Update toplevel files.

Integrate old INSTALL into README.md, both files had a lot
of (potential) overlap.

Add template for new entries in NEWS, targetting next release.

Bump version number to 6.99-20211218

Tentatively, with the Github migration and all ongoing code
restructuring, we aim for a version 7.0 release at some point
in the future.
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INSTALL
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Installation Instructions
*************************
Use `./configure; make all; sudo make install' for Unix-like systems.
Depending on your requirements, the following prerequisites are
needed:
* libelf including header files (for directly reading ELF files)
* libusb 0.1 or 1.0 (or compatible), including header files
* libftdi or libftdi1 (for direct access to FTDI devices)
* libhidapi or libhid (for access to recent Atmel/Microchip dongles)
If the header and/or library files for one of those are found in
non-default locations, you can add them to configure, e.g.
`./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib'
as an example for MacOS using Macports. MacOS Brew requires
`./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar'
instead. (LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS can also be supplied as environment
variables to configure.)
At the end of the configure script, a configuration summary is issued,
like this:
Configuration summary:
----------------------
DO HAVE libelf
DO HAVE libusb
DO HAVE libusb_1_0
DO HAVE libftdi1
DON'T HAVE libftdi
DON'T HAVE libhid
DO HAVE libhidapi
DO HAVE pthread
DISABLED doc
DISABLED parport
DISABLED linuxgpio
DISABLED linuxspi
Make sure all the features you are interested in have been found.
For BSD-like systems, using GNU make (gmake) is not mandatory but
appears to cause less troubles with the quite complex dependency graph
that might be produced by autoconf/automake.
For Windows, right now, a toolset like MinGW is required to compile
AVRDUDE.
Obviously, a working C compiler is needed. Tested compilers so far
include GCC (in various versions) and Clang. The compiler needs to
support (at least) C99 language level. For MacOS, either Xcode or the
(smaller) Xcode Command Line tools are needed, for Windows, some port
of GCC that supports generating native Windows executables.
See README.md.

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NEWS
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Approximate change log for AVRDUDE by version.
(For more detailed changes, see the ChangeLog file.)
(For detailed changes, see the version control system logs.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Changes since version 6.4:
* Major changes compared to the previous version:
* New devices supported:
* New programmers supported:
* Bugfixes:
* Patches:
* Internals:
Version 6.4:
* Major changes compared to the previous version:

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implements that specific feature of a particular chip.
AVRDUDE was originally written in 2003 by Brian S. Dean. Since 2006, AVRDUDE has been maintained by Jörg Wunsch,
with the help of [various contributors](https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/graphs/contributors).
with the help of [various contributors](./AUTHORS).
The latest version of AVRDUDE is always available here:\
<https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude>
## Getting AVRDUDE for Windows
To get AVRDUDE for Windows, install the latest version from the [Releases](./releases) page:
To get AVRDUDE for Windows, install the latest version from the [Releases](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avrdude/) page.
Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](#building-avrdude-for-windows) yourself from source.
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Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](#building-avrdude-for-linux) yourself from source.
## Getting AVRDUDE for MacOS
On MacOS, AVRDUDE can be installed through Mac Ports.
Alternatively, you may [build AVRDUDE](#building-avrdude-for-macos) yourself from source.
## Using AVRDUDE
AVRDUDE is a command-line application. Run the command `avrdude` without any arguments for a list of options.
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There are many different programmers and options that may be required for the programming to succeed.
For more information, refer to the [AVRDUDE documentation](#todo).
## General build instructions
### Prerequisites
Depending on your requirements, the following prerequisites are
needed:
* libelf including header files (for directly reading ELF files)
* libusb 0.1 or 1.0 (or compatible), including header files
* libftdi or libftdi1 (for direct access to FTDI devices)
* libhidapi or libhid (for access to recent Atmel/Microchip dongles)
### Building
All source code is located in the `src/` subdirectory. Thus all
instructions are relative to that directory.
Source-code releases contain an up-to-date configure script that
can be run to generate the required Makefiles:
```console
cd src && ./configure && make && sudo make install
```
At the end of the configure script, a configuration summary is issued,
like this:
```console
Configuration summary:
----------------------
DO HAVE libelf
DO HAVE libusb
DO HAVE libusb_1_0
DO HAVE libftdi1
DON'T HAVE libftdi
DON'T HAVE libhid
DO HAVE libhidapi
DO HAVE pthread
DISABLED doc
DISABLED parport
DISABLED linuxgpio
DISABLED linuxspi
```
Make sure all the features you are interested in have been found.
Building the development source tree might possibly require to
re-generate the configure script using the autoconf/automake
tools. This can be done using the `bootstrap` script:
```console
cd src && ./bootstrap
```
## Building AVRDUDE for Windows
### Windows Prerequisites
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make all
```
## Building AVRDUDE for MacOS
### Prerequisites
The following things are needed to build AVRDUDE on MacOS:
* a C compiler; either full XCode, or the XCode Command Line tools
* autoconf, automake, libtool, hidapi, libftdi1, libusb, libelf;
they can be installed e.g. from Mac Ports using
```console
port install autoconf automake \
libtool hidapi libftdi1 libusb libelf
```
### Compilation
Depending on the location of the prerequisites, the `CPPFLAGS` and
`LDFLAGS` variables need to be set accordingly. Mac Ports installs
everything under `/opt/local`, so use
```console
./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib
```
MacOS Brew requires
```console
./configure CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/Cellar
```
## License
AVRDUDE is licensed under the [GNU GPLv2](./COPYING).

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# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_PREREQ(2.60)
AC_INIT(avrdude, 6.4, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
AC_INIT(avrdude, 6.99-20211218, avrdude-dev@nongnu.org)
AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
AC_CANONICAL_HOST