Re: new dirent module

[Paul Eggert]

"Derek R. Price" <address@hidden> writes:

> Okay, I've attached the proposed lib/dirent.c, lib/dirent.h, and
> modules/dirent.

Thanks.

> I wasn't sure what to do about the Makefile.am chunk of the modules
> description.  Since this is only currently intended to build on
> Windows, the only thing that would really be needed in Makefile.am
> is the EXTRA_DIST line, but I decided to write it as if there were a
> configure macro to fill in some variables and to create the dirent.h
> file from dirent_.h, on the theory that this might be instructive to
> someone working with MSVC.

Sorry, I don't quite follow.  Many packages slap that stuff directly
into their makefiles from modules/dirent, using an automated script.
Are you saying that these packages might not work on Unix-like hosts?
on Windows-like hosts?

Do Windows-based compilers not have memcpy?  If not, then this module
need not depend on the memcpy module.

> I'm not sure whether it is necessary to wait on Jim Hyslop's paperwork
> before installing this.  This would be Jim's third "tiny" contribution
> to GNULIB, I think.  When you're ready for me to install it, let me know.

I'd wait for the paperwork, since it's not urgent.