automake - Makefile generator HOWTO

ChangeLog


2024-08-15	- Added 1.17
2023-12-22	- 1.15 -> 1.15.1
		- Added 1.16.5
		- Updated Slackware package versions adding 15.0,
		  removing 13.1, 13.37
		- Removed the old checkinstall package info
		- Home page URL http to https
		- Added Wikipedia link
2017-05-20	- 1.11.5 -> 1.11.6 (fixes CVE-2012-3386)
		- 1.12 -> 1.12.6
		- 1.13 -> 1.13.4
		- Added 1.14.1
		- Added 1.15
		- Add --docdir and --mandir for 1.11.x and up
		- Added cleanup of doc and man files at the bottom
		- Removed links to checkinstall package instructions,
		  very outdated; some day I'll do it for Slacktrack or
		  something...
		- Updated Slackware note to include up to 14.2, removed
		  older than 13.1
2012-05-08	- 1.11.3 -> 1.11.5
		- Added 1.12
2012-03-16	- 1.11.1 -> 1.11.3
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.37
2011-07-17	- Fixed typo that would remove automake-1.10.*.tar.*
		  while installing 1.11.1
2010-10-28	- Updated Slackware note for 13.1
		- Replaced link to autoconf download URL with automake
		  URL (oops)
2010-03-06	- Added 1.11.1
		- 1.10.2 -> 1.10.3
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.0
2009-02-18	- 1.10.1 -> 1.10.2
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.1 and 12.2, removed
		  older than 11
2008-02-18	- 1.10 -> 1.10.1
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.0
2006-12-28	- Added 1.10
		- Removed gawk, grep links (now at the top)
2006-10-26	- Fixed a few from removing automake-*.tar.* instead of
		  automake-x.x.*.tar.*
		- Updated Slackware note for 11.0
2006-08-02	- Only run removepkg if it exists
		- Added installation of the latest 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7,
		  and 1.8 versions too
		- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
2005-08-16	- Added section to create a package with checkinstall
		- Pass --infodir=/usr/info to configure, remove
		  /usr/share/info/automake.info* if it exists
Jul 14, 2005	- 1.9.5 -> 1.9.6
		- Run chown -R root:root on the source directory, run when
		  $UID = 0
		- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
May 10, 2005	- Changed ibiblio URL to one that currently exists
		- Removed make, fileutils, and coreutils links
		- Updated notes for Slackware 10.1
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
		- Changed download URL from ftp to http
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- 1.9.4 -> 1.9.5
Dec 27, 2004	- 1.9.1 -> 1.9.4
Aug 31, 2004	- 1.8.5 -> 1.9.1
		- Fixed the ibiblio link
		- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils prerequisite
		- Added notes about versions that come with Slackware 10.0
		- Replaced md5sum -> textutils link with a link to coreutils
Jun 18, 2004	- 1.8.4 -> 1.8.5
Apr 29, 2004	- 1.8.3 -> 1.8.4
Mar 10, 2004	- 1.8.2 -> 1.8.3
		  Fixes bugs including this one posted about on Bugtraq:
		  <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=automake&pr=413">http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=automake&pr=413</a>
Dec 19, 2003	- 1.7.8 -> 1.8
		- Added cleanup of old version files in /usr/share/aclocal-*
		  and /usr/share/automake-*
		- Added autoconf >= 2.58 as a prereq
Oct 16, 2003	- 1.7.6 -> 1.7.8
		- Added gpg verification
		- Updated prerequisites
Sep 9, 2003	- Removed sha1sums verification (which aren't there any
		  more), replaced with an md5sum in the howto
		- Create ~/installed with mode 700
		- Updated prerequisites based on what configure looks for
Jul 23, 2003	- Misc minor cleanups
Jul 17, 2003	- 1.7.5 -> 1.7.6
Jun 3, 2003	- 1.7.4 -> 1.7.5
May 9, 2003	- 1.7.3 -> 1.7.4
Mar 6, 2003	- 1.7.2 -> 1.7.3
		- Modernized
		- Added perl prerequisite
Dec 6, 2002	- 1.7.1 -> 1.7.2
		- Updated removal of old version source dirs
		- Updated to use sha1sums at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/
Oct 28, 2002	- Added sha1sum verification of tarball, gpg verification of
		  sha1sums
		- 1.7 -> 1.7.1
		- Updated removal of previous versions
Oct 4, 2002	- 1.6.3 -> 1.7
Aug 2, 2002	- 1.6.2 -> 1.6.3

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