* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Recommend using

        AC_MSG_ERROR instead of exit.
        (Autoconf Language): Fix examples.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5411f57ebf660dc6adeaef9574e0e3660b8e3a24..720bd51e367e052b66fce747c846ba81fe38cf6a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-10-27  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Recommend using
+       AC_MSG_ERROR instead of exit.
+       (Autoconf Language): Fix examples.
+
 2000-10-27  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
        * tests/suite.at: Move "-*- Autoconf -*-" to the second line.

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 59e7a4bc8f7f0274292f5793f406b9f14c0d836a..7b87faec7432cf0eca5f870aa87f32cab44bf724 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ has continuously been misunderstood...  The rule of thumb is that
 i.e., expect one level of quotes to be lost.  For instance
 
 @example
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([char b[10];],, (exit 1); exit)
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([char b[10];],, [AC_MSG_ERROR([you lose])])
 @end example
 
 @noindent
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ argument to be understood as a literal, and therefore it must be quoted
 twice:
 
 @example
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([[char b[10];]],, (exit 1); exit)
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([[char b[10];]],, [AC_MSG_ERROR([you lose])])
 @end example
 
 @noindent
@@ -5313,8 +5313,8 @@ invoker can tell that an error occurred.
 Unfortunately, in some shells, such as Solaris 8 @command{sh}, an exit
 trap ignores the @code{exit} command's status.  In these shells, a trap
 cannot determine whether it was invoked by plain @code{exit} or by
-@code{exit 1}.  To work around this problem, use @code{(exit 1); exit}
-instead of @samp{exit 1}.
+@code{exit 1}.  Instead of calling @code{exit} directly, use the
+@code{AC_MSG_ERROR} macro that has a workaround for this problem.
 
 @item @command{export}
 @cindex @command{export}