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Re: [PATCH] Adjust the documentation of autotest WRT atlocal.


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Adjust the documentation of autotest WRT atlocal.
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:05:48 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-10-18)

Hello Benoit,

Thanks for the patch.

* Benoit Sigoure wrote on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 04:43:27PM CET:
> +2007-10-31  Benoit Sigoure  <address@hidden>
> +
> +     Adjust the documentation of autotest WRT atlocal.
> +     * doc/autoconf.texi (Making testsuite Scripts): It is not necessary
> +     to write a rule to produce atlocal since it's an AC_CONFIG_FILES.
> +     Mention that atlocal.in needs to be distributed, not atconfig.in.
[...]

> --- a/doc/autoconf.texi
> +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
> @@ -20244,15 +20244,10 @@ subdir = tests
>  atconfig: $(top_builddir)/config.status
>          cd $(top_builddir) && \
>             $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@@
> -
> -atlocal: $(srcdir)/atlocal.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
> -        cd $(top_builddir) && \
> -           $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@@
>  @end example

This paragraph starts with
| With strict Autoconf, you might need to add lines inspired from the
| following:

meaning that you would need those lines only when not using Automake.
Only Automake adds the atlocal rebuilding rule for you, given
AC_CONFIG_FILES(atlocal...).

>  @noindent
> -and manage to have @file{atconfig.in} and @code{$(EXTRA_DIST)}
> -distributed.
> +and manage to have @file{atlocal.in} distributed.

Again, without using Automake, the developer must ensure that the stuff
listed further up in EXTRA_DIST is being distributed.

Is the section too difficult to understand?  If yes, how can it be
improved?

Thanks!
Ralf




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