Re: Failing to use gnulib bootstrap in libtool

[Jim Meyering]

Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> Is gnulib bootstrap designed for reuse in other projects?
>
> I'm finding it extremely difficult to understand a lot of the code,
> let alone incorporate it into Libtool.
...

Hi Gary,

You're right, bootstrap is not pretty.  It has grown mostly by accretion.
It is used in many projects, so as you can imagine, I'd like to minimize
the number of changes that cause disruption.

However, I'd welcome improvements, especially if you can
keep them bite-sized -- contrast with your 12-item message ;-)
[if no one beats me to it, I'll find time for that tomorrow]

FYI, here are some of the bootstrap-using projects that I tend.
They tend to use the latest version.

  coreutils
  diffutils
  grep
  gzip
  idutils
  parted