At Tuesday 25 May 2010, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 05/25/2010 09:15 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > A nitpicking consistency patch. > > > > * doc/autoconf.texi (Runtime) <AC_RUN_IFELSE>: Suggest to use > > `./conftest$ac_exeext' rather than `./conftest$EXEEXT' to run > > the compiled program. This is done for consistency with the > > documentation of AC_LINK_IFELSE. > > I'd actually rather go the other way - it is better to document > external variables like $EXEEXT than to expose internal details > like $ac_exeext; Right. > so it seems like AC_LINK_IFELSE should be the subject of the patch. And AC_COMPILE_IFELSE too, since its documentation mentions $ac_object.
I think I can amend the patch this evening, if that's ok for you. Thanks, Stefano