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minor FAQ update


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: minor FAQ update
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:46:59 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2010-08-04)

FYI, I have committed the patch below to the FAQ.

Thanks,
Ralf

Minor FAQ update.

* autotools-faq.texi: Update installation instructions for
Autoconf 2.68 and M4 1.4.16.  Fix a couple of typos, add
link to the Autoconf Macro Archive.  Point to Automake
bug reporting page.

Index: faq/autotools-faq.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/automake/automake/faq/autotools-faq.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 autotools-faq.texi
--- faq/autotools-faq.texi      24 Feb 2011 05:19:31 -0000      1.2
+++ faq/autotools-faq.texi      2 Mar 2011 21:43:29 -0000
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 Libtool helps create and use shared libraries portably.
 @item
 Gnulib is intended to be the canonical source for most of the important
-"portability" and/or common files for GNU projects.
+``portability'' and/or common files for GNU projects.
 @end itemize
 
 Together, they make up the @ref{GNU Build System,,, automake, The Automake 
Manual}.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 @pxref{FAQ,, the Automake FAQ, automake, The Automake Manual},
 @pxref{FAQ,, the Libtool FAQ, libtool, The Libtool Manual}.
 
-Beside, there are a lot of @ref{What tutorials exist?, Tutorials}.
+Beside, there are many @ref{What tutorials exist?, Tutorials}.
 
 @node Where can I get the latest versions of these tools?
 @section Where can I get the latest versions of these tools?
@@ -178,11 +178,14 @@
 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/@/archive/@/html/@/bug-autoconf/}.
 
 @item
-For Automake, write to @email{bug-automake@@gnu.org}; list archives can be 
found at
+For Automake, see
address@hidden FIXME: change this to point to the info section once 1.11.2 is 
out.
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/@/software/@/automake/@/manual/@/html_node/@/Reporting-Bugs.html,
+the bug reporting instructions}, then write to @email{bug-automake@@gnu.org};
+list archives can be found at
 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/@/archive/@/html/@/bug-automake/}.
 Messages that do not reply to existing threads create new bugs in the
address@hidden://debbugs.gnu.org/@/cgi/@/pkgreport.cgi?package=automake;@/max-bugs=100;@/base-order=1;@/bug-rev=1,
-debbugs GNU bug tracker for Automake}.
address@hidden://debbugs.gnu.org/@/automake, debbugs GNU bug tracker for 
Automake}.
 
 @item
 For Libtool, write to @email{bug-libtool@@gnu.org}; list archives can be found 
at
@@ -193,8 +196,6 @@
 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/@/archive/@/html/@/bug-gnulib/}.
 @end itemize
 
-TODO
-
 If you are unsure where to write to, choose one of the lists.
 It is not a big problem if you choose the wrong one, but please
 do not post your report to multiple lists in several separate mails.
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@
 
 @c http://seul.org/docs/autotut/ from 2001
 @c http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~iam/docs/tutorial.html from 1998
address@hidden http://www.openismus.com/documents/linux/automake/automake.shtml
 
 Example packages can be found here:
 
@@ -305,17 +307,17 @@
 export PATH
 
 # Do the following in a scratch directory.
-wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.14.tar.gz
-wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.64.tar.gz
+wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.16.tar.gz
+wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.68.tar.gz
 wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.11.1.tar.gz
 wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.tar.gz
-gzip -dc m4-1.4.14.tar.gz | tar xvf -
-gzip -dc autoconf-2.64.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+gzip -dc m4-1.4.16.tar.gz | tar xvf -
+gzip -dc autoconf-2.68.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 gzip -dc automake-1.11.1.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 gzip -dc libtool-2.4.tar.gz | tar xvf -
-cd m4-1.4.14
+cd m4-1.4.16
 ./configure -C --prefix=$myprefix && make && make install
-cd ../autoconf-2.64
+cd ../autoconf-2.68
 ./configure -C --prefix=$myprefix && make && make install
 cd ../automake-1.11.1
 ./configure -C --prefix=$myprefix && make && make install
@@ -709,7 +711,9 @@
 generate a header template for the first argument.
 @pxref{Header Templates,,, autoconf, The Autoconf Manual}.
 @item
-Use the @code{AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H} macro from The Autoconf Macro Archive.
+Use the @code{AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H} macro from
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/@/software/@/autoconf-archive/, The Autoconf Macro
+Archive}.
 @end itemize
 
 @node How do I use different C compilers in a Makefile.am?



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