Re: fix typos in manual

2006-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 08:29:01AM CEST: > Thanks! There is one correction that disturbs to me: I agree. Applied with that changed. Cheers, Ralf

Re: fix typos in manual

2006-08-14 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Thanks! There is one correction that disturbs to me: >>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] RW> -frequently smaller than gzipped archives. RW> +frequently smaller than gzip'd archives. I would change all "gzip'd" to "gzipped" instead. The latter is more frequent, is alr

Re: proposed patch to support Unified Parallel C (version 3 of patch)

2006-08-14 Thread Jonathan Higa
On 8/14/06, Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (BTW, does upc really require `-lm' to link a simple "Hello World"?) The GCC-based UPC compiler needed it under the default configuration, but I can't explain why. Perhaps I misconfigured it? The Berkeley UPC compiler does not need

Re: proposed patch to support Unified Parallel C (version 3 of patch)

2006-08-14 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Sorry for the delay. >>> "JH" == Jonathan Higa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] JH> What's the right way to guarantee OBJEXT in the JH> output without hunting for an unnecessary compiler? I'm not sure there is any. Anyway if someone has a better idea this can be fixed easily later. I'm insta

fix typos in manual

2006-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
OK to apply? I found `tarfile' confusing, being only used once, and `tarball' everywhere else; similarly with gzipped vs. gzip'ed. The patch "fixes" the LocalWords manually, as I don't use whatever mechanism creates them automatically. Cheers, Ralf * doc/automake.texi: Fix some typos. I

Re: RFC: "Autotools Introduction" chapter draft (16 pages long)

2006-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
[ moving from automake to &-patches list ] Hello Alexandre, * Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 11:45:50PM CEST: > > Over the last weeks I've been writing an introductory chapter > for the Automake manual. Now I could use some proofreading > eyes, especially since I'm a foreign

Re: aclocal --diff on Tru64

2006-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Alexandre, * Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 10:42:48AM CEST: > On second though I'm less happy the "global" empty file. The > reason is that we can use --diff='diff -u' or any other tools > that shows the filename in its output, and such a global file > would look weird.