2002-04-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
+ * NEWS, TODO, bin/autom4te.in, bin/autoreconf.in, bin/autoupdate.in,
+ doc/autoconf.texi, lib/freeze.mk, lib/Autom4te/Struct.pm,
+ lib/autoconf/autoheader.m4, lib/autoconf/c.m4,
+ lib/autoconf/functions.m4, lib/autoconf/general.m4,
+ lib/autoconf/lang.m4, lib/autoconf/libs.m4, lib/autoscan/identifiers,
+ lib/autotest/general.m4, lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4, tests/atgeneral.m4,
+ tests/atspecific.m4, tests/semantics.at, tests/torture.at:
+ Minor spelling and grammar fixes.
+
* doc/autoconf.texi: Follow the outline suggested in the GNU
Sample Texts sections of the Texinfo 4.2 manual. Most
importantly, this makes sure that the copyright notices appear in
* Fixed an important bug in AC_CHECK_TYPE that would cause a configure
script to report that `sometype_t' was present when only `type_t'
was defined.
-* Merge of the FSF version of config.guess and config.sub to modernise
+* Merge of the FSF version of config.guess and config.sub to modernize
these scripts. Add support for a few new hosts in config.guess.
Incorporate latest versions of install-sh, mkinstalldirs and
texinfo.tex from the FSF.
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-Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Autoconf.
* autoconf.texi
Move the specific macro documentation blocks into the source files,
-and use a doc-block extraction/merge technique to get docuemntation
+and use a doc-block extraction/merge technique to get documentation
into texi-file. This should help avoid bit-rot in the doc, and make
the doc easier to update when people add/change macros. The name
"autodoc" is probably already taken so we probably need another one.
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-Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Autoconf.
}
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# included files), which is out of the scope of Request
# (currently?).
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- # traces, hence the M4 traces cache is usable, but its formating
+ # traces, hence the M4 traces cache is usable, but its formatting
# will yield different results).
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# -------------------- #
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# -------------------- #
if (!$uses_gettext)
# ------------------ #
# Don't try to be smarter than `autoconf', which does its own
- # up to date checkings.
+ # up to date checks.
xsystem ($autoconf);
# They work by pair: each time an AU macro is activated, it runs
# _au_enable, and at its end its runs _au_disable (see _au_defun
- # above). But since AU macros might use AU macros, which should
- # enable/disable only for the outter AU macros.
+ # above). AU macros might use AU macros, which should
+ # enable/disable only for the outer AU macros.
#
- # `_au_enabled' is used to this end, condionning whether we really
+ # `_au_enabled' is used to this end, determining whether we really
# enable/disable.
* External Software:: Working with other optional software
* Package Options:: Selecting optional features
-* Pretty Help Strings:: Formating help string
+* Pretty Help Strings:: Formatting help string
* Site Details:: Configuring site details
* Transforming Names:: Changing program names when installing
* Site Defaults:: Giving @command{configure} local defaults
@prindex @code{unlink}
The @sc{posix} spec says that @code{unlink} causes the given file to be
removed only after there are no more open file handles for it. Not all
-OS's support this behaviour though. So even on systems that provide
+OS's support this behavior though. So even on systems that provide
@code{unlink}, you cannot portably assume it is OK to call it on files
that are open. For example, on Windows 9x and ME, such a call would fail;
on DOS it could even lead to file system corruption, as the file might end
@item Signed @code{>>}
Normally the C @code{>>} right shift of a signed type replicates the
high bit, giving a so-called ``arithmetic'' shift. But care should be
-taken since the ISO C standard doesn't require that behaviour. On those
+taken since the ISO C standard doesn't require that behavior. On those
few processors without a native arithmetic shift (for instance Cray
vector systems) zero bits may be shifted in, the same as a shift of an
unsigned type.
@c prevented `expansion' of $1. Unless it refers to the expansion
@c of the value of $1? Anyway, we need a rewrite here@dots{}
-The most common brokenness of existing macros is an improper quotation.
+The most common problem with existing macros is an improper quotation.
This section, which users of Autoconf can skip, but which macro writers
@emph{must} read, first justifies the quotation scheme that was chosen
for Autoconf and then ends with a rule of thumb. Understanding the
quotes.
@end defmac
-The following example aims at emphasing the difference between (i), not
+The following example aims at emphasizing the difference between (i), not
using these macros, (ii), using @code{m4_quote}, and (iii), using
@code{m4_dquote}.
@quotation
The @sc{gnu} assumption that @command{/bin/sh} is the one and only shell
-leads to a permanent deadlock. Vendors don't want to break user's
-existant shell scripts, and there are some corner cases in the Bourne
+leads to a permanent deadlock. Vendors don't want to break users'
+existing shell scripts, and there are some corner cases in the Bourne
shell that are not completely compatible with a @sc{posix} shell. Thus,
vendors who have taken this route will @emph{never} (OK@dots{}``never say
never'') replace the Bourne shell (as @command{/bin/sh}) with a
have a Bourne shell that accepts shell functions most vendor
@command{/bin/sh} programs are not the @sc{posix} shell.
-So while most modern systems do have a shell _somewhere_ that meets the
+So while most modern systems do have a shell @emph{somewhere} that meets the
@sc{posix} standard, the challenge is to find it.
@end quotation
Note: This is not usually a problem under Windows, as it uses numeric
tails in the short version of filenames to make them unique. However, a
-registry setting can turn this behaviour off. While this makes it
+registry setting can turn this behavior off. While this makes it
possible to share file trees containing long file names between @sc{sfn}
and @sc{lfn} environments, it also means the above problem applies there
as well.
Contrary to yet another urban legend, you may portably use @samp{&} in
the replacement part of the @code{s} command to mean ``what was
-matched''. All descendents of Bell Lab's V7 @command{sed} (at least; we
+matched''. All descendants of Bell Lab's V7 @command{sed} (at least; we
don't have first hand experience with older @command{sed}s) have
supported it.
@menu
* External Software:: Working with other optional software
* Package Options:: Selecting optional features
-* Pretty Help Strings:: Formating help string
+* Pretty Help Strings:: Formatting help string
* Site Details:: Configuring site details
* Transforming Names:: Changing program names when installing
* Site Defaults:: Giving @command{configure} local defaults
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-# Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Added classname prefixes to keys in hash-based classes
(refer to "Perl Cookbook", Recipe 13.12 for rationale).
- Corrected behaviour of accessors for '*@' and '*%' struct
- elements. Package now implements documented behaviour when
+ Corrected behavior of accessors for '*@' and '*%' struct
+ elements. Package now implements documented behavior when
returning a reference to an entire hash or array element.
Previously these were returned as a reference to a reference
to the element.
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