Re: [PATCH 2 of 2] Drop mkinstalldirs, use install-sh -d instead
On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 06:28:53PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> it's implicit called through AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, so no explicit
> reference there. Try autoconf --trace=AC_PROG_MKDIR_P to see where
> it comes from :-)
Nice to learn :-)
> Perhaps we should shelve this part and rather make sure that we get
> mutt's gettext into shape, aka. see if the local patches are still
> needed with newer gettext versions - and then see to updating these
> scripts to recent versions...
Sounds like a good plan.
> Another issue to consider is the inclusion/updating policy for the
> get* scripts. Currently, we are including (in code and repository)
> the full code. The advantage is that the maintainer doesn't have to
> care, disadvantages are that it entails manual maintenance overhead
> and can cause m4/, po/ and intl/ stuff to be updated and cause
> half-bogus "M)odified" status in hg status and inadvertent commits.
> OTOH, with some core committers not using the latest gettext
> version, it seems more of a requirement to keep copies in the repo.
My bias is to keep files in the repo so I can autoreconf without having
to have *ize around - but different projects have different philosophies
so I can't say!
Cheers,
Patrick