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[bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir
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Simon Josefsson |
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[bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir |
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Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:11:44 +0200 |
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Oskar Liljeblad <address@hidden> writes:
> Add -s, --symlink option to gnulib-tool to make symbolic links to files
> instead of copying/moving. [Maybe it should be renamed --sym-link?]
Neat!
I think --symbolic is better. I know autoreconf uses --symlink, but I
think an abbreviation like that is poor style in a long option. And
--symbolic is mentioned in the GNU coding standards.
> Add --aux-dir, specifying directory relative --dir where auxiliary build
> tools are placed (only relevant for --import). Files in 'build-aux' in
> module spec files are copied to this directory. AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR in
> configure.ac also specifies this directory.
Great.
Shouldn't this be --aux-base, to mimic --m4-base and --source-base?
Or possibly the latter two should be changed to --m4-dir and
--source-dir?
Do you want to update the manual to mention this as well?
I installed your patch, and took the liberty to change --symlink into
--symbolic, I hope that is OK by you and everyone else. I'm not
strongly attached to the --symbolic change, so if you think it is a
bad idea, let's revert it.
Thanks,
Simon
- [bug-gnulib] patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir, Oskar Liljeblad, 2005/04/15
- [bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir,
Simon Josefsson <=
- [bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir, Oskar Liljeblad, 2005/04/18
- [bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir, Simon Josefsson, 2005/04/18
- Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir, Paul Eggert, 2005/04/18
- [bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir, Simon Josefsson, 2005/04/19
- Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir, Eric Blake, 2005/04/19
- Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: patch: gnulib-tool --symlink and --aux-dir, Karl Berry, 2005/04/19