Re: On the use of 0 or NULL, the discussion continues...

2007-06-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Eric Blake wrote: > #include > int main() > { > return execl("ls", "Makefile", 0); > } Use of 'execl' is a good point. It is not possible to prototype that function such that an integer zero can be known by a standard compiler as a pointer and so get automatic conversion into a pointer type.

Re: dropping .po generated files from repository?

2007-06-28 Thread James Youngman
On 6/28/07, Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Many GNU projects that omit autotools-generated files from their version control also omit the .po files (for example, coreutils, tar, m4, ...), provided that bootstrapping the package from a fresh checkout includes obtaining canonical .po files f

[bug #20273] xargs -E consumes too much seekable input

2007-06-28 Thread Eric Blake
Update of bug #20273 (project findutils): Status: Confirmed => Fixed ___ Follow-up Comment #2: I've applied http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/findutils-patches/2007-06/msg00035.html for CV

dropping .po generated files from repository?

2007-06-28 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Many GNU projects that omit autotools-generated files from their version control also omit the .po files (for example, coreutils, tar, m4, ...), provided that bootstrapping the package from a fresh checkout includes obtaining canonical .po files from t