Re: CC=cc ./configure or ./configure CC=cc

2006-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Karl, Sorry for the delay. * Karl Berry wrote on Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 12:51:10AM CEST: > > 3) There is a content error in the DESTDIR node: it does not work to > specify DESTDIR at configure time, > > Ok, good. > +./configure CC=gcc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] example > +is

problem importing argp

2006-08-14 Thread Gurganus, Brant L
Title: problem importing argp I imported the argp module, seemingly successfully. I added the appropriate lines to configure.ac and Makefile.am. When I run autoreconf, I receive this message: lib/Makefile.am:18: required file `lib/memcmp.c' not found lib/Makefile.am:18: required file `lib/ma

Re: copyright notice on gnulib/doc/regexprops-generic.texi?

2006-08-14 Thread Eric Blake
> There's one more gnulib file that lacks a copyright notice: > gnulib/doc/regexprops-generic.texi. I'm wondering: who uses that > file? (There's no ChangeLog entry for it.) If the file's not needed, > I'm inclined to remove it, along with gnulib/doc/README.\ CVS Head of M4 wants to use it: htt

Re: copyright notice on gnulib/doc/regexprops-generic.texi?

2006-08-14 Thread Karl Berry
we should be generating it automatically from findutils My recollection is that James does generate it from findutils, and checks in the new version to gnulib, or sends it to me, or something like that. James will inform us, I'm sure. I am inclined to finesse the license issue by using the a

copyright notice on gnulib/doc/regexprops-generic.texi?

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
There's one more gnulib file that lacks a copyright notice: gnulib/doc/regexprops-generic.texi. I'm wondering: who uses that file? (There's no ChangeLog entry for it.) If the file's not needed, I'm inclined to remove it, along with gnulib/doc/README. But if it is needed we should probably get t

Re: [bug-gnulib] copyright-notice patches for alloca, gnulib-tool, tls, etc.

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > All fine with me (since, as far as I understood, the GFDL with "no > Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover > Texts" is free enough that Debian can distribute it). Thanks for the quick review; I installed it. > I'll then

Re: doc/solaris-versions update

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) writes: > The text which rms specified for such things (ensconced in > maintain.texi) is: > > Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, > are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright > notice and this notice are pre

Re: [bug-gnulib] gnulib and missing distribution files?

2006-08-14 Thread Karl Berry
gnulib/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 does not list the 'getopt' module. How puzzling -- that was the very first module I used. I wonder what happened. Oh well. $GNULIB_TOOL --import getopt fixed it for me. Great, thank you very much for fixing my bug :). Ralf> How can we get at a mo

Re: [bug-gnulib] copyright-notice patches for alloca, gnulib-tool, tls, etc.

2006-08-14 Thread Bruno Haible
Paul Eggert wrote: > Bruno, can you please review the following patches to fix the > remaining copyright-notice problems in gnulib? I'll install them if > that will save you time. All fine with me (since, as far as I understood, the GFDL with "no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and

Re: doc/solaris-versions update

2006-08-14 Thread Simon Josefsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) writes: > +This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation > +gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, > +with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. > > The text which rms specified for such things (e

Re: fix copyright notices in gnulib for getdate, quote, verify, etc.

2006-08-14 Thread Karl Berry
Since they aren't intended to be copied into applications I think it's ok to add a single file containing the copyright notice for the collection FWIW, I concur. This is already done in other cases too, e.g., a directory full of image files. Thanks, Karl

Re: please update FDL license version in standards.texi, make-stds.texi

2006-08-14 Thread Karl Berry
Karl, can you please update the FDL license version iin standards.texi and make-stds.texi? Strange, I have a strong memory of doing this once before. Oh well. Also, while you're at it there's some trailing white space to remove. Here's a patch. Thanks much, installed.

Re: doc/solaris-versions update

2006-08-14 Thread Karl Berry
+This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation +gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, +with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. The text which rms specified for such things (ensconced in maintain.texi) is: Copying and dist

Re: [bug-gnulib] list of gnulib users (was: [bug-gnulib] sync from gnulib to coreutils)

2006-08-14 Thread Bruce Korb
On 8/14/06, Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think gnulib-tool should be changed so that gnulib-cache.m4 is always distributed. Objections? Yes! :) Auto-tooled projects have enough bloat already and are not in any need of more. Your desire for this is simply to track gnulib usage fo

Re: [bug-gnulib] list of gnulib users (was: [bug-gnulib] sync from gnulib to coreutils)

2006-08-14 Thread Bruno Haible
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > would you mind a list of URLs pointing to general CVS > instructions rather than a web interface? Usually the latter is only a > couple of clicks away from the former, but the other way is difficult to > find. Might make sense if you're interested in different things than

Re: doc/solaris-versions update

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The file is only about a page, and forcing everyone to distribute a > copy of the GFDL with this file seems excessive. How about the > following license instead, which you used in some other files? Sure, that's fine; I installed that.

