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-rw-r--r--INSTALL1
-rw-r--r--automake.texi6
-rw-r--r--lib/INSTALL1
-rw-r--r--stamp-vti2
-rw-r--r--version.texi2
5 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 50dbe439d..b42a17ac4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -180,4 +180,3 @@ operates.
script, and exit.
`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.
-
diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index 3c91ee870..cdca509e4 100644
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -2214,7 +2214,11 @@ Automake supports a two forms of test suite.
If the variable @code{TESTS} is defined, its value is taken to be a list
of programs to run in order to do the testing. The programs can either
be derived objects or source objects; the generated rule will look both
-in @var{srcdir} and @file{.}.
+in @var{srcdir} and @file{.}. Programs needing data files should look
+for them in @var{srcdir} (which is both an environment variable and a
+make variable) so they work when building in a separate directory
+(@pxref{Build Directories,,,autoconf}), and in particular for the
+@code{distcheck} target (@pxref{Dist}).
The number of failures will be printed at the end of the run. If a
given test program exits with a status of 77, then its result is ignored
diff --git a/lib/INSTALL b/lib/INSTALL
index 50dbe439d..b42a17ac4 100644
--- a/lib/INSTALL
+++ b/lib/INSTALL
@@ -180,4 +180,3 @@ operates.
script, and exit.
`configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options.
-
diff --git a/stamp-vti b/stamp-vti
index d8a9b9140..d075adaeb 100644
--- a/stamp-vti
+++ b/stamp-vti
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-@set UPDATED 23 March 1998
+@set UPDATED 31 March 1998
@set EDITION 1.2h
@set VERSION 1.2h
diff --git a/version.texi b/version.texi
index d8a9b9140..d075adaeb 100644
--- a/version.texi
+++ b/version.texi
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-@set UPDATED 23 March 1998
+@set UPDATED 31 March 1998
@set EDITION 1.2h
@set VERSION 1.2h