* automake.texi (FAQ, CVS, maintainer-mode, wildcards)

(distcleancheck): Fix typos and other errors reported by Karl
Berry.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eafdc48e91c522d33035844733b330a6a1657102..ea5f4c01d0fb6a6961d9f6d6dac3a57389ac2cdc 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-02-23  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
+
+       * automake.texi (FAQ, CVS, maintainer-mode, wildcards)
+       (distcleancheck): Fix typos and other errors reported by Karl
+       Berry.
+
 2003-02-20  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 
        * lib/am/texibuild.am (%SOURCE_SUFFIX%%DEST_SUFFIX%): Use $(...)

diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index bcef3742f93ffd95ed5c9516fac6f781ba71fb2b..27dc0bd28f13711497a979ded3bfbb20e2978e23 100644 (file)
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -5412,7 +5412,7 @@ the test-suite.
 @node FAQ, Macro and Variable Index, API versioning, Top
 @chapter Frequently Asked Questions about Automake
 
-This chapters covers some questions that often come up on the mailing
+This chapter covers some questions that often come up on the mailing
 lists.
 
 @menu
@@ -5566,7 +5566,7 @@ using (hence testing) their own generated files, instead of the
 generated files that will be released actually.  The developer who
 prepares the tarball might be using a version of the tool that
 produces bogus output (for instance a non-portable C file), something
-other developers could have noticed if they weren't using there own
+other developers could have noticed if they weren't using their own
 versions of this tool.
 
 @subsection Third-party files
@@ -5614,7 +5614,7 @@ development: developers love fixing failures.  However, users with
 wrong versions of maintainer tools may get an error when the rebuild
 rule is spuriously triggered, halting the build.  This failure to let
 the build continue is one of the arguments of the
-@code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} advocators.
+@code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} advocates.
 
 @subsection @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE}
 @cindex AM_MAINTAINER_MODE, purpose
@@ -5643,7 +5643,7 @@ rules that need exotic tools that users may not have available.
 Several years ago François Pinard pointed out several arguments
 against @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE}.  Most of them relate to insecurity.
 By removing dependencies you get non-dependable builds: change to
-sources files can have no-effect on generated files and this can be
+sources files can have no effect on generated files and this can be
 very confusing when unnoticed.  He adds that security shouldn't be
 reserved to maintainers (what @code{--enable-maintainer-mode}
 suggests), on the contrary.  If one user has to modify a
@@ -5707,10 +5707,10 @@ Finally it's really hard to @file{forget} adding a file to
 compiled nor installed, so you can't even test it.
 @end itemize
 
-Still, these are philosophic objections, and as such you may disagree,
+Still, these are philosophical objections, and as such you may disagree,
 or find enough value in wildcards to dismiss all of them.  Before you
 start writing a patch against Automake to teach it about wildcards,
-let's see the the main technical issue: portability.
+let's see the main technical issue: portability.
 
 Although @code{$(wildcard ...)} works with GNU @command{make}, it is
 not portable to other @command{make} implementations.
@@ -5722,7 +5722,7 @@ list all files and not use @code{$(wildcard ...)}.  However that
 means developers need to remember they must run @code{automake} each
 time they add, delete, or rename files.
 
-Compared to editing @file{Makefile.am}, this really little win.  Sure,
+Compared to editing @file{Makefile.am}, this is really little win.  Sure,
 it's easier and faster to type @code{automake; make} than to type
 @code{emacs Makefile.am; make}.  But nobody bothered enough to write a
 patch add support for this syntax.  Some people use scripts to
@@ -5776,9 +5776,9 @@ proceed with an example.  Suppose our package contains a program for
 which we want to build a man page using @command{help2man}.  GNU
 @command{help2man} produces simple manual pages from the @code{--help}
 and @code{--version} output of other commands (@pxref{Top, , Overview,
-help2man, The Help2man Manual}).  Because we don't want our users to
-install @command{help2man}, we decide to distribute the generated man
-page using the following setup.
+help2man, The Help2man Manual}).  Because we don't to force want our
+users to install @command{help2man}, we decide to distribute the
+generated man page using the following setup.
 
 @example
 # This Makefile.am is bogus.
@@ -5885,8 +5885,7 @@ For desperate cases, it's always possible to disable this check by
 setting @code{distcleancheck_listfiles} as documented in @ref{Dist}.
 Make sure you do understand the reason why @code{make distcheck}
 complains before you do this.  @code{distcleancheck_listfiles} is a
-way to @emph{hide} errors, not to fix them.  There is always better to
-do.
+way to @emph{hide} errors, not to fix them.  You can always do better.
 
 @page
 @node Macro and Variable Index, General Index, FAQ, Top

diff --git a/stamp-vti b/stamp-vti
index 250cc3e4476edb0c424beb364ebea6420a7ef6d4..d3020080b4f1fe8e33ea6fa393456ea9e7b29efd 100644 (file)
--- a/stamp-vti
+++ b/stamp-vti
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@set UPDATED 9 February 2003
+@set UPDATED 23 February 2003
 @set UPDATED-MONTH February 2003
 @set EDITION 1.7a
 @set VERSION 1.7a

diff --git a/version.texi b/version.texi
index 250cc3e4476edb0c424beb364ebea6420a7ef6d4..d3020080b4f1fe8e33ea6fa393456ea9e7b29efd 100644 (file)
--- a/version.texi
+++ b/version.texi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@set UPDATED 9 February 2003
+@set UPDATED 23 February 2003
 @set UPDATED-MONTH February 2003
 @set EDITION 1.7a
 @set VERSION 1.7a