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Re: [PATCH] maintainer-makefile: Mimic bootstrap's gnulib-srcdir guessin
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: [PATCH] maintainer-makefile: Mimic bootstrap's gnulib-srcdir guessing. |
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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:48:36 +0100 |
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Simon Josefsson wrote:
> See the beginning of my e-mail:
>
> Hi! I've noticed in a couple of projects that use bootstrap, without a
> ^^^^^^^^^
> gnulib git submodule, and where $GNULIB_SRCDIR is set during bootstrap,
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oops, I read too quickly. Sorry.
> So this is for projects that do not have a git submodule. There is no
> requirement to use git submodules for bootstrap or gnulib-tool, is
> there?
Correct. We don't want to force 'git submodule' into everyone's throat.
By the way, the cases of with / without submodules are treated symmetrically
(transparently) in gitsub.sh (gnulib/top/gitsub.sh). I've switched to using
this helper script in my projects, so that I don't need to remember whether
I need to use submodule commands or not.
The comments in this script also discuss the advantages vs. drawbacks of
using gnulib as a git submodule.
Bruno