Reference: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-08/msg00200.html> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-09/msg00000.html> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-09/msg00001.html>
On Sunday 28 August 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > This patch series (for master) completely remove the obsolete > de-ANSI-fication support from the Automake codebase. > > It doesn't get rid of the `AM_C_PROTOTYPES' m4 macro and `ansi2knr' > automake option completely, though: they are still handled to give > a more detailed error message about the de-ANSI-fication support > removal, to help transition of "stubborn" packages. I plan to > completely remove them only starting from the next-after-the-next > release (1.13, ideally). > > After the series is applied, the testsuite still passes (tested > on Solaris 10 with gcc 4.6.0, Sun C 5.9, GNU make 3.82 and > /usr/ccs/bin/make). > > I will give 72 hours for reviews before pushing to a topic branch > 'remove-deansification', to be soon merged into master. > > Regards, > Stefano > > -*-*-*- > > Stefano Lattarini (6+1): > docs: remove description of de-ANSI-fication support from manual > tests: remove tests about obsolete de-ANSI-fication support > ansi: reject attempts to use automatic de-ANSI-fication support > ansi: remove dead code/files for automatic de-ANSI-fication support > automake: cleanups after de-ansification support removal (1) > automake: cleanups after de-ansification support removal (2) > automake: fix regression due to de-ansification support removal > I've pushed this series now, and merged to master. Regards, Stefano
