Re: @docdir@ and others unimplemented in (autoconf) 2.59

[Chris Pickett]

Karl Berry wrote:
>     So, in my opinion, these last 8 dirs here + pdfdir and psdir should be 
>     removed from the standards until they're available with a stable version 
>     of GNU Autoconf.
>
> Hmm.  I see your point, but the autotools developers and I worked hard
> to get those variables specified; the idea was that standards.texi
> defined what will be implemented.  We weren't at all sure that rms would
> approve the notion or if he would want changes, etc.

Hi again Karl,

I found another bug in the online standards, I think.

7.2.4

‘datadir’
[...]
This should normally be /usr/local/share, but write it as 
$(datarootdir). (If you are using Autoconf, write it as address@hidden@’.)

I think that's meant to be $(datadir).

Cheers,
Chris