using obsolete m4 macros in the configure.ac

[xambroz]

Hello,
during the review of the Fedora libemu package (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1559711) it was identified that the package is using obsolete macros during build.

+ autoreconf --verbose --install --warnings=all
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --warnings=all -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
configure.ac:14: warning: 'AM_CONFIG_HEADER': this macro is obsolete.
configure.ac:14: You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro instead.
aclocal.m4:9779: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from...
configure.ac:14: the top level
configure.ac:49: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:49: You should run autoupdate.
aclocal.m4:121: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:49: the top level
configure.ac:73: warning: The macro `AC_TYPE_SIGNAL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:73: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/types.m4:746: AC_TYPE_SIGNAL is expanded from...
configure.ac:73: the top level
configure.ac:81: warning: The macro `AC_TYPE_SIGNAL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:81: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/types.m4:746: AC_TYPE_SIGNAL is expanded from...
configure.ac:81: the top level
configure.ac:100: warning: The macro `AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:100: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:207: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
configure.ac:100: the top level
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --warnings=all
configure.ac:14: warning: 'AM_CONFIG_HEADER': this macro is obsolete.
configure.ac:14: You should use the 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' macro instead.
aclocal.m4:747: AM_CONFIG_HEADER is expanded from...
configure.ac:14: the top level
configure.ac:49: warning: The macro `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:49: You should run autoupdate.
m4/libtool.m4:99: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
configure.ac:49: the top level
configure.ac:73: warning: The macro `AC_TYPE_SIGNAL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:73: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/types.m4:746: AC_TYPE_SIGNAL is expanded from...
configure.ac:73: the top level
configure.ac:81: warning: The macro `AC_TYPE_SIGNAL' is obsolete.
configure.ac:81: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/types.m4:746: AC_TYPE_SIGNAL is expanded from...
configure.ac:81: the top level
configure.ac:100: warning: The macro `AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.ac:100: You should run autoupdate.
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:207: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
configure.ac:100: the top level
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --warnings=all
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --no-force --warnings=all
configure.ac:18: installing './compile'
configure.ac:17: installing './config.guess'
configure.ac:17: installing './config.sub'
configure.ac:8: installing './install-sh'
configure.ac:8: installing './missing'
bindings/python/Makefile.am:8: warning: user target 'install' defined here ...
/usr/share/automake-1.15/am/install.am: ... overrides Automake target 'install' defined here
bindings/python/Makefile.am:11: warning: user target 'clean' defined here ...
automake: ... overrides Automake target 'clean' defined here
bindings/python/Makefile.am:11: consider using clean-local instead of clean
src/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'

[xambroz]

Please consider using this pull request #27 to fix the warnings about obsolete macros

[xambroz]

ping