1999-10-13 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com>

	* autoconf.texi (Configuration Headers): Document the potential
	trouble caused by autoheader and boilerplate files. Fix for
	PR autoconf/45.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 61b66b47452bafb5c5e5964a720f02f928c2fe27..18a9d71c373923c71ce321c9609085f876251778 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1999-10-13  Ben Elliston  <bje@cygnus.com>
+
+       * autoconf.texi (Configuration Headers): Document the potential
+       trouble caused by autoheader and boilerplate files. Fix for
+       PR autoconf/45.
+
 1999-10-05  Ben Elliston  <bje@cygnus.com>
 
        * autoconf.texi (AC_PATH_XTRA): Correctly document the behaviour

diff --git a/autoconf.texi b/autoconf.texi
index cc868f1689f592f6d3d27f8b5f0d596ec5246bf7..24cf5b509081d50be5ff2289c7ec50a23533b543 100644 (file)
--- a/autoconf.texi
+++ b/autoconf.texi
@@ -1232,7 +1232,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(defines.h:defs.pre:defines.h.in:defs.post)
 @end example
 @noindent
 Doing this allows you to keep your file names acceptable to MS-DOS, or
-to prepend and/or append boilerplate to the file.
+to prepend and/or append boilerplate to the file.  You should be aware
+that @code{autoheader} is unable to determine which file is the actual
+input file and may overwrite one of your boilerplates.
 @end defmac
 
 @menu

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index cc868f1689f592f6d3d27f8b5f0d596ec5246bf7..24cf5b509081d50be5ff2289c7ec50a23533b543 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -1232,7 +1232,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(defines.h:defs.pre:defines.h.in:defs.post)
 @end example
 @noindent
 Doing this allows you to keep your file names acceptable to MS-DOS, or
-to prepend and/or append boilerplate to the file.
+to prepend and/or append boilerplate to the file.  You should be aware
+that @code{autoheader} is unable to determine which file is the actual
+input file and may overwrite one of your boilerplates.
 @end defmac
 
 @menu