Re: Minor Comments on Gmake Internals

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On 12/18/21 11:43, Jon Forrest wrote:
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> Which brings me to the question of how you guys like to receive changes=
.
> Do you want a formal GitHub PR, or do you accept informal diffs on
> this list, or something else?

Yes, this is not well documented. As =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmas=
on wrote=20
earlier this month in=20
<https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-make/2021-12/msg00020.html>:

> I found it difficult to figure out how to submit patches to
> this project. The Savannah page suggests the bug tracker, but as af
> writing (and I'm logged in, as "avar") that link appears greyed out in
> the web interface, and has a <span class=3D"disabled">.

I suggest creating a patch by using "git format-patch", and then=20
emailing it to [email protected] by using "git send-email".

Perhaps Paul Smith would have a different preference. Whichever way, it=20
should be documented better. A proposed patch is attached. It doesn't=20
address the bug tracker issue, which still remains.

(A bit self-referential: I'm submitting a patch that says "here's how to=20
submit a patch"!)
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