Bump to autoconf 2.69 and automake 1.15.1

When trying to run the update-gnulib.sh script in gdb, I get this:

Error: Wrong automake version (Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\${ <-- HERE ([^      =:+{}]+)}/ at /opt/automake/1.11.1/bin/automake line 4113.), we need 1.11.1.
Aborting.

Apparently, it's an issue with a regex in automake that triggers a
warning starting with Perl 5.22.  It has been fixed in automake 1.15.1.
So I think it's a good excuse to bump the versions of autoconf and
automake used in the gnulib import.  And to avoid requiring multiple
builds of autoconf/automake, it was suggested that we bump the required
version of those tools for all binutils-gdb.

For autoconf, the 2.69 version is universally available, so it's an easy
choice.  For automake, different distros and distro versions have
different automake versions.  But 1.15.1 seems to be the most readily
available as a package.  In any case, it's easy to build it from source.

I removed the version checks from AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS and AC_PREREQ,
because I don't think they are useful in our case.  They only specify a
lower bound for the acceptable version of automake/autoconf.  That's
useful if you let the user choose the version of the tool they want to
use, but want to set a minimum version (because you use a feature that
was introduced in that version).  In our case, we force people to use a
specific version anyway.  For the autoconf version, we have the check in
config/override.m4 that enforces the version we want.  It will be one
less thing to update next time we change autotools version.

I hit a few categories of problems that required some changes.  They are
described below along with the chosen solutions.

Problem 1:

  configure.ac:17: warning: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE: two- and three-arguments forms are deprecated.  For more info, see:
  configure.ac:17: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Modernize-AM_005fINIT_005fAUTOMAKE-invocation

Solution 1:

  Adjust the code based on the example at that URL.

Problem 2 (in zlib/):

  Makefile.am: error: required file './INSTALL' not found
  Makefile.am:   'automake --add-missing' can install 'INSTALL'
  Makefile.am: error: required file './NEWS' not found
  Makefile.am: error: required file './AUTHORS' not found
  Makefile.am: error: required file './COPYING' not found
  Makefile.am:   'automake --add-missing' can install 'COPYING'

Solution 2:

  Add the foreign option to AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.

Problem 3:

  doc/Makefile.am:20: error: support for Cygnus-style trees has been removed

Solution 3:

  Remove the cygnus options.

Problem 4:

  Makefile.am:656: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS')

Solution 4:

  Rename "INCLUDES = " to "AM_CPPFLAGS += " (because AM_CPPFLAGS is
  already defined earlier).

Problem 5:

  doc/Makefile.am:71: warning: suffix '.texinfo' for Texinfo files is discouraged; use '.texi' instead
  doc/Makefile.am: warning: Oops!
  doc/Makefile.am:     It appears this file (or files included by it) are triggering
  doc/Makefile.am:     an undocumented, soon-to-be-removed automake hack.
  doc/Makefile.am:     Future automake versions will no longer place in the builddir
  doc/Makefile.am:     (rather than in the srcdir) the generated '.info' files that
  doc/Makefile.am:     appear to be cleaned, by e.g. being listed in CLEANFILES or
  doc/Makefile.am:     DISTCLEANFILES.
  doc/Makefile.am:     If you want your '.info' files to be placed in the builddir
  doc/Makefile.am:     rather than in the srcdir, you have to use the shiny new
  doc/Makefile.am:     'info-in-builddir' automake option.

Solution 5:

  Rename .texinfo files to .texi.

Problem 6:

  doc/Makefile.am: warning: Oops!
  doc/Makefile.am:     It appears this file (or files included by it) are triggering
  doc/Makefile.am:     an undocumented, soon-to-be-removed automake hack.
  doc/Makefile.am:     Future automake versions will no longer place in the builddir
  doc/Makefile.am:     (rather than in the srcdir) the generated '.info' files that
  doc/Makefile.am:     appear to be cleaned, by e.g. being listed in CLEANFILES or
  doc/Makefile.am:     DISTCLEANFILES.
  doc/Makefile.am:     If you want your '.info' files to be placed in the builddir
  doc/Makefile.am:     rather than in the srcdir, you have to use the shiny new
  doc/Makefile.am:     'info-in-builddir' automake option.

Solution 6:

  Remove the hack at the bottom of doc/Makefile.am and use
  the info-in-builddir automake option.

