Hi Eric, Eric Blake wrote: > I was wondering if it would be worth teaching gnulib-tool about all the files > that `autoreconf --install' normally installs, and then updating those files > from gnulib's repository as part of `gnulib-tool --update'. That way, ad hoc > rules in various Makefile.maint that try to wget the various files from > various > upstream sources, could then be simplified to just updating the gnulib CVS > checkout and getting the latest version of the various files directly from > gnulib. And by having gnulib track the list of files, there is less > maintainence burden on keeping lists up-to-date within Makefile.maint of a > particular project.
That sounds like a splendid idea to me!
Cheers,
Gary.
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