Tim:
| > You are right, thanks! What would you do? Change -s to => -i?
|
| Easiest would be to change the usage text from
|
| -i, --install copy missing auxiliary files
| -s, --symlink instead of copying, install symbolic links
|
| to
|
| -i, --install copy missing auxiliary files
| -s, --symlink create symbolic links to missing auxiliary files
I don't think this makes it really any easier to read :) I'm
installing this:
Index: ChangeLog
from Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* bin/autoreconf.in: Clarify that -s is meaningless without -i.
Reported by Ralf Corsepius.
* doc/autoconf.texi (autoreconf Invocation): Likewise.
Index: bin/autoreconf.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/bin/autoreconf.in,v
retrieving revision 1.103
diff -u -u -r1.103 autoreconf.in
--- bin/autoreconf.in 13 Sep 2002 06:59:56 -0000 1.103
+++ bin/autoreconf.in 26 Sep 2002 12:04:08 -0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
-d, --debug don't remove temporary files
-f, --force consider all files obsolete
-i, --install copy missing auxiliary files
- -s, --symlink instead of copying, install symbolic links
+ -s, --symlink with -i, install symbolic links instead of copies
Library directories:
-B, --prepend-include=DIR prepend directory DIR to search path
Index: doc/autoconf.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.679
diff -u -u -r1.679 autoconf.texi
--- doc/autoconf.texi 26 Sep 2002 11:57:28 -0000 1.679
+++ doc/autoconf.texi 26 Sep 2002 12:04:31 -0000
@@ -1446,11 +1446,13 @@
@item --install
@itemx -i
Copy missing auxiliary files. This option is similar to the option
-@code{--add-missing} in @command{automake}.
+@option{--add-missing} in @command{automake}. By default, file are
+copied; this can be changed with @option{--symlink}.
@item --symlink
@itemx -s
-Instead of copying missing auxiliary files, install symbolic links.
+When used with @option{--isntall}, install symbolic links to the missing
+auxiliary files instead of copies.
@item --include=@var{dir}
@itemx -I @var{dir}