Problem 7:

  doc/Makefile.am:35: error: required file '../texinfo.tex' not found
  doc/Makefile.am:35:   'automake --add-missing' can install 'texinfo.tex'

Solution 7:

  Use the no-texinfo.tex automake option.  We also have one in
  texinfo/texinfo.tex, not sure if we should point to that, or move it
  (or a newer version of it added with automake --add-missing) to
  top-level.

Problem 8:

  Makefile.am:131: warning: source file 'config/tc-aarch64.c' is in a subdirectory,
  Makefile.am:131: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
  automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility.
  automake: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects'
  automake: automake option hasn't been enabled.  For now, the corresponding output
  automake: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory.  However,
  automake: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they will
  automake: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same subdirectory
  automake: of the corresponding sources.
  automake: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your
  automake: project, to avoid future incompatibilities.

Solution 8:

  Use subdir-objects, that means adjusting references to some .o that will now
  be in config/.

Problem 9:

  configure.ac:375: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
  ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2601: _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2617: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE is expanded from...
  ../../lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:639: AS_IF is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2042: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
  ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2063: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
  configure.ac:375: the top level

Solution 9:

  Use AC_LANG_SOURCE, or use proper quoting.

Problem 10 (in intl/):

  configure.ac:7: warning: AC_COMPILE_IFELSE was called before AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
  /usr/share/aclocal/threadlib.m4:36: gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY is expanded from...
  /usr/share/aclocal/threadlib.m4:29: gl_THREADLIB_EARLY is expanded from...
  /usr/share/aclocal/threadlib.m4:318: gl_THREADLIB is expanded from...
  /usr/share/aclocal/lock.m4:9: gl_LOCK is expanded from...
  /usr/share/aclocal/intl.m4:211: gt_INTL_SUBDIR_CORE is expanded from...
  /usr/share/aclocal/intl.m4:25: AM_INTL_SUBDIR is expanded from...
  /usr/share/aclocal/gettext.m4:57: AM_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
  configure.ac:7: the top level

Solution 10:

  Add AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS in configure.ac.

ChangeLog:

	* libtool.m4: Use AC_LANG_SOURCE.
	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ, use AC_LANG_SOURCE.
	* README-maintainer-mode: Update version requirements.
	* ar-lib: New file.
	* test-driver: New file.
	* configure: Re-generate.

bfd/ChangeLog:

	* Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove 1.11.
	(INCLUDES): Rename to ...
	(AM_CPPFLAGS): ... this.
	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* doc/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove 1.9, cygnus, add
	info-in-builddir no-texinfo.tex.
	(info_TEXINFOS): Rename bfd.texinfo to bfd.texi.
	* doc/bfd.texinfo: Rename to ...
	* doc/bfd.texi: ... this.
	* Makefile.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* config.in: Re-generate.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Re-generate.

binutils/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* doc/Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove cygnus, add
	info-in-builddir no-texinfo.tex.
	* Makefile.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* config.in: Re-generate.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Re-generate.

config/ChangeLog:

	* override.m4 (_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION): Bump from 2.64 to 2.69.

etc/ChangeLog:

	* configure.in: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* configure: Re-generate.

gas/ChangeLog:

	* Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove 1.11, add subdir-objects.
	(TARG_CPU_O, OBJ_FORMAT_O, ATOF_TARG_O): Add config/ prefix.
	* configure.ac (TARG_CPU_O, OBJ_FORMAT_O, ATOF_TARG_O, emfiles,
	extra_objects): Add config/ prefix.
	* doc/as.texinfo: Rename to...
	* doc/as.texi: ... this.
	* doc/Makefile.am: Rename as.texinfo to as.texi throughout.
	Remove DISTCLEANFILES hack.
	(AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove 1.8, cygnus, add no-texinfo.tex and
	info-in-builddir.
	* Makefile.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* config.in: Re-generate.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Re-generate.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* common/common-defs.h (PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION,
	PACKAGE_STRING, PACKAGE_TARNAME): Undefine.
	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ, add missing quoting.
	* gnulib/configure.ac: Modernize usage of
	AC_INIT/AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.  Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* gnulib/update-gnulib.sh (AUTOCONF_VERSION): Bump to 2.69.
	(AUTOMAKE_VERSION): Bump to 1.15.1.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* config.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* gnulib/aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* gnulib/config.in: Re-generate.
	* gnulib/configure: Re-generate.
	* gnulib/import/Makefile.in: Re-generate.

gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ, add missing quoting.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* config.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* configure: Re-generate.

gold/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ, add missing quoting and usage
	of AC_LANG_SOURCE.
	* Makefile.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* testsuite/Makefile.in: Re-generate.

