Re: Files from gnulib

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:30:12 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> > Look, it's pointless to try to push further the possibility that Emacs
> > will adopt the same way of unpacking as GDB.
> 
> I am not suggesting that.  I'm suggesting something better.

Then perhaps I don't understand your suggestion.  Could you describe
it in its entirety, starting with how file-name clashes would be
detected, how their alternative names would be determined, and how all
this would work with make-dist and configuring and building the MS-DOS
port?