From 5526e02c3b2e7e86eb55c164dfc6118626ffb0e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jefferson Carpenter <jeffer...@aoeu2code.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 17:38:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] automake.texi: clarify relationship between configure and
build dir
I know you what this meant, but as a kid this would have confused me - the
word "in" seems to imply that the "configure" file is inside of the build dir,
as if it should be copied there or something. The word "from" makes it more
clear that the intended action is to run "../configure" (or more generally
"$SOURCE_DIR/configure") from the build dir.
---
doc/automake.texi | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index 2df214a01..a752c0a0f 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ The source tree is rooted in the directory containing
@file{configure}. It contains all the sources files (those that are
distributed), and may be arranged using several subdirectories.
-The build tree is rooted in the directory in which @file{configure}
+The build tree is rooted in the directory from which @file{configure}
was run, and is populated with all object files, programs, libraries,
and other derived files built from the sources (and hence not
distributed). The build tree usually has the same subdirectory layout
--
2.11.0
