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

[Jim Meyering]

Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> [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

Thanks for all the work.
Would you please mail to me (or to the list) the concatenation of those
patches or point me to a repository from which I can pull them?