2003-07-04 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>
+ * automake.texi (Optional, Dist): AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR files
+ are automatically distributed.
+
* lib/depcomp (icc): Update to grok ICC 7.1's output.
* m4/depend.m4 (_AM_DEPENDENCIES): Check dependency generation
in a subdirectory, and with many dependencies. This
one of the helper scripts. @xref{Input, , Finding `configure' Input,
autoconf, The Autoconf Manual}.
+Required files from @code{AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR} are automatically
+distributed, even if there is no @file{Makefile.am} in this directory.
+
@item AC_CANONICAL_HOST
Automake will ensure that @file{config.guess} and @file{config.sub}
exist. Also, the @file{Makefile} variables @samp{host_alias} and
(i.e. the source files corresponding to the files specified in various
Autoconf macros such as @code{AC_CONFIG_FILES} and siblings) are
automatically distributed. Files included in @file{Makefile.am}s (using
-@code{include}) or in @file{configure.in} (using @code{m4_include}) are
-also distributed.
+@code{include}) or in @file{configure.in} (using @code{m4_include}), and
+helper scripts installed with @samp{automake --add-missing} are also
+distributed.
+
@cvindex m4_include, distribution
Still, sometimes there are files which must be distributed, but which
-@set UPDATED 27 June 2003
-@set UPDATED-MONTH June 2003
+@set UPDATED 4 July 2003
+@set UPDATED-MONTH July 2003
@set EDITION 1.7a
@set VERSION 1.7a
-@set UPDATED 27 June 2003
-@set UPDATED-MONTH June 2003
+@set UPDATED 4 July 2003
+@set UPDATED-MONTH July 2003
@set EDITION 1.7a
@set VERSION 1.7a