Re: gettext 0.18: ./configure --without-cvs does not work properly

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Santiago,

> > Note that this script also needs the 'rlog' program, from the 'rcs'
> > package.
> 
> I see it clearly now :-)
> 
> I wonder why the build process continued happily. Should the Makefiles
> not stop on errors like this one?

More error checking cannot hurt. You are right. I've applied this:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=commitdiff;h=1bb730890565107c4a9b9761861a37715fa2a79d

> BTW: When converting to git I get a message saying that my name and email
> address have been guessed from my login name and machine name.
> 
> Is there a way to disable such thing during the build process? I don't
> like the idea of my name and a bogus email (as the machine is not in
> DNS) to end up being in the archive.git.tar.gz to be distributed in
> the debian package.

Good point, I had not seen this. I've fixed it through this commit:

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=commitdiff;h=277b27e2610c57e610a6dd78618659466f0a6442

Bruno