Updated for autoconf 2.57, automake 1.7.6, and gettext 0.12.1.

Fixed problems with the dist target (adding missing files).
Workaround for a bug in gettext 0.12.1 po/Makefile.in.in where distclean
wasn't cleaning everything, which caused distcheck to fail.

8 files changed, 37 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 06d2df1..9e05683 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This is a -*-Makefile-*-, or close enough
 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.7.3 dist-bzip2 check-news ansi2knr
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dist-bzip2 check-news ansi2knr
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS	=  -I config
 
 SUBDIRS =	glob config po doc
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ html:
 
 localedir =	$(datadir)/locale
 
+# We need this due to a bug in gettext 0.12.1 Makefile.in.in: without this I
+# can't run distcheck because this file is created but not removed during
+# distclean.
+
+distclean-local:
+	test "$(srcdir)" = . || rm -f po/stamp-po
+
 # --------------- Local INSTALL Section
 
 # If necessary, change the gid of the app and turn on the setgid flag.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a93fc4e..2a3ff8f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Please send GNU make bug reports to <bug-make@gnu.org>.
 See the README file and the GNU make manual for details on sending bug
 reports.
 
-Version 3.81a2
+Version 3.81rc1
 
 * GNU make is ported to OS/2.
   Port provided by Andreas Buening <andreas.buening@nexgo.de>.
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Version 3.81a2
 * Enhancements for POSIX compatibility:
    - Only touch targets (under -t) if they have at least one command.
 
+* Updated to autoconf 2.57, automake 1.7.6, and gettext 0.12.1.  Users
+  should not be impacted.
+
 
 Version 3.80
 
diff --git a/config/Makefile.am b/config/Makefile.am
index 0a4e3c7..8295408 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.am
+++ b/config/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*-Makefile-*-, or close enough
 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS =	1.7.3
-
-EXTRA_DIST =	codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 \
+EXTRA_DIST =	codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 nls.m4 \
 		intdiv0.m4 inttypes-pri.m4 inttypes.m4 inttypes_h.m4 \
 		isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4 lib-ld.m4 lib-link.m4 lib-prefix.m4 \
-		progtest.m4 stdint_h.m4 uintmax_t.m4 ulonglong.m4
+		progtest.m4 stdint_h.m4 uintmax_t.m4 ulonglong.m4 \
+		dospaths.m4 po.m4
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ef44f90..e7b31b1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT([GNU make],[3.81a2],[bug-make@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU make],[3.81rc1],[bug-make@gnu.org])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(vpath.c)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 
 # Automake setup
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
-AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.7.6])
 
 # Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ AM_C_PROTOTYPES
 
 # Enable gettext, in "external" mode.
 
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5)
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.12.1)
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 
 # This test must come as early as possible after the compiler configuration
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 0c130b2..ba7eef3 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # -*-Makefile-*-, or close enough
 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.7.3
-
 TEXI2HTML = texi2html
 TEXI2HTML_FLAGS = -split_chapter
 
diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index 5184c16..5aef5c8 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -4184,10 +4184,12 @@ from getting implicit commands (from implicit rules or the
 
 @c !!! another reason is for canonical stamp files:
 @ignore
+@example
 foo: stamp-foo ;
 stamp-foo: foo.in
         create foo frm foo.in
         touch $@
+@end example
 @end ignore
 
 You may be inclined to define empty command strings for targets that are
diff --git a/glob/Makefile.am b/glob/Makefile.am
index b777015..d38528d 100644
--- a/glob/Makefile.am
+++ b/glob/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*-Makefile-*-, or close enough
 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS =	1.7.3 foreign
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS =	foreign
 
 # Only build the library when the system doesn't already have GNU glob.
 if USE_LOCAL_GLOB
diff --git a/po/Makevars b/po/Makevars
index 8b09f53..1072d3e 100644
--- a/po/Makevars
+++ b/po/Makevars
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@ XGETTEXT_OPTIONS = --keyword=_ --keyword=N_
 # their copyright.
 COPYRIGHT_HOLDER = Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
+# This is the email address or URL to which the translators shall report
+# bugs in the untranslated strings:
+# - Strings which are not entire sentences, see the maintainer guidelines
+#   in the GNU gettext documentation, section 'Preparing Strings'.
+# - Strings which use unclear terms or require additional context to be
+#   understood.
+# - Strings which make invalid assumptions about notation of date, time or
+#   money.
+# - Pluralisation problems.
+# - Incorrect English spelling.
+# - Incorrect formatting.
+# It can be your email address, or a mailing list address where translators
+# can write to without being subscribed, or the URL of a web page through
+# which the translators can contact you.
+MSGID_BUGS_ADDRESS = bug-make@gnu.org
+
 # This is the list of locale categories, beyond LC_MESSAGES, for which the
 # message catalogs shall be used.  It is usually empty.
 EXTRA_LOCALE_CATEGORIES =