Eric Blake wrote:
[adding bug-autoconf; replies can drop bug-gnu-utils]
So did I.
According to Michaël Grünewald on 5/29/2008 4:21 PM:
| Autconf will substitute in Makefile's templates many ``Preset Output
| Variables''. Some values of these variables represents path to
| directories in the file system. The documentation (section 3.3.1) does
| not tell whether these paths are absolute or relative,
Which section did you have in mind for this improvement? There is no
3.3.1 in the 2.62 manual:
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html
I feel sorry, I should have checked that my manual is up to date, the
correct section numbering is 4.8.1, its URL is
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html#Preset-Output-Variables
it is just the section you are referring to below.
This is where the improvement could go.
| By the way, it could be useful to have some variables representing paths
| to directories and being guaranteed to be absolute. (I think especially
| to top_srcdir).
There is - use abs_top_srcdir.
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Preset-Output-Variables.html#Preset-Output-Variables
| Here is the version of autoconf I use:
|
| > autoconf --version
| autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
You may want to consider upgrading to 2.62.
|
| P.S.: I just noticed that Autoconf's documentation refers to
| [EMAIL PROTECTED]' whereas [EMAIL PROTECTED]' shall
| now be used.
Where in the manual did you find that? The correct address should be
'[email protected]' and not bug-gnu-utils. I don't see the
bug-gnu-utils anywhere in the 2.62 manual.
Well, my manual is quite outdated. Quite surprisingly I have 2.13's
manual with 2.61 installed. (I run FreeBSD, with a quite up-to-date port
tree.)
--
All the best,
Michaël Grünewald
