remind that AC_TRY_LINK is obsolete

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-07  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Quotation Rule Of Thumb): Mention that the
+         macro AC_TRY_LINK is obsolete.
+
 2005-02-24  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 
        * lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_PROG_CC): Be more careful to skip

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 07027398336e3bd842965cd02c04fa5e967b7b43..be922788f9fc324d8e59d75b2aacb9c772d01e5e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -8236,7 +8236,6 @@ instead of simply:
 [[]]
 @end example
 
-
 With macros that do not double quote their arguments (which is the
 rule), double-quote the (risky) literals:
 
@@ -8251,6 +8250,9 @@ extern char *tzname[]; /* RS6000 and others reject char **tzname.  */
                [ac_cv_var_tzname=no])
 @end example
 
+Please note that the macro AC_TRY_LINK is obsolete, so you really should
+be using @code{AC_LINK_IFELSE} instead.
+
 @xref{Quadrigraphs}, for what to do if you run into a hopeless case
 where quoting does not suffice.