* doc/autoconf.texi (Output): Improved wording regarding use of

AC_OUTPUT.
From Olly Betts.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-01-03  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Output): Improved wording regarding use of
+       AC_OUTPUT.
+       From Olly Betts.
+
 2001-12-18  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>
 
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Function Portability): Add notes on sscanf

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index a9d83283510aec0e3c170ab35947e9398d9c51d4..b3f50c201c89e07a258094a88524d3f225311c46 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ Motoyuki Kasahara           m-kasahr@sra.co.jp
 Nicolas Joly                njoly@pasteur.fr
 Noah Elliott                elliott@hera.llnl.gov
 Noah Friedman               friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu
+Olly Betts                  olly@survex.com
 Ossama Othman               ossama@debian.org
 Patrick Tullmann            tullmann@cs.utah.edu
 Patrick Welche              prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
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--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -1642,11 +1642,11 @@ name is obsolete because some @command{make} have a rule that creates
 @node Output
 @section Outputting Files
 
-Every Autoconf-generated @command{configure} script must finish by calling
-@code{AC_OUTPUT}.  It is the macro that generates @file{config.status},
-which will create the @file{Makefile}s and any other files resulting
-from configuration.  The only other required macro is @code{AC_INIT}
-(@pxref{Input}).
+Every Autoconf script, e.g., @file{configure.ac}, should finish by
+calling @code{AC_OUTPUT}.  It is the macro that generates
+@file{config.status}, which will create the @file{Makefile}s and any
+other files resulting from configuration.  The only required macro is
+@code{AC_INIT} (@pxref{Input}).
 
 @defmac AC_OUTPUT
 @acindex OUTPUT