* bin/autoreconf.in: Clarify that -s is meaningless without -i.

Reported by Ralf Corsepius.
* doc/autoconf.texi (autoreconf Invocation): Likewise.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 93e37700b1ee1eac305f856c57ed7f2d0c8f1a6a..1aafd2d085312a9d18ddfa977c77618433430842 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-09-26  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+       * bin/autoreconf.in: Clarify that -s is meaningless without -i.
+       Reported by Ralf Corsepius.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (autoreconf Invocation): Likewise.
+
 2002-09-26  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
        Single suffix rules and seperated dependencies are not portable.

diff --git a/bin/autoreconf.in b/bin/autoreconf.in
index be29c0e65bcff309c107b9c453458f4322172fed..261becac190436743e93243c8788144f498c379a 100644 (file)
--- a/bin/autoreconf.in
+++ b/bin/autoreconf.in
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Operation modes:
   -d, --debug     don't remove temporary files
   -f, --force     consider all files obsolete
   -i, --install   copy missing auxiliary files
-  -s, --symlink   instead of copying, install symbolic links
+  -s, --symlink   with -i, install symbolic links instead of copies
 
 Library directories:
   -B, --prepend-include=DIR  prepend directory DIR to search path

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index ae543974a70a2347736cc6787ec21a0403fd33e8..ad090e464563364f471874e0545a4a64984958d1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -1446,11 +1446,13 @@ newer than their input files (@file{configure.ac} and, if present,
 @item --install
 @itemx -i
 Copy missing auxiliary files.  This option is similar to the option
-@code{--add-missing} in @command{automake}.
+@option{--add-missing} in @command{automake}.  By default, file are
+copied; this can be changed with @option{--symlink}.
 
 @item --symlink
 @itemx -s
-Instead of copying missing auxiliary files, install symbolic links.
+When used with @option{--isntall}, install symbolic links to the missing
+auxiliary files instead of copies.
 
 @item --include=@var{dir}
 @itemx -I @var{dir}