Re: failure in building gnulib tests wih pcc on debian

On Tuesday 15 November 2011, Bruno Haible wrote: > Eric Blake wrote: > > > ... on an unstable Debian using pcc > > > (Portable C Compiler, version 1.1.0~DEVEL+20110422-1 > > ... > > Warnings like this, and the error in test-float.c, mean that all other > > packages using the same gnulib modules wil

[PATCH] maint.mk: fix tight-scope.mk generation in VPATH builds.

Okay to push? * top/maint.mk (tight-scope.mk): Make sure to prefix file reference with $(srcdir) so that the file is found correctly even when running `make syntax-check' in a VPATH build. Signed-off-by: Gary V. Vaughan --- ChangeLog|7 +++ top/maint.mk |2 +- 2 files changed, 8

Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitlog-to-changelog: support 'tiny change' commits.

Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > I think 'Copyright-paper-required: No' is still the best compromise here for > the reasons stated earlier in the thread. > > Okay to push? > > The FSF require that all non-trivial patches to its projects be > accompanied by appropriate paperwork, or that any patches that ar

Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitlog-to-changelog: support 'tiny change' commits.

Hi Jim, On 15 Nov 2011, at 18:14, Jim Meyering wrote: > Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> I think 'Copyright-paper-required: No' is still the best compromise here for >> the reasons stated earlier in the thread. >> >> Okay to push? >> >> The FSF require that all non-trivial patches to its projects be >>

Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitlog-to-changelog: support 'tiny change' commits.

Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > Hi Jim, > > On 15 Nov 2011, at 18:14, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>> I think 'Copyright-paper-required: No' is still the best compromise here for ... >> This is setting FSF policy, > > Well, the policy is already set very clearly... > > From http://www.g

Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitlog-to-changelog: support 'tiny change' commits.

Hi Jim, On 15 Nov 2011, at 19:02, Jim Meyering wrote: > Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> On 15 Nov 2011, at 18:14, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> Gary V. Vaughan wrote: I think 'Copyright-paper-required: No' is still the best compromise here for > ... >>> This is setting FSF policy, >> >> Well, the

Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitlog-to-changelog: support 'tiny change' commits.

Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > Hi Jim, > > On 15 Nov 2011, at 19:02, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>> On 15 Nov 2011, at 18:14, Jim Meyering wrote: Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > I think 'Copyright-paper-required: No' is still the best compromise here > for >> ... This is s

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: fix tight-scope.mk generation in VPATH builds.

Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > Okay to push? > > * top/maint.mk (tight-scope.mk): Make sure to prefix file > reference with $(srcdir) so that the file is found correctly even > when running `make syntax-check' in a VPATH build. ... > tight-scope.mk: $(ME) > @rm -f $@ $@-t > - @perl -ne '/^# TS

Re: [PATCH] maint.mk: fix tight-scope.mk generation in VPATH builds.

Hi Jim, On 15 Nov 2011, at 20:14, Jim Meyering wrote: > Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> Okay to push? >> >> * top/maint.mk (tight-scope.mk): Make sure to prefix file >> reference with $(srcdir) so that the file is found correctly even >> when running `make syntax-check' in a VPATH build. > ... >> tight

Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitlog-to-changelog: support 'tiny change' commits.

Hi Jim, On 15 Nov 2011, at 20:10, Jim Meyering wrote: > Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> On 15 Nov 2011, at 19:02, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> Propose a patch to maintain.texi. >> >> I don't want to get into a debate over the merits of generated >> ChangeLogs with RMS, which I already know he doesn't like.

openat requires lstat.m4

Hi All, I was playing with some gnulib stuff tonight and noticed that if I import only openat, I get errors when later running autoreconf: configure.ac:17: warning: gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd m4/openat.m4:11: gl_FUNC_OPENAT is expanded from... m4/gn

gnulib integration how to

Hi Bruno, I sent this to Jim last night as he's listed as the owner of gnulib on savanah, but he suggested I send this to you (and bug-gnulib). A while back I wrote a 'how to integrate gnulib'[1] tutorial that was aimed at the OpenCSW maintainer community. We package software for Solaris so gnu

Re: openat requires lstat.m4

Hi, Ben Walton wrote: > I was playing with some gnulib stuff tonight and noticed that if I > import only openat, I get errors when later running autoreconf: > > configure.ac:17: warning: gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK is > m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd > m4/openat.m4:11: gl_FUNC_OPENAT

Re: gnulib integration how to

Hi Ben, Ben Walton wrote: > I sent this to Jim last night as he's listed as the owner of gnulib on > savanah, but he suggested I send this to you (and bug-gnulib). Yes, things like this are suitable for public discussion. > A while back I wrote a 'how to integrate gnulib'[1] tutorial that was >