Autoconf 2.65 is almost three years old now, so requiring it is
acceptable. Also, the soon-to-appear support for Objective C++
in Automake will be simplified if we can assume that Autoconf
version (which is the one that introduced support for Objective
C++).
* NEWS (Planned future backward-incompatibilities): Automake 1.13 will
require Autoconf 2.65 or later.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
---
NEWS | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7d64c0b..f2181f6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ New in 1.12.1:
* WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!
+ - Autoconf 2.65 or later will be required by the next major Automake
+ version (1.13). Until now, Automake has been working with any
+ Autoconf version up to 2.62.
+
- Starting from the next major Automake version (1.13), the rules to
build pdf, ps and dvi output from Texinfo input will use the '--tidy'
option by default. Since such an option was introduced in Texinfo
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