From:	 Martin Lindhe <martin@humany.com>
To:	 "'lwn@lwn.net'" <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: automake 1.5
Date:	 Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:32:06 +0200

automake 1.5 is up on ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/ and mirrors, allthough i
havent seen a release notice yet, here's what's new, from the NEWS file in
the package:

New in 1.5:
* Support for `configure.ac'.
* Support for `else COND', `endif COND' and negated conditions `!COND'.
* `make dist-all' is much faster.
* Allows '@' AC_SUBSTs in macro names.
* Faster AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (requires update of `missing' script)
* User-side dependency tracking.  Developers no longer need GNU make or gcc
* Python support
* Uses DIST_SUBDIRS in some situations when SUBDIRS is conditional
* Most files are correctly handled if they appear in subdirs
  For instance, a _DATA file can appear in a subdir
* GNU tar is no longer required for `make dist'
* Added support for `dist_' and `nodist_' prefixes
* Added support for `nobase_' prefix
* Compiled Java support
* Support for per-executable and per-library compilation flags
* Many bug fixes

/martin