* doc/automake.texi (DESTDIR, Built sources example): Fix wording.

* THANKS: Update.
Reports and suggestions by William Pursell and nightstrike@gmail.com.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c6a1992b5d41c7b37868df4792bc02c53d0f570c..5c08371472d985a45abd8c80266e6d2178549f03 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-14  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * doc/automake.texi (DESTDIR, Built sources example): Fix wording.
+       * THANKS: Update.
+       Reports and suggestions by William Pursell and nightstrike@gmail.com.
+
 2008-01-13  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
        Do not fail if `autoupdate' is not present.

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 58aa2b921985b073b6c9a125d10aefdcd6dfd89d..f84e625fb13c5adabcf914d5db5db9608ffb0dae 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ Nelson H. F. Beebe  beebe@math.utah.edu
 Nicholas Wourms                nwourms@netscape.net
 Nicolas Joly           njoly@pasteur.fr
 Nicolas Thiery         nthiery@Icare.mines.edu
+NightStrike            nightstrike@gmail.com
 Nik A. Melchior                nam1@cse.wustl.edu
 NISHIDA Keisuke                knishida@nn.iij4u.or.jp
 Noah Friedman          friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ Vincent Lefevre             vincent@vinc17.org
 Volker Boerchers       vboerchers@tecon.de
 Werner John            john@oswf.de
 Werner Koch            wk@isil.d.shuttle.de
+William Pursell                bill.pursell@gmail.com
 William S Fulton       wsf@fultondesigns.co.uk
 Yann Droneaud          ydroneaud@meuh.eu.org
 Zack Weinberg          zack@codesourcery.com

diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index 8e5bc5d2b274b221c5d3a9c94cc4eef767acf28e..8b51080c3925612be6d6e82ce99e230ef8b879b4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -1084,11 +1084,11 @@ inappropriate.
 The @code{DESTDIR} variable can be used to perform a staged
 installation.  The package should be configured as if it was going to
 be installed in its final location (e.g., @code{--prefix /usr}), but
-when running @code{make install} the @code{DESTDIR} should be set to
-the absolute name of a directory in which all the installation will be
+when running @code{make install}, the @code{DESTDIR} should be set to
+the absolute name of a directory into which the installation will be
 diverted.  From this directory it is easy to review which files are
 being installed where, and finally copy them to their final location
-by any means.
+by some means.
 
 @cindex Binary package
 
@@ -6916,8 +6916,8 @@ foo.c:2: bindir.h: No such file or directory
 make: *** [foo.o] Error 1
 @end example
 
-In this example @file{bindir.h} is not distributed, not installed, and
-it is not even being built on-time.  One may wonder what the
+In this example @file{bindir.h} is not distributed nor installed, and
+it is not even being built on-time.  One may wonder if the
 @samp{nodist_foo_SOURCES = bindir.h} line has any use at all.  This
 line simply states that @file{bindir.h} is a source of @code{foo}, so
 for instance, it should be inspected while generating tags