First, regarding gnulib-tool --help.
--update isn't mentioned under "Operation modes:", although it is one
of the usages.
I suggest mentioning that --import can also be used for updating,
something like this (as I understand it from gnulib-tool.texi):
--import import the given modules into the current package;
if no modules are specified, update the
current package.
Second, I tried gnulib-tool --dry-run --update and got this:
gnulib-tool: invalid options for 'update' mode
Try 'gnulib-tool --help' for more information.
If you really want to modify the gnulib configuration of your project,
you need to use 'gnulib --import' - at your own risk!
I don't want to modify the configuration ...
Third, I tried gnulib-tool --dry-run --import and got this output:
Module list with included dependencies:
File list:
lib/dummy.c
m4/onceonly_2_57.m4
Create directory ./lib
Create directory ./m4
cp: cannot create regular file `./lib/dummy.c.tmp': No such file or directory
gnulib-tool: *** failed
gnulib-tool: *** Stop.
But my configure.ac says:
gl_EARLY
gl_SOURCE_BASE(gnulib/lib)
gl_M4_BASE(gnulib/m4)
gl_LIB(libgnulib)
gl_MODULES(getopt)
gl_INIT
... so I would have expected it to know to use gnulib/lib and gnulib/m4,
not lib/ and /m4. It's been a while, but my memory is that it did read
the configure.ac settings last time I tried it.
It's not just a matter of --dry-run; I ran gnulib-tool --import without
the --dry-run, and it did indeed create lib/ and m4/.
Help?
Thanks,
k
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