From 33616d39f03343549c873eb543efb0166dedd39f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:44:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Mention ## comments. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ automake.texi | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 8fa293491..5e1c44a55 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2000-12-23 Tom Tromey + + * automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Mention ## comments. + 2000-12-22 Tom Tromey 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 -- 2.47.2