Re: Files from gnulib

[Andy Moreton]

On Wed 26 Jan 2011, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:

> Therefore since 2001 (creation of doslfn), 8.3 name problem should not
> exist.
>
> Instead of tackling the main problem lack of 8.3 support and use the
> new api, you are stick in the 90's.

It seems odd to me that the developers of a GNU library fight so
hard to avoid their code being portable. The gnulib manual [1] says:

  Gnulib is useful to enhance various aspects of a package:

    * Portability: With Gnulib, a package maintainer can program
      against the POSIX and GNU libc APIs and nevertheless expect good
      portability to platforms that don't implement POSIX.

    * Maintainability: When a package uses modules from Gnulib instead
      of code written specifically for that package, the maintainer has
      less code to maintain.

It seems that manual promotes exactly the features that Eli needs.

    AndyM


[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Benefits.html#Benefits