Hello,
> I suggest a change to the Autoconf manual, see the patch below.
oops, by mistake I attached autoconf.texi instead of the patch.
I apologize for the huge mail. Attached to this mail please find the
patch.
Stepan Kasal
2007-06-06 Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Mention
AM_CPPFLAGS, as the way to modify CPPFLAGS, because most users
use Automake.
Index: doc/autoconf.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.1160
diff -u -r1.1160 autoconf.texi
--- doc/autoconf.texi 4 Jun 2007 22:49:42 -0000 1.1160
+++ doc/autoconf.texi 6 Jun 2007 08:40:55 -0000
@@ -19152,10 +19152,10 @@
@item
This solution can be simplified when compiling a program: you may either
-extend the @code{CPPFLAGS}:
+extend the @code{CPPFLAGS}, e.g., when using Automake:
@example
-CPPFLAGS = -DDATADIR='"$(datadir)"' @@CPPFLAGS@@
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -DDATADIR='"$(datadir)"'
@end example
@noindent