gprof/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* Makefile.am: Remove DISTCLEANFILES hack.
	(AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove 1.11, add info-in-builddir.
	* Makefile.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* gconfig.in: Re-generate.

intl/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Add AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS, remove AC_PREREQ.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* config.h.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.

ld/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* Makefile.am: Remove DISTCLEANFILES hack, rename ld.texinfo to
	ld.texi, ldint.texinfo to ldint.texi throughout.
	(AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Add info-in-builddir.
	* README: Rename ld.texinfo to ld.texi, ldint.texinfo to
	ldint.texi throughout.
	* gen-doc.texi: Likewise.
	* h8-doc.texi: Likewise.
	* ld.texinfo: Rename to ...
	* ld.texi: ... this.
	* ldint.texinfo: Rename to ...
	* ldint.texi: ... this.
	* Makefile.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* config.in: Re-generate.
	* configure: Re-generate.

libdecnumber/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4.

libiberty/ChangeLog:

	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* configure: Re-generate.
	* config.in: Re-generate.

opcodes/ChangeLog:

	* Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove 1.11.
	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* Makefile.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* configure: Re-generate.

readline/ChangeLog.gdb:

	* configure: Re-generate.
	* examples/rlfe/configure: Re-generate.

sim/ChangeLog:

	* All configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
	* All configure: Re-generate.

zlib/ChangeLog.bin-gdb:

	* configure.ac: Modernize AC_INIT call, remove AC_PREREQ.
	* Makefile.am (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove 1.8, cygnus, add
	foreign.
	* Makefile.in: Re-generate.
	* aclocal.m4: Re-generate.
	* configure: Re-generate.

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 51 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/aclocal.m4 b/gdb/aclocal.m4
index e0d38ea2676..110b416e615 100644
--- a/gdb/aclocal.m4
+++ b/gdb/aclocal.m4
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# generated automatically by aclocal 1.11.6 -*- Autoconf -*-
+# generated automatically by aclocal 1.15.1 -*- Autoconf -*-
+
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-# 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -12,19 +11,18 @@
 # even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 # PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
+m4_ifndef([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [m4_defun([_AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [])m4_defun([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [_AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS($@)])])
 # AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND                                         -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
-# serial 1
-
 # For projects using AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([foo]), Autoconf sets
-# $ac_aux_dir to `$srcdir/foo'.  In other projects, it is set to
-# `$srcdir', `$srcdir/..', or `$srcdir/../..'.
+# $ac_aux_dir to '$srcdir/foo'.  In other projects, it is set to
+# '$srcdir', '$srcdir/..', or '$srcdir/../..'.
 #
 # Of course, Automake must honor this variable whenever it calls a
 # tool from the auxiliary directory.  The problem is that $srcdir (and
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@
 #
 # The reason of the latter failure is that $top_srcdir and $ac_aux_dir
 # are both prefixed by $srcdir.  In an in-source build this is usually
-# harmless because $srcdir is `.', but things will broke when you
+# harmless because $srcdir is '.', but things will broke when you
 # start a VPATH build or use an absolute $srcdir.
 #
 # So we could use something similar to $top_srcdir/$ac_aux_dir/missing,
@@ -61,30 +59,26 @@
 # configured tree to be moved without reconfiguration.
 
 AC_DEFUN([AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND],
-[dnl Rely on autoconf to set up CDPATH properly.
-AC_PREREQ([2.50])dnl
-# expand $ac_aux_dir to an absolute path
-am_aux_dir=`cd $ac_aux_dir && pwd`
+[AC_REQUIRE([AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR_DEFAULT])dnl
+# Expand $ac_aux_dir to an absolute path.
+am_aux_dir=`cd "$ac_aux_dir" && pwd`
 ])
 
