2009/7/25 Ralf Wildenhues <[email protected]>:
>
> Can you suggest a patch, so we can see if this really reads better than
> the current version?
Attached.
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http://rrt.sc3d.org
Too late: it’s like sticking plasters on a coffin
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index b3f4a76..5c23fea 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -9700,35 +9700,19 @@ rules; for instance, in the future @command{pathchk} might be required for
@cindex @option{--gnits}, complete description
-The @option{--gnits} option does everything that @option{--gnu} does, and
-checks the following as well:
+The @option{--gnits} option (or @option{gnu} in the
+...@code{automake_options} variable) does everything that @option{--gnu}
+does, and implies the following options: @option{std-options},
+...@option{check-news} and @option{readme-alpha} (@pxref{Options}). It also
+checks the following:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-...@samp{make installcheck} will check to make sure that the @option{--help}
-and @option{--version} really print a usage message and a version string,
-respectively. This is the @option{std-options} option (@pxref{Options}).
-
-...@item
-...@samp{make dist} will check to make sure the @file{NEWS} file has been
-updated to the current version.
-
-...@item
@code{VERSION} is checked to make sure its format complies with Gnits
standards.
@c FIXME xref when standards are finished
@item
-...@cindex @file{README-alpha}
-If @code{VERSION} indicates that this is an alpha release, and the file
-...@file{readme-alpha} appears in the topmost directory of a package, then
-it is included in the distribution. This is done in @option{--gnits}
-mode, and no other, because this mode is the only one where version
-number formats are constrained, and hence the only mode where Automake
-can automatically determine whether @file{README-alpha} should be
-included.
-
-...@item
The file @file{THANKS} is required.
@end itemize
