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commit d5445543c50650c874a92775722d5cfbc20da648
Author: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Nov 3 22:52:43 2008 +0100

    Point at AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE.
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (Setting Output Variables): Add cross
    reference to new Automake macro AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |    6 ++++++
 doc/autoconf.texi |    7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0b0eaf0..9024ea0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-11-03  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
+
+       Point at AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Setting Output Variables): Add cross
+       reference to new Automake macro AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE.
+
 2008-11-03  Paolo Bonzini  <address@hidden>
 
        Eliminate a fork per invocation of AC_LANG_CONFTEST.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 2a7fc4a..20fd9a0 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -8761,7 +8761,12 @@ or more makefiles).  This means that @code{AC_OUTPUT}
 replaces instances of @samp{@@@var{variable}@@} in input files with the
 value that the shell variable @var{variable} has when @code{AC_OUTPUT}
 is called.  The value can contain any address@hidden character, including
-newline.
+newline.  If you are using Automake 1.11 or newer, for newlines in values
+you might want to consider using @code{AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE} to prevent
address@hidden from adding a line @address@hidden =
+@@@var{variable}@@} to the @file{Makefile.in} files (@pxref{Optional, ,
+Automake, automake, Other things Automake recognizes}).
+
 Variable occurrences should not overlap: e.g., an input file should
 not contain @samp{@@@var{var1}@@@var{var2}@@} if @var{var1} and @var{var2}
 are variable names.


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