From 9de973f61376754e4125d8d2a5f1711ce421bd4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Ruffing <crypto@timruffing.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:58:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] configure: Document canonical order of modules

---
 configure.ac | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fe2cb970..5fcce97d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -610,6 +610,10 @@ AC_SUBST(LIB_VERSION_AGE, _LIB_VERSION_AGE)
 
 AC_OUTPUT
 
+# The order in which all modules are listed here should be considered the
+# canonical order. This order (or, when appropriate, its reserve) should be used
+# everywhere we list or process modules, i.e., here and in other build system
+# files and docs.
 echo
 echo "Build Options:"
 echo "  with external callbacks = $enable_external_default_callbacks"