Re: [Bug-gnulib] getdate and posixtm use mktime without depending on mktime

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Here is a proposed patch to gnulib to add
> this missing dependency.

> +2003-07-07  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> +
> +     * modules/getdate, modules/posixtm: Depend on mktime.
> +

Agreed, of course.

> +2003-07-07  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> +
> +     * getdate.m4 (gl_GETDATE): Require gl_FUNC_MKTIME.
> +     * posixtm.m4 (gl_POSIXTM): Likewise.
> +

This is not necessary because the getdate.m4, posixtm.m4 checks don't
require gl_FUNC_MKTIME. It's only the code lib/ which requires them.
Therefore the order of gl_GETDATE vs. gl_FUNC_MKTIME in the configure.ac
file is irrelevant, And since the configure.ac statements are (or should
be) made by collecting the little pieces of the modules _after_ performing
the closure w.r.t. "Depends-on" relationship, you don't need to list
gl_FUNC_MKTIME explicitly here.

Bruno