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authorMathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>2017-08-31 19:23:42 +0200
committerMathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>2017-08-31 19:23:42 +0200
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@@ -2580,6 +2580,11 @@ for more information.
Look for Automake data files in directory @var{dir} instead of in the
installation directory. This is typically used for debugging.
+@vindex AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR
+The environment variable @env{AUTOMAKE_LIBDIR} provides another way to
+set the directory containing Automake data files. However
+@option{--libdir} takes precedence over it.
+
@item --print-libdir
@opindex --print-libdir
Print the path of the installation directory containing Automake-provided
@@ -3217,6 +3222,11 @@ overridden using the @env{AUTOM4TE} environment variable.
Look for the automake-provided macro files in @var{dir} instead of
in the installation directory. This is typically used for debugging.
+@vindex ACLOCAL_AUTOMAKE_DIR
+The environment variable @env{ACLOCAL_AUTOMAKE_DIR} provides another
+way to set the directory containing automake-provided macro files.
+However @option{--automake-acdir} takes precedence over it.
+
@item --system-acdir=@var{dir}
@opindex --system-acdir
Look for the system-wide third-party macro files (and the special
@@ -8555,7 +8565,7 @@ to supply additional flags to @command{configure}, define them in the
provided there by defining the @code{DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS} variable,
on the command line when invoking @command{make}.
@c See automake bug#14991 for more details about how the following holds.
-It's worth nothing that @command{make distcheck} needs complete control
+It's worth noting that @command{make distcheck} needs complete control
over the @command{configure} options @option{--srcdir} and
@option{--prefix}, so those options cannot be overridden by
@code{AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS} nor by
@@ -8861,7 +8871,7 @@ Note however that, for tests based on more complex test protocols,
the exact effects of @code{XFAIL_TESTS} and @code{DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS}
might change, or they might even have no effect at all (for example,
@c Keep this in sync with tap-no-disable-hard-errors.sh
-in tests using TAP, there is not way to disable hard errors, and the
+in tests using TAP, there is no way to disable hard errors, and the
@code{DISABLE_HARD_ERRORS} variable has no effect on them).
@anchor{Testsuite progress on console}
@@ -9129,7 +9139,7 @@ as a side-effect.
It's important to note that, differently from what we've seen for the
serial test harness (@pxref{Serial Test Harness}), the
@code{AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} and @code{TESTS_ENVIRONMENT} variables
-@emph{cannot} be use to define a custom test runner; the
+@emph{cannot} be used to define a custom test runner; the
@code{LOG_COMPILER} and @code{LOG_FLAGS} (or their extension-specific
counterparts) should be used instead: