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Re: [bug-gnulib] aux-dir name - result


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: [bug-gnulib] aux-dir name - result
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:08:57 +0100
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The poll result is:
  for 'build-aux': 5 votes (Paolo Bonzini, Sergey Poznyakoff, Bruno Haible,
                            Jim Meyering, Stepan Kasal)
  for 'buildaux':  2 votes (Paul Smith, Alexandre Duret-Lutz)

So here is a proposed patch for autoconf's manual, to mention the
common name. I also switched to using this directory name in gnulib,
gettext, libiconv and clisp.


2005-03-22  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * doc/autoconf.texi (Input): Mention that AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR's
        argument is often called 'build-aux'.

diff -c -3 -r1.882 autoconf.texi
*** doc/autoconf.texi   10 Mar 2005 12:17:03 -0000      1.882
--- doc/autoconf.texi   22 Mar 2005 14:52:30 -0000
***************
*** 1767,1774 ****
  name is obsolete because some @code{make} have a rule that creates
  @file{install} from it if there is no @file{Makefile}.
  
! If you need portability to @acronym{DOS} variants, do not name the
! auxiliary directory @file{aux}.  @xref{File System Conventions}.
  @end defmac
  
  @defmac AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE (@var{file})
--- 1767,1775 ----
  name is obsolete because some @code{make} have a rule that creates
  @file{install} from it if there is no @file{Makefile}.
  
! The auxiliary directory is commonly named @file{build-aux}.  If you need
! portability to @acronym{DOS} or Microsoft Windows, do not name this
! directory @file{aux}.  @xref{File System Conventions}.
  @end defmac
  
  @defmac AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE (@var{file})





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