maint: it seems APIVERSION only changes for minor/major releases.
* configure.ac (APIVERSION): back to 1.17 (from 1.17.0.90).
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
maint: post-release version bump to 1.17.0.90
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.17.0.90.
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
* HACKING: Fix typo in version example.
maint: prepare for 1.17 release.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.17.
(APIVERSION): also 1.17. (Yikes.)
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
* HACKING: tweak release info some more.
maint: ignore all *.out in .gitignore.
* .gitignore (*.out): ignore all at top level; common temp files.
test: explanation of MTIME_RESOLUTION resetting.
* t/ax/test-defs.in (MTIME_RESOLUTION): separate the case
where am_cv_filesystem_timestamp_resolution is not set for
more explanations, but still reset MTIME_RESOLUTION to 1
even if it is already set. Which it should be when running
tests, because config.status is sourced. But it's too late in
the release process to change this now; after the release,
can try keeping a non-empty MTIME_RESOLUTION.
automake: info about Automake and Libtool being in different prefixes.
In response to https://bugs.gnu.org/71847.
* doc/automake.texi (Libtool library used but LIBTOOL is undefined):
new node. Tweak aclocal section.
* lib/Automake/Variable.pm (require_variables): refer to the
new node in the message for LT_INIT.
* maintainer/maint.mk (announcement) <AO>: new fn; use it
to output a link to the new node for test releases only.
* HACKING: mention M-x texinfo-master-menu, et al.
* doc/amhello/README: mention that the package is named amhello.
maint: secondary updates from make fetch.
* lib/gendocs.sh: update with make fetch.
* lib/gitlog-to-changelog: likewise.
* lib/gnupload: likewise.
* lib/update-copyright: likewise.
doc: tweak announce-gen invocation HACKING.
* HACKING: generalize gnulib/build-aux/announce-gen invocation.
automake: display whether sleep supports fractional seconds as yes/no.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2024-07/msg00003.html
* m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_SLEEP_FRACTIONAL_SECONDS): Set
am_cv_sleep_fractional_seconds to yes/no, not true/false,
for consistency with other results.
Also "quote" this and other $am_cv values.
(_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): Test for yes/no.
* t/ax/test-defs.in: Set am_cv_sleep_fractional_seconds to 'no',
not 'false'.
doc: tweak release info in HACKING.
* HACKING: mention gnulib/build-aux/announce-gen, etc.
maint: post-release: bump version to 1.16.93
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Post-release version bump to 1.16.93.
* am/amversion.m4: Update by running ./bootstrap.
maint: prepare for 1.16.92 pretest.
* configure.ac (AC_INIT): 1.16.92.
* m4/amversion.m4: likewise (auto-updated).
maint: wording tweaks for announcement.
* NEWS: Automake 2.0 may not happen.
* maintainer/maint.mk (announcement): missed newline.
test: sync list-of-tests.
* t/list-of-tests.mk (handwritten_TESTS): add back t/instdir-ltlib.sh;
turns out all tests need to be listed there, XFAIL_TESTS is not
included, and that seems ok.
* t/CheckListOfTests.am (maintainer-check-list-of-tests): only
delete temp files if result is successful.
automake: insane typo * instead of 2.
* m4/sanity.m4 (AM_SANITY_CHECK): managed to replace 2 with *
in ls -t test. Clearly I have gone insane.
maint: secondary updates from make fetch.
* lib/gendocs.sh: update with make fetch.
* lib/gitlog-to-changelog: likewise.
doc: rewrite subsecond NEWS entry, sanity.m4 "make" testing wrong, etc.
* m4/sanity.m4 (_AM_FILESYSTEM_TIMESTAMP_RESOLUTION): mention
that testing of "make" is wrong here; but $(MAKE) is not available?
Do some special pleading that it won't matter in practice; we'll see.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2024-06/msg00051.html
(AM_SANITY_CHECK): use $[]* instead of $[*]2 to avoid
the confusing apparent (but not) use of shell arrays; the square
brackets are parsed off by m4.
* lib/am/check.am (output_system_information): en passant, mention
that $(AWK) should always be defined since AC_PROG_AWK is part of
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE nowadays.
* NEWS: rewrite subsecond NEWS entry:workaround, more references.