 # AM_CONDITIONAL                                            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
-# Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
-# serial 9
-
 # AM_CONDITIONAL(NAME, SHELL-CONDITION)
 # -------------------------------------
 # Define a conditional.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_CONDITIONAL],
-[AC_PREREQ(2.52)dnl
- ifelse([$1], [TRUE],  [AC_FATAL([$0: invalid condition: $1])],
-	[$1], [FALSE], [AC_FATAL([$0: invalid condition: $1])])dnl
+[AC_PREREQ([2.52])dnl
+ m4_if([$1], [TRUE],  [AC_FATAL([$0: invalid condition: $1])],
+       [$1], [FALSE], [AC_FATAL([$0: invalid condition: $1])])dnl
 AC_SUBST([$1_TRUE])dnl
 AC_SUBST([$1_FALSE])dnl
 _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([$1_TRUE])dnl
@@ -103,21 +97,18 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally.]])
 fi])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011 Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
-# serial 1
-
 # AM_PROG_INSTALL_SH
 # ------------------
 # Define $install_sh.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_INSTALL_SH],
 [AC_REQUIRE([AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND])dnl
-if test x"${install_sh}" != xset; then
+if test x"${install_sh+set}" != xset; then
   case $am_aux_dir in
   *\ * | *\	*)
     install_sh="\${SHELL} '$am_aux_dir/install-sh'" ;;
@@ -125,25 +116,22 @@ if test x"${install_sh}" != xset; then
     install_sh="\${SHELL} $am_aux_dir/install-sh"
   esac
 fi
-AC_SUBST(install_sh)])
+AC_SUBST([install_sh])])
 
 # Add --enable-maintainer-mode option to configure.         -*- Autoconf -*-
 # From Jim Meyering
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008,
-# 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
-# serial 5
-
 # AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([DEFAULT-MODE])
 # ----------------------------------
 # Control maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles.
-# Default is to disable them, unless `enable' is passed literally.
-# For symmetry, `disable' may be passed as well.  Anyway, the user
+# Default is to disable them, unless 'enable' is passed literally.
+# For symmetry, 'disable' may be passed as well.  Anyway, the user
 # can override the default with the --enable/--disable switch.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_MAINTAINER_MODE],
 [m4_case(m4_default([$1], [disable]),
@@ -154,10 +142,11 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_MAINTAINER_MODE],
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles])
   dnl maintainer-mode's default is 'disable' unless 'enable' is passed
   AC_ARG_ENABLE([maintainer-mode],
-[  --][am_maintainer_other][-maintainer-mode  am_maintainer_other make rules and dependencies not useful
-			  (and sometimes confusing) to the casual installer],
-      [USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=$enableval],
-      [USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=]m4_if(am_maintainer_other, [enable], [no], [yes]))
+    [AS_HELP_STRING([--]am_maintainer_other[-maintainer-mode],
+      am_maintainer_other[ make rules and dependencies not useful
+      (and sometimes confusing) to the casual installer])],
+    [USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=$enableval],
+    [USE_MAINTAINER_MODE=]m4_if(am_maintainer_other, [enable], [no], [yes]))
   AC_MSG_RESULT([$USE_MAINTAINER_MODE])
   AM_CONDITIONAL([MAINTAINER_MODE], [test $USE_MAINTAINER_MODE = yes])
   MAINT=$MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE
@@ -165,46 +154,40 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles])
 ]
 )
 
-AU_DEFUN([jm_MAINTAINER_MODE], [AM_MAINTAINER_MODE])
-
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
-# serial 1
-
 # AM_PROG_INSTALL_STRIP
 # ---------------------
-# One issue with vendor `install' (even GNU) is that you can't
+# One issue with vendor 'install' (even GNU) is that you can't
 # specify the program used to strip binaries.  This is especially
 # annoying in cross-compiling environments, where the build's strip
 # is unlikely to handle the host's binaries.
 # Fortunately install-sh will honor a STRIPPROG variable, so we
-# always use install-sh in `make install-strip', and initialize
+# always use install-sh in "make install-strip", and initialize
 # STRIPPROG with the value of the STRIP variable (set by the user).
 AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_INSTALL_STRIP],
 [AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_INSTALL_SH])dnl
-# Installed binaries are usually stripped using `strip' when the user
-# run `make install-strip'.  However `strip' might not be the right
+# Installed binaries are usually stripped using 'strip' when the user
+# run "make install-strip".  However 'strip' might not be the right
 # tool to use in cross-compilation environments, therefore Automake
-# will honor the `STRIP' environment variable to overrule this program.
-dnl Don't test for $cross_compiling = yes, because it might be `maybe'.
+# will honor the 'STRIP' environment variable to overrule this program.
+dnl Don't test for $cross_compiling = yes, because it might be 'maybe'.
 if test "$cross_compiling" != no; then
   AC_CHECK_TOOL([STRIP], [strip], :)
 fi
 INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM="\$(install_sh) -c -s"
 AC_SUBST([INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2006, 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
-# serial 3
-
 # _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE(VARIABLE)
 # ---------------------------
 # Prevent Automake from outputting VARIABLE = @VARIABLE@ in Makefile.in.