Changes to m4/NEWS,v

[Eric Blake]

CVSROOT:        /sources/m4
Module name:    m4
Changes by:     Eric Blake <ericb>      06/09/20 04:04:29

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -b -r1.16 -r1.17
--- NEWS        19 Sep 2006 13:16:08 -0000      1.16
+++ NEWS        20 Sep 2006 04:04:29 -0000      1.17
@@ -68,13 +68,14 @@
   representation and to catch any more missing state; once 2.0 is released,
   any further changes would introduce format 3.
 
-* New `--debugfile' option is a synonym for the misnamed `--error-output',
-  using the old spelling will print a warning and may break in future
-  versions.
+* The `-o' and `--error-output' options, which were replaced by
+  `--debugfile' in M4 1.4.7, now issue a deprecation warning.  This warning
+  interferes with all versions of Autoconf prior to 2.61, so plan on
+  installing an updated Autoconf when installing M4 2.0.
 
 * The `dumpdef' macro now always outputs to standard error, rather than
-  the debug file specified by the `-o'/`--debugfile' option or
-  `debugfile' macro.
+  the debug file specified by the `--debugfile' option or `debugfile'
+  macro.
 
 * The builtins `modules' and `symbols', introduced in previous betas,
   have been renamed `m4modules' and `m4symbols', in order to minimize