From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
To: bug-gnulib@gnu.org
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: Python './gnulib-tool --create-testdir --dir F' should quickly warn if F exists
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 05:47:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <28127863.gRfpFWEtPU@nimes> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c78e4a4b-eac9-4ecd-9f34-a6823e698d6a@cs.ucla.edu>
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Perhaps both implementations should quickly exit in this situation, come
> to think of it.
I agree. I've made the same mistake a number of times. There is no valid use
for continuing if $destdir already exists, since the call is guaranteed to
overwrite configure.ac, Makefile.am, and other files.
Bruno
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-14 9:56 UTC|newest]
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2024-05-14 2:54 ` Python './gnulib-tool --create-testdir --dir F' should quickly warn if F exists Collin Funk
2024-05-14 3:47 ` Bruno Haible [this message]
2024-05-14 4:40 ` Collin Funk
[not found] ` <2721298.uZKlY2gecq@nimes>
2024-05-14 14:54 ` Paul Eggert
[not found] ` <ff2c0d4d-7b30-42aa-84b0-2da0d504196a@gmail.com>
2024-05-15 7:41 ` Bruno Haible
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