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changeset 12904:8a8780d00ba8
Doc clarification.
author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> |
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date | Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:09:44 +0100 |
parents | 82f649e8c371 |
children | 8d1732828ada |
files | ChangeLog doc/gnulib-tool.texi |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-03-01 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * doc/gnulib-tool.texi (Initial import): Clarify the requirements + regarding Automake. + 2010-02-25 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> Fix breakage of gnulib-tool with ksh, introduced on 2010-02-21.
--- a/doc/gnulib-tool.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib-tool.texi @@ -81,8 +81,14 @@ @section Initial import @cindex initial import -Gnulib assumes your project uses Autoconf and Automake. Invoking -@samp{gnulib-tool --import} will copy source files, create a +Gnulib assumes that your project uses Autoconf. When using Gnulib, you +will need to have Autoconf and Automake among your build tools. Note that +while the use of Automake in your project's top level directory is an +easy way to fulfil the Makefile conventions of the GNU coding standards, +Gnulib does not require it. But when you use Gnulib, Automake will be +used at least in a subdirectory of your project. + +Invoking @samp{gnulib-tool --import} will copy source files, create a @file{Makefile.am} to build them, generate a file @file{gnulib-comp.m4} with Autoconf M4 macro declarations used by @file{configure.ac}, and generate a file @file{gnulib-cache.m4} containing the cached specification of how