[adding gnulib] On 11/01/2016 08:47 AM, mich...@felt.demon.nl wrote: > ok - how do I submit a patch.
'git send-email' is preferred, but any way of creating the patch and mailing it to the list can probably work as a starting point. > > An issue I have is the syntax for sed in ./bootstrap. If bootstrap has non-portable sed scripts, that is an issue to report to upstream gnulib (netcf just copies bootstrap from gnulib); but it may also be something that is already fixed in upstream gnulib and we just need to update netcf to the latest gnulib. > > I can edit that, but bootstrap is regenerated during the bootstrap - and then > fails. > > So, this is (the tail) of what I end up with: > > running bootstrap... > + ./bootstrap --bootstrap-sync > autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /opt/bin/m4 > ./bootstrap: WARNING: your autom4te wrapper eats stdin; You'll need to fix those issues if you want to bootstrap on AIX. But what I _strongly_ recommend is that you consider bootstrapping on a GNU/Linux system, then creating a tarball (with 'make dist'), then testing the tarball on AIX. It will save you the hassle of having to upgrade your AIX machine into something capable of doing the bootstrap (as the built tarball no longer has dependencies on up-to-date GNU m4, automake, and so on). On the other hand, iterative development is harder if you have to copy a new tarball every time you want to test a patch, so maybe investing the time into updating your build environment to be more GNU-like will pay off. > ./bootstrap: if bootstrap fails, consider upgrading your autotools > ./bootstrap: Bootstrapping from checked-out netcf sources... > ./bootstrap: getting gnulib files... > ./bootstrap: updating bootstrap and restarting... > sed: # Skip lines that do not start with version. is not a > recognized function. > ./bootstrap: Error: 'autoconf' not found Can you figure out which sed script in the bootstrap script is triggering this extra output, and/or provide the edits that work for you, as you hinted above? -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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