1999-08-25 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com>

	* autoconf.texi (Cache Variable Names): Be more explicit about the
	requirements for cache variable names. Fix for autoconf/53.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 552c70b798b5040a110d7f322cfdd4d95199c600..76d6d419708aa6cf502b8c35b5a8d26ea9dbddf8 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-08-25  Ben Elliston  <bje@cygnus.com>
+
+       * autoconf.texi (Cache Variable Names): Be more explicit about the
+       requirements for cache variable names. Fix for autoconf/53.
+
 1999-08-25  Alexandre Oliva  <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
 
        * autoreconf.sh: Run aclocal with the -I option only if

diff --git a/autoconf.texi b/autoconf.texi
index 27fc997e72f385588b343bb1344f5641758e3403..be7709da2aa52c48440c29ad14c766b9a704ccc9 100644 (file)
--- a/autoconf.texi
+++ b/autoconf.texi
@@ -3747,7 +3747,9 @@ For cache values used by the distributed Autoconf macros, this value is
 @samp{ac}.
 
 @item @code{_cv_}
-Indicates that this shell variable is a cache value.
+Indicates that this shell variable is a cache value. This string
+@emph{must} be present in the variable name, including the leading
+underscore.
 
 @item @var{value-type}
 A convention for classifying cache values, to produce a rational naming

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 27fc997e72f385588b343bb1344f5641758e3403..be7709da2aa52c48440c29ad14c766b9a704ccc9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -3747,7 +3747,9 @@ For cache values used by the distributed Autoconf macros, this value is
 @samp{ac}.
 
 @item @code{_cv_}
-Indicates that this shell variable is a cache value.
+Indicates that this shell variable is a cache value. This string
+@emph{must} be present in the variable name, including the leading
+underscore.
 
 @item @var{value-type}
 A convention for classifying cache values, to produce a rational naming