Re: beta-tester call draft

[Paul Eggert]

On 2024-04-19 17:22, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi,

>    2. Update your gnulib checkout. (For some packages, it comes as a
>       git submodule named 'gnulib'.) Like this:
>         $ git pull
>       Set the environment variable GNULIB_SRCDIR, pointing to this checkout.

Might help to spell out what to do with submodules. Something like this, 
perhaps:

  2. Update your gnulib checkout. If you are not using git submodules,
     like this:
       $ git pull
     and then set the environment variable GNULIB_SRCDIR, pointing to
     this checkout. If you are using git submodules, something like
     this:
       $ git -C gnulib pull origin master
       $ git commit -m 'build: update gnulib submodule to latest' gnulib


>    5. Regenerate the fetched and generated files of your package.
>       Depending on the packge, this may be a command such as
>         $ ./bootstrap --no-git --gnulib-srcdir=$GNULIB_SRCDIR
>       or
>         $ export GNULIB_SRCDIR; ./autopull.sh; ./autogen.sh
>       or, if no such script is available:
>         $ $GNULIB_SRCDIR/gnulib-tool --update

Here, perhaps you can add, "If you are using git submodules, just run a 
plain './bootstrap'."

>       If there is a failure, due to differences between the 'sh' and 'py'
>       results, please report it to <bug-gnulib@gnu.org>.

I tried this on my well-worn copy of GNU diffutils, and got the 
following diagnostics. These were all diagnostics about backup files, or 
files I manually deleted by moving them into a '.del' subdirectory (an 
old habit of mine), or symlink loops that I had created to test.

Perhaps the advice should start with, "Start with a fresh checkout from 
Git."

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