore.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Request.pm: Use 'Class::Struct' instead of
+ 'Autom4te::Struct'.
+
+2012-03-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ doc: mention PATH bug with "ksh foo"
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Invoking the Shell): Mention ksh PATH bug.
+
+2012-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure due to Solaris XPG4 sh bug
+ On Solaris 10, the /usr/xpg4/bin/sh shell seems unable to execute
+ a shell script named 'script':
+
+ $ touch script
+ $ /bin/sh script; echo status: $? # As expected.
+ status: 0
+ $ /usr/xpg4/bin/sh script; echo status: $? # Weirdness follows.
+ /usr/xpg4/bin/sh: script: cannot execute
+ status: 1
+
+ This was causing a spurious testsuite failure for users which have
+ /usr/xpg4/bin in $PATH before /bin and /usr/bin. Fix that.
+
+ * tests/m4sh.at (Configure re-execs self with CONFIG_SHELL): Rename
+ the m4sh-produced script to 'script2', to avoid the just-described
+ issue.
+
+2012-03-04 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ tests: fix spurious failure when CONFIG_SITE is set
+ * tests/m4sh.at (Configure re-execs self with CONFIG_SHELL): Export
+ $CONFIG_SITE to "/dev/null", to avoid spurious diffs in expected
+ stdout/stderr.
+
+2012-03-03 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ fortran: clean up core files after AC_FC_CHECK_BOUNDS
+ * lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (AC_FC_CHECK_BOUNDS): Clean up core
+ files, too. Needed for Sun Fortran 95 8.2 2005/10/13 on Solaris 8.
+
+ tests: port AS_TR_SH and AS_TR_CPP test to Solaris 8 wc
+ * tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_TR_SH and AS@&t@_TR_CPP): Do not assume
+ that "wc -l" outputs only digits; on Solaris 8 it also outputs
+ blanks and POSIX allows this.
+
+ tests: fix "#/bin/sh" typo
+ * tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXECUTABLE): "#!/bin/sh", not "#/bin/sh".
+ Typo reported by Tim Rice in:
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2012-03/msg00009.html
+
+ tests: port AS_EXECUTABLE_P test to Solaris 8 /bin/sh
+ * tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXECUTABLE): Treat any nonzero exit
+ status as failure. This is needed for Solaris 8 /bin/sh,
+ where executing a nonexecutable file causes the shell
+ to say the file had exit status 1.
+
+2012-03-03 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ configure: don't infloop when re-executing with $CONFIG_SHELL
+ It turns out our guard against infinite recursion wasn't good
+ enough when shells without $LINENO support were involved, since
+ the creation-and-sourcing of configure.lineno broke the guard's
+ expectations. Reports by Tim Rice and Paul Eggert.
+
+ * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_LINENO_PREPARE): Export '_as_can_reexec'
+ to "no" before sourcing the just-created configure.lineno.
+
+2012-03-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ maint: spelling fixes
+
+2012-03-01 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ maint: post-release administrivia
+ * NEWS: Add header line for next release.
+ * .prev-version: Record previous version.
+ * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
+
+2012-03-01 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ Release Version 2.68b.
+ It's been more than a year since 2.68; time for a beta release
+ to shake out any last minute bugs, before a release of 2.69
+ in the near future.
+
+ * NEWS: Mention the release.
+ * HACKING: Update some instructions.
+
+2012-03-01 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ maint: resync files from upstream
+ * GNUmakefile: Resync via 'make fetch'.
+ * build-aux/config.guess: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/config.sub: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/texinfo.tex: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/update-copyright: Likewise.
+ * doc/standards.texi: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Channels.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Configure_ac.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Getopt.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/Struct.pm: Likewise.
+ * lib/Autom4te/XFile.pm: Likewise.
+ * maint.mk: Likewise.
+
+2012-02-25 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ tests: add test for AS_EXECUTABLE_P
+ Now that this is public, we should regression test it.
+
+ * tests/m4sh.at (AS@&t@_EXECUTABLE): New test.
+
+2012-02-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ m4sh: make AS_EXECUTABLE_P public
+ In the process of making it public, factor it into a reusable
+ function. This makes constructs like AC_CHECK_PROGRAM smaller,
+ as well as making libtool's naughty use of $as_executable_p safer.
+
+ * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_TEST_PREPARE): Add a shell function.
+ (AS_EXECUTABLE_P): Forward to shell function.
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs): Document it.
+ * NEWS: Mention this.
+
+2012-02-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ m4sh: require that 'test -x' works
+ 4.3BSD is no longer a reasonable portability target; and we are
+ pretty sure that these days we can find at least one shell on any
+ platform that supports 'test -x'. Drop a horribly unsafe use of
+ eval as a result. :)
+
+ Libtool still uses $as_executable_p without so much as calling
+ either AS_TEST_X or AS_EXECUTABLE_P; even though the latter has
+ existed, although undocumented, since at least 2.59; furthermore,
+ libtool uses it in a context where filtering out directories
+ would have been desirable. Shame on them.
