Re: problems with node Utilities in Makefiles

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Karl Berry wrote on Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 12:32:39AM CEST:
>     1) we should add "awk" to the list of alowed utils, as current CVS
> 
> My recollection is that I am awaiting a patch from Ralf on this issue
> and a few others.  Ralf?

Probably best to go ahead with Stepan's awk change.

> I'm not sure if your reply was also saying that.

Yes, I was trying to say that.

> I know you sent some patches, but I think they've all been
> integrated by now?

I think so, yes.

> As for dist-bzip2, I'm not clear about your concern.  The coding
> standards can't possibly try to specify everything that's permitted or
> supported, just set a minimum.

I think this bit is best handled in the Automake manual, if it needs to
be handled at all.  (FWIW, I view Automake as "enabling you to produce a
GCS-compliant package", not as "forcing you to be GCS-compliant" which
maybe helps Stepan's confusion about dist-bzip2 a bit.)

FWIW, I do also think the GCS are very inconsistent between `Utilities
in Makefiles' and `Install Command Categories', but I'm certainly not
the one posting a cleanup patch for that in the near future.

Cheers,
Ralf