Re: [PATCH] build: allow ./bootstrap --srcdir=... to work with a git submodule

[Pádraig Brady]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> When using git-bisect to see exactly when pr -oN broke,
> I was dismayed to see that I couldn't easily build some older
> versions from git due to their dependency on older versions
> of gnulib.  Of course, this isn't at all surprising, once you
> think about it, and I've been remiss for not doing this sooner...
> 
> So I'm about to make gnulib a "git submodule" of coreutils.
> 
> However, first, there's a small portability problem in the bootstrap
> script that makes --scrdir=... fail to run module init with versions
> of git newer than the one mentioned in the log below.
> 
> I confess I haven't tried this with an older version of git (I don't
> even have an old enough version installed), so if someone can confirm
> bootstrap --srcdir=... succeeds and a subsequent "git submodule status"
> prints something, I'd appreciate it.

Works fine here...

$ git --version
git version 1.5.3.6
$ ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=/home/padraig/git/gnulib
$ git submodule status
 8a4dc70a0d4efd5f53abb1f7a1c24fe67915f96b gnulib (v0.0-1958-g8a4dc70)

cheers,
Pádraig.