kc3-lang/automake

2011-12-27T14:55:41

docs: "aclocal --install -I /abs/dir" actually copies files This change is for automake bug#8407. In the past, there had been some debate and confusion about whether "aclocal --install" should copy third-party .m4 files in the first directory passed to the `-I' option even when such directory was given as an absolute path, or whether it was better to do so only for directories specified with a relative path. The rationale for this latter behaviour was that, before the existence of the `ACLOCAL_PATH' variable, the only way (a poor way, I might add) for a common user to extend the search path of a system-wide installation of aclocal was to export something like ACLOCAL="aclocal -I /my/extra/macros" in the environment. Today, the correct way to proceed is undoubtedly through the use of ACLOCAL_PATH, so we can settle the question once and for all, and start verifying the correct behaviour of `-I' with a new test. * tests/aclocal-install-absdir.test: New test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. * doc/automake.texi (aclocal Options): Be more explicit about this part of `--install' semantics.