Re: [Findutils-patches] suggestion: using gnulib's bootstrap script

[James Youngman]

Assaf,

Thanks for this contribution.   I'll ask Eric (who's more familiar
with "bootstrap", since he maintains other packages that use it) to
give an opinion on the patch.

But so that we can apply the patch, could you perform an FSF copyright
assignment for findutils (along with any needed disclaimer)?   I
notice that you have already made one for some other GNU packages, so
I guess you're familiar with the mechanism.

Thanks for the patch!

James.


On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Assaf Gordon <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Attached is an attempt to incorporate gnulib's 'bootstrap' script into 
> findutils.
> This was discussed some time ago here:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-findutils/2011-05/msg00078.html
>
> The changes are minimal, to keep as close as possible to the existing 
> 'import-gnulib.sh' script.
> But in the future, perhaps this could help with using gnulib's 
> 'git-version-gen',
> and fetching translation automatically, and non-recursive makefiles.
>
> Few things which were in 'import-gnulib' but are not included in this 
> 'bootstrap':
> 1. checking for the 'old' gnulib directory layout
> 2. the 'hack/copy' functions (copyright year patching?)
> 3. updating the version file
>
> Comments are welcome,
> - assaf
>
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