Re: gettextize attempts to mangle configure.in and Makefile.am

[Bruno Haible]

James Henstridge writes:
> The latest version of gettext's gettextize script tries to modify the 
> toplevel configure.in and Makefile.am files when run.  This is an 
> undocumented side effect, and could very well introduce bugs.

On the other hand, gettextize now makes the installation/upgrade to a
new gettext version a breeze.

> If gettextize is going to do these sort of modifications, it should be 
> an option, and off by default.

They are on by default because they are correct far more often than
incorrect. And for the cases where they are incorrect:
  - All actions are logged on stdout,
  - All actions are noted in detail in the ChangeLog files.
  - Every file being modified is backed up.

> These sort of modifications should be done by maintainers (if they
> are going to be done at all).

gettextize takes some burden off the maintainers.

Bruno