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Re: Use of the m4 macros and standard package
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Karl Berry |
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Re: Use of the m4 macros and standard package |
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Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:32:50 -0400 |
* Check out a the latest Tar CVS.
* Run "./bootstrap".
Tar's bootstrap is amazing, and amazingly complex.
For my taste, I prefer to separate things like "get canonical gnulib
from cvs" (cvs update in a gnulib checkout) and "merge into my source
directory" (gnulib-tool) and "run autotools" (bootstrap). This is what
I've done so far for Hello.
>From the point of view of people adopting gnulib (which is what Hello is
all about, basically), I think it is better to show and separate the
pieces than provide one magical humongous script that does everything.
I know the all-in-one bootstrap is convenient, and that's cool. But
it's not what I'd recommend for people getting started with Gnulib.
Re: Use of the m4 macros and standard package, Simon Josefsson, 2005/07/03