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Re: [bug-gnulib] autogenerate m4/Makefile.am - with gnulib-tool?
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [bug-gnulib] autogenerate m4/Makefile.am - with gnulib-tool? |
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Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:02:45 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
"Oskar Liljeblad" <address@hidden> writes:
> gnulib-tool --import doesn't generate a Makefile.am file for the m4
> directory. Is there any reason for this?
You don't need m4/Makefile.am these days. Several projects
(e.g., coreutils) doesn't have it.
> Also, it would be nice if gnulib-tool created symlinks to the source
> files by default instead of copying. An option -c/--copy would force
> the copy mode instead, just like with automake etc. Would a patch be
> accepted? Or maybe --symlink should be implemented instead?
Adding support for symlinks would be nice, but I'd mildly prefer
having copy be the default.