Re: Small documentation issue

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* NightStrike wrote on Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 10:05:11PM CET:
> 
> In this example 'bindir.h' is not distributed, not installed, and it
> is not even being built on-time. One may wonder what the
> 'nodist_foo_SOURCES = bindir.h' line has any use at all.
> 
> These two sentences are grammatically incorrect.[...]

* William Pursell wrote on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 10:10:00PM CET:
> 
> Also awkward is:  ( from paragraph 3 of s 2.2.10)
> 
> "but when running make install the DESTDIR should be set to the absolute 
> name of a directory in which all the installation will be diverted."

Thanks for your findings and suggestions, I fixed them as below and put
you in THANKS.  Please consider just sending patches to the source, to
the automake-patches list.

Thanks,
Ralf

        * doc/automake.texi (DESTDIR, Built sources example): Fix wording.
        * THANKS: Update.
        Reports and suggestions by William Pursell and address@hidden

diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index 8e5bc5d..8b51080 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -1084,11 +1084,11 @@ inappropriate.
 The @code{DESTDIR} variable can be used to perform a staged
 installation.  The package should be configured as if it was going to
 be installed in its final location (e.g., @code{--prefix /usr}), but
-when running @code{make install} the @code{DESTDIR} should be set to
-the absolute name of a directory in which all the installation will be
+when running @code{make install}, the @code{DESTDIR} should be set to
+the absolute name of a directory into which the installation will be
 diverted.  From this directory it is easy to review which files are
 being installed where, and finally copy them to their final location
-by any means.
+by some means.
 
 @cindex Binary package
 
@@ -6916,8 +6916,8 @@ foo.c:2: bindir.h: No such file or directory
 make: *** [foo.o] Error 1
 @end example
 
-In this example @file{bindir.h} is not distributed, not installed, and
-it is not even being built on-time.  One may wonder what the
+In this example @file{bindir.h} is not distributed nor installed, and
+it is not even being built on-time.  One may wonder if the
 @samp{nodist_foo_SOURCES = bindir.h} line has any use at all.  This
 line simply states that @file{bindir.h} is a source of @code{foo}, so
 for instance, it should be inspected while generating tags