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Re: Failing to use gnulib bootstrap in libtool
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: Failing to use gnulib bootstrap in libtool |
Date: |
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:58:26 +0200 |
Bruno Haible wrote:
...
>> >> 10. slurp()
>> >> ==========
>> > ...
>> > I think it has/had two purposes:
>> > 1. It allowed Paul to use symbolic links or hard links to gnulib files,
>> > at a time when gnulib-tool did not have options for symbolic links.
>> > 2. It prevents some files from being edited. Again, this dated from before
>> > it become gnulib-tool standard to mark generated files with "DO NOT
>> > EDIT!"
>>
>> So, with a little work in existing gnulib bootstrap using projects, slurp
>> can be removed?
>
> I guess so, yes.
If you do remove this function altogether, be careful that
with bootstrap.conf, when one removes a module, that the removal
is reflected in lib/m4/etc. directories.
- Re: Failing to use gnulib bootstrap in libtool, (continued)