Karl Berry wrote:
> Delete the (default \"doc\") from the help message, since
> evidently it is not so. (Ditto the other dir options, I suppose.)
> That was the main thing that misled me.
But the default is 'doc' if gnulib-tool is used for the first time.
Instead, I'm changing the error message.
2006-07-29 Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* gnulib-tool (func_import): Extend error message about missing
--doc-base.
*** gnulib-tool 20 Jul 2006 16:53:35 -0000 1.120
--- gnulib-tool 29 Jul 2006 12:45:49 -0000
***************
*** 1030,1036 ****
if test -z "$docbase"; then
docbase="$cached_docbase"
if test -z "$docbase"; then
! func_fatal_error "missing --doc-base option"
fi
fi
# The testsbase defaults to the cached one.
--- 1030,1036 ----
if test -z "$docbase"; then
docbase="$cached_docbase"
if test -z "$docbase"; then
! func_fatal_error "missing --doc-base option. --doc-base has been
introduced on 2006-07-11; if your last invocation of 'gnulib-tool --update' is
before that date, you need to run 'gnulib-tool --update' once, with a
--doc-base option."
fi
fi
# The testsbase defaults to the cached one.