+
+ * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_TEST_X_WORKS): New probe.
+ (AS_SHELL_SANITIZE, AS_INIT): Use it in shell searching.
+ (AS_TEST_X, AS_EXECUTABLE_P): Simplify.
+
+2012-02-24 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ doc: mention more pitfalls of file mode tests
+ 4.3BSD is museum-ware now, so we can assume that test -x exists;
+ however, we still can't assume that it always does what we want.
+
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <test (files)>:
+ Treat 'test -x' as mostly portable, but mention problems with
+ root user, ACLs, and TOCTTOU races.
+
+2012-02-16 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ docs: tweak 'rm -f' limitations
+ Based on http://debbugs.gnu.org/10819 and
+ http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=542
+
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools) <rm>: More
+ details on 'rm -f' without files.
+
+2012-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ maint: replace FSF snail-mail addresses with URLs
+ * tests/erlang.at, tests/go.at, tests/statesave.m4:
+ Replace FSF snail mail addresses with URLs, as per GNU coding
+ standards, and for consistency with other tests.
+
+2012-01-28 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ maint: avoid "make syntax-check" failure
+ * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/INSTALL): Remove spurious space-before-TAB.
+
+2012-01-23 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ tests: fix test regression due to additional output
+ This test has been failing since commit 5285ea8c (sadly, since
+ last July; thankfully, unreleased).
+
+ * tests/m4sugar.at (m4@&t@_require: nested): Fix test.
+
+2012-01-23 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ INSTALL: convert to '' quoting, drop blank line at end
+ This is allowed by recent GNU Coding Standards changes, and
+ mirrors recent gnulib changes:
+ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00267.html
+ https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00298.html
+
+ I've confirmed that after these changes, the INSTALL generated and
+ installed by autoconf matches the INSTALL.ISO in gnulib.
+
+ * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/INSTALL): Match gnulib INSTALL.ISO.
+
+2012-01-23 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ maint: convert .x-sc_* into exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_* exemptions
+ Many of the .x-sc_* exemptions were no long necessary. Remove those
+ files and instead, provide exemptions via variable definitions in
+ cfg.mk to address the few remaining exceptions.
+ * .x-sc_prohibit_atoi_atof: Remove file.
+ * .x-sc_space_tab: Likewise.
+ * .x-sc_sun_os_names: Likewise.
+ * .x-sc_trailing_blank: Likewise.
+ * .x-sc_two_space_separator_in_usage: Likewise.
+ * .x-sc_useless_cpp_parens: Likewise.
+ * cfg.mk: Add minimal exemptions.
+ * cfg.mk: Add minimal exemptions.
+ * doc/standards.texi (Standard C): Address the sole useless-cpp-parens
+ violation in this file:
+ -#if defined (__STDC__) || defined (WINDOWSNT)
+ +#if defined __STDC__ || defined WINDOWSNT
+ With that, the only remaining offender is config.guess, whose name
+ is now listed in cfg.mk.
+ Suggested by Eric Blake.
+
+2012-01-23 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ doc: work around mingw-w64 alloca problem with example
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Functions): In example code for
+ alloca, do not re-#define alloca. This works around a mingw-w64
+ problem reported by Vincent Torri in
+ <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2012-01/msg00018.html>.
+
+2012-01-21 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ maint: fix or disable failing syntax-check rules
+ * cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): List failing tests, so we skip
+ them, for now.
+ (old_NEWS_hash): Update.
+ * doc/autoconf.texi: Per suggestion from Eric Blake, obfuscate
+ the first word of "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" as File@/system
+ so it continues to render as one word, yet doesn't trigger the
+ syntax-check prohibition.
+
+ maint: also sync maint.mk and useless-if-before-free from gnulib
+ * cfg.mk (gnulib-update): Add them to the list.
+ * maint.mk: Update from gnulib.
+ * build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/useless-if-before-free: New file, from gnulib.
+ * doc/gnu-oids.texi: Update.
+
+ maint.mk: update from gnulib
+ * maint.mk: Update.
+
+ maint: placate syntax-check rules: exempt some false positives
+ * cfg.mk: Exempt maint.mk from the "undesirable word seq" check.
+ Exempt maint.mk and autoconf.texi from the test_minus_ao check.
+
+ maint: tweak to avoid triggering space-tab-prohibiting syntax-check
+ * tests/m4sh.at (nargs): Use TAB-SP, not SP-TAB in abusive file name,
+ to avoid triggering the space-tab-prohibiting syntax-check.
+
+ maint: remove empty lines at EOF
+ * man/autoconf.x: Remove empty line at EOF.
+ * man/autoheader.x: Likewise.
+ * man/autoscan.x: Likewise.
+ * man/autoupdate.x: Likewise.
+ * man/ifnames.x: Likewise.
+ * tests/compile.at: Likewise.
