Document lib64 in config.site.

* doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo in FHS sample file.
Mention use of lib64.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Tom Browder, with help from Peter Breitenlohner.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a706db25ae3961cf4191619e8294fa5ab4f0b625..7ae64b948dc28b085a1d9509aadf2d92b8e0905d 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-02-03  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+       Document lib64 in config.site.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Site Defaults): Fix typo in FHS sample file.
+       Mention use of lib64.
+       * THANKS: Update.
+       Reported by Tom Browder, with help from Peter Breitenlohner.
+
 2009-01-28  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
        Use AC_DEFUN_ONCE for uncontroversial one-shot macros.

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 74895cf3679d8c64af66e78a2c8c824f2ac28010..a4d9c2360d058379ad1dc6ec3c1562103a9cc0a4 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ Thomas Winder               tom@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at
 Tim Mooney                  mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu
 Tim Rice                    tim@multitalents.net
 Tim Van Holder              tim.van.holder@pandora.be
+Tom Browder                 tom.browder@gmail.com
 Tom Epperly                 tepperly@llnl.gov
 Tom Lane                    tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
 Tom Purcell                 Tom.Purcell@wang.com

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 0d20f2a207a10bac8817512e7c3ff0b438a95bc2..4e487df002d13f31d230afc6542106bcc3c884f5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -19737,12 +19737,12 @@ site files.  Your code should check that variables such as @code{prefix}
 and @code{cache_file} have their default values (as set near the top of
 @command{configure}) before changing them.
 
-Here is a sample file @file{/usr/share/local/gnu/share/config.site}.  The
+Here is a sample file @file{/usr/share/local/@/gnu/share/@/config.site}.  The
 command @samp{configure --prefix=/usr/share/local/gnu} would read this
 file (if @code{CONFIG_SITE} is not set to a different file).
 
 @example
-# config.site for configure
+# /usr/share/local/gnu/share/config.site for configure
 #
 # Change some defaults.
 test "$prefix" = NONE && prefix=/usr/share/local/gnu
@@ -19770,7 +19770,7 @@ in a manner consistent with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
 the locations recommended by @acronym{FHS}.
 
 @example
-# /usr/local/config.site for FHS defaults when installing below /usr,
+# /usr/share/config.site for FHS defaults when installing below /usr,
 # and the respective settings were not changed on the command line.
 if test "$prefix" = /usr; then
   test "$sysconfdir" = '$@{prefix@}/etc' && sysconfdir=/etc
@@ -19779,6 +19779,18 @@ if test "$prefix" = /usr; then
 fi
 @end example
 
+@cindex lib64
+@cindex 64-bit libraries
+Likewise, on platforms where 64-bit libraries are built by default, then
+installed in @file{/usr/local/@/lib64} instead of @file{/usr/local/@/lib},
+it is appropriate to install @file{/usr/local/@/share/config.site}:
+
+@example
+# /usr/local/share/config.site for platforms that prefer
+# the directory /usr/local/lib64 over /usr/local/lib.
+test "$libdir" = '$@{exec_prefix@}/lib' && libdir='$@{exec_prefix@}/lib64'
+@end example
+
 
 @c ============================================== Running configure Scripts.