Re: [bug-gnulib] missing --doc-base option

[Bruno Haible]

Karl Berry wrote:
> Delete the  (default \"doc\")  from the help message, since
> evidently it is not so.  (Ditto the other dir options, I suppose.)
> That was the main thing that misled me.

But the default is 'doc' if gnulib-tool is used for the first time.
Instead, I'm changing the error message.

2006-07-29  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * gnulib-tool (func_import): Extend error message about missing
        --doc-base.

*** gnulib-tool 20 Jul 2006 16:53:35 -0000      1.120
--- gnulib-tool 29 Jul 2006 12:45:49 -0000
***************
*** 1030,1036 ****
    if test -z "$docbase"; then
      docbase="$cached_docbase"
      if test -z "$docbase"; then
!       func_fatal_error "missing --doc-base option"
      fi
    fi
    # The testsbase defaults to the cached one.
--- 1030,1036 ----
    if test -z "$docbase"; then
      docbase="$cached_docbase"
      if test -z "$docbase"; then
!       func_fatal_error "missing --doc-base option. --doc-base has been 
introduced on 2006-07-11; if your last invocation of 'gnulib-tool --update' is 
before that date, you need to run 'gnulib-tool --update' once, with a 
--doc-base option."
      fi
    fi
    # The testsbase defaults to the cached one.