From d93bd4bfbb60496a932b1e03bb18d2cc3de79a7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Blake Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:46:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document AC_LANG_CONFTEST semantic change. * doc/autoconf.texi (Generating Sources) : Enhance documentation, to show that semantic change in 2.63b was intentional. * THANKS: Update. Reported by Brian J. Murrell, analyzed by Ralf Wildenhues. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake --- ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++ THANKS | 1 + doc/autoconf.texi | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 4054f787..864bf568 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2010-03-04 Eric Blake + + Document AC_LANG_CONFTEST semantic change. + * doc/autoconf.texi (Generating Sources) : + Enhance documentation, to show that semantic change in 2.63b was + intentional. + * THANKS: Update. + Reported by Brian J. Murrell, analyzed by Ralf Wildenhues. + 2010-03-04 Peter Johansson (tiny change) Autoconf Macro Archive URL has changed. diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS index ffa56de3..300d1e8a 100644 --- a/THANKS +++ b/THANKS @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Brad Walker me@bradmwalker.com Braden McDaniel braden@endoframe.com Bram Moolenaar bram@vim.org Brian Gough bjg@network-theory.co.uk +Brian J. Murrell brian@sun.com Bruce Dugan bld0401@gmail.com Bruce Korb bkorb@gnu.org Bruce Lilly ? diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 49fbd231..15d2db71 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -8651,7 +8651,8 @@ actually depend on the current language (@pxref{Language Choice}) to @acindex{LANG_CONFTEST} Save the @var{source} text in the current test source file: @file{conftest.@var{extension}} where the @var{extension} depends on the -current language. +current language. As of Autoconf 2.63b, the source file also contains +the results of all of the @code{AC_DEFINE} performed so far. Note that the @var{source} is evaluated exactly once, like regular Autoconf macro arguments, and therefore (i) you may pass a macro -- 2.47.2