Problem with getopt on CentOS 5.8

f (GNU Autoconf) 2.59 > automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6 > gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52) Unfortunately I cannot reproduce the problem on my CentOS 5.8 virtual box image. Is there anything the developer can do locally on his machine to narrow the problem down? Thanks Christian Footnot

Re: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Problem with getopt on CentOS 5.8

Hi Eric Thanks for your answer Eric Blake writes: > On 01/04/2013 07:58 AM, Christian Egli wrote: >> We have a developer on CentOS 5.8 who can no longer compile. Make fails >> in getopt.h with the following error message: >> >>> In file included

LGPLv3 for xalloc?

xalloc is GPL. Would it be possible to relicense this under LGPLv3? Thanks Christian Footnotes: [1] http://code.google.com/p/liblouis/ -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland

Re: LGPLv3 for xalloc?

Eric Blake writes: > On 02/21/2013 02:11 AM, Christian Egli wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I would like to use xalloc in liblouis[1] a library (and a couple of >> programs) for braille transcription. The main author just sprinkled the >> library code with stuff like >

Using gnulib for both a library and programs

cro-prefix. Is that all there is to it? Is there some documentation about this anywhere that I haven't been able to find? Thanks Christian -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland

Re: Using gnulib for both a library and programs

Hi Paul On 06/03/2015 07:19 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: Christian Egli wrote: I have looked at his packages and I assume that he is using two separate gnulib imports with separate source-base, m4-base and macro-prefix. Is that all there is to it? Yes, it should be. (Actually, it should be doable

Re: Using gnulib for both a library and programs

Eric Blake writes: > On 06/05/2015 04:31 AM, Christian Egli wrote: > >> Would this make for a section in the manual or is this use case to >> niche, in other words should I write something up? > > Yes, please write up what worked for you. It's complicated enough

[PATCH] Document how to use multiple instances of gnulib

* doc/gnulib-tool.texi: Add a section to the manual outlining how two instances of gnulib with different modules can be used, for example one for a lib and another one for associated tools. --- doc/gnulib-tool.texi | 109 +++ 1 file changed, 109 ins

gnulib and MSVC

building a gnulib based project with MSVC? Is this documented anywhere? I'd be happy to provide documentation patches once I find out how this is done. Thanks Christian -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland

Re: gnulib and MSVC

Paul Eggert writes: > On 03/07/2016 05:10 AM, Christian Egli wrote: >> I don't quite >> understand the problems ('cause I live in a bubble called glibc), but >> from what I understand they would like to build the project in MSVC >> possibly without using any

Re: gnulib and MSVC

the relevant scripts attached. msvc.sh and configure-msvc > must be adjusted to account for your filenames. Thank you very much for the detailed answer. I will try your instructions on a Windows VM that I have lying around. Thanks Christian -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Vis

Re: makeinfo 4.13 support?

o add-apt-repository -y ppa:dns/gnu - sudo apt-get update -qq - sudo apt-get install -y texinfo automake1.14 Hope that helps Christian -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland

Problems with getopt

pt.c but could it be that # ifndef _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS # define flockfile(fp) /* nop */ # define funlockfile(fp) /* nop */ # endif is not invoked when cross-compiling with mingw? Thanks Christian -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland

Gnulib's getopt.c fails to compile with MinGW

hen used standalone, flockfile and funlockfile might not be available. */ -# ifndef _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS +# if !HAVE_FLOCKFILE || !HAVE_FUNLOCKFILE # define flockfile(fp) /* nop */ # define funlockfile(fp) /* nop */ # endif -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visual