Re: [Patch] configure --help message for grub-emu

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 07/14/2010 05:23 AM, Jason Butler wrote:
> Here is a patch to have configure --help print the build instructions for 
> grub-emu
>
>   
I'm fine with the principle. However in your patch the syntax of help
message seems unclear for me. Is it 2 sentences? If it's the same
sentence as the punctuation suggests then it sounds like
"select the host platform for grub-emu"
I recommend asking someone with English native language to fix this.

> --- On Tue, 7/13/10, Colin Watson <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Colin Watson <address@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: configure --help message for grub-emu
>> To: "The development of GNU GRUB" <address@hidden>
>> Received: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 2:15 AM
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 06:59:10PM
>> -0700, Jason Butler wrote:
>>     
>>> I want to alter the configure script so the --help
>>>       
>> prints the
>>     
>>> instructions for building grub-emu. I saw it was asked
>>>       
>> a couple times
>>     
>>> in #grub where to get it. I think this means altering
>>>       
>> the configure.ac
>>     
>>> file but some open source projects generate
>>>       
>> configure.ac from a
>>     
>>> script.
>>>       
>> This is rare; configure.ac is normally a source file.
>>
>>     
>>> Is configure.ac the correct file to alter?
>>>       
>> Yes.
>>
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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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