* lib/autoconf/c.m4, lib/autoconf/fortran.m4,

lib/autoconf/functions.m4, lib/autoconf/general.m4,
lib/autoconf/headers.m4, lib/autoconf/lang.m4,
lib/autoconf/programs.m4, lib/autoconf/status.m4: Improve spelling
of messages.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 96fa44ee8286d62e8131115ddfd92e5b99724b0d..7405db5c3e4c736cd56486379c6d0f461c7bbcb8 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2002-03-01  Peter Eisentraut  <peter_e@gmx.net>
+
+       * lib/autoconf/c.m4, lib/autoconf/fortran.m4,
+       lib/autoconf/functions.m4, lib/autoconf/general.m4,
+       lib/autoconf/headers.m4, lib/autoconf/lang.m4,
+       lib/autoconf/programs.m4, lib/autoconf/status.m4: Improve spelling
+       of messages.
+
 2002-02-28  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
        * lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Suggest a title to the

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/c.m4 b/lib/autoconf/c.m4
index 3656e350aa5f92cb1db8e501481bffa1f5361c6e..94400f8c372d105cb4920d62f2a672f1b4d1ad1f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/c.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/c.m4
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ if test -z "$CC"; then
 fi
 ])
 
-test -z "$CC" && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable cc found in \$PATH])
+test -z "$CC" && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable C compiler found in \$PATH])
 
 # Provide some information about the compiler.
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO:" \

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 b/lib/autoconf/fortran.m4
index db2a219edf61fe234ff5bef695dd3ac1fdfa41c9..2f44964d10de055497d01e74dbdc287852330b99 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/fortran.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/fortran.m4
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ AS_IF([test "$F77_DUMMY_MAIN" != unknown],
                       link to the Fortran 77 libraries.])
 fi])],
       [m4_default([$2],
-                [AC_MSG_ERROR([Linking to Fortran libraries from C fails.])])])
+                [AC_MSG_ERROR([linking to Fortran libraries from C fails])])])
 ])# AC_F77_DUMMY_MAIN
 
 

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/functions.m4 b/lib/autoconf/functions.m4
index 67ebeb169c963564049aafb0faa0c775dc09f0d3..a2643597f0e917536dde3cc3b13c12c48208c885 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/functions.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/functions.m4
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_FUNC_SETPGRP],
   exit (setpgrp (1,1) == -1 ? 0 : 1);])],
                [ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=no],
                [ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=yes],
-               [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot check setpgrp if cross compiling])])])
+               [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot check setpgrp when cross compiling])])])
 if test $ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void = yes; then
   AC_DEFINE(SETPGRP_VOID, 1,
             [Define to 1 if the `setpgrp' function takes no argument.])
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNC(pow)
 if test $ac_cv_func_pow = no; then
   AC_CHECK_LIB(m, pow,
                [POW_LIB=-lm],
-               [AC_MSG_WARN([can't find library containing definition of pow])])
+               [AC_MSG_WARN([cannot find library containing definition of pow])])
 fi
 ])# _AC_LIBOBJ_STRTOD
 
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_func_fork_works" = xcross; then
       ac_cv_func_fork_works=yes
       ;;
   esac
-  AC_MSG_WARN(CROSS: Result $ac_cv_func_fork_works guessed due to cross-compiling.)
+  AC_MSG_WARN([result $ac_cv_func_fork_works guessed because of cross compilation])
 fi
 ac_cv_func_vfork_works=$ac_cv_func_vfork
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_vfork" = xyes; then
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_func_vfork" = xyes; then
 fi;
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_fork_works" = xcross; then
   ac_cv_func_vfork_works=ac_cv_func_vfork
-  AC_MSG_WARN(CROSS: Result $ac_cv_func_vfork_works guessed due to cross-compiling.)
+  AC_MSG_WARN([result $ac_cv_func_vfork_works guessed because of cross compilation])
 fi
 
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_vfork_works" = xyes; then

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/general.m4 b/lib/autoconf/general.m4
index 03f9058154856feb1d608690bd8ab92b64e2c536..08c5964dd6effbedfdd0e6b7d2c98056bb98df54 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/general.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/general.m4
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ do
   eval ac_val=$`echo $ac_var`
   case $ac_val in
     [[\\/$]]* | ?:[[\\/]]* | NONE | '' ) ;;
-    *)  AC_MSG_ERROR([expected an absolute path for --$ac_var: $ac_val]);;
+    *)  AC_MSG_ERROR([expected an absolute directory name for --$ac_var: $ac_val]);;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ do
   eval ac_val=$`echo $ac_var`
   case $ac_val in
     [[\\/$]]* | ?:[[\\/]]* ) ;;
-    *)  AC_MSG_ERROR([expected an absolute path for --$ac_var: $ac_val]);;
+    *)  AC_MSG_ERROR([expected an absolute directory name for --$ac_var: $ac_val]);;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ test -z "$ac_cv_build_alias" &&
 test -z "$ac_cv_build_alias" &&
   AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot guess build type; you must specify one])
 ac_cv_build=`$ac_config_sub $ac_cv_build_alias` ||
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([$ac_config_sub $ac_cv_build_alias failed.])
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([$ac_config_sub $ac_cv_build_alias failed])
 ])
 _AC_CANONICAL_SPLIT(build)
 ])# AC_CANONICAL_BUILD

