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[bug-inetutils] Re: inetutils ChangeLog README-alpha bootstrap.conf...
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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[bug-inetutils] Re: inetutils ChangeLog README-alpha bootstrap.conf... |
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Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:21:36 -0400 |
> Maybe a better wording could be used in README-alpha? I just don't
> understand why those instructions have to be in a seperate file.
Maybe they don't have to, but that's not what I'm talking about.
It is the file's purpose that's important, not its contents. The
bootstrap script requires that $checkout_only_file points to a
file that is present only in the repository. It is bootstrap's way to
ensure that it is executed in the source tree checked out from the
repository. Only if that file is present does bootstrap
proceed (unless --force is used, but that's another story).
Now, README-alpha may well be present in a distributed
tarball. That happens for alpha versions (that's actually what that
file serves for: it provides additional instructions for the users
of alpha releases). Using it as a checkout_only_file makes it
possible to run bootstrap in a source tree extracted from the
tarball, which should never be done.
To summarize: the file checkout_only_file points to must reside
only in the repository. Its contents does not matter. FWIW, it may
even be emtpty.
Oh, I see now, I checked in the following:
2009-04-11 Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden>
* bootstrap.conf (checkout_only_file): Removed variable.
* README-hacking: New file.