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authorAkim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>2001-06-11 20:19:07 +0000
committerAkim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>2001-06-11 20:19:07 +0000
commitf28e3c55932219a032e57657870fcf9345c43b6f (patch)
tree64b5d18bc65f36178c5aa4e73fe1ff6311f1b4d2
parent798709f0a96610295fee2fc4629b886260f440ed (diff)
downloadautoconf-f28e3c55932219a032e57657870fcf9345c43b6f.tar.gz
Typos.
-rw-r--r--TODO2
-rw-r--r--doc/autoconf.texi8
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index bed27771..80b9de25 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if AC_ARG_PROGRAM is not called? That would be much more predictable.
Ian?
** Document
-AC_ARG_VAR, m4_pattrern_*
+AC_ARG_VAR, m4_pattern_*
** RedHat's Autoconf page
should be removed.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 6245a9a6..2ec87f93 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -5458,16 +5458,18 @@ else
check this
check that
check something else
+ @dots{}
on and on forever
+ @dots{}
fi
@end group
@end example
A shell parses the whole @code{if}/@code{fi} construct, creating
temporary files for each here document in it. Some shells create links
-for such here-documents on every @code{fork ()}, so that the clean-up
-code they had installed correctly removes them. It is creating the
-links that the shell can take forever.
+for such here-documents on every @code{fork}, so that the clean-up code
+they had installed correctly removes them. It is creating the links
+that the shell can take forever.
Moving the tests out of the @code{if}/@code{fi}, or creating multiple
@code{if}/@code{fi} constructs, would improve the performance