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Re: [bug-inetutils] Problems in bootstrapping.
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-inetutils] Problems in bootstrapping. |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:44:13 +0200 (CEST) |
The bootstrap script in Gnulib (build-aux/bootstrap), and the modified
one being used by Parted require the presence of a README-hacking
(similar but not same as README-alpha) file in the source root
directory. Otherwise this is what happens:
address@hidden inetutils-build]$
/devel/gnulib/gnulib/build-aux/bootstrap
--gnulib-srcdir=/devel/gnulib/gnulib/
/devel/gnulib/gnulib/build-aux/bootstrap: Bootstrapping from a
non-checked-out distribution is risky.
address@hidden inetutils-build]$
Would we want to have a separate bootstrap for inetutils, which
does not require README-hacking, or do we want to include the file?
Or am I making a mistake?
>From README-alpha:
DIRECTORY-WITH-GNULIB/build-aux/bootstrap --force
--gnulib-src=DIRECTORY-WITH-GNULIB
Notice the force argument. But for something saner, I think that
bootstrap should check for README-hacking and README-alpha,
README-alpha is more used than README-hacking. One could make the
README-foo file configurable via bootstrap.conf though...