As part of addressing Automake bug#7766 and bug#7773, I'm pushing the following in Karl's name, to the maint branch.
Cheers, Ralf 2011-01-08 Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> docs: reference defining directories in amhello node. * doc/automake.texi (amhello Explained): Point to Autoconf manual for how to convert directory values into macros. (Optional): Fix grammar nit. diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 43ad581..c63dbf3 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -1736,6 +1736,11 @@ amhello Explained The only important effect of this second line is therefore to install @file{README} during @code{make install}. +One thing not covered in this example is accessing the installation +directory values (@pxref{Standard Directory Variables}) from your +program code, that is, converting them into defined macros. For this, +...@pxref{defining Directories,,, autoconf, The Autoconf Manual}. + @node Generalities @chapter General ideas @@ -2905,7 +2910,7 @@ Optional of Automake required the use of @code{AM_CONFIG_HEADER} (@pxref{Macros}); this is no longer the case. -As for @code{AC_CONFIG_FILES} (@pxref{Requirements}), parts of the +As with @code{AC_CONFIG_FILES} (@pxref{Requirements}), parts of the specification using shell variables will be ignored as far as cleaning, distributing, and rebuilding is concerned.