Paul Eggert <[email protected]> writes: > On 2026-03-31 22:59, Collin Funk wrote: > >> $ gnulib-tool --extract-recursive-dependents \ >> $(gnulib-tool --find m4/pid_t.m4) > > Thanks for the suggestion; although it's not as good as what I asked > for, it improves on what I was doing. > > >>> Unfortunately that example underscores the need for the gnulib-tool >>> option, as that dependency chain does not exist for gzip. gzip is >>> bootstrapped by passing '--avoid rpmatch' to gnulib-tool; see gzip's >>> bootstrap.conf. >> This would probably be more difficult than having extra code for >> each >> module to handle single-threaded and/or non-localized programs. > > Not quite following what you're saying. By "This" you surely don't > mean the '--avoid rpmatch' arg, as that's just one line and it works > for gzip. But I can't think of what "This" does mean.
[...] >> Looking at the dependencies for rpmatch: ... >> If one were to simply avoid all modules depended on by this module, > > Yes, that's not a good way to go. I had thought you were suggesting a new option for gnulib-tool that would avoid a module and all the modules it depends on. Maybe I read your message wrong. Collin
