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commit 30f435ac03d9e90ea849e4822fcc5cb04f804ef5
Author: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
Date:   Sat Jan 8 19:34:32 2011 +0100

    docs: link to 'set -e' shell behavior overview.
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Add link to
    Sven Mascheck's 'set -e' page.  Replace broken Opengroup link.
    Suggestion by Eric Blake.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>

commit 71371cf6ae875ea86c3004beed6935fd35849e40
Author: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
Date:   Sat Jan 8 17:35:54 2011 +0100

    docs: mention configmake module for defining directories.
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Mention configmake
    gnulib module.
    Suggestion by Karl Berry and Eric Blake.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |   12 ++++++++++++
 doc/autoconf.texi |   14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a271f8..eb9d68e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2011-01-09  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
+
+       docs: link to 'set -e' shell behavior overview.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Add link to
+       Sven Mascheck's 'set -e' page.  Replace broken Opengroup link.
+       Suggestion by Eric Blake.
+
+       docs: mention configmake module for defining directories.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Defining Directories): Mention configmake
+       gnulib module.
+       Suggestion by Karl Berry and Eric Blake.
+
 2011-01-04  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
 
        doc: improve install.texi texinfo markup
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 1e9fb42..3b7fde6 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -17382,11 +17382,11 @@ set -ex
 @cindex @command{set -e}
 The option @option{-e} has historically been underspecified, with enough
 ambiguities to cause numerous differences across various shell
-implementations.  Perhaps the best reference is
address@hidden://www.opengroup.org/@/austin/@/mailarchives/@/ag-review/@/msg03507.html,
-this link}, recommending a change to Posix 2008 to match @command{ksh88}
-behavior.  Note that mixing @code{set -e} and shell functions is asking
-for surprises:
+implementations; see for example
address@hidden://www.in-ulm.de/@/~mascheck/@/various/@/set-e/, this overview},
+or @uref{http://www.austingroupbugs.net/@/view.php?id=52, this link},
+documenting a change to Posix 2008 to match @command{ksh88} behavior.
+Note that mixing @code{set -e} and shell functions is asking for surprises:
 
 @example
 set -e
@@ -24943,6 +24943,10 @@ myprog-paths.h: Makefile
         echo '#define DATADIR "$(datadir)"' >$@@
 @end example
 
address@hidden
+The gnulib module @samp{configmake} provides such a header with all the
+standard directory variables defined, @pxref{Gnulib}.
+
 @item
 Use @code{AC_DEFINE} but have @command{configure} compute the literal
 value of @code{datadir} and others.  Many people have wrapped macros to


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