I follow Paul Eggert's steps: me@DESKTOP UCRT64 /e/workspace/github.com/gnu/gnulib $ sh -x ./gnulib-tool --create-testdir --dir=/tmp/testdirr --verbose terminfo + progname=./gnulib-tool + func_gnulib_dir + case "$progname" in ++ pwd + self_abspathname=/e/workspace/github.com/gnu/gnulib/./gnulib-tool + test -h /e/workspace/github.com/gnu/gnulib/./gnulib-tool ++ echo /e/workspace/github.com/gnu/gnulib/./gnulib-tool ++ sed -e 's,/[^/]*$,,' + gnulib_dir=/e/workspace/github.com/gnu/gnulib/. + case "$GNULIB_TOOL_IMPL" in + exec /e/workspace/github.com/gnu/gnulib/./gnulib-tool.py --create-testdir --dir=/tmp/testdirr --verbose terminfo Module list with included dependencies (indented): absolute-header alignasof alignasof-tests assert-h assert-h-tests attribute c-ctype c-ctype-tests c99 ctype ctype-tests extensions extern-inline gen-header havelib include_next intprops intprops-tests inttypes inttypes-incomplete inttypes-tests isblank isblank-tests limits-h limits-h-tests multiarch snippet/_Noreturn snippet/arg-nonnull snippet/c++defs snippet/warn-on-use ssize_t std-gnu11 stdbool stdbool-tests stddef stddef-tests stdint stdint-tests stdlib stdlib-tests sys_types sys_types-tests terminfo terminfo-h terminfo-tests test-framework-sh test-framework-sh-tests unistd unistd-tests verify verify-tests wchar wchar-tests File list: build-aux/config.rpath lib/_Noreturn.h lib/arg-nonnull.h lib/assert.in.h lib/attribute.h lib/c++defs.h lib/c-ctype.c lib/c-ctype.h lib/ctype.in.h lib/intprops-internal.h lib/intprops.h lib/inttypes.in.h lib/isblank.c lib/limits.in.h lib/stddef.in.h lib/stdint.in.h lib/stdlib.in.h lib/sys_types.in.h lib/terminfo.h lib/tparm.c lib/tputs.c lib/unistd.c lib/unistd.in.h lib/verify.h lib/warn-on-use.h lib/wchar.in.h m4/00gnulib.m4 m4/absolute-header.m4 m4/assert_h.m4 m4/c-bool.m4 m4/codeset.m4 m4/ctype_h.m4 m4/curses.m4 m4/extensions.m4 m4/extern-inline.m4 m4/gnulib-common.m4 m4/host-cpu-c-abi.m4 m4/include_next.m4 m4/inttypes.m4 m4/isblank.m4 m4/lib-ld.m4 m4/lib-link.m4 m4/lib-prefix.m4 m4/limits-h.m4 m4/locale-fr.m4 m4/multiarch.m4 m4/off64_t.m4 m4/off_t.m4 m4/pid_t.m4 m4/ssize_t.m4 m4/std-gnu11.m4 m4/stdalign.m4 m4/stddef_h.m4 m4/stdint.m4 m4/stdlib_h.m4 m4/sys_types_h.m4 m4/terminfo.m4 m4/unistd_h.m4 m4/warn-on-use.m4 m4/wchar_h.m4 m4/wchar_t.m4 m4/wint_t.m4 m4/zzgnulib.m4 tests/init.sh tests/macros.h tests/signature.h tests/test-alignasof.c tests/test-assert.c tests/test-c-ctype.c tests/test-ctype.c tests/test-init.sh tests/test-intprops.c tests/test-inttypes.c tests/test-isblank.c tests/test-limits-h.c tests/test-stdbool.c tests/test-stddef.c tests/test-stdint.c tests/test-stdlib.c tests/test-sys_types.c tests/test-sys_wait.h tests/test-terminfo.c tests/test-unistd.c tests/test-verify-try.c tests/test-verify.c tests/test-verify.sh tests/test-wchar.c executing aclocal -I glm4 executing autoconf executing autoheader executing touch config.h.in executing automake --add-missing --copyconfigure.ac:8: installing 'build-aux/compile'configure.ac:4: installing 'build-aux/install-sh'configure.ac:4: installing 'build-aux/missing' gllib/Makefile.am: installing 'build-aux/depcomp' executing aclocal -I ../glm4 executing autoconf executing autoheader executing touch config.h.in executing automake --add-missing --copy parallel-tests: installing '../build-aux/test-driver' patching file build-aux/test-driver /e/workspace/github.com/gnu/gnulib/gnulib-tool.py: *** could not patch test-driver script /e/workspace/github.com/gnu/gnulib/gnulib-tool.py: *** Stop.
*could not patch test-driver script*, so crazy, I am very painful, friends, do you know? On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 7:38 PM Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > On 7/4/24 09:17, Collin Funk wrote: > > As long as a > > Python version ≥ 3.7 is installed everything should be fine on that > > end: > > Yes, though sometimes Python is misinstalled. > > When I run "sh -x ./gnulib-tool --list", the last thing it does is: > > exec /home/eggert/src/gnu/gnulib/./gnulib-tool.py --list > > and when I run "sh -x /home/eggert/src/gnu/gnulib/./gnulib-tool.py > --list", the last thing it does is: > > exec python3 /home/eggert/src/gnu/gnulib-savannah/./.gnulib-tool.py --list > > so there should be not much going on other than running Python. Perhaps > the bug reporter could try running these "sh -x" commands and letting is > know what happens. > > > PS. There's a lot of machinery in those shell scripts for the minor > benefit of letting gnulib-tool be a symlink in your $PATH to the real > gnulib-tool. How about if we drop support for this? That'd simplify > startup quite a bit (if we're lucky it'll even fix the reporter's bug or > at least make it easier to diagnose), and there is a better way to get > the benefits of that minor feature that doesn't involve so much > problematic shell rigamarole. > > Something like the attached patch, perhaps? I haven't installed it. > > > PPS. Why do we have both gnulib-tool.py and .gnulib-tool.py? Is this > commented in the source code?