* doc/autoconf.texi (Fortran 77 Compiler Characteristics):

Don't suggest obsolete AC_LANG_FORTRAN77.
(Language Choice): Better preamble.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 10f3fdf54caab0d9f8af84e0fdad5725326b64f2..433c96d7ea22ad8c69b7880ecff99c7275f1a319 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-11-28  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Fortran 77 Compiler Characteristics):
+       Don't suggest obsolete AC_LANG_FORTRAN77.
+       (Language Choice): Better preamble.
+
 2000-11-28  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
        * doc/install.texi: Minor changes to eliminate TeX warnings.

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 75679b8a7c04ea82bfd6c55a64aedb9f2e47ae8b..6fea9c13194acb846f9f26211454945b766726b0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -4409,7 +4409,7 @@ The following macros check for Fortran 77 compiler characteristics.  To
 check for characteristics not listed here, use @code{AC_TRY_COMPILE}
 (@pxref{Examining Syntax}) or @code{AC_TRY_RUN} (@pxref{Run Time}),
 making sure to first set the current language to Fortran 77
-@code{AC_LANG_FORTRAN77} (@pxref{Language Choice}).
+@code{AC_LANG(Fortran 77)} (@pxref{Language Choice}).
 
 @defmac AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS
 @maindex F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS
@@ -6044,10 +6044,12 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([$fstype])
 @section Language Choice
 @cindex Language
 
-Packages that use both C and C++ need to test features of both
-compilers.  Autoconf-generated @code{configure} scripts check for C
-features by default.  The following macros determine which language's
-compiler is used in tests that follow in @file{configure.in}.
+Autoconf-generated @code{configure} scripts check for the C compiler and
+its features by default.  Packages that use other programming languages
+(maybe more than one, e.g. C and C++) need to test features of the
+compilers for the respective languages.  The following macros determine
+which programming language is used in the subsequent tests in
+@file{configure.in}.
 
 @defmac AC_LANG (@var{language})
 Do compilation tests using the compiler, preprocessor and file