[bug-gnulib] Re: coreutils FTS inclusion

[Jim Meyering]

Yoann Vandoorselaere <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> I just wanted to know if it is finally planed that the coreutils FTS
> module will be included in GnuLIB. Henry originally did his FTS module
> for the Prelude project, and we needed this module to be LGPL.
>
> So my question is whether we can expect the coreutils module to be LGPL
> and whether you have any idea of when this module will be included (our
> next libprelude release is conditioned by the inclusion of the FTS
> module into GnuLIB).

Hi Yoann,

It will be LGPL, since it's based on the glibc one which is LGPL.
Yes, I'll soon add coreutils' fts code to gnulib, maybe this evening.
I don't expect the .c .h or .m4 files to change.

Here's a draft modules/fts file.
Please let know if you find anything wrong with it.

Jim
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Description:
Traverse a file hierarchy.

Files:
lib/fts_.h
lib/fts.c
m4/fts.m4
lib/intprops.h
m4/inttypes-pri.m4

Depends-on:
cycle-check
dirfd
hash
stdbool
unistd-safer

configure.ac:
gl_FUNC_FTS

Makefile.am:

Include:
"fts_.h"

# License inherited from the glibc versions of the .c and .h files.
License:
LGPL

# I don't list `glibc' here, since there are so many differences now (2005).
Maintainer:
Jim Meyering, Paul Eggert