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authorRalf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>2011-01-08 17:35:54 +0100
committerRalf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>2011-01-09 07:16:22 +0100
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docs: mention configmake module for defining directories.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Mention configmake gnulib module. Suggestion by Karl Berry and Eric Blake. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
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+2011-01-09 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+ docs: mention configmake module for defining directories.
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Mention configmake
+ gnulib module.
+ Suggestion by Karl Berry and Eric Blake.
+
2011-01-04 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
doc: improve install.texi texinfo markup
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
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@@ -24943,6 +24943,10 @@ myprog-paths.h: Makefile
echo '#define DATADIR "$(datadir)"' >$@@
@end example
+@noindent
+The gnulib module @samp{configmake} provides such a header with all the
+standard directory variables defined, @pxref{Gnulib}.
+
@item
Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
value of @code{datadir} and others. Many people have wrapped macros to