Re: [PATCH] gnulib-tool: fix imprecise comments

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Bruno.

On 03/13/2012 11:51 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> * gnulib-tool (func_emit_lib_Makefile_am): It's not just Automake
>> versions < 1.9b that creates an empty pkgdatadir at installation
>> time if pkgdata_DATA is specified to empty; modern automake versions
>> do this as well, and that's considered a feature, not a bug.  Adjust
>> a comment accordingly.
>> (func_emit_tests_Makefile_am): Likewise.
> 
> Thanks, please push. I didn't know that it was by design
>
Now that I think about it, I'm not sure whether it was done "by design" from
the beginning, but it is definitely considered a feature today; see e.g.:

 <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10997#13>

Should I adjust the wording to remove the "by design" designation, or is
that overkill?  I will push by this evening if there's no answer by then.

> when adding the workaround to gnulib-tool [1].
> 
> Bruno
> 
> [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2006-08/msg00166.html
> 

Thanks,
  Stefano