Re: automake/autoreconf: Incomprehensible error messages bugs

[Paul Eggert]

Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tuesday 25 January 2005 01:47 pm, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
>> ... Maybe the autoreconf documentation should point to the Gettext
>> manual.  Care to patch the Autoconf manual?
>
> Below.  :-)

Thanks.  I rewrote it a bit, and added a proper cross reference and
some index entries, and installed the following.

2005-02-01  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * doc/autoconf.texi (autoreconf Invocation): Mention autopoint,
        with a cross reference.  Derived from a suggestion by Bruce Korb.

--- autoconf.texi.~1.870.~      2005-01-31 16:36:10 -0800
+++ autoconf.texi       2005-02-01 12:41:54 -0800
@@ -1451,6 +1451,15 @@ method handles the timestamps of configu
 properly, but does not pass @address@hidden or
 @address@hidden
 
address@hidden Gettext
address@hidden @command{autopoint}
+Gettext supplies the @command{autopoint} command to add translation
+infrastructure to a source package.  If you use @command{autopoint},
+your @file{configure.ac} should invoke both @code{AM_GNU_GETTEXT} and
address@hidden(@var{gettext-version})}.  @xref{autopoint
+Invocation,, Invoking the @code{autopoint} Program, gettext, GNU
address@hidden utilities}, for further details.
+
 @noindent
 @command{autoreconf} accepts the following options: