is a Makefile generator (input Makefile.am, output Makefile.in; intended for use with autoconf).
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| having trouble finding a project to contribute to. So while | | having trouble finding a project to contribute to. So while |
| hacking he wanted to bring the 'Makefile.in' up to GNU standards. | | hacking he wanted to bring the 'Makefile.in' up to GNU standards. |
| This was hard, and one day he saw Automake on | | This was hard, and one day he saw Automake on |
| <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/>, grabbed it and tried it out. | | <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/>, grabbed it and tried it out. |
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| Tom didn't talk to djm about it until later, just to make sure he | | Tom didn't talk to djm about it until later, just to make sure he |
| didn't mind if he made a release. He did a bunch of early releases | | didn't mind if he made a release. He did a bunch of early releases |
| to the Gnits folks. | | to the Gnits folks. |
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| Gnits was (and still is) totally informal, just a few GNU friends | | Gnits was (and still is) totally informal, just a few GNU friends |
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| who Franc,ois Pinard knew, who were all interested in making a | | who François Pinard knew, who were all interested in making a |
| common infrastructure for GNU projects, and shared a similar | | common infrastructure for GNU projects, and shared a similar |
| outlook on how to do it. So they were able to make some progress. | | outlook on how to do it. So they were able to make some progress. |
| It came along with Autoconf and extensions thereof, and then | | It came along with Autoconf and extensions thereof, and then |
| Automake from David and Tom (who were both gnitsians). One of | | Automake from David and Tom (who were both gnitsians). One of |
| their ideas was to write a document paralleling the GNU standards, | | their ideas was to write a document paralleling the GNU standards, |
| that was more strict in some ways and more detailed. They never | | that was more strict in some ways and more detailed. They never |
| finished the GNITS standards, but the ideas mostly made their way | | finished the GNITS standards, but the ideas mostly made their way |
| into Automake. | | into Automake. |
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| 1995-11-23 Automake 0.20 | | 1995-11-23 Automake 0.20 |
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| Releases are raining. 0.24 introduces the uniform naming scheme we | | Releases are raining. 0.24 introduces the uniform naming scheme we |
| use today, i.e., 'bin_PROGRAMS' instead of 'PROGRAMS', | | use today, i.e., 'bin_PROGRAMS' instead of 'PROGRAMS', |
| 'noinst_LIBRARIES' instead of 'LIBLIBRARIES', etc. (However | | 'noinst_LIBRARIES' instead of 'LIBLIBRARIES', etc. (However |
| 'EXTRA_PROGRAMS' does not exist yet, 'AM_PROGRAMS' is still in use; | | 'EXTRA_PROGRAMS' does not exist yet, 'AM_PROGRAMS' is still in use; |
| and 'TEXINFOS' and 'MANS' still have no directory prefixes.) | | and 'TEXINFOS' and 'MANS' still have no directory prefixes.) |
| Adding support for prefixes like that was one of the major ideas in | | Adding support for prefixes like that was one of the major ideas in |
| 'automake'; it has lasted pretty well. | | 'automake'; it has lasted pretty well. |
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| AutoMake is renamed to Automake (Tom seems to recall it was | | AutoMake is renamed to Automake (Tom seems to recall it was |
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| Franc,ois Pinard's doing). | | François Pinard's doing). |
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| 0.25 fixes a Perl 4 portability bug. | | 0.25 fixes a Perl 4 portability bug. |
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| 1995-12-18 Jim Meyering starts using Automake in GNU Textutils. | | 1995-12-18 Jim Meyering starts using Automake in GNU Textutils. |
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| 1995-12-31 Franc,ois Pinard starts using Automake in GNU tar. | | 1995-12-31 François Pinard starts using Automake in GNU tar. |
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| 1996-01-03 Automake 0.26 | | 1996-01-03 Automake 0.26 |
| 1996-01-03 Automake 0.27 | | 1996-01-03 Automake 0.27 |
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| Of the many changes and suggestions sent by Franc,ois Pinard and | | Of the many changes and suggestions sent by François Pinard and |
| included in 0.26, perhaps the most important is the advice that to | | included in 0.26, perhaps the most important is the advice that to |
| ease customization a user rule or variable definition should always | | ease customization a user rule or variable definition should always |
| override an Automake rule or definition. | | override an Automake rule or definition. |
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| Gordon Matzigkeit and Jim Meyering are two other early contributors | | Gordon Matzigkeit and Jim Meyering are two other early contributors |
| that have been sending fixes. | | that have been sending fixes. |
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| 0.27 fixes yet another Perl 4 portability bug. | | 0.27 fixes yet another Perl 4 portability bug. |
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| 1996-01-13 Automake 0.28 | | 1996-01-13 Automake 0.28 |
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| 'TEXINFOS' and 'MANS' converted to the uniform naming scheme. | | 'TEXINFOS' and 'MANS' converted to the uniform naming scheme. |
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| 1996-02-24 Automake 0.30 | | 1996-02-24 Automake 0.30 |
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| The test suite is born. It contains 9 tests. From now on test | | The test suite is born. It contains 9 tests. From now on test |
| cases will be added pretty regularly (*note Releases::), and this | | cases will be added pretty regularly (*note Releases::), and this |
| proved to be really helpful later on. | | proved to be really helpful later on. |
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| 'EXTRA_PROGRAMS' finally replaces 'AM_PROGRAMS'. | | 'EXTRA_PROGRAMS' finally replaces 'AM_PROGRAMS'. |
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| All the third-party Autoconf macros, written mostly by Franc,ois | | All the third-party Autoconf macros, written mostly by François |
| Pinard (and later Jim Meyering), are distributed in Automake's | | Pinard (and later Jim Meyering), are distributed in Automake's |
| hand-written 'aclocal.m4' file. Package maintainers are expected | | hand-written 'aclocal.m4' file. Package maintainers are expected |
| to extract the necessary macros from this file. (In previous | | to extract the necessary macros from this file. (In previous |
| versions you had to copy and paste them from the manual...) | | versions you had to copy and paste them from the manual...) |
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| 1996-03-11 Automake 0.31 | | 1996-03-11 Automake 0.31 |
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| The test suite in 0.30 was run via a long 'check-local' rule. Upon | | The test suite in 0.30 was run via a long 'check-local' rule. Upon |
| Ulrich Drepper's suggestion, 0.31 makes it an Automake rule output | | Ulrich Drepper's suggestion, 0.31 makes it an Automake rule output |
| whenever the 'TESTS' variable is defined. | | whenever the 'TESTS' variable is defined. |
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| becomes a kind of repository for such third-party macros, even | | becomes a kind of repository for such third-party macros, even |
| macros completely unrelated to Automake (for instance macros that | | macros completely unrelated to Automake (for instance macros that |
| fix broken Autoconf macros). | | fix broken Autoconf macros). |
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| The 1.2 release contains 20 macros, including the | | The 1.2 release contains 20 macros, including the |
| 'AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' macro that simplifies the creation of | | 'AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' macro that simplifies the creation of |
| 'configure.in'. | | 'configure.in'. |
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| Libtool is fully supported using '*_LTLIBRARIES'. | | Libtool is fully supported using '*_LTLIBRARIES'. |
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| The missing script is introduced by Franc,ois Pinard; it is meant | | The missing script is introduced by François Pinard; it is meant to |
| to be a better solution than 'AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' (*note | | be a better solution than 'AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' (*note |
| maintainer-mode: (automake)maintainer-mode.). | | maintainer-mode: (automake)maintainer-mode.). |
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| Conditionals support was implemented by Ian Lance Taylor. At the | | Conditionals support was implemented by Ian Lance Taylor. At the |
| time, Tom and Ian were working on an internal project at Cygnus. | | time, Tom and Ian were working on an internal project at Cygnus. |
| They were using ILU, which is pretty similar to CORBA. They wanted | | They were using ILU, which is pretty similar to CORBA. They wanted |
| to integrate ILU into their build, which was all 'configure'-based, | | to integrate ILU into their build, which was all 'configure'-based, |
| and Ian thought that adding conditionals to 'automake' was simpler | | and Ian thought that adding conditionals to 'automake' was simpler |
| than doing all the work in 'configure' (which was the standard at | | than doing all the work in 'configure' (which was the standard at |
| the time). So this was actually funded by Cygnus. | | the time). So this was actually funded by Cygnus. |
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