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URL updates for autoconf manual
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
URL updates for autoconf manual |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:43:35 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
I installed this:
2004-08-20 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
* doc/autoconf.texi: Update URLs, some of which went stale.
Use @uref rather than @href.
Index: doc/autoconf.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.828
diff -p -u -r1.828 autoconf.texi
--- doc/autoconf.texi 20 Aug 2004 19:58:07 -0000 1.828
+++ doc/autoconf.texi 20 Aug 2004 23:41:24 -0000
@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@
@address@hidden = @address@hidden
@end macro
address@hidden @href(URL, TITLE)
address@hidden -----------------
address@hidden A replacement for @uref that puts the URL in the footnotes when
address@hidden not in HTML.
address@hidden
address@hidden href{url, title}
address@hidden, \title\}
address@hidden macro
address@hidden ifhtml
address@hidden
address@hidden href{url, title}
address@hidden, @url{\url\}.}
address@hidden macro
address@hidden ifnothtml
-
@c Handling the indexes with Texinfo yields several different problems.
@c
@c Because we want to drop out the AC_ part of the macro names in the
@@ -653,34 +638,30 @@ do not have. You must use version 1.4 o
@xref{History}, for the story of Autoconf's development. @xref{FAQ},
for answers to some common questions about Autoconf.
-
-See the @href{http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html,
+See the @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/,
Autoconf web page} for up-to-date information, details on the mailing
lists, pointers to a list of known bugs, etc.
Mail suggestions to @email{autoconf@@gnu.org, the Autoconf mailing
list}.
-Bug reports should be preferably submitted to the
address@hidden://bugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=autoconf,
-Autoconf Gnats database}, or sent to @email{bug-autoconf@@gnu.org, the
+Bug reports should be emailed to @email{bug-autoconf@@gnu.org, the
Autoconf Bugs mailing list}. If possible, first check that your bug is
not already solved in current development versions, and that it has not
been reported yet. Be sure to include all the needed information and a
short @file{configure.ac} that demonstrates the problem.
-Autoconf's development tree is accessible via @acronym{CVS}; see the Autoconf
-web page for details. There is also a
address@hidden://subversions.gnu.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/autoconf/, @acronym{CVS}web
-interface to the Autoconf development tree}. Patches relative to the
+Autoconf's development tree is accessible via @acronym{CVS}; see the
address@hidden://savannah.gnu.org/projects/autoconf/, Autoconf
+Summary} for details. Patches relative to the
current @acronym{CVS} version can be sent for review to the
@email{autoconf-patches@@gnu.org, Autoconf Patches mailing list}.
Because of its mission, Autoconf includes only a set of often-used
macros that have already demonstrated their usefulness. Nevertheless,
if you wish to share your macros, or find existing ones, see the
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/, Autoconf Macro
-Archive}, which is kindly run by @email{simons@@computer.org,
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/, @acronym{GNU} Autoconf Macro
+Archive}, which is kindly run by @email{simons@@gnu.org,
Peter Simons}.
@@ -794,9 +775,9 @@ the @acronym{GNU} build tools.
@item Web
The home pages for
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/,Autoconf},
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/automake/,Automake}, and
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/,Libtool}.
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/, Autoconf},
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/automake/, Automake}, and
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/, Libtool}.
@item Automake Manual
@@ -807,18 +788,10 @@ information on Automake.
The book @address@hidden Autoconf, Automake and
address@hidden@address@hidden Autoconf, Automake and Libtool},
-by G. V. Vaughan, B. Elliston, T. Tromey, and I. L. Taylor. New
-Riders, 2000, ISBN 1578701902.} describes the complete @acronym{GNU}
-build environment. You can also find the entire book on-line at
address@hidden://sources.redhat.com/autobook/,``The Goat Book'' home
-page}.
-
address@hidden Tutorials and Examples
-
-The @href{http://sources.redhat.com/autoconf/,Autoconf Developer Page}
-maintains links to a number of Autoconf/Automake tutorials online, and
-also links to the @href{http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/,
-Autoconf Macro Archive}.
+by G. V. Vaughan, B. Elliston, T. Tromey, and I. L. Taylor. SAMS (originally
+New Riders), 2000, ISBN 1578701902.} describes the complete @acronym{GNU}
+build environment. You can also find
address@hidden://sources.redhat.com/autobook/, the entire book on-line}.
@end itemize
@@ -6267,7 +6240,7 @@ if the system supports @samp{#!}, @samp{
@cindex Large file support
@cindex LFS
Arrange for
address@hidden://www.unix-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/lfs20mar.html,
address@hidden://www.unix-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/lfs20mar.html,
large-file support}. On some hosts, one must use special compiler
options to build programs that can access large files. Append any such
options to the output variable @code{CC}. Define
@@ -6939,7 +6912,7 @@ This section aims at presenting some sys
documentation. It may help you addressing particular problems reported
by users.
-The @href{http://bhami.com/rosetta.html, Rosetta Stone for Unix}
+The @uref{http://bhami.com/rosetta.html, Rosetta Stone for Unix}
contains a lot of interesting crossed information on various Unix variants.
@table @asis
@@ -6966,13 +6939,12 @@ tree on the UFS).
@acronym{QNX} is a realtime operating system running on Intel architecture
meant to be scalable from the small embedded systems to the hundred
processor super-computer. It claims to be @acronym{POSIX} certified. More
-information is available on the @href{www.qnx.com, @acronym{QNX} home page},
-including the @href{http://support.qnx.com/support/docs/qnx4/, @acronym{QNX}
-man pages}.
+information is available on the
address@hidden://www.qnx.com/, @acronym{QNX} home page}.
@item Tru64
@cindex Tru64
-The @href{http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/,
+The @uref{http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/,
documentation of several versions of Tru64} is available in different
formats.
@@ -6982,7 +6954,7 @@ formats.
Officially this was called the ``Seventh Edition'' of ``the @sc{unix}
time-sharing system'' but we use the more-common name ``Unix version 7''.
Documentation is available in the
address@hidden://plan9.bell-labs.com/7thEdMan/index.html, V7 Manual}.
address@hidden://plan9.bell-labs.com/7thEdMan/, V7 Manual}.
Previous versions of Unix are called ``Unix version 6'', etc., but
they were not as widely used.
@end table
@@ -9365,7 +9337,7 @@ Some of these external utilities have a
@ref{Limitations of Usual Tools}.
There are other sources of documentation about shells. See for instance
address@hidden://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/, the Shell FAQs}.
address@hidden://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/, the Shell FAQs}.
@menu
* Shellology:: A zoology of shells
@@ -9389,7 +9361,7 @@ There are other sources of documentation
There are several families of shells, most prominently the Bourne family
and the C shell family which are deeply incompatible. If you want to
write portable shell scripts, avoid members of the C shell family. The
address@hidden://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/shell-differences/, the
address@hidden://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/shell-differences/, the
Shell difference FAQ} includes a small history of Unix shells, and a
comparison between several of them.
@@ -9745,7 +9717,7 @@ that are Unixy enough to run @command{au
usually be able to handle long file names properly, there are still
limitations that can seriously break packages. Several of these issues
can be easily detected by the
address@hidden://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/non-gnu/doschk/doschk-1.1.tar.gz, doschk}
address@hidden://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/non-gnu/doschk/doschk-1.1.tar.gz, doschk}
package.
A short overview follows; problems are marked with @sc{sfn}/@sc{lfn} to
@@ -15847,7 +15819,7 @@ datadir.h: Makefile
Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
value of @code{datadir} and others. Many people have wrapped macros to
automate this task. For instance, the macro @code{AC_DEFINE_DIR} from
-the @href{http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/, Autoconf Macro
+the @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/, @acronym{GNU} Autoconf Macro
Archive}.
This solution does not conform to the @acronym{GNU} Coding Standards.
@@ -15860,7 +15832,8 @@ find @code{prefix} at runtime, this way
Some macros are already available to address this issue: see
@code{adl_COMPUTE_RELATIVE_PATHS} and
@code{adl_COMPUTE_STANDARD_RELATIVE_PATHS} on the
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/, Autoconf Macro Archive}.
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/,
address@hidden Autoconf Macro Archive}.
@end itemize
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