* doc/autoconf.texi (Preset Output Variables): srcdir and

top_srcdir are not necessarily relative.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d6808e47676569e5159d6358b96703078bdce0ee..b4542ce59dbba4d4eefeba0ad9bc71ced63ced37 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-09-05  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Preset Output Variables): srcdir and
+       top_srcdir are not necessarily relative.  Problem reported
+       by Dries Kimpe.
+
 2006-09-05  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
        * lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC): Prefer xlf90/xlf95 over
@@ -13,7 +19,7 @@
        of ERLANG_LIB_VER_* variables.
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Erlang Libraries): Document ERLANG_LIB_VER_*
        variables.
-               
+
 2006-09-03  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
        and Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 88705cc62d1683f5144e36ac41a29ca445dfbb42..957a3a6f675489740eab6d312217a7e715559721 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ Absolute name of @code{top_builddir}.
 
 @defvar srcdir
 @ovindex srcdir
-The relative name of the directory that contains the source code for
+The name of the directory that contains the source code for
 that makefile.
 @end defvar
 
@@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ Absolute name of @code{srcdir}.
 
 @defvar top_srcdir
 @ovindex top_srcdir
-The relative name of the top-level source code directory for the
+The name of the top-level source code directory for the
 package.  In the top-level directory, this is the same as @code{srcdir}.
 @end defvar