* bin/autoreconf.in ($help): Reword according to the manual.

Suggested by Olly Betts.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3c62ac8a6029dc997d32ebd29969a0c373ab2a05..822b5c93c96d8ee94df39beb2a5ccc4e5fcf0789 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-05-18  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * bin/autoreconf.in ($help): Reword according to the manual.
+       Suggested by Olly Betts.
+
 2006-05-17  Olly Betts  <olly@survex.com>  (tiny change)
        and Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 

diff --git a/bin/autoreconf.in b/bin/autoreconf.in
index bab8ee564f79ab65dec5290bfff1841d7216134d..9099498131408523994500730a2057fd9dc05a9b 100644 (file)
--- a/bin/autoreconf.in
+++ b/bin/autoreconf.in
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ use strict;
 
 # $HELP
 # -----
-$help = "Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [CONFIGURE-AC or DIRECTORY] ...
+$help = "Usage: $0 [OPTION] ... [DIRECTORY] ...
 
 Run `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal', `automake', `autopoint'
 (formerly `gettextize'), and `libtoolize' where appropriate)
-repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in the DIRECTORIES or
-the directory trees driven by CONFIGURE-AC (defaulting to `.').
+repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in specified
+DIRECTORIES and their subdirectories (defaulting to `.').
 
 By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their
-predecessors.  If you install new versions of the GNU Build System,
-running `autoreconf' remakes all of the files by giving it the
+sources.  If you install new versions of the GNU Build System,
+you can make `autoreconf' remake all of the files by giving it the
 `--force' option.
 
 Operation modes:

diff --git a/man/autoreconf.1 b/man/autoreconf.1
index 865dff194b82554dba8f9a274d9654d5411dd575..146593a8070577e83fba76869a916b2f4b2f8d89 100644 (file)
--- a/man/autoreconf.1
+++ b/man/autoreconf.1
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.36.
-.TH AUTORECONF "1" "April 2006" "autoreconf 2.59d" "User Commands"
+.TH AUTORECONF "1" "May 2006" "autoreconf 2.59d" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 autoreconf \- Update generated configuration files
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B autoreconf
-[\fIOPTION\fR] ... [\fICONFIGURE-AC or DIRECTORY\fR] ...
+[\fIOPTION\fR] ... [\fIDIRECTORY\fR] ...
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Run `autoconf' (and `autoheader', `aclocal', `automake', `autopoint'
 (formerly `gettextize'), and `libtoolize' where appropriate)
-repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in the DIRECTORIES or
-the directory trees driven by CONFIGURE\-AC (defaulting to `.').
+repeatedly to remake the GNU Build System files in specified
+DIRECTORIES and their subdirectories (defaulting to `.').
 .PP
 By default, it only remakes those files that are older than their
-predecessors.  If you install new versions of the GNU Build System,
-running `autoreconf' remakes all of the files by giving it the
+sources.  If you install new versions of the GNU Build System,
+you can make `autoreconf' remake all of the files by giving it the
 `\-\-force' option.
 .SS "Operation modes:"
 .TP