autoconf 2.13: configure --prefix=... incorrect

2000-08-24 Thread Martin Roehrig
Hello, I had a problem with configure: I just installed bison 1.28 in a non-standard path using ".\configure --prefix=/my/path/". As I used the bash tab-key-feature (i.e. filename completion) I got the trailing "/" in the path. This caused double "//" to occur in several files (bison.simple, con

What happened with the bug I reported?

2000-08-24 Thread Diego Sevilla Ruiz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: Some time ago I reported a bug on autoconf 2.49a... what happened with this bug? Is it a bug? I received no response, so I cannot know if this was really a bug or a misinterpretation frm myself. Regards. diego. -- Diego Sevi

Re: What happened with the bug I reported?

2000-08-24 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 11:06:46AM +0200, Diego Sevilla Ruiz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all: > > Some time ago I reported a bug on autoconf 2.49a... what happened > with this bug? Is it a bug? I received no response, so I cannot kn

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Bruno Haible
Richard Stallman writes: > It seems best to do what Debian is doing, so I wrote this: > > @item htmldir > The directory for installing the HTML files (if any) for this package. > (HTML files should be generated from Texinfo sources.) By default, it > should be @file{/usr/local/doc/@var{package}}

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Bruno Haible writes: > Richard Stallman writes: > > It seems best to do what Debian is doing, so I wrote this: > > > > @item htmldir > > The directory for installing the HTML files (if any) for this package. > > (HTML files should be generated from Texinfo sources.) By default, it > > should be

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Earnie Boyd
--- Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I fully support making "docdir" a separate directory that defaults to > `${prefix}/doc' -- after all, this has been reality for years. But I'd > like to see this taken further: make "info" a subdirectory of "doc", make > "man" a subdirectory of

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread David Morgan
Earnie Boyd wrote: > > --- Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I fully support making "docdir" a separate directory that defaults to > > `${prefix}/doc' -- after all, this has been reality for years. But I'd > > like to see this taken further: make "info" a subdirectory of "doc",

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bh> Richard Stallman writes: >> It seems best to do what Debian is doing, so I wrote this: >> @item htmldir >> The directory for installing the HTML files (if any) for this package. >> (HTML files should be generated from Texinfo sources.) B

Re: [autoconf] HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread RĂ¼diger Kuhlmann
>--[David Morgan]--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I fully support making "docdir" a separate directory that defaults to > > > `${prefix}/doc' -- after all, this has been reality for years. But I'd > > > like to see this taken further: make "info" a s

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Earnie Boyd
--- David Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Earnie Boyd wrote: > > > > --- Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I fully support making "docdir" a separate directory that defaults to > > > `${prefix}/doc' -- after all, this has been reality for years. But I'd > > > like to see

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: pe> But I'd like to see this taken further: make "info" a subdirectory pe> of "doc", make "man" a subdirectory of "doc", make "dvi" a pe> subdirectory of "doc", make "html" a subdirectory of "doc", in pe> short put all the documentation into

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , August 24, 2000 at 16:11:34 (-0400), Paul D. Smith wrote: ] > Subject: Re: HTML format documentation > > There's 20+ years of history behind ${prefix}/man and there's, oh, say, > 13+ years of history behind ${prefix}/info. Hmmm > Moving man to .../share > (${datadir}) on some systems

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: >> Moving man to .../share (${datadir}) on some systems was painful >> enough, and there was a very solid technical reason to do that. gaw> It was painful only because too many people made too many gaw> assumptions! ;-) What were these assum

Re: HTML format documentation

2000-08-24 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Aug 24, 2000, Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Stallman writes: >> It seems best to do what Debian is doing, so I wrote this: >> >> @item htmldir >> The directory for installing the HTML files (if any) for this package. >> (HTML files should be generated from Texinfo sources.