From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 18:24:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: doc update
X-Git-Tag: pre-ian-conditionals~21
X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7c4d85353e9dc30e14a79bc7fe6db164493e497f;p=automake.git

doc update
---

diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index 04f0c2c7..a6404dd5 100644
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -1401,6 +1401,10 @@ generates @samp{-I$(srcdir)} and a @samp{-I} pointing to the directory
 holding @file{config.h} (if you've used @code{AC_CONFIG_HEADER} or
 @code{AM_CONFIG_HEADER}).
 
+@code{INCLUDES} can actually be used for other @code{cpp} options
+besides @samp{-I}.  For instance, it is sometimes used to pass arbitrary
+@samp{-D} options to the compiler.
+
 @item COMPILE
 This is the command used to actually compile a C source file.  The
 filename is appended to form the complete command line.