Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
---
NG-NEWS | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NG-NEWS b/NG-NEWS
index 69d22e4..b4fbc55 100644
--- a/NG-NEWS
+++ b/NG-NEWS
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Compilation and Object Files
Serial testsuite harness (obsolescent)
======================================
-* The $(TESTS) and $(XFAIL_TESTS) variables are not anymore rewritten for
+* The $(TESTS) and $(XFAIL_TESTS) variables are no longer rewritten for
$(EXEEXT) appending. The use of compiled programs in $(TESTS) and
$(XFAIL_TESTS) still works as before though, even on systems where
$(EXEEXT) is non-empty.
@@ -112,11 +112,10 @@ Serial testsuite harness (obsolescent)
Parallel testsuite harness
==========================
-* Automake does not automatically generate the definition of 'LOG_COMPILE'
- variables anymore. These have always been meant for internal use only
- anyway.
+* Automake no longer automatically generate the definition of 'LOG_COMPILE'
+ variables. These have always been meant for internal use only anyway.
-* The $(TESTS) and $(XFAIL_TESTS) variables are not anymore rewritten for
+* The $(TESTS) and $(XFAIL_TESTS) variables are no longer rewritten for
$(EXEEXT) appending. The use of compiled programs in $(TESTS) still
works as before though, even on systems where $(EXEEXT) is non-empty,
thanks to a careful use of pattern rules.
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ Parallel testsuite harness
* Errors about invalid content of $(TEST_EXTENSIONS) are reported at
make runtime, not auto Automake runtime.
-* It is not anymore possible to override TEST_LOGS at make runtime as a
+* It is no longer possible to override TEST_LOGS at make runtime as a
mean to redefine the list of tests to be run.
# This won't work anymore!
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ Parallel testsuite harness
# "foo.test", "bar.test$(EXEEXT)" and "baz$(EXEEXT)".
make check TESTS="foo bar baz"
-* The use of 'RECHECK_LOGS' is not supported anymore. Thus, to lazily
+* The use of 'RECHECK_LOGS' is no longer supported. Thus, to lazily
re-run only the tests whose '.trs' or '.log' files are out-of-date,
one must now use:
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ Parallel testsuite harness
Distribution
============
-* "Bare" wildcards are not usable anymore in $(EXTRA_DIST):
+* "Bare" wildcards are no longer usable in $(EXTRA_DIST):
EXTRA_DIST = $(srcdir)/doc/*.txt # This won't work anymore.
@@ -265,11 +264,11 @@ Distribution
Obsolete Features Removed
=========================
-* Extension-less info files are not supported anymore.
+* Extension-less info files are no longer supported.
-* The only accepted suffix for input Texinfo files is now '.texi';
- the once-accepted values '.txi' and '.texinfo' are not handled
- anymore, and their use will trigger an error.
+* The only accepted suffix for input Texinfo files is now '.texi'; the
+ once-accepted values '.txi' and '.texinfo' are no longer handled, and
+ their use will trigger an error.
* If the sources for a target library like 'libfoo.a' or 'libbar.la' are
not explicitly specified, mainline Automake looks also (respectively)
@@ -285,9 +284,9 @@ Obsolete Features Removed
as recommended in the Autoconf manual (as of Autoconf 2.69, chapter
"Obsolete Constructs", section "acconfig.h").
-* The 'mkinstalldirs' script is not installed, distributed, nor provided
- anymore; its same effects can be obtained by "install-sh -d" instead.
- Similarly, the $(mkinstallscripts) make variable is not defined anymore;
+* The 'mkinstalldirs' script is no longer installed, distributed, nor
+ provided; its same effects can be obtained by "install-sh -d" instead.
+ Similarly, the $(mkinstallscripts) make variable is no longer defined;
one should use $(MKDIR_P) instead.
* The Automake-defined internal make variable '$(ACLOCAL_M4)' has been
@@ -365,9 +364,9 @@ Source Files with Unknown Extensions
(compilation rules, requirement for AC_PROG_CXX in configure.ac, etc),
and use the C++ linker to link the 'foo' executable.
- But Autommake-NG *won't follow those implicit chains of pattern rules*
- anymore; so that the idiom above will have to be re-worked like follows
- to preserve its intent and behaviour:
+ But Automake-NG will *no longer follow those implicit chains* of
+ pattern rules; so that the idiom above will have to be re-worked
+ like follows to preserve its intent and behaviour:
%.cc: %.zoo:
$(preprocess) $< > $@
@@ -378,9 +377,9 @@ Source Files with Unknown Extensions
nodist_foo_SOURCES = bar.cc
EXTRA_DIST = foo.zoo
- And there is another major consequence of this change of semantics: one
- can't use anymore "header files" with extensions unrecognized to Automake
- anymore; for example, an usage like this will cause errors at make
+ And there is another major consequence of this change of semantics: now
+ one can no longer use "header files" with extensions unrecognized to
+ Automake; for example, an usage like this will cause errors at make
runtime:
# Won't work anymore.
@@ -424,8 +423,8 @@ Miscellaneous
has been renamed to AM_DEFAULT_INCLUDES, to avoid impinging on the user's
namespace. Do not override this variable in your Makefiles!
-* The Automake-generated clean targets do not exit successfully anymore if
- an error occurs while removing a file or directory.
+* The Automake-generated clean targets no longer exit successfully if an
+ error occurs while removing a file or directory.
* The semantic of $(BUILT_SOURCES) support has been slightly altered; now,
the files listed in $(BUILT_SOURCES) will be built not only before the
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1.8.0.1.409.g252f922
