Re: spurious message about include files from `bootstrap' script

2011-12-03 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> How about diagnosing a missing License: when >> the module is not a -test one? > > Neat idea. This one can be implemented without a heuristic. Done as follows: Thanks! > > 2011-12-03 Bruno Haible > > gnulib-tool: Verify that the License field i

Re: spurious message about include files from `bootstrap' script

2011-12-03 Thread Bruno Haible
Jim Meyering wrote: > How about diagnosing a missing License: when > the module is not a -test one? Neat idea. This one can be implemented without a heuristic. Done as follows: 2011-12-03 Bruno Haible gnulib-tool: Verify that the License field is present and non-empty. * gnul

Re: spurious message about include files from `bootstrap' script

2011-12-03 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Jim, > >> Bruno, what do you think about making gnulib-tool warn about >> that syntax error? > > You can not anticipate all kinds of typos that can occur. Similar things > would have happened if someone wrote > > Licence: > > instead of > > License: > > IMO warnings th

Re: spurious message about include files from `bootstrap' script

2011-12-03 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Jim, > Bruno, what do you think about making gnulib-tool warn about > that syntax error? You can not anticipate all kinds of typos that can occur. Similar things would have happened if someone wrote Licence: instead of License: IMO warnings that rely on heuristics belong more into 'syn

Re: spurious message about include files from `bootstrap' script

2011-12-03 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Stefano, >> You may need to add #include directives for the following .h files. >> #include >> ... [SNIP] >> #include >> #include >> /* Include only after all system include files. */ >> GPL >> License >> #include "acl.h" >> #includ

Re: spurious message about include files from `bootstrap' script

2011-12-03 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Stefano, > You may need to add #include directives for the following .h files. > #include > ... [SNIP] > #include > #include > /* Include only after all system include files. */ > GPL > License > #include "acl.h" > #include "alignof.h" > # ... [SNIP

spurious message about include files from `bootstrap' script

2011-12-02 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hello gnulibers. While boostrapping the latest coreutils from master (v8.14-79-g1a85d4a), I've noticed some spurious lines in the messages generated (I believe) from the `bootstrap 'script; here is an excerpt that should highlight them: ... Creating ./lib/uniwidth/.gitignore Creating ./m4/.