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commit 090233631db59ebefcd97cb9efc85e5311e49747
Author: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Apr 22 12:01:33 2010 -0600

    Add missing ChangeLog entry.
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

commit df346df6a0c3eeaf00a09c1a9bb25ce98ae5da07
Author: Joel James Adamson <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Apr 22 10:53:20 2010 -0400

    Add a paragraph to FAQ on Debugging configure scripts.
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (Debugging): Mention inspecting config.log.
    * THANKS: Update.
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |   11 +++++++++++
 THANKS            |    1 +
 doc/autoconf.texi |    8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 181de16..d301e6b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2010-04-22  Joel James Adamson  <address@hidden>  (tiny change)
+
+       Add a paragraph to FAQ on Debugging configure scripts.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Debugging): Mention inspecting config.log.
+       * THANKS: Update.
+
+2010-04-21  Mike Frysinger  <address@hidden>  (tiny change)
+
+       Fix typo in doc example.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Subdirectories): Fix typo.
+
 2010-04-05  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
 
        Fix m4_cr_all for EBCDIC.
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 21aeb89..2d0cf0e 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ Jim Meyering                address@hidden
 Jiro Takabatake             address@hidden
 Jochen Friedrich            address@hidden
 Joel E. Denny               address@hidden
+Joel James Adamson          address@hidden
 Joey Mingrone               address@hidden
 Johan Danielsson            address@hidden
 John Calcote                address@hidden
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 90bd327..1ffaeab 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -24539,6 +24539,14 @@ cache variable is documented with a test macro or may 
be inferred from
 @ref{Cache Variable Names}; the precise semantics of undocumented
 variables are often internal details, subject to change.
 @end itemize
+
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+Alternatively, @command{configure} may produce invalid results because
+of uncaught programming errors, in your package or in an upstream
+library package.  For example, when @code{AC_CHECK_LIB} fails to find a
+library with a specified function, always check @file{config.log}.  This
+will reveal the exact error that produced the failing result: the
+library linked by @code{AC_CHECK_LIB} probably has a fatal bug.
 @end itemize
 
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