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Re: new files imported without new modules added


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: new files imported without new modules added
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 13:18:37 -0600
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On 05/24/2011 10:32 AM, Sam Steingold wrote:
> I think this is wrong. I do not want strerror_r. I did not ask for it
> and there is no need for it in any module I asked for.

Umm, but there is - the strerror module needs it, to guarantee that it
outputs the same replacement errno strings, without code duplication
(although as I've already pointed out, we could probably refactor
strerror.c and strerror_r.c to use a common third file for those
strings, rather than making strerror use strerror_r).

> You are making the use of gnulib a very risky proposition.
> I do _NOT_ want to bundle the whole of gnu libc with clisp.

Sounds like you would benefit from the proposed libposix project, which
would alleviate the need for any POSIX-replaced functions from gnulib to
appear in your source repository.  Personally, I haven't been following
the progress of that much, but I know there are still some hurdles to
overcome before it is polished enough to release, so patches welcome.

> You are making sure that I have to pull in more and more files every
> time I update the gnulib files.

That's somewhat to be expected - gnulib is the collection point for all
known portability workarounds, and we seem to be learning about more and
more needed workarounds as our portability increases.  If you are
worried about the size of your source repository, you could omit gnulib
files from it (the git submodule approach used by coreutils and others
has been working quite well); although that doesn't really decrease the
size of your source tarballs any.

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Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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