Re: doc/solaris-versions update

2006-08-14 Thread Simon Josefsson
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed this. The only part that might be iffy is the copyright > notice, but we have to have _some_ copyright notice or otherwise the > file isn't free, and the GFDL without any required texts seems most > appropriate. The file is only about a page,

Re: list of gnulib users

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
Thanks for the updates. I installed this, which also does some other things. Most of the changes are white-space. 2006-08-14 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * users.txt: Add bison, diffutils, libprelude, prelude-lml, prelude-manager. User shorter URLs for GNU projects, withou

copyright-notice patches for alloca, gnulib-tool, tls, etc.

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
Bruno, can you please review the following patches to fix the remaining copyright-notice problems in gnulib? I'll install them if that will save you time. Thanks. 2006-08-14 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Add copyright notices to long-enough files that lack them, since otherw

please update FDL license version in standards.texi, make-stds.texi

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
Karl, can you please update the FDL license version iin standards.texi and make-stds.texi? Also, while you're at it there's some trailing white space to remove. Here's a patch. Thanks. 2006-08-14 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * make-stds.texi, standards.texi: Update FDL version num

fix copyright notices in gnulib for getdate, quote, verify, etc.

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
I installed the following to add and/or fix the copyright notices of modules that I help maintain, or for which I expect Simon won't mind adding a notice. I'll send out two other messages on this subject, one for Bruno and one for Karl, to address the files they maintain. The modules files were t

doc/solaris-versions update

2006-08-14 Thread Paul Eggert
I installed this. The only part that might be iffy is the copyright notice, but we have to have _some_ copyright notice or otherwise the file isn't free, and the GFDL without any required texts seems most appropriate. Come to think of it, there are several other gnulib files where the copyright n

Re: list of gnulib users (was: [bug-gnulib] sync from gnulib to coreutils)

2006-08-14 Thread Yoann Vandoorselaere
On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 17:44 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Eric Blake-1 wrote on Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 06:23:05PM CEST: > > * Bruno Haible wrote: > > > > > > (*) I added to gnulib a file users.txt listing the uses of gnulib that > > > I found so far. > > > > Nice list. I sorted it, and add

Re: typo in error module

2006-08-14 Thread Eric Blake
Paul Eggert CS.UCLA.EDU> writes: > > Eric Blake byu.net> writes: > > > Meanwhile, is this patch acceptable, which updates the _LIBC > > portions of the error module to resemble CVS glibc more closely, so > > that I have fewer spurious diffs to filter through? > > Yes, and thanks for doing som

list of gnulib users (was: [bug-gnulib] sync from gnulib to coreutils)

2006-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Eric Blake-1 wrote on Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 06:23:05PM CEST: > * Bruno Haible wrote: > > > > (*) I added to gnulib a file users.txt listing the uses of gnulib that > > I found so far. > > Nice list. I sorted it, and added tar. Thanks to both of you. Before I add libtool (its CVS version u

Re: gnulib and missing distribution files?

2006-08-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Karl, * Karl Berry wrote on Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 03:36:11PM CEST: > In trying to prepare the release of (gasp) GNU Hello, I'm finding that > some gnulib files are being left out of the distribution tar.gz, > specifically the getopt-related ones. It looks like this is because the > gnulib Ma

Re: [bug-gnulib] gnulib and missing distribution files?

2006-08-14 Thread Bruno Haible
Karl Berry wrote: > In trying to prepare the release of (gasp) GNU Hello, I'm finding that > some gnulib files are being left out of the distribution tar.gz, > specifically the getopt-related ones. It looks like this is because the > gnulib Makefile.am just has: > > libgnu_a_SOURCES = > libgnu_a_

gnulib and missing distribution files?

2006-08-14 Thread Karl Berry
In trying to prepare the release of (gasp) GNU Hello, I'm finding that some gnulib files are being left out of the distribution tar.gz, specifically the getopt-related ones. It looks like this is because the gnulib Makefile.am just has: libgnu_a_SOURCES = libgnu_a_LIBADD = @LIBOBJS@ noinst_HEADER