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authorTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2001-08-02 22:40:25 +0000
committerTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2001-08-02 22:40:25 +0000
commit56fc34a8be4778e505b162ebdb144f73df4f4c45 (patch)
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parentd947aafb973882c714a4939db05439fca03ae16b (diff)
downloadautomake-56fc34a8be4778e505b162ebdb144f73df4f4c45.tar.gz
2001-08-02 Tim Van Holder <tim.van.holder@pandora.be>
* automake.texi (EXEEXT): Clarify.
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@@ -2872,7 +2872,9 @@ program using such a substitution, then your @file{configure.in} must
take care to add @samp{$(EXEEXT)} when constructing the output variable.
With Autoconf 2.13 and earlier, you must explicitly use @code{AC_EXEEXT}
-to get this support. With Autoconf 2.50, @code{AC_EXEEXT} is implicit.
+to get this support. With Autoconf 2.50, @code{AC_EXEEXT} is run
+automatically if you configure a compiler (say, through
+@code{AC_PROG_CC}).
Sometimes maintainers like to write an explicit link rule for their
program. Without executable extension support, this is easy---you