[libvirt] [PATCH v2] autogen: Handle case when libvirt's submodule

[Michal Privoznik]

On 19.07.2013 13:20, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 07/19/2013 01:30 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> Currently, in the autogen.sh script we check whether .git is an existing
>> directory in which case bootstrap is run. However, if libvirt is a
>> submodule, then the .git is just a file (with reference to the topmost
>> .git directory). However, our submodule routines work well. So there's
>> no real reason why we should prohibit users to build libvirt from
>> submodule.
>> ---
>>
>> diff to v1:
>> - prefer || over -o
>>
>>  autogen.sh | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
>> index 42e5608..f7c2022 100755
>> --- a/autogen.sh
>> +++ b/autogen.sh
>> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bootstrap_hash()
>>  # like to run 'git clean -x -f po' to fix it; but only ./bootstrap regenerates
>>  # the required file po/Makevars.
>>  # Only run bootstrap from a git checkout, never from a tarball.
>> -if test -d .git; then
>> +if test -d .git || -f .git; then
> 
> Simpler as:
> 
> if test -r .git; then
> 
> ACK.  Out of curiousity, what project is using libvirt as a submodule?
> 

One of my GSoC students is working on a wireshark dissector and he
basically has both libvirt and wireshark as submodules.

Michal