Re: Documentation chapter: The GNU build system?

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Steven" == Steven G Johnson <address@hidden> writes:

Steven> Is anyone working on this section of the manual?  

I planned to write it several times, but never made it.  Good material
is to be found in

        http://www.amath.washington.edu/~lf/tutorials/autoconf/

Steven> As far as I can see, the main task should just be to explain
Steven> what the other tools are, why it is good idea to use them
Steven> together, and point the user to the appropriate places for
Steven> more information.  More than a page or so shouldn't be
Steven> necessary.

Agreed.  And maybe rearrange its relationship with the introduction
which does part of the job.

Steven> As a starter, here's a fix for the introduction, which
Steven> erroneously implies that all things are being folded into
Steven> Autoconf.

Thanks, please go ahead.