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Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option.
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Joel E. Denny |
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Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option. |
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Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:03:46 -0400 (EDT) |
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Alpine 1.00 (DEB 882 2007-12-20) |
Hi Paul,
On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Paul Eggert wrote:
> How about another idea: have a very simple bootstrap script. All it
> does is fetch gnulib, and execute gnulib's more-complicated script.
We've started down that road before, but for a different initial reason.
The idea arises a few messages into the following thread:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2008-04/msg00222.html
Maybe it's worth reviewing.
On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 10/18/2010 08:34 PM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > I would prefer your "boot" script to be called "bootstrap", and rename
> > the current "bootstrap" to something else, maybe "autoconfiscate"
>
> Yes, that would be even better. "autoconfiscate" is a bit long, though.
>
> How about "cobble" instead? "cobble" is a nice word, since it falls
> between "bootstrap" and "make", and it has all the right connotations:
> a cobbler makes (and repairs) boots, and a programmer cobbles together a hack.
It's clever, but why not something more obvious like the following?
bootstrap-call
bootstrap-full
Gnulib users will see that there are two bootstrap scripts to choose from,
and they can read the documentation to understand the difference. I
suspect most will want to rename the script that they select to just
"bootstrap" when they copy it to their local project.
- [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Joel E. Denny, 2010/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Paul Eggert, 2010/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Joel E. Denny, 2010/10/17
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Paul Eggert, 2010/10/18
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Gary V. Vaughan, 2010/10/18
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Paul Eggert, 2010/10/19
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Gary V. Vaughan, 2010/10/19
- Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option.,
Joel E. Denny <=
- tar bootstrap goodies that are not in gnulib bootstrap, Paul Eggert, 2010/10/25
- Re: tar bootstrap goodies that are not in gnulib bootstrap, Gary V. Vaughan, 2010/10/25
Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: add bootstrap_sync option., Gary V. Vaughan, 2010/10/17