GNU bug report logs - #79378
pointless gnulib-tool options

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Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>

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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: pointless gnulib-tool options
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:11:57 +0200

Hi,

In the https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/parted.git repository,
in bootstrap.conf there are the lines

gnulib_tool_option_extras="--tests-base=gnulib-tests --with-tests --symlink\
 --makefile-name=gnulib.mk
"
mkdir -p gnulib-tests

But since
  1) the directory gnulib-tests/ does not have a Makefile.am,
  2) the top-level Makefile.am does not include 'gnulib-tests' among the
     SUBDIRS,
this generation of gnulib-tests is pointless. You could drop it:

gnulib_tool_option_extras="--symlink\
 --makefile-name=gnulib.mk
"
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From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 79378 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79378: pointless gnulib-tool options
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 09:07:54 -0700

On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 05:11:57PM +0200, Bruno Haible via Bug reports for the GNU Parted disk partition editor wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In the https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/parted.git repository,
> in bootstrap.conf there are the lines
> 
> gnulib_tool_option_extras="--tests-base=gnulib-tests --with-tests --symlink\
>  --makefile-name=gnulib.mk
> "
> mkdir -p gnulib-tests
> 
> But since
>   1) the directory gnulib-tests/ does not have a Makefile.am,
>   2) the top-level Makefile.am does not include 'gnulib-tests' among the
>      SUBDIRS,
> this generation of gnulib-tests is pointless. You could drop it:
> 
> gnulib_tool_option_extras="--symlink\
>  --makefile-name=gnulib.mk
> "

This was added in commit ea9cb0048bd633ff2043a3af2265d2544da345e7
because not having it there was causing bootstrap failures. gnulib is a
twisty path of ancient code, so maybe it's there for a reason. I'll try
to take a closer look at it when I prepare the next release.

Brian

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From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: 79378-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79378: pointless gnulib-tool options
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:41:51 -0700

I think this can be removed, doesn't look like it has ever actually been
used.

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Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
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