From 02fb71925dfd6ba737b58c756a3bf1ca2518e350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 02:20:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document how gnulib-tool can be put into PATH. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ doc/gnulib-tool.texi | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 1de821ef6..082be5edf 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ 2009-04-01 Bruno Haible + * doc/gnulib-tool.texi (Invoking gnulib-tool): Document how gnulib-tool + can be put into PATH. + Reported by Reuben Thomas . Suggested by Karl Berry. + +2009-04-01 Bruno Haible + * doc/lib-symbol-visibility.texi: Follow texinfo style conventions. 2009-04-01 Bruno Haible diff --git a/doc/gnulib-tool.texi b/doc/gnulib-tool.texi index 5531b9af2..0b18ffb0e 100644 --- a/doc/gnulib-tool.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib-tool.texi @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @node Invoking gnulib-tool @chapter Invoking gnulib-tool -@c Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document @c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ growing number of modules this becomes tedious. @command{gnulib-tool} simplifies the management of source files, @file{Makefile.am}s and @file{configure.ac} in packages incorporating Gnulib modules. +@file{gnulib-tool} is not installed in a standard directory that is +contained in the @code{PATH} variable. It needs to be run directly in +the directory that contains the Gnulib source code. You can do this +either by specifying the absolute filename of @file{gnulib-tool}, or +you can also use a symbolic link from a place inside your @code{PATH} +to the @file{gnulib-tool} file of your preferred and most up-to-date +Gnulib checkout, like this: +@smallexample +$ ln -s $HOME/gnu/src/gnulib.git/gnulib-tool $HOME/bin/gnulib-tool +@end smallexample + Run @samp{gnulib-tool --help} for information. To get familiar with @command{gnulib-tool} without affecting your sources, you can also try some commands with the option @samp{--dry-run}; then -- 2.11.0