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* install.texi: Give emore details on envvar handling.
        * acgeneral.m4 (AC_HELP_STRING): Add a third argument to tune the
        width of the first column.
        (AC_INIT_NOTICE): Initialize ac_arg_enable_help, ac_arg_with_help,
        and ac_arg_var_help.
        * acgeneral.m4 (AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): Remove the handling of
        --env-var=.  After debate, the solution chosen to specify envvars
        to configure is a` la make: ./configure VAR=VAL.
        (AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS, --help): Output ac_arg_enable_help,
        ac_arg_with_help, and ac_arg_var_help.
        * acgeneral.m4 (AC_ARG_VAR): New macro, to register and document
        influent envvars.
        * acspecific.m4 (AC_PROG_CC): Document CFLAGS.
        This is mainly to test AC_ARG_VAR.  Var to document are to be
        defined.
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bin 1999-01-11 Akim Demaille <demaille@inf.enst.fr> 1999-04-10 06:18:49 +00:00
doc 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
lib 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
testsuite 1998-09-27 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1998-09-27 03:26:21 +00:00
acconfig.h {f77-name-mangling} (F77_FUNC): Add. 1999-06-02 12:49:08 +00:00
acfunctions 1999-04-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> 1999-04-22 21:38:24 +00:00
acgeneral.m4 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
acheaders more tweaks 1996-11-15 00:04:39 +00:00
acidentifiers
acmakevars
acoldnames.m4 update street address 1996-06-12 17:55:25 +00:00
acprograms
acspecific.m4 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
AUTHORS rewhack the compiler checking and fix some minor bugs 1996-11-20 00:21:34 +00:00
autoconf.in 1999-01-13 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-01-13 04:38:34 +00:00
autoconf.m4 update street address 1996-06-12 17:55:25 +00:00
autoconf.sh 1999-09-21 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-21 09:58:58 +00:00
autoconf.texi 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
autoheader.in 1999-03-22 Pavel Roskin <pavel_roskin@geocities.com> 1999-03-21 13:54:14 +00:00
autoheader.m4 1999-09-21 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-21 09:58:58 +00:00
autoheader.sh 1999-09-21 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-21 09:58:58 +00:00
autoreconf.in 1999-01-11 Akim Demaille <demaille@inf.enst.fr> 1999-04-10 06:18:49 +00:00
autoreconf.sh 1999-01-11 Akim Demaille <demaille@inf.enst.fr> 1999-04-10 06:18:49 +00:00
autoscan.in 1999-02-26 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-02-25 18:15:07 +00:00
autoscan.pl 1999-02-26 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-02-25 18:15:07 +00:00
ChangeLog 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
ChangeLog.0 . 1995-06-23 02:57:42 +00:00
ChangeLog.1 . 1995-06-23 02:57:42 +00:00
config.guess 1995-05-25 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> 1999-05-25 13:02:37 +00:00
config.sub Correct a thinko. 1999-05-17 04:23:12 +00:00
configure 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
configure.in various bug fixes 1995-02-09 22:44:35 +00:00
COPYING fix a couple of bugs 1996-12-11 00:49:47 +00:00
ifnames.in 1999-01-19 Pavel Roskin <pavel_roskin@geocities.com> 1999-01-19 06:58:47 +00:00
ifnames.sh 1999-01-19 Pavel Roskin <pavel_roskin@geocities.com> 1999-01-19 06:58:47 +00:00
INSTALL 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
install-sh 1999-02-26 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-02-25 18:31:19 +00:00
install.texi 1999-09-22 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-23 09:49:56 +00:00
make-stds.texi Mention YFLAGS and LFLAGS along with CFLAGS. 1997-10-27 03:47:03 +00:00
Makefile.in 1999-09-21 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-21 09:58:58 +00:00
mkinstalldirs 1999-04-10 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-04-09 21:44:01 +00:00
NEWS 1999-09-21 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-21 09:58:58 +00:00
README 1998-10-03 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1998-10-02 07:23:22 +00:00
standards.texi 1999-04-01 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-03-31 08:16:10 +00:00
texinfo.tex 1998-09-26 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1998-09-26 06:51:14 +00:00
THANKS 1999-09-21 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> 1999-09-21 09:58:58 +00:00
TODO *** empty log message *** 1999-06-02 14:35:03 +00:00

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