From 3f0a893b3062c3f45ae85e50071f1db22dedcce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:49:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2001-07-18 Tim Van Holder * m4/missing.m4: Reword comment. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ m4/missing.m4 | 22 +++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 0631a87b..e0856efe 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-07-18 Tim Van Holder + + * m4/missing.m4: Reword comment. + 2001-07-18 Pavel Roskin * automake.texi: Rename AM_DEPENDENCIES to _AM_DEPENDENCIES. diff --git a/m4/missing.m4 b/m4/missing.m4 index 9fd27814..a8dab464 100644 --- a/m4/missing.m4 +++ b/m4/missing.m4 @@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ fi # For projects using AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([foo]), Autoconf sets # $ac_aux_dir to ${srcdir}/foo. In other projects, it is set to `.'. -# Of course, Automake must honor this variable whenever it call a tool -# from the auxiliary directory. The problem is that $srcdir (hence -# $ac_aux_dir) can be either an absolute path or a path relative to -# $top_srcdir or absolute, this depends on how configure is run. This -# is pretty anoying since it makes $ac_aux_dir quite unusable in -# subdirectories: on the top source directory, any form will work -# fine, but in subdirectories relative pat needs to be adapted. -# - calling $top_srcidr/$ac_aux_dir/missing would success if $srcdir is -# relative, but fail if $srcdir is absolute -# - conversly, calling $ax_aux_dir/missing would fail if $srcdir is -# absolute, and success on relative paths. +# Of course, Automake must honor this variable whenever it calls a tool +# from the auxiliary directory. The problem is that $srcdir (and therefore +# $ac_aux_dir as well) can be either an absolute path or a path relative to +# $top_srcdir, depending on how configure is run. This is pretty annoying, +# since it makes $ac_aux_dir quite unusable in subdirectories: in the top +# source directory, any form will work fine, but in subdirectories a relative +# path needs to be adjusted first. +# - calling $top_srcdir/$ac_aux_dir/missing would succeed if $ac_aux_dir was +# relative, but fail if it was absolute. +# - conversly, calling $ac_aux_dir/missing would fail if $ac_aux_dir was +# relative, and succeed on absolute paths. # # Consequently, we define and use $am_aux_dir, the "always absolute" # version of $ac_aux_dir. -- 2.43.5