GNU bug report logs - #7397
make-docfile should support the @FILE command line option

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Message #14 received at 7397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 7397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8302: 23.3;
	Parallel make: some *.el files are byte-compiled twice
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 13:31:30 -0400

( Moving comments from bug#8302 to bug#7397 )

Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

>>> Or even better make make-docfile accept arguments from a file, using the
>>> @FILE syntax used by other GNU tools.  That would deal with the command
>>> line length limitations.
>>
>> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7397
>>
>> By itself, I don't see how this helps, since you still need to find a
>> way to write the input file without overflowing the command line length.
>
> Use >> ?

I still don't get it. You cannot do:
    
    for file in $lisp; do
      sed '<blah>' $lisp >> input-file
    done
    
    make-docfile @input-file

because the "for file..." line could be too long for the shell.

> [This might be a moot point now that a solution has been implemented, so
> please don't keep this bug open just for this reason]

I may close #7397 in a bit then.

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