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Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option.
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option. |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:24:06 +0000 |
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On 15/11/10 07:03, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/14/2010 03:22 PM, Joel E. Denny wrote:
>> To keep things simple, could we just extend the existing bootstrap script
>> so that, once it has fetched gnulib sources and before doing anything
>> else, it updates itself and re-exec's itself if there are any changes?
>
> It sounds tricky to update a shell script in place, while it's executing.
> I'm not saying it can't be done....
I've done it before, but I don't know how general the method is:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/scripts/self_modify.sh
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Joel E. Denny, 2010/11/14
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Paul Eggert, 2010/11/15
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option.,
Pádraig Brady <=
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Paul Eggert, 2010/11/15
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Ralf Wildenhues, 2010/11/15
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Paolo Bonzini, 2010/11/17
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Ralf Wildenhues, 2010/11/17
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Joel E. Denny, 2010/11/19
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Ralf Wildenhues, 2010/11/20
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Joel E. Denny, 2010/11/20
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Ralf Wildenhues, 2010/11/20
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Joel E. Denny, 2010/11/20
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Jim Meyering, 2010/11/20