Re: [PATCH] mbswidth: add new functions to handle tabs

Hi Bruno, Thanks for your response. On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Bruno Haible wrote: > This functionality is not yet in gnulib. But I don't think it's general > enough: Today you want to support tabs. Tomorrow you'll want to support > line numbers and '\v' characters. Next week someone will want to supp

Re: Cygwin build report on Windows XP

* Simon Josefsson wrote on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 08:07:41AM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues writes: > > I would volunteer to dig out and forward-port my gnulib-tool > > optimization patches that cut its execution time in half, > > if there is a nonzero chance of them being accepted. Last time, > > Bruno rej

Re: Cygwin build report on Windows XP

Ralf Wildenhues writes: > Hello, > > * Simon Josefsson wrote on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:49:19AM CET: >> The build times are interesting: >> >> gnulib-tool: 324 minutes >> ./configure: 36 minutes >> make check: 34 minutes >> >> Now, gnulib-tool invokes run ./configure too, but that seems like ju

Re: [PATCH] tests/test-xalloc-die.sh: Use $EXEEXT.

Jim Meyering writes: > I wonder if there is some way to write/use a command-not-found > handler to automate the error-prone "add-$EXE-suffix" at run-time. We could create a macro in init.sh that needs to be used when invoking a program, but I think it would be as error-prone as $EXEEXT (it needs

Re: Cygwin build report on Windows XP

Hello, * Simon Josefsson wrote on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:49:19AM CET: > The build times are interesting: > > gnulib-tool: 324 minutes > ./configure: 36 minutes > make check: 34 minutes > > Now, gnulib-tool invokes run ./configure too, but that seems like just a > small fraction of the time it s

Re: [PATCH] mbswidth: add new functions to handle tabs

Hi Joel, > a wrapper around mbsnwidth to compute screen columns while accounting > for tabs. > ... > Does this duplicate any functionality already offered in > gnulib? Is it general enough for gnulib? This functionality is not yet in gnulib. But I don't think it's general enough: Today you want

Re: [PATCH] tests/test-xalloc-die.sh: Use $EXEEXT.

Eric Blake wrote: > BeOS requires the .exe suffix. No, on BeOS there is no problem: EXEEXT is empty there. > Wine is another case where the suffix is (currently) important. Then let's add the extension. It's an idiom that is not difficult to follow: 1. use ${EXEEXT} when executing a compiled p

Re: [bug-patch] GNU Patch 2.6.1 fails to build on Darwin

Hello, On Monday 11 January 2010 02:45:41 pm Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hello, > > Patch 2.6.1 fails to build on Darwin with Apple’s “GCC” [0]: does the latest version on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/patch/ work for you? Thanks, Andreas

Re: [PATCH] tests/test-xalloc-die.sh: Use $EXEEXT.

Eric Blake wrote: > According to Jim Meyering on 1/13/2010 3:19 AM: >> I didn't account for that use case. >> I wonder if there is some way to write/use a command-not-found >> handler to automate the error-prone "add-$EXE-suffix" at run-time. >> >> If at all possible, I would like to avoid the inv

Re: [PATCH] tests/test-xalloc-die.sh: Use $EXEEXT.

According to Jim Meyering on 1/13/2010 3:19 AM: > I didn't account for that use case. > I wonder if there is some way to write/use a command-not-found > handler to automate the error-prone "add-$EXE-suffix" at run-time. > > If at all possible, I would like to avoid the invasive change > of adding

Re: [PATCH] tests/test-xalloc-die.sh: Use $EXEEXT.

Simon Josefsson wrote: > Bruno Haible writes: >> Simon Josefsson wrote: >>> diff --git a/tests/test-xalloc-die.sh b/tests/test-xalloc-die.sh >>> index 03bad60..80d6208 100755 >>> --- a/tests/test-xalloc-die.sh >>> +++ b/tests/test-xalloc-die.sh >>> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ >>> >>> . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh

Re: Cygwin build report on Windows XP

Simon Josefsson writes: > I'll try to set the machine up to build it once per day or so, depending > on how long it takes. Another report is available at: http://autobuild.josefsson.org/gnulib/log-201001130336758941000.txt It has the same failures as before since it didn't use the absolutely l

Re: glob on Windows systems

On 9-Jan-2010, Bruno Haible wrote: | Hi John, | | John W. Eaton wrote: | > Looking at lib/glob.c in the gnulib sources, there is some | > Windows-specific code, so it looks like it is intended to work on | > Windows systems | | > Is glob.c expected to work on Windows systems? | | At least it p

Re: [PATCH] tests/test-xalloc-die.sh: Use $EXEEXT.

Bruno Haible writes: > Simon Josefsson wrote: >> diff --git a/tests/test-xalloc-die.sh b/tests/test-xalloc-die.sh >> index 03bad60..80d6208 100755 >> --- a/tests/test-xalloc-die.sh >> +++ b/tests/test-xalloc-die.sh >> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ >> >> . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ . >> >> -te