Re: dependency tracking error message

2020-02-13 Thread Jim Meyering
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 6:40 PM Karl Berry wrote: > Looking at the automake-patches that have accumulated, I saw one to > improve the error message if dependency tracking fails. Copied below. > > It seems generally sensible to me, though I would change the wording a > little, and there is a spurio

dependency tracking error message

2020-02-13 Thread Karl Berry
Looking at the automake-patches that have accumulated, I saw one to improve the error message if dependency tracking fails. Copied below. It seems generally sensible to me, though I would change the wording a little, and there is a spurious "the", so, revising the proposed text: AC_MSG_FAILURE(