Re: readutmp: Fix naming of configure option

Pádraig Brady <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 07/08/2026 04:31, Collin Funk wrote:
> Bruno Haible via Gnulib discussion list <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> The configure option '--enable-systemd' is a misnomer, as can be seen from
>> the GNU Coding Standards
>>    https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Configuration.html
>> and from the Autoconf manual
>>    https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.73/html_node/Optional-Features.html
>>    https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.73/html_node/Package-Options.html
>>    https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.73/html_node/External-Software.html
>>
>> This patch renames it to '--with-systemd'.
> 
> Makes sense to me. I pushed the Gnulib update now.
> 
>> Pàdraig, find attached a proposed patch for coreutils, accordingly.
> 
> I suspect this would probably be better under "Build-related" instead of
> "Bug Fixes", which is more likely to be seen by package maintainers.
> However, I'll let Pàdraig decide when he is back at his computer in a
> few days.
I retagged as doc: rather than maint: as it's a consumer visible doc change.
I also moved to the "Build-related" NEWS section, as that's what distro packagers
should focus on when updating packages.

I pushed with those tweaks.

thanks,
Padraig
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