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Re: [PATCH 4/5] Documentation of specific and general cache variables.


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] Documentation of specific and general cache variables.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:22:40 -0600
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According to Ralf Wildenhues on 9/13/2009 2:36 AM:
> * doc/autoconf.texi (Default Includes, Alternative Programs)
> (Particular Programs, Generic Programs, Files, Libraries)
> (Function Portability, Particular Functions, Generic Functions)
> (Particular Headers, Generic Headers, Declarations)
> (Generic Declarations, Particular Structures, Particular Types)
> (Specific Compiler Characteristics)
> (Generic Compiler Characteristics, C Compiler, System Services):
> Document lots of cache variables.
> * NEWS: Update.

This list looked generally reasonable to me.  A couple of nits before
applying:

>  
> +** Many cache variables used by Autoconf's macros are documented now.

s/documented now/now documented/

> +
> +The result of this macro is cached in the @code{ac_cv_working_alloca_h}
> +variable.

That doesn't match our conventions, it seems like
ac_cv_header_alloca_works might be nicer.  If we document this one, we are
stuck with the name.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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