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Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils? |
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Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:14:26 +0200 |
Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> [NOTE: I'm sending this to the main coreutils for lack of a dedicated
> "coreutils-patch" list; I hope it's OK!]
>
> OK, these are the easy pieces actually, but we have to start somewhere.
> This series consists of:
>
> - some preparatory refactorings;
> - the merging of the "sub build systems" for 'doc/' and 'man/' in
> the top-level one;
> - some follow-up cleanings and fixlets;
> - few independent, "while-we-are-at-it" fixlets and improvements.
>
> It's worth noting that the above steps are mostly intermixed, i.e.,
> the preparatory refactoring for the 'man/' merge comes after the
> actual 'doc/' merge.
>
> While this series is not perfect, it seems clear and clean enough,
> and I think it's ready for inclusion (but any further testing would
> be appreciated).
>
> Thoughts, opinions, ACK, NAK?
>
> -*-*-*-
>
> Stefano Lattarini (22):
> build: don't abuse Automake internals (with its 'check-am' rule)
> maint: slightly improve .gitignore
> build: add extra *.texi files to coreutils_TEXINFOS, not EXTRA_DIST
> build: prefer '$(top_srcdir)/doc' over '$(srcdir)' in doc Makefile
> build: use 'check-local' to extend the 'check' target
> build: don't use recursive make to build the 'doc' subdirectory
> build: don't define $(SUFFIXES) explicitly
> maint: simplify definition of $MAN in configure.ac
> build: add an explicative comment
> build: fix a stray usage of uninitialized $(ME)
> build: rename common_dep -> mandep in man/Makefile
> maint: typofix: s/it's/its/
> build: rely on VPATH capabilities in man/Makefile
> build: make some rule less dependent of exact source tree layout
> build: convenience target 'all_programs' at top-level
> build: rework some recipes in main/Makefile.am, for future changes
> build: don't use recursive make to build the 'man' subdirectory
> maint: move man-related syntax checks in cfg.mk
> maint: adjust syntax check 'check-x-vs-1'
> maint: adjust syntax check 'sc_option_desc_uppercase'
> build: remove redundant indirection with variable '$(doc_srcdir)'
> maint: update gitignore entries
Thanks for all the work.
Would you please mail to me (or to the list) the concatenation of those
patches or point me to a repository from which I can pull them?
- [PATCH 14/22] build: make some rule less dependent of exact source tree layout, (continued)
- [PATCH 14/22] build: make some rule less dependent of exact source tree layout, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 13/22] build: rely on VPATH capabilities in man/Makefile, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 15/22] build: convenience target 'all_programs' at top-level, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 16/22] build: rework some recipes in main/Makefile.am, for future changes, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 18/22] maint: move man-related syntax checks in cfg.mk, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 20/22] maint: adjust syntax check 'sc_option_desc_uppercase', Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 19/22] maint: adjust syntax check 'check-x-vs-1', Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 17/22] build: don't use recursive make to build the 'man' subdirectory, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 22/22] maint: update gitignore entries, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- [PATCH 21/22] build: remove redundant indirection with variable '$(doc_srcdir)', Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/29
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/30
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?, Jim Meyering, 2012/08/30
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/30
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?, Jim Meyering, 2012/08/30
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/30
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?, Jim Meyering, 2012/08/30
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?, Stefano Lattarini, 2012/08/30
- Re: [PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?, Bob Proulx, 2012/08/31