A week ago, eight years after the last release, GNU Autoconf 2.70, a utility for creating configuration scripts used to build and install programs, was quietly released.
Notable changes include:
- support for the 2011 C/C++ standard,
- support for reproducible builds,
- improved compatibility with current compilers and shell utilities,
- improved cross-compilation support,
- a large number of bug fixes and minor improvements,
- 12 new features.
The developers claim that they could not maintain backward compatibility, they should be updated with caution. The list of incompatibilities, new features and bug fixes can be found at the link below.
Source: linux.org.ru