Hello Reuben,
* Reuben Thomas wrote on Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 12:26:28PM CET:
> In the 1.9 manual:
>
> " The purpose of the `AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])' instruction is to force
> Automake and Autoconf into search auxiliary script in the current
> directory."
>
> I don't understand "force Automake and Autoconf into search auxiliary
> script". Sounds like it should be something like "searching for the
> auxiliary scripts".
>
> Again, "The historical default is to search these auxiliary scripts in the
> immediate parent and grand-parent directories." Presuambly "search" -->
> "search for", and delete the tautological "immediate".
If I understand your comments correctly (which I'm not sure of), then
this patch against CVS HEAD should fix them. OK to apply?
Cheers, and thanks for the report, and sorry for the delay,
Ralf
2007-01-24 Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* doc/automake.texi (Subpackages): Fix ambiguous wording.
Report and suggestions by Reuben Thomas.
* THANKS: Update.
Index: THANKS
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RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/THANKS,v
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diff -u -r1.297 THANKS
--- THANKS 28 Oct 2006 09:51:57 -0000 1.297
+++ THANKS 24 Jan 2007 00:08:13 -0000
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
Ralf Wildenhues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ralph Schleicher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ramón García Fernández [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+Reuben Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rich Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Richard Boulton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Richard Dawe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Index: doc/automake.texi
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RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/doc/automake.texi,v
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diff -u -r1.162 automake.texi
--- doc/automake.texi 19 Dec 2006 23:52:55 -0000 1.162
+++ doc/automake.texi 24 Jan 2007 00:06:13 -0000
@@ -4320,14 +4320,14 @@
to be embedded in another package, it can still be used separately.
The purpose of the @samp{AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])} instruction is to
-force Automake and Autoconf into search auxiliary script in the
+force Automake and Autoconf to search for auxiliary script in the
current directory. For instance, this means that there will be two
copies of @file{install-sh}: one in the top-level of the @code{arm}
package, and another one in the @file{hand/} subdirectory for the
@code{hand} package.
-The historical default is to search these auxiliary scripts in the
-immediate parent and grand-parent directories. So if the
+The historical default is to search for these auxiliary scripts in
+the parent directory and the grand-parent directory. So if the
@samp{AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])} line was removed from
@file{hand/configure.ac}, that subpackage would share the auxiliary
script of the @code{arm} package. This may looks like a gain in size
