From: Paul Eggert Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 04:29:08 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Fix documentation problems reported by Russ Boylan in X-Git-Tag: AUTOCONF-2.59c~598 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f72fc4eb296ce3cc3ff7e82761629dcc106913c9;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git Fix documentation problems reported by Russ Boylan in , 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 a3bf3312b..c227e207a 100644 --- 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 -. +* No known serious or important bugs. diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f600eb6a3..744b314c2 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +2004-11-28 Paul Eggert + + Fix documentation problems reported by Russ Boylan in + , + 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 * doc/autoconf.texi (Pretty Help Strings): Go back to diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f204e8e76..f20a7b59d 100644 --- 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 e270a1c7c..757b4dd47 100644 --- 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 , and +similarly for the other mailing lists. ----- diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 2d814da59..410d592ba 100644 --- 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.