Re: add a bootstrap script so that we sync to gnulib, gettext, etc. better

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> I installed this patch, which mostly consists of removing files and
> replacing them with a bootstrap script.  Now, when you check things
> out from CVS, you must run ./bootstrap before running ./configure.
> The upside is that the CVS sources get simpler and we don't have
> to spend so much time manually syncing to and from other projects.
> Please let me know if there are problems (there will undoubtedly
> be some, as it's a disruptive change)....

Very nice work.
Works for me (i.e., "make distcheck" still works, here :).
Thanks a lot for doing that!