* doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): Mention that

@INSTALL@ and @MKDIR_P@ may vary for different output files.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2ce09fed8ff141e818bb81ad4bd44b1fe40b78b4..d5735eb577b87159d5344339dacace23e4ec6985 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-08-24  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): Mention that
+       @INSTALL@ and @MKDIR_P@ may vary for different output files.
+       Reported by Alexandre Duret-Lutz.
+
 2006-08-24  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_FC_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS): Also ignore

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 0d95862482e402eb37883868cb1f159ad9146ce0..f8e764866da1b2edb5ec964aef681b8df81c8b3f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -3652,6 +3652,9 @@ default directories) to determine @var{dir} (@pxref{Output}).  Also set
 the variables @code{INSTALL_PROGRAM} and @code{INSTALL_SCRIPT} to
 @samp{$@{INSTALL@}} and @code{INSTALL_DATA} to @samp{$@{INSTALL@} -m 644}.
 
+@samp{@@INSTALL@@} is special, as its value may vary for different
+configuration files.
+
 This macro screens out various instances of @command{install} known not to
 work.  It prefers to find a C program rather than a shell script, for
 speed.  Instead of @file{install-sh}, it can also use @file{install.sh},
@@ -3703,6 +3706,9 @@ directory, and conversely a makefile should use @code{$(MKDIR_P) --
 $(FOO)} if @var{FOO} might yield a value that begins with @samp{-}.
 Finally, @code{AS_MKDIR_P} does not check for race condition
 vulnerability, whereas @code{AC_PROG_MKDIR_P} does.
+
+@samp{@@MKDIR_P@@} is special, as its value may vary for different
+configuration files.
 @end defmac
 
 @defmac AC_PROG_LEX