From: Joel E. Denny <jdenny@clemson.edu>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:43:33 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: * HACKING (Release Procedure): Recommend a secure automake.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.90~730
X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/commitdiff_plain/505e155199907c3e2634a84a9c343efb9db1eac7?ds=sidebyside;hp=b8d19cf8c15a4ae78ad3e370e82ce8e9359194a0

* HACKING (Release Procedure): Recommend a secure automake.

(cherry picked from commit d2829fdc040f928cc3596725783183f9af8ca5af)
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+2009-12-31  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@clemson.edu>
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+	* HACKING (Release Procedure): Recommend a secure automake.
+
 2009-12-29  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@clemson.edu>
 
 	portability: `<' and `>' are not always defined on addresses.
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ The log message can be simply:
 
   Bison 2.3b
 
+** make distcheck
+Be sure to use automake 1.10.3, 1.11.1, or later in order to avoid the
+security issue described here:
+
+  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autotools.announce/131
+
 ** Push
 Once `make distcheck' passes, push your changes and the tag.
 `git push' without arguments will not push the tag.