Re: Behaviour of Build / Configure in GNU programs

[Mathieu Lirzin]

John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:

> How about the attached patch ?

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@@ -4128,6 +4133,11 @@
 install whichever versions of whichever packages they like.  Do not
 induce new dependencies on other software lightly.
 
+Don't allow any part of the build or configure process to open a 
+network connection in order to download files remotely (or for any other 
reason).
+The distribution should successfully build on a machine disconnected 
+from the internet.
+
 Non-source files that might actually be modified by building and
 installing the program should @strong{never} be included in the
 distribution.  So if you do distribute non-source files, always make

IMHO it would be clearer to explicitly say what is acceptable, for
example by mentioning what Gnulib 'bootstrap' script is doing.

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Mathieu Lirzin