On 2/24/25 14:41, Karl Berry wrote:
Did any change to pax formats ever come to pass?
None that would affect this issue with Solaris etc.
Hi Javier - back in 2011 (!), you suggested switching to ustar as the
default tar format for Automake. Sorry for the absurdly late reply. This
has now been done for the upcoming automake-1.18; see discussion in
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=74847.
As I guess you know, both then and
Hi Pavel - back in 2014 (!), you suggested supporting python2 and python3
simultaneously: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17811
Essentially by defining a new "python3" primary to sit alongside
"python".
Agreed that this is desirable in general. It's now being discussed in
https://d
Hi Florent - you sent in a report about automake gratuitously finding
install.sh in a parent directory back in 2015 (!). Sorry.
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19964
You probably have reasons to look in .. or ../.. (and I would be
quite interested to hear them, actually)
Back on this suggestion:
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=74847
What do you think about changing Automake's default tar format from v7
to ustar?
Given Bruno's experience, ok, let's try. I won't be surprised if
problems come out of the woodwork, but maybe it will be fi
Thanks for the report, Reuben. I'll mark it as confirmed+needs help, so
it can stay open and people looking for something stray to work on might
find it. Like you, I'm content for it to stay open until there is
further demand. --best, karl.
The attached patch assumes that
"no-dist-built-sources" is the right option name
Yes, good. I played around with the test some more for cleanliness, but
didn't touch your changes to the code. Hopefully "no-dist-built-sources"
now operates as intended. Pushed and closing ... thanks Bogdan.
See commit 73f5ca3a of Zile:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/zile.git/commit/
Also see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?66843
"make dist" works, but "make distcheck" fails as Vala-generated C files
remain in the out-of-tree build directory.
I have not worked out why, but it seems that t
I'm closing this for lack of information, but feel free to reply/reopen
or open a new issue if desired. --thanks, karl.
[I mailed this yesterday, but the bug has not been updated. Disturbing.
originally mailed on Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:35:17 -0800.
Trying again.]
Hi Giacomo - back on your report from last year (sorry):
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=73316
1. As you pointed out, TAR_O
I'm going to close this for lack of any apparent way forward, but feel
free to reply/reopen or open a new issue if desired. --thanks, karl.
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