+ * doc/fdl.texi: Likewise.
+
+ doc: fix grammar/doubled-word errors
+ * doc/autoconf.texi: Remove/fix doubled-word errors.
+ Also, s/can not/cannot/.
+ * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4: Reword "if IF" comment to avoid triggering
+ the doubled-word warning.
+
+2012-01-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maint: sync files from gnulib
+ * GNUmakefile: Sync from gnulib.
+ * build-aux/announce-gen: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/config.guess: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/config.sub: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/git-version-gen: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/gnupload: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/move-if-change: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/texinfo.tex: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/update-copyright: Likewise.
+ * build-aux/vc-list-files: Likewise.
+ * doc/gendocs_template: Likewise.
+ * doc/standards.texi: Likewise.
+ * m4/autobuild.m4: Likewise.
+
+2012-01-21 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maint: make position of gnulib checkout configurable
+ Some gnulib-related tools (most prominently, the gnulib-provided
+ 'bootstrap' script) allow the user to define the position of his
+ gnulib's repository checkout through the use of the 'GNULIB_SRCDIR'
+ environment variable. We should do the same, for consistency and
+ to easily support slightly unusual layouts in developers' source
+ trees.
+
+ * cfg.mk (gnulib_dir): Define to "$GNULIB_SRCDIR" if that's set,
+ and to default value of "'$(abs_srcdir)'/../gnulib" otherwise.
+ Update comments.
+
+2012-01-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ getopt: sync from Automake repository
+ * lib/Autom4te/Getopt.am: The master copy of this file has
+ been moved to the Automake repository (see Automake commit
+ 'v1.11-662-g52246cc' 2012-01-18, "cmdline parsing: move into
+ a dedicated perl module"). So we now we sync it from there,
+ by listing it ...
+ * cfg.mk (autom4te_files): ... in this variable.
+
+2012-01-20 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ build: fix automake error due to missing ChangeLog
+ Apparently, Automake does not accept the '$(srcdir)/ChangeLog'
+ target in Makefile.am as a declaration that ChangeLog is
+ automatically generated (and thus does not need to exist at
+ automake time). One has to use a *literal* 'ChangeLog' target.
+
+ Problem introduced in commit v2.68-118-g6ed5195 of 2012-01-17,
+ "maint: generate ChangeLog from git log".
+
+ * Makefile.ma ($(srcdir)/ChangeLog): Renamed ...
+ (ChangeLog): ... to this.
+
+2012-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ getopt: new Autom4te::Getopt module
+ * lib/Autom4te/General.pm (getopt): Move the guts of its
+ implementation ...
+ * lib/Autom4te/Getopt.pm (parse_options): .. into this function
+ in the new Autom4te::Getopt module. This will make it simpler
+ for the implementation to be shared with other projects (right
+ now, Automake).
+ * lib/Automake/Makefile.am (dist_perllib_DATA): Add the new
+ module.
+
+2012-01-17 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+ tests: avoid spurious failure for each gnu-fortran-using test
+ The tests compare pre- and post-run lists of envvars, which must
+ be the same, modulo a list of known, filtered-out exceptions.
+ However, when running fortran-checking tests with GNU fortran, each
+ would fail due to the post-run addition of the GFC symbol added in
+ v2.68-97-gbd962ac.
+ * tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_ENV): Add GFC to the list of symbols
+ that we ignore in pre-/post-run environment diffs.
+
+2012-01-17 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ maint: generate ChangeLog from git log
+ Following the practice set by various other GNU projects, we start
+ to automatically generate the ChangeLog file from the git commit
+ messages. This will avoid duplication (as the ChangeLog entries
+ were always inserted both in the git commit message and in the
+ version-controlled ChangeLog file), and potential problems with
+ spurious merge conflicts (which, although greatly mitigated by
+ Bruno Haible's `git-merge-changelog' helper program, have never
+ been completely solved).
+
+ * ChangeLog: Moved ...
+ * ChangeLog.3: ... to this.
+ * build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog: New script, synced from gnulib.
+ * cfg.mk (gnulib-update): Also sync gitlog-to-changelog.
+ * Makefile.am (gen-ChangeLog): New .PHONY rule, generate the
+ ChangeLog for distribution.
+ (dist-hook): Depend on it.
+ ($(srcdir)/ChangeLog): New dummy rule, to pacify automake "gnu"
+ strictness. Creates a dummy ChangeLog, that will be overridden
+ by the proper one at distribution time.
+ (gen_start_date): New variable, the date starting from which the
+ git log entries are to be copied in the generated ChangeLog.
+ (EXTRA_DIST): Add ChangeLog.3 and gitlog-to-changelog.
+ * configure.ac (AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR): Use 'lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4'
+ instead of 'ChangeLog' as the sentinel file.
+ * .gitignore: Add ChangeLog.
+
+2012-01-15 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
+
+ cosmetics: fix some typos in ChangeLog