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Re: [PATCH] Fix INSTALL description for modified files in sourcedir
On 05/18/2012 05:28 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> The manual should represent reality. I agree that we should file bug
>>> reports, but that's orthogonal to the issue of documentation being
>>> accurate. Do you agree?
>>
>> I agree, though mentioning the autom4te.cache directory doesn't sound useful
>> for the target audience this documented is aims at. IIUC from the
>> irc discussion, it's a side product of an autoconf check for working
>> autoconf. Knowing where the .mo files end up sounds useful though.
>
> Who do you consider the intended audience of the document?
It's the INSTALL file, so the subset of users that build and install
glibc, system integrators, not core developers.
Who do you consider would be interested in knowing that
an autom4te.cache directory is created in the src dir?
--
Pedro Alves