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Re: gnulib: update
From: |
Akim Demaille |
Subject: |
Re: gnulib: update |
Date: |
Sun, 31 Jul 2022 11:23:44 +0200 |
Hans,
> Le 31 juil. 2022 à 11:17, Hans Åberg <haberg-1@telia.com> a écrit :
>
>
>> On 31 Jul 2022, at 11:04, Akim Demaille <akim.demaille@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We are still unable to complete distcheck successfully.
>
> I found it useless, because it makes the sources read only, and then force
> compiles sources that are set to not compile: lexer, parser, PDF, or
> whatever. So if one has set it so that only developers should compile those
> because ordinary users may not have access to the correct tools and updating
> in the source directory, it will fail. The developers of the feature see no
> problem in this.
That's the goal indeed: making sure it works even if the sources are on a
readonly support.
So the feature works as expected.