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| author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2011-06-23 23:31:27 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2011-06-27 15:35:16 +0200 |
| commit | 404882ab2ac0a9447f6eccb2fa218df70582f488 (patch) | |
| tree | a3af86be358070a8ce8ecdef528ed65e433a91f8 /doc | |
| parent | 5755b7bcbd3892eb6aa31542fc7e2435a0de11ab (diff) | |
| download | automake-404882ab2ac0a9447f6eccb2fa218df70582f488.tar.gz | |
docs: avoid a footnote, some related rewordings and improvements
* doc/automake.texi (Dist): Reword the part about automatically
distributed files to avoid a footnote. Since we are at it, extend
a bit, and add an example and a reference to a relevant test case.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/automake.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index bd4b4a70a..964dc1184 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -8292,16 +8292,19 @@ is run. The default setting is @option{--best}. @cmindex include For the most part, the files to distribute are automatically found by Automake: all source files are automatically included in a distribution, -as are all @file{Makefile.am}s and @file{Makefile.in}s. Automake also +as are all @file{Makefile.am} and @file{Makefile.in} files. Automake also has a built-in list of commonly used files that are automatically included if they are found in the current directory (either physically, -or as the target of a @file{Makefile.am} rule). This list is printed by -@samp{automake --help}@footnote{Note that some of these files are actually -distributed only when other certain conditions hold}. Also, files that -are read by @command{configure} +or as the target of a @file{Makefile.am} rule); this list is printed by +@samp{automake --help}. Note that some files in this list are actually +distributed only if other certain conditions hold (for example, +@c The following example is covered by autodist-config-headers.test. +the @file{config.h.top} and @file{config.h.bot} files are automatically +distributed only if, e.g., @samp{AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])} is used +in @file{configure.ac}). Also, files that are read by @command{configure} (i.e.@: the source files corresponding to the files specified in various Autoconf macros such as @code{AC_CONFIG_FILES} and siblings) are -automatically distributed. Files included in @file{Makefile.am}s (using +automatically distributed. Files included in a @file{Makefile.am} (using @code{include}) or in @file{configure.ac} (using @code{m4_include}), and helper scripts installed with @samp{automake --add-missing} are also distributed. |