[PATCH 00/22] Towards a non-recursive build system for coreutils?

[Stefano Lattarini]

[NOTE: I'm sending this to the main coreutils for lack of a dedicated
       "coreutils-patch" list; I hope it's OK!]

OK, these are the easy pieces actually, but we have to start somewhere.
This series consists of:

  - some preparatory refactorings;
  - the merging of the "sub build systems" for 'doc/' and 'man/' in
    the top-level one;
  - some follow-up cleanings and fixlets;
  - few independent, "while-we-are-at-it" fixlets and improvements.

It's worth noting that the above steps are mostly intermixed, i.e.,
the preparatory refactoring for the 'man/' merge comes after the
actual 'doc/' merge.

While this series is not perfect, it seems clear and clean enough,
and I think it's ready for inclusion (but any further testing would
be appreciated).

Thoughts, opinions, ACK, NAK?

-*-*-*-

Stefano Lattarini (22):
  build: don't abuse Automake internals (with its 'check-am' rule)
  maint: slightly improve .gitignore
  build: add extra *.texi files to coreutils_TEXINFOS, not EXTRA_DIST
  build: prefer '$(top_srcdir)/doc' over '$(srcdir)' in doc Makefile
  build: use 'check-local' to extend the 'check' target
  build: don't use recursive make to build the 'doc' subdirectory
  build: don't define $(SUFFIXES) explicitly
  maint: simplify definition of $MAN in configure.ac
  build: add an explicative comment
  build: fix a stray usage of uninitialized $(ME)
  build: rename common_dep -> mandep in man/Makefile
  maint: typofix: s/it's/its/
  build: rely on VPATH capabilities in man/Makefile
  build: make some rule less dependent of exact source tree layout
  build: convenience target 'all_programs' at top-level
  build: rework some recipes in main/Makefile.am, for future changes
  build: don't use recursive make to build the 'man' subdirectory
  maint: move man-related syntax checks in cfg.mk
  maint: adjust syntax check 'check-x-vs-1'
  maint: adjust syntax check 'sc_option_desc_uppercase'
  build: remove redundant indirection with variable '$(doc_srcdir)'
  maint: update gitignore entries

 .gitignore                    |   4 +-
 Makefile.am                   |   9 +-
 cfg.mk                        |  53 ++++++++--
 configure.ac                  |  25 ++---
 doc/.gitignore                |   1 +
 doc/{Makefile.am => local.mk} |  53 +++++-----
 man/Makefile.am               | 219 ------------------------------------------
 man/local.mk                  | 183 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/check.mk                |   2 +-
 9 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 270 deletions(-)
 rename doc/{Makefile.am => local.mk} (71%)
 delete mode 100644 man/Makefile.am
 create mode 100644 man/local.mk

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