Fix documentation problems reported by Russ Boylan in

<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2004-11/msg00056.html>,
along with some nearby cruft.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Libtool): Libtool can be used without
Automake (not without Autoconf).
(Introduction): Mention lists.gnu.org.
* BUGS: Don't mention bugs.gnu.org.
Remove mention of ancient libtool compatibility problem.
* NEWS: Mention that bugs.gnu.org is kaput.
* README: Likewise.  Mention where mailing list archives can be found.

diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
index a3bf3312b69796b707d8cb063e65581f36363e4b..c227e207aec38223c213a487d2f570b945a7360c 100644 (file)
--- a/BUGS
+++ b/BUGS
@@ -26,24 +26,10 @@ file before using Autoconf, and especially CVS versions of Autoconf.
 Autoconf must not be used in production if there are ``Serious'' bugs,
 and use with caution an Autoconf with ``Important bugs''.
 
-Many other bugs are registered on the GNATS server:
-
-     http://bugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=autoconf
-
-Please, don't register bugs listed below: we already know we have to
-address them.
-
 * Status
 
                     /*--------------------------.
                     | Sane for full scale use.  |
                     `--------------------------*/
 
-* Interoperability bugs
-
-** libtool 1.4.2, configure.ac, and AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
-
-configure.ac files that use AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR do not work with libtool
-1.4.2.  To work around the problem, you can rename configure.ac to
-configure.in.  Or you can apply Roger Leigh's patch to libtool; see
-<http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/libtool-patches/2002-January/001659.html>.
+* No known serious or important bugs.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f600eb6a3f9c08ad3191344036a7967811447dd1..744b314c2ab72f2f0020591ed0fa3995dc6d2e14 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2004-11-28  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       Fix documentation problems reported by Russ Boylan in
+       <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2004-11/msg00056.html>,
+       along with some nearby cruft.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Libtool): Libtool can be used without
+       Automake (not without Autoconf).
+       (Introduction): Mention lists.gnu.org.
+       * BUGS: Don't mention bugs.gnu.org.
+       Remove mention of ancient libtool compatibility problem.
+       * NEWS: Mention that bugs.gnu.org is kaput.
+       * README: Likewise.  Mention where mailing list archives can be found.
+
 2004-11-26  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Pretty Help Strings): Go back to

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f204e8e760f60641ec40f6161c12bb6177c43694..f20a7b59d230a8afcf2a4497de89caaefc6a2c55 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -348,8 +348,9 @@ Release tips:
   More of them.
 
 - GNATS
-  The GNATS base has moved to
+  The GNATS base moved to
   http://bugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=autoconf
+  (It is no longer available, though.)
 
 ** Misc.
 

diff --git a/README b/README
index e270a1c7c986a7c5f43972a47ef4f02b56829929..757b4dd4792ff7c87600466dcdee0cc520305acb 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@ to maintain many similar sets of installation instructions.
 Be sure to read BUGS (especially if this version is not an official
 release) and INSTALL.
 
-Mail suggestions to autoconf@gnu.org, report bugs on
-http://bugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?database=autoconf or to
+Mail suggestions to autoconf@gnu.org, report bugs to
 bug-autoconf@gnu.org, and submit patches to autoconf-patches@gnu.org.
 Always include the Autoconf version number, which you can get by
-running `autoconf --version'.
+running `autoconf --version'.  Archives of bug-autoconf@gnu.org can be
+found in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/>, and
+similarly for the other mailing lists.
 
 -----
 

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 2d814da598cd811e625b2d14cc2c00a94e7b1ef4..410d592ba5768d308b8c0124652ebef0029724a6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -667,6 +667,10 @@ Summary} for details.  Patches relative to the
 current @acronym{CVS} version can be sent for review to the
 @email{autoconf-patches@@gnu.org, Autoconf Patches mailing list}.
 
+Archives of @email{bug-autoconf@@gnu.org} can be
+found in @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/}, and
+similarly for the other mailing lists.
+
 Because of its mission, Autoconf includes only a set of often-used
 macros that have already demonstrated their usefulness.  Nevertheless,
 if you wish to share your macros, or find existing ones, see the
@@ -761,7 +765,7 @@ shared libraries, linking reliably with shared libraries before they are
 installed by the superuser, and supplying a consistent versioning system
 (so that different versions of a library can be installed or upgraded
 without breaking binary compatibility).  Although Libtool, like
-Autoconf, can be used on its own, it is most simply utilized in
+Autoconf, can be used without Automake, it is most simply utilized in
 conjunction with Automake---there, Libtool is used automatically
 whenever shared libraries are needed, and you need not know its syntax.