On 7/10/25 07:56, Bruno Haible wrote:
Bernhard Voelker wrote:
* [PATCH 2/3] regexprops: sort regex_map alphabetically
https://cgit.git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=c9c2c511759
* [PATCH 3/3] doc: regenerate regexprops.texi
https://cgit.git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=facc27e1804
2. Commit (to be pushed) to gnulib - see attachment.
This regeneration and propagation from findutils to gnulib is manual
each time. Which means, it costs developer time and can be forgotten.
It was this time, sigh.
How about making it automatic?
good idea.
1) Have the findutils developers commit the regenerated
regexprops-generic.texi in their git repository (next to
regexprops.texi, which is also regenerated).
easy.
2) Have Karl's autoupdate mechanism, that propagates some files from
texinfo and automake to gnulib, be extended to also copy
findutils/doc/regexprops-generic.texi to
gnulib/doc/regexprops-generic.texi
?
I don't know about this autoupdate mechanism, but I guess a simple
diff in a new syntax-check would be sufficient.
There's still the timely gap: sure, findutils regularly updates gnulib
to latest, still it can take some months sometimes from a change in regex.h
until updating the gnulib submodule in findutils ... at which point we'd
now have the automated sync for 'regexprops-generic.texi'.
If that is acceptable, then I will go forward with the above.
Have a nice day,
Berny
