[ adding autoconf-patches, dropping the Automake bug ]
* Eric Blake wrote on Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 01:33:42AM CET:
> I also agree that the autoconf manual should mention the gnulib
> 'configmake' module (it doesn't, yet).
Proposed patch. OK to push?
I didn't find a place in the gnulib manual where configmake was
explained.
Thanks,
Ralf
docs: mention configmake module for defining directories.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Mention configmake
gnulib module.
Suggestion by Karl Berry and Eric Blake.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 5fbfb79..54891b6 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -24944,6 +24944,10 @@ Defining Directories
echo '#define DATADIR "$(datadir)"' >$@@
@end example
+...@noindent
+The gnulib module @samp{configmake} provides such a header with all the
+standard directory variables defined, @pxref{Gnulib}.
+
@item
Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
value of @code{datadir} and others. Many people have wrapped macros to
