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add comment about srcdir
author David J. MacKenzie <djm@gnu.org>
date Tue, 13 Sep 1994 15:32:40 +0000
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52 dnl .../DIR/common/lib (DOC, TUTORIAL, etc.) 52 dnl .../DIR/common/lib (DOC, TUTORIAL, etc.)
53 dnl .../DIR/common/lock (lockfiles)]) 53 dnl .../DIR/common/lock (lockfiles)])
54 54
55 #### Make srcdir absolute, if it isn't already. It's important to 55 #### Make srcdir absolute, if it isn't already. It's important to
56 #### avoid running the path through pwd unnecessary, since pwd can 56 #### avoid running the path through pwd unnecessary, since pwd can
57 #### give you automounter prefixes, which can go away. 57 #### give you automounter prefixes, which can go away. We do all this
58 #### so Emacs can find its files when run uninstalled.
58 case "${srcdir}" in 59 case "${srcdir}" in
59 /* ) ;; 60 /* ) ;;
60 . ) 61 . )
61 ## We may be able to use the $PWD environment variable to make this 62 ## We may be able to use the $PWD environment variable to make this
62 ## absolute. But sometimes PWD is inaccurate. 63 ## absolute. But sometimes PWD is inaccurate.