Recent gettext version can extract and merge back strings from and to
various file formats, no need for intltool anymore.
https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/GnomeGoals/GettextMigrationhttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/issues/133https://github.com/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/pull/303https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/96
Clarification about the use of AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION:
In configure.ac, specify the minimum gettext version we require, rather
than the exact one. This fixes a situation where the autoconf macros
used for gettext will be the latest available on the system (for
example, 0.20); but the copied-in Makefile.in.in will be for the exact
version specified in configure.ac (in this case, 0.19).
In that situation, the gettext build rules will error out at `make` time
with the message:
*** error: gettext infrastructure mismatch: using a Makefile.in.in
from gettext version 0.19 but the autoconf macros are from gettext
version 0.20
Avoid that by specifying a minimum version dependency rather than an
exact one. This should not cause problems as we haven’t committed any
generated or external gettext files into git, so each developer will end
up regenerating the build system for their system’s version of gettext,
as expected.
See the subsection of
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Version-Control-Issues.html
for more information.
Note that autoreconf currently doesn’t recognise
AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION, so we must continue also using
AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION. autopoint will ignore the latter if the former
is present. See
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2015-10/msg00000.html.
[lkundrak@v3.sk: Fixed the meson build, adjusted autogen.sh:
droped "|| exit 1", dropped call to aclocal,
dropped --copy from gtkdocize.]
Otherwise, we will try to install "src/nm-dispatcher/nm-dispatcher.conf"
to "/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d", which is not correct, when we want a separate
prefix.
- also accept empty value to autodetect. This makes it similar
to what is done with meson.
- log the chosen udev-dir.
- use ${prefix} instead of $(prefix). It's usually used at other
places.
Fixes this error:
checking whether more special flags are required for pthreads... no
checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... yes
./configure: line 30294: ,as_fn_error: command not found
checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 3... python
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
Fixes: 3affccf29b ('tests: fix undefined references to pthread')
(cherry picked from commit a8284b1d3b)
Fixes this error:
checking whether more special flags are required for pthreads... no
checking for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT... yes
./configure: line 30294: ,as_fn_error: command not found
checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 3... python
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
Fixes: 3affccf29b ('tests: fix undefined references to pthread')
The "unbound" DNS plugin was very rudimentary and is deprecated since
commit 4a2fe09853 ('man: mark [main].dns=unbound as deprecated') (Jun
2021).
It is part of dnssec-trigger tool, but the dnssec-trigger tool doesn't
actually use it. Instead it installs a dispatcher script
"/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01-dnssec-trigger".
Especially, since the plugin requires "/usr/libexec/dnssec-trigger-script",
which is provided by "dnssec-trigger" package on Fedora. At the same
time, the package provides the dispatcher script. So I don't this works
or anybody is using this.
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2022-April/msg00002.html
Previously, autotools would detect whether we have "black"
in the path. And if so, it would check formatting during `make check`.
That's problematic. When I run `./contrib/fedora/rpm/build_clean.sh -w test`
in certain cases, it would pick up black, but then fail with
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/black", line 5, in <module>
from black import patched_main
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/black.py", line 42, in <module>
from attr import dataclass, evolve, Factory
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'attr'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:21658: check-python-black] Error 1
That's an installation error of black, but still, during package build
there is no need to check the formatting. We could export
`NMTST_SKIP_PYTHON_BLACK=1` to prevent it, but it's still unnecessary.
We check proper formatting in gitlab-ci. That is enough, it doesn't
need to run during `make check`. In particular, because `black .`
takes 1.5 seconds on my machine.
By having a ".md" extension, gitlab renders a nice page instead of
showing as plain text.
Currently our README is pretty bad. Partly, because it doesn't get
shown nicely.
Rename. The file effectively was already markdown. The old file is
gone.
For this we also need to change the automake flavor to "foreign"
(See [1]).
[1] https://autotools.info/automake/options.html#automake.options.flavors
Currently it is possible to specify a list of default settings plugins
to be used when configuration doesn't contain the main.plugins key.
We want to add a mechanism that allows to automatically load any
plugin found in the plugins directory without needing
configuration. This mechanism is useful when plugins are shipped in a
different, optional subpackage, to automatically use them.
With such mechanism, the actual list of plugins will be determined
(in order of evaluation):
1. via explicit user configuration in /etc, if any
2. via distro configuration in /usr, if any
3. using the build-time default, if any
4. looking for known plugins in /usr/lib
NetworkManager-wait-online is a constant source of confusion,
as it seems to delay the boot (when it's often just the messenger
or either a network problem, a NetworkManager misconfiguration
or a misconfiguration of other systemd services).
Try to clear that up with a manual page.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/1130
