Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> --- lib/Makefile.am.bak      2007-05-31 12:31:00.000000000 +0200
>> +++ lib/Makefile.am  2007-06-21 00:40:53.000000000 +0200
>> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
>>  
>>  idn-int.h:
>>      if test -n "$(STDINT_H)"; then \
>> -            cp gl/stdint.h idn-int.h; \
>> +            sed -e s/include_next/include/ gl/stdint.h > idn-int.h; \
>>      else \
>>              echo '#include <stdint.h>' > idn-int.h; \
>>      fi
>>
>>
>> If that works out, we can document it in gnulib's documentation.
>
> Yes, I'll propose a patch.  Others may want to use POSIX uint*_t types
> in their public header files too, and the only way to do that portably
> appears to install your own stdint.h replacement, so documenting that
> this approach works would be good.

How about this patch?  I'm not sure where a good place to add this is,
or whether it should use a @subsection or something.  But the important
thing is to say something similar somewhere.

/Simon

--- stdint.texi 05 Jun 2007 18:57:54 +0200      1.4
+++ stdint.texi 31 Aug 2007 14:32:20 +0200      
@@ -29,3 +29,22 @@
 @item
 Macros are used instead of typedefs.
 @end itemize
+
+The stdint.h module uses @code{#include_next}.  If you wish to install
+the generated stdint.h file under another name, typically in order to
+be able to use some of the types defined by stdint.h in your public
+header file, you could use the following Makefile.am-snippet:
+
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+
+BUILT_SOURCES += idn-int.h
+DISTCLEANFILES += idn-int.h
+nodist_include_HEADERS += idn-int.h
+
+idn-int.h:
+       if test -n "$(STDINT_H)"; then \
+               sed -e s/include_next/include/ gl/stdint.h > idn-int.h; \
+       else \
+               echo '#include <stdint.h>' > idn-int.h; \
+       fi
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