On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:11:16 +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> This is my proposal. Does it work properly for you?
The diff for status.m4 seems to be missing from your mail, so I am unable to
test it. The change to autoconf.texi, however, looks fine. :-)
-- ES
> Index: ChangeLog
> from Akim Demaille <akim@xxxxxxxx>
>
> * lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS): Make sure the
> directory for AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS' first argument exists.
> This makes valid the invocation of _AC_SRCPATH that follows.
> Reported by Eric Sunshine.
>
> Index: NEWS
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/NEWS,v
> retrieving revision 1.307
> diff -u -u -r1.307 NEWS
> --- NEWS 25 Sep 2003 15:22:43 -0000 1.307
> +++ NEWS 26 Sep 2003 13:07:04 -0000
> @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
> * Major changes in Autoconf 2.57e -*- outline -*-
>
> +** AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS
> + The directory for its first argument is automatically created. For
> + instance, with
> +
> + AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([src/modules.hh], [...])
> +
> + $top_builddir/src/ is created if needed.
> +
> * Major changes in Autoconf 2.57d
>
> Released 2003-09-25, by Akim Demaille.
> Index: THANKS
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/THANKS,v
> retrieving revision 1.120
> diff -u -u -r1.120 THANKS
> --- THANKS 26 Sep 2003 08:21:48 -0000 1.120
> +++ THANKS 26 Sep 2003 13:07:04 -0000
> @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
> Erez Zadok ezk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Eric Backus ericb@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Eric Mumpower nocturne@xxxxxxx
> +Eric Sunshine sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Ezra Peisach epeisach@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Felix Lee flee@xxxxxxxxxx
> Franc,ois Pinard pinard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Index: doc/autoconf.texi
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
> retrieving revision 1.760
> diff -u -u -r1.760 autoconf.texi
> --- doc/autoconf.texi 23 Sep 2003 23:05:10 -0000 1.760
> +++ doc/autoconf.texi 26 Sep 2003 13:07:06 -0000
> @@ -2805,9 +2805,10 @@
> @acindex{CONFIG_COMMANDS}
> Specify additional shell commands to run at the end of
> @file{config.status}, and shell commands to initialize any variables
> -from @command{configure}. Associate the commands with @var{tag}. Since
> -typically the @var{cmds} create a file, @var{tag} should naturally be
> -the name of that file. This macro is one of the instantiating macros;
> +from @command{configure}. Associate the commands with @var{tag}.
> +Since typically the @var{cmds} create a file, @var{tag} should
> +naturally be the name of that file. If needed, the directory hosting
> +@var{tag} is created. This macro is one of the instantiating macros;
> see @ref{Configuration Actions}.
>
> Here is an unrealistic example:
>
