From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:44:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 	* automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Mention ## comments.
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	* automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Mention ## comments.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8fa293491..5e1c44a55 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-12-23  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Mention ## comments.
+
 2000-12-22  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	From Raja R Harinath:
diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index 5d2d36bf3..e21d7d2b9 100644
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -1169,6 +1169,13 @@ The contents of @file{acinclude.m4}, if it exists, are also
 automatically included in @file{aclocal.m4}.  This is useful for
 incorporating local macros into @file{configure}.
 
+@code{aclocal} tries to be smart about looking for new @code{AC_DEFUN}s
+in the files it scans.  It will warn if it finds duplicates.  It also
+tries to copy the full text of the scanned file into @file{aclocal.m4},
+including both @samp{#} and @samp{dnl} comments.  If you want to make a
+comment which will be completely ignored by @code{aclocal}, use
+@samp{##} as the comment leader.
+
 @code{aclocal} accepts the following options:
 
 @table @code