X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Fgnulib-tool.texi;h=3d6af14295947a515a3dfe31a369658af71fc57e;hb=671c12a294b419dea55386aff04bef713d841020;hp=f9ee261996774bf8ddaf5f1ae618602a5952022d;hpb=edc93f6c419dfa0296b60df5805ffff2afa98b2c;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/gnulib-tool.texi b/doc/gnulib-tool.texi index f9ee26199..3d6af1429 100644 --- a/doc/gnulib-tool.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib-tool.texi @@ -400,8 +400,11 @@ The solution is therefore: @enumerate @item When you run @code{gettextize}, always use the @code{gettextize} from the -newest GNU gettext release found on @url{http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/}, -and invoke @code{gnulib-tool} afterwards. +matching GNU gettext release. For the most recent Gnulib checkout, this is +the newest release found on @url{http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/}. For an +older Gnulib snapshot, it is the release that was the most recent release +at the time the Gnulib snapshot was taken. Then, after @code{gettextize}, +invoke @code{gnulib-tool}. @item When a script of yours run @code{autopoint}, invoke @code{gnulib-tool} @@ -508,6 +511,8 @@ should be treated like generated source files, like for example a @item In projects which commit all source files, whether generated or not, into their VCS, the @code{gnulib-tool} generated files should all be committed. +In this case, you also pass the option @samp{--no-vc-files} to +@code{gnulib-tool}. Gnulib also contains files generated by @command{make} (and removed by @code{make clean}), using information determined by @command{configure}.