On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 10:47:29PM -0500, Dave Kemper wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 5:31 AM Colin Watson wrote:
> > I've omitted README.git to ensure that we still warn people who don't
> > know what they're doing that running "./bootstrap" may not be the right
> > place to start.
>
> *raises
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 5:31 AM Colin Watson wrote:
> I've omitted README.git to ensure that we still warn people who don't
> know what they're doing that running "./bootstrap" may not be the right
> place to start.
*raises hand* I am one of those who don't know what they're doing --
at least as
On 4/4/24 3:24 AM, Colin Watson wrote:
> Yeah, I know of gnulib-cache.m4. However, IMO there's no reason to drop
> down to that level when the bootstrap script is in use, because
> bootstrap generates gnulib-cache.m4. Also, ./bootstrap typically does a
> bit more, sometimes including extra packag
On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 12:45:42AM -0700, Collin Funk wrote:
> Hi Colin (nice name),
:-)
> > I looked into what it would take for Debian's groff package to do a full
> > rebootstrap from its packaged version of gnulib. It seems relatively
> > straightforward, but it requires including bootstrap
Hi Colin (nice name),
> I looked into what it would take for Debian's groff package to do a full
> rebootstrap from its packaged version of gnulib. It seems relatively
> straightforward, but it requires including bootstrap and bootstrap.conf
> in tarballs so that we know what modules to use.
I'm
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 06:04:47AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2024-03-31T11:30:25+0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > I looked into what it would take for Debian's groff package to do a
> > full rebootstrap from its packaged version of gnulib. It seems
> > relatively straightforward, but it
Hi Colin,
At 2024-03-31T11:30:25+0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> With the recent xz-utils backdoor, there's been more focus on cases
> where build systems rely on files produced by "make dist" and included
> in release tarballs. It's already fairly standard practice for
> distributions to rebuild con
