* bootstrap (get_version): Fix portability issues in sed script.
(check_versions): For buildreq apps, honor the corresponding
$APP variable like $TAR, $AUTOCONF.
(usage): Document this.
(update_po_files): Honor $SHA1SUM.
(main): Honor $AUTOPOINT, $ACLOCAL, $AUTOCONF, $AUTOHEADER,
$AUTOMAKE,
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
Hello Jim,
I know bootstrap isn't meant to necessarily be portable. But it's just
so much more comfortable to be able to use a git tree also on non-GNU
systems, that e.g. have GNU tools installed with a 'g' program prefix
(in this case,
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:09:10PM CET:
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
There is one question I have on this: coreutils requires 'tar', my patch
will allow $TAR as GNU tar. However, Automake's macros will honor
$AMTAR only, not $TAR. Is this where tar
Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
* bootstrap (get_version): Fix portability issues in sed script.
Hello Jim,
I know bootstrap isn't meant to necessarily be portable. But it's just
so much more comfortable to be able to use a git tree also on non-GNU
systems, that e.g. have GNU tools installed with
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:52:46PM CET:
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:09:10PM CET:
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
There is one question I have on this: coreutils requires 'tar', my patch
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:52:46PM CET:
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:09:10PM CET:
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
There is one question I
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:09:10PM CET:
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
There is one question I have on this: coreutils requires 'tar', my patch
will allow $TAR as GNU tar. However, Automake's macros will
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 03:29:44PM CET:
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
Hmm, ok, I understand the point. Well, up to you, that s/TAR/AMTAR/
change would be fine with me.
Since it's your change, you do need to sign off on the incremental ;-)
Yeah,
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 03:29:44PM CET:
Ralf Wildenhues ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de wrote:
Hmm, ok, I understand the point. Well, up to you, that s/TAR/AMTAR/
change would be fine with me.
Since it's your change, you do need
