Re: MacOS X 10.7 and gettext

2011-10-04 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Bruno, On 5 Oct 2011, at 03:01, Bruno Haible wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> I don't see why everyone should accept an older version >> just because a build-glitch affects one type of system. The work-around >> is trivial. > > Additionally, the "normal" way to install packages, for people who

Re: Relocation patch for cygwin

2011-10-04 Thread Charles Wilson
On 10/3/2011 7:26 AM, Bruno Haible wrote: > I'm applying this change to gnulib, from where it will propagate to libiconv > and libintl. I really don't think this is the right approach. See below. > Only it's a pity that you gave me the advice to use Cygwin's /proc/self/maps, > which I did [2], an

winsock2.h on MSVC 9

2011-10-04 Thread Bruno Haible
When compiling for Windows Vista or newer, is not self-contained [1], leading to: checking winsock2.h usability... no checking winsock2.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: winsock2.h: present but cannot be compiled configure: WARNING: winsock2.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? conf

Re: MacOS X 10.7 and gettext

2011-10-04 Thread Bruno Haible
Jim Meyering wrote: > I don't see why everyone should accept an older version > just because a build-glitch affects one type of system. The work-around > is trivial. Additionally, the "normal" way to install packages, for people who are not used to fiddling with source code, is through MacPorts,

Re: a saner bootstrap script

2011-10-04 Thread Jim Meyering
Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > Hi Jim, > > On 4 Oct 2011, at 17:09, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>> Sorry I didn't notice your reply sooner. >>> >>> On 22 Sep 2011, at 23:38, Jim Meyering wrote: Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>> * g...@github.com:gvvaughan/GNU-coreutils.git in gary/bo

Re: a saner bootstrap script

2011-10-04 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Hi Jim, On 4 Oct 2011, at 17:09, Jim Meyering wrote: > Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> Sorry I didn't notice your reply sooner. >> >> On 22 Sep 2011, at 23:38, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> * g...@github.com:gvvaughan/GNU-coreutils.git in gary/bootstrap >> https://github.com

Re: a saner bootstrap script

2011-10-04 Thread Jim Meyering
Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > Sorry I didn't notice your reply sooner. > > On 22 Sep 2011, at 23:38, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > * g...@github.com:gvvaughan/GNU-coreutils.git in gary/bootstrap > https://github.com/gvvaughan/GNU-coreutils/commits/gary/bootstrap >> >> I'll try