Simon Josefsson wrote:
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/tree/DEPENDENCIES
>
> Ironically, it does not mention 'join' but mention a lot of other tools.
Good point. Fixed through the patch below.
> However I think these lists often become outdated. In my view, to claim
> that a platform is supported by a software project, you should have
> continous building for the platform. Otherwise support is reactive and
> tends to be spurious.
Gnulib is a hobbyist, volunteer project. We can not provide the same
level of support as, for example, you do with your company. Therefore —
unless someone comes up and invests the necessary time and money for the
multi-platform continuous integration — our support here will remain
"reactive".
2021-05-14 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
DEPENDENCIES: Mention the requirement for 'join'.
Reported by Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org> in
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2021-05/msg00047.html>.
* DEPENDENCIES: Mention 'join' among the core POSIX utilities.
diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index fe70558..5e82be4 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ at any time.
* Core POSIX utilities, including:
[ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr
- false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo
+ false hostname install join kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo
mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch
true uname
+ Mandatory. Using the platform's native utilities gives good portability
