changeset 33470:fde38ca3c81f

* bootstrap.conf: Note reason for build-aux/gnulib-bootstrap-git-fetch.diff.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:24:17 -0400
parents 321f49a98a85
children 43d752ef4a4c c35b564573db
files bootstrap.conf
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
line wrap: on
line diff
--- a/bootstrap.conf	Fri Apr 26 20:05:21 2024 +0200
+++ b/bootstrap.conf	Fri Apr 26 14:24:17 2024 -0400
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@
 #   patch -p1 -u < ./build-aux/gnulib-bootstrap-git-fetch.diff
 #
 # to apply local changes from build-aux/gnulib-bootstrap-git-fetch.diff
+#
+# The patch is needed to automatically update gnulib repos that have not
+# been updated to contain $GNULIB_REVISION.
+#
+# See also: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-08/msg00150.html
 
 : ${GNULIB_REVISION=d4ec02b3cc70cddaaa5183cc5a45814e0afb2292}