Re: srcdir relative?

[Paul Eggert]

Dries Kimpe <address@hidden> writes:

> According to the manual:
>
> * Variable: srcdir
>
>     The relative name of the directory that contains the source code for that 
> makefile.

Thanks for reporting the problem.  That documentation is incorrect, as
you noticed.  I installed this patch:

2006-09-05  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * doc/autoconf.texi (Preset Output Variables): srcdir and
        top_srcdir are not necessarily relative.  Problem reported
        by Dries Kimpe.

--- doc/autoconf.texi.~1.1079.~ 2006-09-05 07:34:44.000000000 -0700
+++ doc/autoconf.texi   2006-09-05 16:25:23.000000000 -0700
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ Absolute name of @code{top_builddir}.
 
 @defvar srcdir
 @ovindex srcdir
-The relative name of the directory that contains the source code for
+The name of the directory that contains the source code for
 that makefile.
 @end defvar
 
@@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ Absolute name of @code{srcdir}.
 
 @defvar top_srcdir
 @ovindex top_srcdir
-The relative name of the top-level source code directory for the
+The name of the top-level source code directory for the
 package.  In the top-level directory, this is the same as @code{srcdir}.
 @end defvar