inherited distribution. If the distribution cannot be inherited Autodist
will give an error.
-The 'inherit' will inherit the following information from the distribution:
-distdefs, undefines, includes, excludes and noprocess. Other information
-will not be inherited. If the inherited distribution inherits other
-distributions, they will also be inherited automatically. User should be
-careful when inheriting distributions as it may be possible to create an
-infinite recursion. The Autodist would allow for this and not detect this
-error. Zero or more 'inherit' directives may be set for distribution.
+The 'inherit' will inherit the following information from the
+distribution: distdefs, undefines, includes, excludes and noprocesses.
+Other information will not be inherited. If the inherited distribution
+inherits other distributions, they will also be inherited automatically.
+User should be careful when inheriting distributions as it may be possible
+to create an infinite recursion. The Autodist would allow for this and
+not detect this error. Zero or more 'inherit' directives may be set for
+distribution.
Example:
@example
distribution. All distdefs, undefines, includes, excludes and noprocesses
from these distributions are now also part this distribution.
+The distribution that is being prepared or packaged take precedence when
+defining distdefs that were specificly undefined in the inherited
+distribution. This means that if the inherited distribution specificly
+undefines a distdefs but the inheriting distribution (one being prepared
+or packaged) specificly defines it, the distdef will be defined.
+Similarly, if the inherited distribution defines a distdef but the
+inheriting distribution undefines it, the distdef will be undefined.
+Note that, this precedence works only in the top distribution (the one
+being prepared or packaged). If the inherited distribution inherits other
+distributions, all distdefs (defined and specificly undefined) will be
+inherited as is. This means that if one inherited distribution defines a
+distdef that other inherited distribution distdef undefines, it will be
+undefined. However, the top distribution can then override them if
+needed.
+
@section Directive: define <symbol>