Re: regexprops-generic propagation

Bruno Haible via Gnulib discussion list <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:56:02 +0200

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Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> * [PATCH 2/3] regexprops: sort regex_map alphabetically
>    https://cgit.git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=c9c2c511759
> 
> * [PATCH 3/3] doc: regenerate regexprops.texi
>    https://cgit.git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=facc27e1804
> 
> 2. Commit (to be pushed) to gnulib - see attachment.

This regeneration and propagation from findutils to gnulib is manual
each time. Which means, it costs developer time and can be forgotten.

How about making it automatic?
  1) Have the findutils developers commit the regenerated
     regexprops-generic.texi in their git repository (next to
     regexprops.texi, which is also regenerated).
  2) Have Karl's autoupdate mechanism, that propagates some files from
     texinfo and automake to gnulib, be extended to also copy
     findutils/doc/regexprops-generic.texi to gnulib/doc/regexprops-generic.texi
     ?

Bruno