Re: sync m4sh utilities from upstream [libtool--devo--1.0--patch-272]

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hi Gary,

Hallo Ralf,

> * Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 09:24:32PM CEST:
> 
>>Okay to commit?
>>
>>      * clcommit.m4sh, libltdl/config/general.m4sh,
>>      libltdl/config/getopt.m4sh, libltdl/config/mailnotify.m4sh: Merge
>>      in changes from upstream.  Mostly cosmetic, plus better option
>>      processing with a new func_fastopt function.
>>      * tests/getopt.at: New tests for func_getopt().
>>      * tests/testsuite.at: Include them.
>>      * Makefile.am: Use them.
> 
> 
> Hmm.  Where was that upstream documented again?

http://tkd.kicks-ass.net/arch/cvs-utils--tla--1.0

> Which actual bugs do these changes fix?

None, they pave the way for cleaner and more consistent command line
parsing with a GNU getopt(1) like function.  Only the built tools
are affected by this patch (commit and mailnotify), none of the other
code is changed, except by adding functions to getopt.m4sh and
general.m4sh.

> The last major update of the cmdline parsing code introduced 2 or 3 bugs
> into the libtool script, one of which was hard to find.  Unless there is
> a very good reason to do so, I'm not very happy with this change before
> 2.0, as it introduces lots of new code.  After that, it's probably ok,
> but I haven't read the patch closely yet.

Just housekeeping and flushing changes back and forth in the code
shared between the various trees I maintain.  The change is pretty
harmless to libtool and libtoolize, but I can push it into quilt and
wait until after the release.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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