bug#56749: closed (modernize bootstrap.conf)

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> modernize bootstrap.conf
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> Sun, 24 Jul 2022 21:50:10 +0200
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> Hi,
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> The 'bootstrap' script from Gnulib has been reorganized to work in two phases:
>   (1) Fetch auxiliary files that are not in the git checkout.
>       This is the part that requires network access and that has
>       supply-chain concerns.
>   (2) Generate files such as configure, config.h, Makefile.in etc.
>       This includes running gnulib-tool.
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> See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2022-07/msg00053.html> for
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> For GNU gzip some adjustment of the bootstrap.conf is needed. The bootstrap.conf
> is meant to contain configuration settings, that is, define variables and
> functions (hooks with special meanings). Instead, gzip/bootstrap.conf does some
> actions directly. This will not work satisfactorily with the new two-phase
> bootstrap. What is needed, is to move these actions into hooks:
>   - Actions that may require network access belong in the
>     bootstrap_post_pull_hook function.
>   - Actions that merely regenerate files (without network access) usually
>     belong in the bootstrap_post_import_hook.
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> The 'mkdir -p build-aux' is not needed any more. I verified that.
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> The lines
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>   # Automake requires that ChangeLog exist.
>   touch ChangeLog || exit 1
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> can be moved into the bootstrap_post_import_hook function.
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> Bruno
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#56749: modernize bootstrap.conf Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 20:36:02 -0800 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.4.2 Thanks for the heads-up. I installed the attached patch to gzip and updated the bootstrap script to current Gnulib.

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