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_This_ branch does not contain actively-developed code. More likely, you want to check out branch-1.4 (latest stable), branch-1.6 (some speedups over 1.4, but not yet released), or branch-2.0 (many more experimental changes, and even further from release). * README: Document the status of this git repository.
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GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro
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processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible, although it has some
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extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters
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to macros). `m4' also has builtin functions for including files,
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running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU
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`m4' for generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them.
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GNU `m4' was originally written by Rene' Seindal, from Denmark.
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GNU `m4' has a web site at http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/.
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This repository has several branches. The one you have checked out
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does not have any code. Instead, you will want to check out one of:
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- branch-1.4: Latest stable release, most up-to-date
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- branch-1.6: Some improvements to 1.4, but not yet finalized and released
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- branch-2.0: Many new experimental features, hasn't been worked on in years
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For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package
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note that the range includes years in that closed interval; a more
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precise determination of copyrightable changes can be obtained from
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inspecting version control logs.
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========================================================================
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Copyright (C) 2000-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
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any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the ``GNU Free
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Documentation License'' file as part of this distribution.
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