Fix description of AC_CHECK_LIB regarding other deplibs.

* doc/autoconf.texi (Libraries): Library linking may not fail
even without missing additional libs.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-09-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       Fix description of AC_CHECK_LIB regarding other deplibs.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Libraries): Library linking may not fail
+       even without missing additional libs.
+
 2009-09-12  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
        Track recent copyright assignments.

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
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--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -4317,9 +4317,9 @@ detection of libraries.
 If linking with @var{library} results in unresolved symbols that would
 be resolved by linking with additional libraries, give those libraries
 as the @var{other-libraries} argument, separated by spaces:
-e.g., @option{-lXt -lX11}.  Otherwise, this macro fails to detect
-that @var{library} is present, because linking the test program
-always fails with unresolved symbols.  The @var{other-libraries} argument
+e.g., @option{-lXt -lX11}.  Otherwise, this macro may fail to detect
+that @var{library} is present, because linking the test program can
+fail with unresolved symbols.  The @var{other-libraries} argument
 should be limited to cases where it is desirable to test for one library
 in the presence of another that is not already in @code{LIBS}.