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Re: an archive of POSIX compat files ?
From: |
Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: an archive of POSIX compat files ? |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:20:49 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.4.1i |
Hello,
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 02:08:07PM +0200, Stepan Kasal wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 10:20:33PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > > gnulib is an existing centralised repository, with implementations
> > > under various licenses, but mostly they are GPL or LGPL.
> >
> > Maybe there could be a note about that in the autoconf manual ?
>
> standards.texi, which is distributed with Autoconf, mentiones it.
>
> But perhaps there could be a direct link from Autoconf manual; could you
> propose some wording?
I have received a proposal from Patrice. A slightly modified version is
attached below. Could any of the native speakers look at it?
Stepan
Index: doc/autoconf.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.918
diff -u -r1.918 autoconf.texi
--- doc/autoconf.texi 24 Jun 2005 00:54:01 -0000 1.918
+++ doc/autoconf.texi 28 Jun 2005 10:17:55 -0000
@@ -4564,6 +4564,13 @@
environment. Some functions may be missing or unfixable, and your
package must be ready to replace them.
+In case you want to use already existing files, you can have a look at
address@hidden://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/, Gnulib}, a centralized
+repository with such portability files.
+The source files are available online
+at @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gnulib/gnulib/lib/}
+under various licences, mostly GNU GPL or GNU LGPL.
+
@defmac AC_LIBOBJ (@var{function})
@acindex{LIBOBJ}
@ovindex LIBOBJS