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Re: Installing gnulib from git


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: Installing gnulib from git
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 02:19:45 +0200
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Reuben Thomas wrote:
>     because gnulib-tool is on PATH. That's all I want really, I want
>     gnulib-tool to be on my PATH and I was asking what I have to do to
>     make that work.

Ah, that was the real question behind the question!

Karl Berry wrote:
> ln -s /gnulib/checkout/gnulib-tool ~/bin  # adapted as needed, of course
> 
> That's it.
> 
> I agree that we should put this bit of info into the top-level
> README and/or the manual or wherever.

Done as follows:


2009-04-01  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * doc/gnulib-tool.texi (Invoking gnulib-tool): Document how gnulib-tool
        can be put into PATH.
        Reported by Reuben Thomas <address@hidden>. Suggested by Karl Berry.

--- doc/gnulib-tool.texi.orig   2009-04-02 02:16:52.000000000 +0200
+++ doc/gnulib-tool.texi        2009-04-02 02:14:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @node Invoking gnulib-tool
 @chapter Invoking gnulib-tool
 
address@hidden Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
address@hidden Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @c Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 @c under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@
 simplifies the management of source files, @file{Makefile.am}s and
 @file{configure.ac} in packages incorporating Gnulib modules.
 
address@hidden is not installed in a standard directory that is
+contained in the @code{PATH} variable.  It needs to be run directly in
+the directory that contains the Gnulib source code.  You can do this
+either by specifying the absolute filename of @file{gnulib-tool}, or
+you can also use a symbolic link from a place inside your @code{PATH}
+to the @file{gnulib-tool} file of your preferred and most up-to-date
+Gnulib checkout, like this:
address@hidden
+$ ln -s $HOME/gnu/src/gnulib.git/gnulib-tool $HOME/bin/gnulib-tool
address@hidden smallexample
+
 Run @samp{gnulib-tool --help} for information.  To get familiar with
 @command{gnulib-tool} without affecting your sources, you can also try
 some commands with the option @samp{--dry-run}; then




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