[bug-gnulib] Re: gettext sync from source?

[Simon Josefsson]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

>> configure.ac:38: warning: gl_AC_HEADER_INTTYPES_H is m4_require'd but is not 
>> m4_defun'd
>
> This comes from the renaming jm_* -> gl_* recently. Should be fixed with the
> next gettext release.

Perhaps M4 or autoconf has a way of defining obsolete functions that
map to the new ones?  On the other hand, if a new gettext release is
out soon, that will probably suffice for me.

> Karl Berry wrote:
>> In general, the relationship between gnulib and auto* is not exactly
>> worked out yet, so any ideas/improvements are all to the good.
>
> gnulib borrows a module 'gettext' that replaces part of what 'autopoint'
> does. You can also say, gnulib-tool is a generalization of 'autopoint'
> and 'libtoolize'. The missing piece is to integrate 'autopoint' and
> 'libtoolize' into gnulib-tool...

I suspect a perl version of gnulib-tool would make it easier to
achieve this...

Thanks.