Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 1/2] build: allow for local gnulib diffs

On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 05:37:19PM -0700, Eric Blake wrote: > Commit f7bd00c12 pulled in a gnulib module that fails to compile > on mingw. While it would be nice to pull in a newer version of > .gnulib that fixes this, it is difficult to backport any .gnulib > update to older releases. So, it makes sense to take advantage > of gnulib-tool's ability to support local diffs, where we can > apply specific diffs in our use of gnulib without waiting for > upstream gnulib to pick up those changes, as well as avoiding > a wholesale .gnulib update. The existence of local diffs will > also make it easier to backport fixes against a tarball (as long > as a tarball and libvirt.git share the same .gnulib commit, then > the tarball can be patched by applying the same local diffs as > a post-release libvirt.git commit, without having to rerun an > entire gnulib-tool bootstrap). > > This patch introduces the framework for supporting local diffs, > without actually introducing any. > ACK