Re: what to do about gnulib

2024-06-24 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Andy, > Question, do you think it would be reasonable for autopoint to avoid > overwriting newer files? It seems like the sort of problem we could > avoid, but who knows. Such a solution would be - partly ineffective, because Gnulib has only recently started to use '# serial ...' annota

Re: what to do about gnulib

2024-06-24 Thread Andy Wingo
Hi Bruno! Thanks for your kind answer and tips :) On Mon 24 Jun 2024 19:09, Bruno Haible writes: > I can reproduce a problem by > 0. using a git checkout of guile ('main' branch, not 'master' branch), > 1. using a GNU gettext version 0.22.5, 0.21, 0.20.2, or 0.19.8.1, > 2. removing the gn

Re: what to do about gnulib

2024-06-24 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Andy, Thanks for CCing me. You could equally well have CCed bug-gnulib; that works too. > To recap, gnulib provides compile-time shims for "foreign" or > out-of-date target systems that allows Guile to program to a single > POSIX + GNU API and not worry too much about what the system actually

Re: what to do about gnulib

2024-06-24 Thread Arsen Arsenović
Maxime Devos writes: >>To wit, running "autoreconf -vif" invokes the "autopoint" tool supplied > by installed gettext, which copies over .m4 files from installed > gettext, but [problems] >> [...] > > 6. Something else? Stop using gnulib? > > Maybe make a shell no-op shell script in > “insert-

RE: what to do about gnulib

2024-06-24 Thread Maxime Devos
>To wit, running "autoreconf -vif" invokes the "autopoint" tool supplied by installed gettext, which copies over .m4 files from installed gettext, but [problems] > [...] > 6. Something else? Stop using gnulib? Maybe make a shell no-op shell script in “insert-directory-name-here/autopoint” and a