doc: List the target platforms.

[pspp] / doc / gnulib.texi

diff --git a/doc/gnulib.texi b/doc/gnulib.texi
index 966560d595aa52f9714e3a9e102a838adaf312f1..309f3767d707177e6b9440bfeba39216c9a6572d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gnulib.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib.texi
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Resources:
 * Benefits::
 * Library vs Reusable Code::
 * Portability and Application Code::
+* Target Platforms::
 * Modules::
 * Various Kinds of Modules::
 * Collaborative Development::
@@ -396,6 +397,15 @@ Tests modules can depend on non-tests modules.  Non-tests modules should not
 depend on tests modules. (Recall that tests modules are built in a separate
 directory.)
 
+Each listed required module may be declared a conditional dependency.  This
+is indicated by placing the condition for the dependency on the same line,
+enclosed in brackets, after the name of the required module.  The condition
+is a shell expression that is run after the module's @code{configure.ac}
+statements.  For example:
+@smallexample
+strtoull   [test $ac_cv_func_strtoumax = no]
+@end smallexample
+
 @item configure.ac-early
 This field contains @file{configure.ac} stuff (Autoconf macro invocations and
 shell statements) that are logically placed early in the @file{configure.ac}