Re: [PATCH] Distribute bootstrap and bootstrap.conf

[Colin Watson]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 12:45:42AM -0700, Collin Funk wrote:
> Hi Colin (nice name),

:-)

> > I looked into what it would take for Debian's groff package to do a full
> > rebootstrap from its packaged version of gnulib.  It seems relatively
> > straightforward, but it requires including bootstrap and bootstrap.conf
> > in tarballs so that we know what modules to use.
> 
> I'm testing gnulib-tool.py on packages at the moment and stumbled upon
> this commit in groff. Another option worth considering is using the
> gnulib-cache.m4 file.

Yeah, I know of gnulib-cache.m4.  However, IMO there's no reason to drop
down to that level when the bootstrap script is in use, because
bootstrap generates gnulib-cache.m4.  Also, ./bootstrap typically does a
bit more, sometimes including extra package-specific hooks defined in
bootstrap.conf that can't be expressed in gnulib-cache.m4.

Thanks,

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Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson@debian.org]