From: Stepan Kasal Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:52:35 +0000 (+0100) Subject: * doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction): Improve the paraphrase of X-Git-Tag: v2.62~33 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ad77d1d72cdc7819ba89547962eced03d1324c68;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git * doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction): Improve the paraphrase of Henry Spencer's quotation. Signed-off-by: Stepan Kasal --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f418e212..6815dad4 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2008-03-19 Stepan Kasal + + * doc/autoconf.texi (Introduction): Improve the paraphrase of + Henry Spencer's quotation. + 2008-03-19 Eric Blake AC_CONFIG_HEADERS replaced AC_CONFIG_HEADER. diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 7cee3db8..0710397f 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -678,10 +678,12 @@ reason, it needs to be changed in only one place; all of the configuration scripts can be regenerated automatically to take advantage of the updated code. -Those who do not understand Autoconf are doomed to reinvent it. The -primary goal of Autoconf is making the @emph{user's} life easier; making -the @emph{maintainer's} life easier is only a secondary goal. Put -another way, the primary goal is not to make the generation of +@c "Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly." +@c --Henry Spencer, 1987 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy) +Those who do not understand Autoconf are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. +The primary goal of Autoconf is making the @emph{user's} life easier; +making the @emph{maintainer's} life easier is only a secondary goal. +Put another way, the primary goal is not to make the generation of @file{configure} automatic for package maintainers (although patches along that front are welcome, since package maintainers form the user base of Autoconf); rather, the goal is to make @file{configure}