From: Akim Demaille Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:33:22 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * doc/install.texi: Better wording for setting variables when X-Git-Tag: AUTOCONF-2.53b~95 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e00977c735db2b96bdc113bf7c14b91a949b031a;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git * doc/install.texi: Better wording for setting variables when running configure. From Christian Cornelssen. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 69e9676ef..a79e6038f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2002-04-29 Akim Demaille + + * doc/install.texi: Better wording for setting variables when + running configure. + From Christian Cornelssen. + 2002-04-29 Akim Demaille * tests/m4sh.at (LINENO): If testsuite itself is rewritten because diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index ce83b00cf..a4b34144d 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ Compilers and Options the `configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help' for details on some of the pertinent environment variables. - You can give `configure' initial values for variables by setting -them in the environment. You can do that on the command line like this: + You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters +by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here +is an example: ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS index d945fad6e..af48ee815 100644 --- a/THANKS +++ b/THANKS @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Carl Edman cedman@princeton.edu Chad R. Larson chad@anasazi.com Chris P. Ross cross@uu.net Chris Provenzano proven@cygnus.com +Christian Cornelssen ccorn@cs.tu-berlin.de Christian Krackowizer ckrackowiz@std.schuler-ag.com Christian Krone krischan@sql.de Christopher Lee chrislee@ri.cmu.edu diff --git a/doc/install.texi b/doc/install.texi index 557257ec5..6e07e5b50 100644 --- a/doc/install.texi +++ b/doc/install.texi @@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that the @command{configure} script does not know about. Run @samp{./configure --help} for details on some of the pertinent environment variables. -You can give @command{configure} initial values for variables by setting -them in the environment. You can do that on the command line like this: +You can give @command{configure} initial values for configuration +parameters by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. +Here is an example: @example ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix