quick explanation of autoconf changes.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5 b/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
index f5113a4c5b4..b8e8afd2584 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk.5,v 1.84 2003/01/17 17:48:55 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk.5,v 1.85 2003/02/15 16:43:58 espie Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Marc Espie
 .\"
@@ -330,6 +330,18 @@ Defaults to autoconf (though make autoreconf might be more appropriate).
 Where to invoke autoconf if ${CONFIGURE_STYLE} includes autoconf.
 Defaults to ${WRKSRC}.
 .\" AUTOCONF_DIR should probably be a list, and be renamed to AUTOCONF_DIRS ?
+.It Ev AUTOCONF_VERSION
+Starting with
+.Ox 3.3 ,
+several versions of autoconf may coexist peacefully.
+Setting 
+.Ev AUTOCONF_VERSION 
+along with
+.Ev CONFIGURE_STYLE
+set to autoconf is the correct way to specify which one to use.
+If autoconf must be run manually,
+.Ev MODGNU_AUTOCONF_DEPENDS
+can be used to specify what packages to depend upon.
 .It Ev BSD_INSTALL_{PROGRAM,SCRIPT,DATA,MAN}[_DIR]
 Macros passed to make and configure invocations.
 Set based on corresponding INSTALL_* variables.