From 3556636b84637d9ebb9e9118a20d92127d13a713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Blake
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:46:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document AC_LANG_CONFTEST semantic change.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Generating Sources) :
Enhance documentation, to show that semantic change in 2.63b was
intentional.
* THANKS: Update.
Reported by Brian J. Murrell, analyzed by Ralf Wildenhues.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake
---
ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
doc/autoconf.texi | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5aae86c..bc2a58b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
2010-03-02 Eric Blake
+ Document AC_LANG_CONFTEST semantic change.
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Generating Sources) :
+ Enhance documentation, to show that semantic change in 2.63b was
+ intentional.
+ * THANKS: Update.
+ Reported by Brian J. Murrell, analyzed by Ralf Wildenhues.
+
Fix shell code in AS_TR_SH documentation.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) : Fix
example to expand to valid shell code.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 8fca9ae..716422c 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -8651,7 +8651,8 @@ Generating Sources
@acindex{LANG_CONFTEST}
Save the @var{source} text in the current test source file:
@address@hidden where the @var{extension} depends on the
-current language.
+current language. As of Autoconf 2.63b, the source file also contains
+the results of all of the @code{AC_DEFINE} performed so far.
Note that the @var{source} is evaluated exactly once, like regular
Autoconf macro arguments, and therefore (i) you may pass a macro
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