On Tue, Feb 3, 2026, at 12:19 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 2026-02-03 08:10, Zack Weinberg wrote: >> I was able to update standards.texi by hand, and the script needs to be >> run only once per release of Autoconf, so a fix is not urgent. > > One possible fix is to sync with Gnulib's Git copy instead, which you > can get here: > > https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/plain/doc/standards.texi > > You don't need to use HTTPS; you can grab the Gnulib repository via Git > and take it from there.
Autoconf's fetch.pl intentionally pulls all these files over HTTPS as that avoids needing temporary checkouts. > Using the downstream Git copy of standards.texi delegates the CVS hassle > to the Gnulib folks. The idea is that it's better to have just one team > deal with CVS hassles rather than have multiple downstream projects deal > with it independently. If Gnulib is willing to take on that responsibility, that's fine with me; I have gone ahead and changed Autoconf over to sourcing these files from Gnulib. > Projects should avoid CVS when possible, as it's obsolete and it > discourages new contributors. Fully agreed. zw
