Re: [PATCH 2/3] tools: update git-version-gen from gnulib

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On 18 September 2017 at 14:36, Rüdiger Meier <sweet_f_a@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/18/2017 11:07 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:49:01PM +0100, Sami Kerola wrote:
>>> from-gnulib-commit: e277cd7c6cf6435d9d4d380fd6cef0510e3f5afe
>>> Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>   tools/git-version-gen | 137
>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>>   1 file changed, 102 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure about this. Did you check all the changes?
>>
>> We have some local changes to the file, see
>>
>>      git whatchanged tools/git-version-gen
>>      It would be nice to be sure that all works as expected.
>
>
> I wouldn't touch this neither. Last year I've reviewed that really carefully
> while fixing some issues with broken version numbers, see 85004b14 and also
> the other ones from the same patch-set. Seems that Sami's patch would revert
> some of these changes.
>
> At that time there was also the question why not following gnulib and I
> tried to
> justify this like this:
>
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg13374.html

Hi Rudi and Karel,

Oh yes, I did not think too much how this was modified to be
util-linux specific.
Adding a comment that will tell it clearly that one should not simply sync from
gnulib would be nice.

-- 
Sami Kerola
http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/
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