Stefano Lattarini wrote: > [NOTE: I'm sending this to the main coreutils for lack of a dedicated > "coreutils-patch" list; I hope it's OK!] > > OK, these are the easy pieces actually, but we have to start somewhere. > This series consists of: > > - some preparatory refactorings; > - the merging of the "sub build systems" for 'doc/' and 'man/' in > the top-level one; > - some follow-up cleanings and fixlets; > - few independent, "while-we-are-at-it" fixlets and improvements. > > It's worth noting that the above steps are mostly intermixed, i.e., > the preparatory refactoring for the 'man/' merge comes after the > actual 'doc/' merge. > > While this series is not perfect, it seems clear and clean enough, > and I think it's ready for inclusion (but any further testing would > be appreciated). > > Thoughts, opinions, ACK, NAK? > > -*-*-*- > > Stefano Lattarini (22): > build: don't abuse Automake internals (with its 'check-am' rule) > maint: slightly improve .gitignore > build: add extra *.texi files to coreutils_TEXINFOS, not EXTRA_DIST > build: prefer '$(top_srcdir)/doc' over '$(srcdir)' in doc Makefile > build: use 'check-local' to extend the 'check' target > build: don't use recursive make to build the 'doc' subdirectory > build: don't define $(SUFFIXES) explicitly > maint: simplify definition of $MAN in configure.ac > build: add an explicative comment > build: fix a stray usage of uninitialized $(ME) > build: rename common_dep -> mandep in man/Makefile > maint: typofix: s/it's/its/ > build: rely on VPATH capabilities in man/Makefile > build: make some rule less dependent of exact source tree layout > build: convenience target 'all_programs' at top-level > build: rework some recipes in main/Makefile.am, for future changes > build: don't use recursive make to build the 'man' subdirectory > maint: move man-related syntax checks in cfg.mk > maint: adjust syntax check 'check-x-vs-1' > maint: adjust syntax check 'sc_option_desc_uppercase' > build: remove redundant indirection with variable '$(doc_srcdir)' > maint: update gitignore entries
Thanks for all the work. Would you please mail to me (or to the list) the concatenation of those patches or point me to a repository from which I can pull them?