Re: [SCM] GNU M4 source repository branch, branch-1.4, updated. v1.4.17-5-gcf5cbd2

[Nathan]

Wow, so it is just me, or rather outlook.com.

I also posted to a subversion mailing list by copying and pasting log text from a linux command prompt via VM into and outlook.com email in Chrome.

It was clear on my side, even looking at Sent Items and thought maybe CR was being pasted and not LF.

But that was not the case in my email to you. The only thing copied was the m4 version output.

This is clearly a problem. Who should it be directed to?

I think the conversation should be between the email server maintainers (gnu, outlook).

Also, understood for the headsup about the master branch.

On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

[moving to m4-discuss, m4-commit is supposed to be a read-only list that
tracks commits, and not for general discussion]

On 04/04/2014 05:21 AM, Nathan Royce wrote:

[your mailer doesn't wrap long lines correctly, which made it VERY hard
to read your message]

> I was searching for a solution to my problem when I encountered your
post.Why do I see a different log through your post rather than the
normal link?http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=shortlog
shows the latest date
9/22/13http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=shortlog;h=cf5cbd26d6134540c66e7a68f4de36471fe9c995
latest is 1/1/14

I'm not sure which branch of m4.git you are looking at.  Most recent
development has been on the branch-1.4 branch, and not on the master
branch; I wish I had more time to devote to at least getting 1.6 out the
door and bringing master up-to-date with fixes that have already been
pushed to 1.4.

> My original problem is regarding bootstrapping.The "latest" m4 commit
c09a187c50f2f74e89d4d0991bdbd2c6846cc707 bootstrap result:success with
Debian's native version "m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.16"fail with a newly built m4
version "m4 (GNU M4) 1.9a.643-c09a1-dirty":*****$ ./bootstrap --skip-po

Do NOT use the master branch (1.9a...) for bootstrapping.  It is highly
experimental still, and NOT ready for release yet.

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