Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > According to Simon Josefsson on 4/12/2007 6:51 AM: >> >> I just realized a namespace problem, when I wanted to apply the >> following obvious patch: >> >> +configure.ac-early: >> +AC_REQUIRE([AB_INIT]) >> + > > Currently, the instructions at > http://josefsson.org/autobuild/manual/autobuild.html tell the user to use > AB_INIT manually. If you automate AB_INIT (or possibly rename it) into > gnulib's GL_EARLY, then the autobuild instructions need modification. I > think I am okay with leaving the macro as AB_INIT, and requiring the user > to add AB_INIT to their configure.ac manually, outside of GL_EARLY; then > autobuild clients consistently follow the autobuild directions, whether > they use gnulib or manually grabbed autobuild.m4 from autobuild.
Hm, yes, I think I agree. Complicating the manual might be more costly than having a one-time cost of adding AB_INIT manually. Adding it manually might lead to AB_INIT being invoked earlier than GL_EARLY too, which can be useful in case there is some serious problem. > Maybe it is also worth modifying modules/autobuild to give a URL to > the autobuild manual? I agree. > But I think it also means that you may want to improve gnulib-tool to > detect when the autobuild module is in use, and print a warning to the > user to add AB_INIT after AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR but before GL_EARLY in their > configure.ac. Yes, that too. >> Would the non-gl_ namespace be OK if we make the 'autobuild' project >> the master repository? If so, it feels a bit silly to have Karl have >> to pull in things from this project just to avoid a namespace problem. >> I suggest we simply permit this non-gl_ namespace and consider the >> 'autobuild' project the canonical upstream for autobuild.m4 (even if >> it is technically not true). > > I personally don't care which of the two projects is the master, with the > other project synchronizing upstream, but it seems easier if gnulib is the > master since you already figured out how to make autobuild use gnulib even > though it is a script-only project (hmm, maybe it is worth updating > users.txt?). Does anyone else care? I added it to users.txt now. /Simon
