[ 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