Thanks, that doesn't look quite right since there's a difference between the directory for .c and .o files in general. Anyway, this level of detail isn't needed for an obsolete macro so I installed the following instead:
>From d73ee60de45a3ac4611e045b134b14529fe6c25c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:14:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] AC_FUNC_GETLOADAVG: doc fix * doc/autoconf.texi (Particular Functions): Omit incorrect mention of @var{dir} before getloadavg.c. Problem reported by Patricke Welche in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2013-02/msg00006.html --- doc/autoconf.texi | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 8f58d4a..bf4823d 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -5084,9 +5084,8 @@ If the system has the @code{getloadavg} function, define @code{HAVE_GETLOADAVG}, and set @code{GETLOADAVG_LIBS} to any libraries necessary to get that function. Also add @code{GETLOADAVG_LIBS} to @code{LIBS}. Otherwise, require an @code{AC_LIBOBJ} replacement for -@samp{getloadavg} with source code in @file{@var{dir}/getloadavg.c}, and -possibly define several other C preprocessor macros and output -variables: +@samp{getloadavg} and possibly define several other C preprocessor +macros and output variables: @enumerate @item -- 1.7.11.7