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: v2.4.1a~11
X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/commitdiff_plain/d2829fdc040f928cc3596725783183f9af8ca5af

* HACKING (Release Procedure): Recommend a secure automake.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f32a46e7..d9b5f33e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-12-31  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@clemson.edu>
+
+	* HACKING (Release Procedure): Recommend a secure automake.
+
 2009-12-21  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@clemson.edu>
 
 	YYFAIL: deprecate.
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 82f07bb4..32fa8d90 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ 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.