[libvirt] [PATCH 0/4] maint: improve bootstrap

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake wrote:
...
>> I propose to include the following change right after yours:
>> The only trick is to disable the new syntax-check for hash.h,
>> since it currently evokes a false-positive.
>
> Is there ever a chance that #include <hash.h> in libvirt sources will pick
> up the wrong header?  That is, should we rename one of the two files to a
> less-common name, then update all clients to specify which of the two
> versions they are grabbing?  But that is independent of this patch.

This is probably a good reason to rename the gnulib one to something
like gl-hash.h (probably with measures to help clients ease into the
change).  I'll bring it up on bug-gnulib.

>> Subject: [PATCH] build: update gnulib submodule to latest
>>
>> * cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): Disable sc_prohibit_hash_without_use
>> for now, since it fails with a false-positive match.
>
> ACK (assuming my ACK is good for much, given my relative newcomer status).
>
> For that matter, maybe we should push yours first; the commit message in
> 3/4 can then use a bit of tweaking, if we then match bootstrap to
> ./.gnulib/build-aux/bootstrap.

If that's all you want to change, just send me an updated patch
and I'll plug it in.

Before or after shouldn't matter, as long as the Makevars-removing
commit and the .gnulib-udpating one are pushed at the same time.

> I guess I should also do a followup patch to README-hacking to give the
> hint about setting GNULIB_SRCDIR to reduce download time if you already
> have a local copy of gnulib.git.

Good idea.