Re: How can I import build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in

On 04/07/2012 05:48 AM, Akim Demaille wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I would like bison to used gnulib's build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in,
> but I don't understand how I am supposed to do that.  bison's
> bootstrap is sync'ed with that of gnulib (the current master).

Revisiting this topic, WHY are we trying to use gnulib's
build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in?  Either it matches the version of
Makefile.in.in that gettextize would have installed for you in the first
place, or it doesn't match and you face the problems that hit libvirt
this week.  Can I get some more justification for why this change was
made in the first place, in case we decide that it is better to revert
Jim's patches to bootstrap that force the latest Makefile.in.in into a
project?

>
> We do have "gettext" listed in our gnulib_modules (not
> "gettext-h"), and autopoint is fired, as expected, but
> gnulib-tool does not override these files.  The corresponding
> node of the documentation is not clear about this.

Ah, maybe this explains it.  If you use the 'gettext-h' module, like
libvirt does, you want to support arbitrary gettext versions (including
0.17); if you use the 'gettext' module, then you are stating that you
want to use the latest and greatest gettext, even if that means it is
newer than the current stable gettext release.  That is, maybe it sounds
like we should _only_ be copying the Makefile.in.in into the project if
the 'gettext' module is in use, which means the copy should not be done
as part of 'bootstrap', but as part of 'gnulib-tool' installing the
'gettext' module.

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