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Re: gnulib module install
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Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
Re: gnulib module install |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:45:08 +0100 |
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address@hidden (Karl Berry) writes:
> What I mean - I wouldn't mind commiting gnulib stuff to VCS, but only
> if I can omit files generated by autoreconf.
>
> FWIW, that is exactly what I do for Texinfo. It helps my contributors
> to not spend time dealing with gnulib, and it helps me because it avoids
> gnulib-skew differences between me and my contributors.
>
> Of course, you have to be careful not to commit (and to .vcignore) the
> files generated by make, such as lib/foo.h when lib/foo.in.h exists.
>
> Feel free to peruse the Texinfo source repo
> (https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=texinfo) if you're interested.
>
> >From reading the manual, I got the impression that it is strictly the
> either-or approach,
>
> I think the manual (node "VCS Issues") could mention this "middle road"
> as a possibility. As far as I can see, you are correct that it only
> describes the all-or-nothing approach now.
>
> If the idea acceptable to the other gnulib folks, I could try to write a
> patch for it.
Please do, I'm using the same approach as you do and I think it should
be supported. One of my reasons is that bootstrap cannot handle
multiple gnulib instances in a project. This middle road approach
supports that.
/Simon