Re: [PATCH] build: update to latest from gnulib

[Jim Meyering]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> Normally, updating from gnulib is mostly a no-op.
> This time, however, was different.
> bootstrap saw some much needed changes, and adapting
> to those required some long-overdue cleanup in bootstrap.conf.
> (notably the use of $bt)
>
> This also includes an fdl.texi update, which lacked the
> @node we'd been depending on.  To avoid further hassle,
> I've simply hard-coded the elided @node line in each of the
> two fdl.texi-including files.
>
>
>>From 620d56c8661e3375dc7c86661436ca51515edd88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:07:20 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] build: update to latest from gnulib
>
> * bootstrap: Update.
> * tests/init.sh: Likewise.
> * gnulib: Update submodule to latest.
>
> maint: remove two generated files in doc/
> * doc/fdl.texi: Remove file from version control.  It is generated.
> * doc/gendocs_template: Likewise.
> * doc/parted.texi: Add @node ... before inclusion of fdl.texi,
> since fdl.texi dropped that part.
> * doc/parted-pt_BR.texi: Likewise.
> * doc/.gitignore: Update.
>
> build: accommodate newer bootstrap from gnulib
> * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_tool_option_extras): Add both --symlink
> and --makefile-name=gnulib.mk.  Remove stray use of $bt.
> * lib/Makefile.am: Initialize all of the following so that
> generated code in gnulib.mk may use += to append to those variables:
> AM_CFLAGS, AM_CPPFLAGS, BUILT_SOURCES, CLEANFILES, EXTRA_DIST,
> MAINTAINERCLEANFILES, MOSTLYCLEANDIRS, MOSTLYCLEANFILES, SUFFIXES,
> noinst_LTLIBRARIES.

Oops.
That was supposed to have gone to bug-parted.
Just resent.

Probably should have Cc'd it here anyhow, since it illustrates what
I've had to do (nontrivial) to adapt to the latest bootstrap script.