m4 - Macro processor HOWTO

ChangeLog


2021-11-22	- 1.4.18 -> 1.4.19
		- Removed sha1sum verification, leaving 256
		- Home page URL http to https
2017-05-24	- 1.4.17 -> 1.4.18
		- Updated Slackware note for 14.2, removed older than 13.37
		- tar.bz2 to tar.xz
2014/04/24	- 1.4.16 -> 1.4.17
		- Updated Slackware note for 14.0, 14.0, removed older than
		  13.0
2011/07/05	- 1.4.15 -> 1.4.16
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.37, removed 11.0 & 12.0
2010/10/28	- 1.4.14 -> 1.4.15
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.1
2010/03/06	- 1.4.12 -> 1.4.14
		- Updated Slackware note for 13.0
2009/02/17	- 1.4.11 -> 1.4.12
		- Added libsigsegv link
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.2, removed older than 11
		- Pass --infodir and --mandir to configure to specify
		  Slackware's defaults (/usr/share/info -> /usr/info,
		  /usr/share/man -> /usr/man)
2008/05/26	- 1.4.10 -> 1.4.11
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.1
2007/08/27	- 1.4.9 -> 1.4.10
		- Removed gawk, grep links (now at the top)
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.0
Apr 4, 2007	- 1.4.8 -> 1.4.9
Nov 28, 2006	- 1.4.7 -> 1.4.8
Oct 26, 2006	- 1.4.6 -> 1.4.7
Aug 28, 2006	- 1.4.5 -> 1.4.6
Aug 2, 2006	- 1.4.4 -> 1.4.5
		- Only run removepkg when it exists
		- Added uninstall instructions to the bottom
		- Remove ansi2knr and it's man page, it has
		  been removed from m4
Oct 24, 2005	- 1.4.3 -> 1.4.4
		- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
		- Fixed broken links to other howtos
Jul 28, 2005	- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
		- Run chown -R root:root on source directory when
		  $UID = 0
		- Added alternate download URL (ibiblio)
		- Added note about versions that come with Slackware
May 12, 2005	- 1.4.2 -> 1.4.3
		- Changed from tar.gz to tar.bz2
May 10, 2005	- Removed gcc, make, binutils, fileutils/coreutils links
		- Changed download URLs from ftp to http
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
		- Added sha1sum verification
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
Aug 31, 2004	- 1.4.1 -> 1.4.2
		- Instead of using cp to "install" ansi2knr, use ginstall
Jun 9, 2004	- 1.4 -> 1.4.1
		- Added gpg verification
		- Changed md5sum -> textutils link to point to coreutils
		- Added (obvious) prerequisites
Aug 28, 2003	- Put md5sum in the howto itself, removed reliance on
		  ftp.gnu.org sha1sums file
		- Create ~/installed with mode 700
Mar 6, 2003	- First entry

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