From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Files from gnulib Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:20:28 +0200 Message-ID: <837hdphzyr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83y66bzuhc.fsf@gnu.org> <4D3C81A1.70009@cs.ucla.edu> <83ipxfymox.fsf@gnu.org> <4D3E0A8E.1030400@cs.ucla.edu> <8362tdzl7m.fsf@gnu.org> <4D3E8E4C.1010000@cs.ucla.edu> <4D3F1171.5010201@cs.ucla.edu> <83y668yfgt.fsf@gnu.org> <4D3F3F7B.40402@cs.ucla.edu> <83ipxcy6xw.fsf@gnu.org> <4D3F70B8.3090708@cs.ucla.edu> <83d3nkxq31.fsf@gnu.org> <4D412D83.1010503@cs.ucla.edu> <4D427084.3010502@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296224422 8104 80.91.229.12 (28 Jan 2011 14:20:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:20:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 28 15:20:18 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PipBS-0005l7-5Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:20:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51583 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PipBR-0003OH-Ip for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:20:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36942 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PipBN-0003O0-Df for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:20:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PipBM-00056Y-CF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:20:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:54530) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PipBM-00056M-2d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:20:12 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LFQ00I00KD1ID00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:20:01 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.46.39]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LFQ00ISHL5B7Y80@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:20:00 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <4D427084.3010502@cs.ucla.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 80.179.55.169 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:135147 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:30:12 -0800 > From: Paul Eggert > Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > Look, it's pointless to try to push further the possibility that Emacs > > will adopt the same way of unpacking as GDB. > > I am not suggesting that. I'm suggesting something better. Then perhaps I don't understand your suggestion. Could you describe it in its entirety, starting with how file-name clashes would be detected, how their alternative names would be determined, and how all this would work with make-dist and configuring and building the MS-DOS port?