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Tom Tromey |
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Patch: more doc updates |
Date: |
04 Jul 2001 09:48:46 -0600 |
I'm checking this in -- more updates to the docs.
2001-07-04 Tom Tromey <address@hidden>
* automake.texi (Headers): Mention that we prefer uninstalled
headers in _SOURCES.
(ANSI): Mention cross-compilation limitation.
Tom
Index: automake.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/automake.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.218
diff -u -r1.218 automake.texi
--- automake.texi 2001/07/02 00:50:29 1.218
+++ automake.texi 2001/07/04 15:26:41
@@ -2677,7 +2677,11 @@
LIBOBJS=`echo $LIBOBJS|sed 's/\.o /\$U.o /g;s/\.o$/\$U.o/'`
@end example
+Note that automatic de-ANSI-fication will not work when the package is
+being built for a different host architecture. That is because automake
+currently has no way to build @code{ansi2knr} for the build machine.
+
@node Dependencies, , ANSI, Programs
@section Automatic dependency tracking
@@ -2788,7 +2792,10 @@
Header files are specified by the @samp{HEADERS} family of variables.
Generally header files are not installed, so the @code{noinst_HEADERS}
-variable will be the most used.
+variable will be the most used. @footnote{However, for the case of a
+non-installed header file that is actually used by a particular program,
+we recommend listing it in the program's @samp{_SOURCES} variable
+instead of in @code{noinst_HEADERS}. We believe this is more clear.}
@vindex HEADERS
All header files must be listed somewhere; missing ones will not appear
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