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/headers.m4 b/lib/autoconf/headers.m4
index 99ac9bbe3b7766f55abc8b9cbb5e2368757f6a19..d87d1b3130ff63570dae4906eab26bd65f44c5c9 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/headers.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/headers.m4
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ case $ac_header_compiler:$ac_header_preproc in
     AC_MSG_WARN([$1: accepted by the compiler, rejected by the preprocessor!])
     AC_MSG_WARN([$1: proceeding with the preprocessor's result]);;
   no:yes )
-    AC_MSG_WARN([$1: present but cannot be compiled.])
+    AC_MSG_WARN([$1: present but cannot be compiled])
     AC_MSG_WARN([$1: check for missing prerequisite headers?])
     AC_MSG_WARN([$1: proceeding with the preprocessor's result]);;
 esac

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/lang.m4 b/lib/autoconf/lang.m4
index 481b4a3648a5d60a3a6f890a43275ff822e314c9..d498716d3cf37ee8b82e59195960a5f4f0f39d43 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/lang.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/lang.m4
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([$cross_compiling])
 # Check for the extension used when `-o foo'.  Try to see if ac_cv_exeext,
 # as computed by _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT is OK.
 m4_define([_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O],
-[AC_MSG_CHECKING([for executable suffix])
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([for suffix of executables])
 AS_IF([AC_TRY_EVAL(ac_link)],
 [# If both `conftest.exe' and `conftest' are `present' (well, observable)
 # catch `conftest.exe'.  For instance with Cygwin, `ls conftest' will
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ for ac_file in `(ls conftest.exe; ls conftest; ls conftest.*) 2>/dev/null`; do
     * ) break;;
   esac
 done],
-              [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot compute EXEEXT: cannot compile and link])])
+              [AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot compute suffix of executables: cannot compile and link])])
 rm -f conftest$ac_cv_exeext
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_exeext])
 ])# _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_O
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ ac_exeext=$EXEEXT
 # don't, since _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE needs to know ac_objext for the `test -s'
 # it includes.  So do it by hand.
 m4_define([_AC_COMPILER_OBJEXT],
-[AC_CACHE_CHECK([for object suffix], ac_cv_objext,
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK([for suffix of object files], ac_cv_objext,
 [AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM()])
 rm -f conftest.o conftest.obj
 AS_IF([AC_TRY_EVAL(ac_compile)],
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ AS_IF([AC_TRY_EVAL(ac_compile)],
 done],
       [echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
 cat conftest.$ac_ext >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
-AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot compute OBJEXT: cannot compile])])
+AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile])])
 rm -f conftest.$ac_cv_objext conftest.$ac_ext])
 AC_SUBST([OBJEXT], [$ac_cv_objext])dnl
 ac_objext=$OBJEXT

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
index 18dc43918fdd55248bd0ca1ecc0b351f5a3a1139..28c1604dab59d1932c29efc6712bf020b3bde8a6 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_INSTALL],
 # AFS /usr/afsws/bin/install, which mishandles nonexistent args
 # SVR4 /usr/ucb/install, which tries to use the nonexistent group "staff"
 # ./install, which can be erroneously created by make from ./install.sh.
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a BSD compatible install])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a BSD-compatible install])
 if test -z "$INSTALL"; then
 AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_path_install,
 [_AS_PATH_WALK([$PATH],

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/status.m4 b/lib/autoconf/status.m4
index 91450a9693bfe18cb14a0893684f3b425393a00b..aed9ba1fc5d5451fd2ef089ba4b8ab9e2b3915ab 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/status.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/status.m4
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ for ac_file in : $CONFIG_LINKS; do test "x$ac_file" = x: && continue
   AC_MSG_NOTICE([linking $srcdir/$ac_source to $ac_dest])
 
   if test ! -r $srcdir/$ac_source; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([$srcdir/$ac_source: File not found])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([$srcdir/$ac_source: file not found])
   fi
   rm -f $ac_dest