Re: FYI: Debian doc changes

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> Index: ChangeLog
> from  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
> 
>         * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Programs): AC_PROG_LEX can
>         override some files.
>         (Input): AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(aux) is a bad idea on DOS.
>         From Debian Autoconf 2.58.
> 
> Index: doc/autoconf.texi
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
> retrieving revision 1.780
> diff -u -u -r1.780 autoconf.texi
> --- doc/autoconf.texi 24 Nov 2003 10:40:58 -0000 1.780
> +++ doc/autoconf.texi 24 Nov 2003 14:30:39 -0000
> @@ -1757,6 +1757,9 @@
>  other auxiliary files.  It checks for @file{install.sh} also, but that
>  name is obsolete because some @code{make} have a rule that creates
>  @file{install} from it if there is no @file{Makefile}.
> +
> +The auxiliary directory should not be named @file{aux} for portability
> +to MS-DOS, because the filename @file{aux} is reserved under MS-DOS.
>  @end defmac
[snip]

It's probably a bad idea to use other DOS/Windows device names like con:,
lpt1:, etc. too. I guess you'd have to be pretty weird to use a directory
called "lpt1" as your auxillary directory, though. ;)

I don't think it's worth adding a note to the docs for the other device names
(con:, lpt1:), though.

Bye, Rich =]

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