Re: [Bug-gnulib] gnulib vs gettext

[Karl Berry]

    And it cannot determine which copy is "definitely
    newer", since mkinstalldirs doesn't have a serial number.

So let's put a date into mkinstalldirs.  I'll suggest it to Alexandre.

    Agreed. So let's use this parenthesis comment as an indicator for the
    _source_ of a .m4 file.

What do you mean by source?  Are some of the gnulib .m4 files sourced
from gettext or somewhere else?  If so, then sure, a comment could say
`original source: gettext' or whatever, that could only help.