update automake to 1.7 and autoconf to 2.54

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0be229eda86f2a6ea19e587cbb9d46aca9750637..17dd5455160beec3d29680641b30453a3048a8c9 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = \
        gnits \
        check-news \
        dist-bzip2 \
-       1.6
+       1.7
 
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = flex

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fec0171aaaa33ef4be29d43bcf995b298eca1c69..f04f3248dc61fad55a5cc73995864fc372af580c 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
 
 * after version 2.5.21
 
-** Makefile.in, etc. are generated with automake 1.6.3 (this has been
-   true for a while but was not documented here)
+** upgraded automake to 1.7 and consequently autoconf to 2.54; this
+   means, among other things, that there is some support for
+formatting the manual in postscript and pdf in the distributed
+   Makefile.in (and therefore in the Makefile built by configure)
 
 ** the flex.1 manpage is generated by help2man; (this has been true
    for quite a while but was not listed here)

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 95ff907a24b1347ae14bb5b205cdbf9289743dbd..a85388c0bf7595b268d56493cead22f83090f04b 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dnl IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
 dnl WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 dnl PURPOSE.
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.50)
+AC_PREREQ(2.54)
 AC_INIT(flex,2.5.21,help-flex@gnu.org)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(scan.l)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE