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Change BUGS to not mention a non-bug
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Paul Eggert |
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Change BUGS to not mention a non-bug |
Date: |
Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:42:10 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Since we're now documenting VPATH as being tricky with proprietary 'make'
it's time to stop listing it in BUGS. Also, we should cross-reference
this from the 'Build Directories' section. I installed this.
2006-12-10 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
* BUGS: Remove mention of VPATH problem, since it's now documented
not to be a bug in the Autoconf build procedure itself, but rather
a problem with the proprietary `make' programs.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Build Directories): Add a cross reference
to VPATH and Make.
Index: doc/autoconf.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.1115
diff -u -r1.1115 autoconf.texi
--- doc/autoconf.texi 6 Dec 2006 13:08:02 -0000 1.1115
+++ doc/autoconf.texi 11 Dec 2006 06:39:39 -0000
@@ -2785,7 +2785,9 @@
To support doing this, @command{make} uses the @code{VPATH} variable to
find the files that are in the source directory. @acronym{GNU} Make
-and most other recent @command{make} programs can do this. Older
+can do this. Most other recent @command{make} programs can do this as
+well, though they may have difficulties and it is often simpler to
+recommend @acronym{GNU} @command{make} (@pxref{VPATH and Make}). Older
@command{make} programs do not support @code{VPATH}; when using them, the
source code must be in the same directory as the object files.
--- BUGS 14 May 2005 07:00:38 -0000 1.26
+++ BUGS 11 Dec 2006 06:39:38 -0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
This file lists the bugs you must be aware of. Be sure to check this
file before using Autoconf, and especially CVS versions of Autoconf.
- Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Autoconf.
@@ -36,8 +36,4 @@
* Minor Problems
-Some Makefile segments do not behave correctly in VPATH builds with proprietary
-`make' programs. Some BSD `make's will work. For best results, build in the
-source directory or use GNU `make'.
-
Parallel builds via `make -jN' do not work.
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