Re: Using --recursive in Makefile / github clone

Thanks Daniel and Robert, then I must go the recommended way :-)

On 9/29/24 17:52, Robert Clausecker wrote:
> Hi Norbert,
>
> Am Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 05:46:16PM +0200 schrieb Norbert Grundmann:
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> Thanks :-)  But is it good and recommended to use an explicit
>>
>> git clone --recursive repo
>>
>> instead of GH_TUPLE?  It would make things more easy...
> This is not permitted.  We require that distfiles be fetched in the fetch
> phase, then be checked against the distinfo file, and only then be
> extracted.  git-clone(1) does not permit us to do so and can thus not be
> used to obtain project source.  If you submit a patch with this sort of
> stuff in the Makefile, it'll be rejected.
>
>> Cheers, Norebrt
> Yours,
> Robert Clausecker
>

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