Re: [bug-gnulib] new module gettext-h for programs that don't use i18n

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> xalloc-die, in contrast, doesn't have a substitute in gnulib; if you
> don't use gnulib xalloc-die but some gnulib code needs it, you have to
> implement it yourself (that is, the same API will not work unless you
> implement it).  This seems to be what --avoid is for.

Yes, exactly.

> unlocked-io can always be omitted

Yes. But if you ever want to go back from

#if USE_UNLOCKED_IO
# include "unlocked-io.h"
#endif

to a simple

#include "unlocked-io.h"

then --avoid will do the trick as well.

Regarding xalloc-die, I propose this patch.

Bruno


*** modules/xalloc      21 Mar 2005 22:07:25 -0000      1.15
--- modules/xalloc      14 Jul 2005 16:22:55 -0000
***************
*** 7,12 ****
--- 7,13 ----
  m4/xalloc.m4
  
  Depends-on:
+ xalloc-die
  
  configure.ac:
  gl_XALLOC
*** modules/xvasprintf  25 Mar 2005 16:58:46 -0000      1.3
--- modules/xvasprintf  14 Jul 2005 16:22:55 -0000
***************
*** 9,14 ****
--- 9,15 ----
  
  Depends-on:
  vasprintf
+ xalloc-die
  
  configure.ac: