Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 20:37:56 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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In-reply-to: <20010101115634.A1819@kendall.sfbr.org> (message from JT Williams
	on Mon, 1 Jan 2001 11:56:34 -0600)
Subject: Re: Patch #4 for dtou and utod
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> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 11:56:34 -0600
> From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
> 
> As the utilities `djtar' and `utod/dtou' have taken on a life of their
> own, may I suggest that the organization of src/utils be revised?  Since
> `djtar' lives in its own directory, can we arrange the same for dtou/utod?
> 
> * choose a name for the directory (suggestions?) and move utod/dtou
>   sources there.  Add a makefile (use the makefile from djtar/ as a
>   template?)
> 
> * edit src/utils/makefile to recurse into the new directory and build
>   utod and dtou
> 
> * move documentation for djtar from src/utils/utils.txi to
>   src/utils/djtar/djtar.txi
> 
> * move documentation for dtou and utod from /src/utils/utils.txi
>   to src/utils/*/dtou.txi and utod.txi.
> 
> * some changes (minor, I hope) will be needed (but where?) to reflect
>   the new locations for the texinfo sources and make sure it all gets
>   pulled together.

All this--what for?  Is the current setup somehow incorrect or
inconvenient?

The separate directories are created for programs which take several
source files.  utod and dtou are still a single file each.

Not that I object if someone wants to make it happen, but I think we
have more important things to invest efforts.