* doc/autoconf.texi (AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS): More about $U.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ed9517576f4ba6c9ef1c022427ad34ed94da7893..dc1642a24df9657543364a6835c42468c99e1aa8 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-07-19  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS): More about $U.
+
 2002-07-18  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
        Version 2.53b.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9a2d563a0ed09bcff9824c1f76b7ce22543ebfa1..eb483bfe9ba180abd4eb1b3ae7372b8841cf013d 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
        # built via the ANSI2KNR-filtering rules.
        LIBOBJS=`echo $LIBOBJS|sed 's/\.o /\$U.o /g;s/\.o$/\$U.o/'`
 
-  and read the `AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS' section.
+  and read the `AC_LIBOBJ vs LIBOBJS' section.  Do not define U in
+  your Makefiles either.
 
 - AC_CONFIG_LINKS now makes copies if it can't make links.
 

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 381f229da5c0282bbcf6a581b8f954965c07c08b..0a8b1613aa45b341443c8f32dad283454cc2742f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -12842,6 +12842,8 @@ AC_LIBOBJ([malloc])
 
 @sp 1
 
+@ovindex U
+@cindex @code{$U}
 When asked for automatic de-ANSI-fication, Automake needs
 @code{LIBOBJS}'ed filenames to have @samp{$U} appended to the base
 names.  Libtool requires the definition of @code{LTLIBOBJS}, which
@@ -12875,10 +12877,12 @@ AC_SUBST(LTLIBOBJS)
 
 @sp 1
 
-Fortunately, you no longer have to use this: @code{AC_OUTPUT} normalizes
+You no longer have to use this: @code{AC_OUTPUT} normalizes
 @code{LIBOBJS} and @code{LTLIBOBJS} (hence it works with any version of
-Automake and Libtool).  So just remove these lines.
-@command{autoupdate} cannot handle this task, since this is not a macro.
+Automake and Libtool).  Just remove these lines (@command{autoupdate}
+cannot handle this task, since this is not a macro).
+
+Note that @code{U} must not be used in your Makefiles.
 
 
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