docs: mention configmake module for defining directories.

* doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Mention configmake
gnulib module.
Suggestion by Karl Berry and Eric Blake.

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

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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-01-09  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       docs: mention configmake module for defining directories.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Mention configmake
+       gnulib module.
+       Suggestion by Karl Berry and Eric Blake.
+
 2011-01-04  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 
        doc: improve install.texi texinfo markup

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
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--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -24943,6 +24943,10 @@ myprog-paths.h: Makefile
         echo '#define DATADIR "$(datadir)"' >$@@
 @end example
 
+@noindent
+The gnulib module @samp{configmake} provides such a header with all the
+standard directory variables defined, @pxref{Gnulib}.
+
 @item
 Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
 value of @code{datadir} and others.  Many people have wrapped macros to