## ----------- ##
# Parameters set by configure. Not to be changed. NOTE: assign
-# VERSION as string so that eg version 0.30 will print correctly.
+# VERSION as string so that e.g. version 0.30 will print correctly.
my $VERSION = '@VERSION@';
my $PACKAGE = '@PACKAGE@';
my $libdir = '@datadir@/@PACKAGE@-@APIVERSION@';
# Some regular expressions. One reason to put them here is that it
# makes indentation work better in Emacs.
-# Writting singled-quoted-$-terminated regexes is a pain because
-# perl-mode thinks of $' as the ${'} variable (intead of a $ followed
+# Writing singled-quoted-$-terminated regexes is a pain because
+# perl-mode thinks of $' as the ${'} variable (instead of a $ followed
# by a closing quote. Letting perl-mode think the quote is not closed
# leads to all sort of misindentations. On the other hand, defining
# regexes as double-quoted strings is far less readable. So usually
################################################################
-# Parse the WARNINGS environnent variable.
+# Parse the WARNINGS environment variable.
&parse_WARNINGS;
# Parse command line.
# --------------------------
# If $CATEGORY is mumble, turn on the mumble channel.
# If it's no-mumble, turn mumble off.
-# Alse handle `all' and `none' for completeness.
+# Else handle `all' and `none' for completeness.
sub switch_warning ($)
{
my ($cat) = @_;
# For the purpose of ordering, 1.4 is the same as 1.4.0, but 1.4g is
# the same as 1.4.99g. The FORK identifier is ignored in the
# ordering, except when it looks like -pMINOR[ALPHA]: some versions
-# were labelled like 1.4-p3a, this is the same as an alpha release
-# labelled 1.4.3a. Yes it's horrible, but Automake did not support
+# were labeled like 1.4-p3a, this is the same as an alpha release
+# labeled 1.4.3a. Yes, it's horrible, but Automake did not support
# two-dot versions in the past.
# version_split (VERSION)
my $renamed = 0;
my ($linker, $object);
- # This records whether we've seen a derived source file (eg,
+ # This records whether we've seen a derived source file (e.g.
# yacc output).
my $derived_source = 0;
# Each item on this list is a string consisting of
# four space-separated values: the derived flag prefix
- # (eg, for `foo_CFLAGS', it is `foo'), the name of the
+ # (e.g. for `foo_CFLAGS', it is `foo'), the name of the
# source file, the base name of the output file, and
# the extension for the object file.
push (@{$lang_specific_files{$lang->name}}, $val);
# $NODEFINE is a boolean: if true, $OBJVAR will not be defined (but
# work done to determine the linker will be).
# $ONE_FILE is the canonical (transformed) name of object to build
-# $OBJ is the object extension (ie either `.o' or `.lo').
+# $OBJ is the object extension (i.e. either `.o' or `.lo').
# $PARENT is the variable in which $VAR is used, or $VAR if not applicable.
# $TOPPARENT is the _SOURCES variable being processed.
# $WHERE context into which this definition is done
# Arguments are:
# canonical (transformed) name of object to build
# actual name of object to build
-# object extension (ie either `.o' or `$o'.
+# object extension (i.e. either `.o' or `$o'.
# Return result is name of linker variable that must be used.
# Empty return means just use `LINK'.
sub handle_source_transform
# Assume we have a file of some sort, and push it onto the
# dependency list. Autoconf substitutions are not pushed;
- # rarely is a new dependency substituted into (eg) foo_LDADD
- # -- but "bad things (eg -lX11) are routinely substituted.
+ # rarely is a new dependency substituted into e.g. foo_LDADD
+ # -- but "bad things (e.g. -lX11) are routinely substituted.
# Note that LIBOBJS and ALLOCA are exceptions to this rule,
# and handled specially below.
push (@dep_list, $lsearch)
{
# NOTE we no longer automatically clean SCRIPTS, because it is
# useful to sometimes distribute scripts verbatim. This happens
- # eg in Automake itself.
+ # e.g. in Automake itself.
&am_install_var ('-candist', 'scripts', 'SCRIPTS',
'bin', 'sbin', 'libexec', 'pkgdata',
'noinst', 'check');
# derive_suffix ($EXT, $OBJ)
# --------------------------
# This function is used to find a path from a user-specified suffix $EXT
-# to $OBJ or to some other suffix we recognize internally, eg `cc'.
+# to $OBJ or to some other suffix we recognize internally, e.g. `cc'.
sub derive_suffix ($$)
{
my ($source_ext, $obj) = @_;
prog_error "$where is not a reference"
unless ref $where;
- # We will adjust the owener of this variable unless told otherwise.
+ # We will adjust the owner of this variable unless told otherwise.
my $adjust_owner = 1;
err $where, "bad characters in variable name `$var'"
# -----------------------------------------------------
# Define a new rule. $TARGET is the rule name. $SOURCE
# is the filename the rule comes from. $OWNER is the
-# owener of the rule (TARGET_AUTOMAKE or TARGET_USER).
+# owner of the rule (TARGET_AUTOMAKE or TARGET_USER).
# $COND is the condition string under which the rule is defined.
# $WHERE is the location where the rule is defined.
# Returns a (possibly empty) list of conditions where the rule
# &append_comments ($VARIABLE, $SPACING, $COMMENT)
# ------------------------------------------------
-# Apped $COMMENT to the other comments for $VARIABLE, using
+# Append $COMMENT to the other comments for $VARIABLE, using
# $SPACING as separator.
sub append_comments ($$$$)
{
# $REGEXP
# &transform (%PAIRS)
# -------------------
-# Foreach ($TOKEN, $VAL) in %PAIRS produce a replacement expression suitable
-# for file_contents which:
+# For each ($TOKEN, $VAL) in %PAIRS produce a replacement expression
+# suitable for file_contents which:
# - replaces %$TOKEN% with $VAL,
# - enables/disables ?$TOKEN? and ?!$TOKEN?,
# - replaces %?$TOKEN% with TRUE or FALSE.
# * `zar_PRIMARY' is a variable.
#
# As a side effect, it looks for misspellings. It is an error to have
-# a variable ending in a "reserved" suffix whose prefix is unknown, eg
-# "bni_PROGRAMS". However, unusual prefixes are allowed if a variable
+# a variable ending in a "reserved" suffix whose prefix is unknown, e.g.
+# "bin_PROGRAMS". However, unusual prefixes are allowed if a variable
# of the same name (with "dir" appended) exists. For instance, if the
# variable "zardir" is defined, then "zar_PROGRAMS" becomes valid.
# This is to provide a little extra flexibility in those cases which
# Handle `where_HOW' variable magic. Does all lookups, generates
# install code, and possibly generates code to define the primary
# variable. The first argument is the name of the .am file to munge,
-# the second argument is the primary variable (eg HEADERS), and all
+# the second argument is the primary variable (e.g. HEADERS), and all
# subsequent arguments are possible installation locations.
#
# Returns list of [$location, $value] pairs, where
$errdir = $dir unless $errdir;
# Use different name for "error filename". Otherwise on
- # an error the bad file will be reported as eg
+ # an error the bad file will be reported as e.g.
# `../../install-sh' when using the default
# config_aux_path.
$errfile = $errdir . '/' . $file;
# INTEGER
# require_variables_for_macro ($MACRO, $REASON, @VARIABLES)
# ---------------------------------------------------------
-# Same as require_variables, but take a macro mame as first argument.
+# Same as require_variables, but take a macro name as first argument.
sub require_variables_for_macro ($$@)
{
my ($macro, $reason, @args) = @_;
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