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Add a paragraph to FAQ on Debugging configure scripts.

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* doc/autoconf.texi (Debugging): Mention inspecting config.log.
* THANKS: Update.

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2010-04-22 Joel James Adamson <joel@chondestes.bio.unc.edu> (tiny change)
Add a paragraph to FAQ on Debugging configure scripts.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Debugging): Mention inspecting config.log.
* THANKS: Update.
2010-04-05 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Fix m4_cr_all for EBCDIC.

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@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ Jim Meyering meyering@ascend.com
Jiro Takabatake jiro@din.or.jp
Jochen Friedrich jochen@scram.de
Joel E. Denny jdenny@ces.clemson.edu
Joel James Adamson joel@chondestes.bio.unc.edu
Joey Mingrone joey@mingrone.org
Johan Danielsson joda@pdc.kth.se
John Calcote john.calcote@gmail.com

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@ref{Cache Variable Names}; the precise semantics of undocumented
variables are often internal details, subject to change.
@end itemize
@item
Alternatively, @command{configure} may produce invalid results because
of uncaught programming errors, in your package or in an upstream
library package. For example, when @code{AC_CHECK_LIB} fails to find a
library with a specified function, always check @file{config.log}. This
will reveal the exact error that produced the failing result: the
library linked by @code{AC_CHECK_LIB} probably has a fatal bug.
@end itemize
Conversely, as macro author, you can make it easier for users of your