autoconf - Generate configuration scripts HOWTO

ChangeLog


2023-12-22	- 2.69 -> 
		- Home page URL http to https
		- Added Wikipedia link
		- Updated Slackware package list versions removing
		  11.0-13.37, adding 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0
		- Removed md5sum and sha1sum verification,
		  added base64-encoded SHA256 verification
2012/05/08	- 2.68 -> 2.69
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.37
2010/10/28	- 2.65 -> 2.68
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.1
2010/03/06	- 2.63 -> 2.65
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.0
		- Updated the uninstall part at the bottom to remove
		  files in /usr/info and /usr/share/info, /usr/man/man1
		  and /usr/share/man/man1
2009/02/17	- 2.62 -> 2.63
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.2, removed older than 11
2008/05/26	- 2.61 -> 2.62
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.0 and 12.1
Dec 28, 2006	- Added sha512 verification
Nov 28, 2006	- 2.60 -> 2.61
		- Removed gawk, sed, grep links (at the top now)
		- Updated Slackware note for 11.0
Aug 17, 2006	- Removed prerequisite link to non-existant expr howto (?),
		  expr is a part of coreutils
Aug 2, 2006	- 2.59 -> 2.60
		- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
		- Added sha1sum verification
		- chown -R root:root if you are root
		- Rearrange options to shut up recent versions of find
		- Updated prerequisites
		- Only run removepkg if it exists
May 10, 2005	- Changed download URL from ftp to http
		- Removed the make, fileutils, sh-utils, and coreutils links
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- Updated Slackware package note to include Slackware 10.1
		- Changed ibiblio URL to one that currently exists
Aug 31, 2004	- Fixed the ibiblio link
		- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils and sh-utils
		  prerequisites
		- Replaced md5sum -> textutils link with a link to coreutils
		- Added note about the version that comes with Slackware 10.0
Feb 2, 2004	- Fixed link to expr from non-existant expr howto to
		  sh-utils howto
Dec 19, 2003	- 2.58 -> 2.59
		- Added fileutils as a prereq
Nov 11, 2003	- 2.57 -> 2.58
		- Added note about what comes with Slack 9.0 and 9.1
		- Added more prerequisites
		- Added gpg verification
Oct 2, 2003	- Changed the link to ibiblio from ftp to http
		- Removed use of sha1sums file that used to be at
		  ftp.gnu.org before it got cracked with a verified md5sum
		- Create ~/installed with mode 700
Jul 23, 2003	- Set to reuse existing tarball rather than re-downloading
Mar 6, 2003	- Modernized
Dec 5, 2002	- 2.56 -> 2.57
		- Updated removal of old versions
		- Added gpg verification of sha1sums and sha1sum
		  verification of tarball
Nov 15, 2002	- 2.54 -> 2.56
		- Updated previous version removal
Oct 4, 2002	- 2.53 -> 2.54
		- Added home page link
		- .tar.gz -> .tar.bz2

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