Re: Bug#272867: ITP: gnulib -- The GNU Portability Library

[Domenico Andreoli <cavok@debian.org>]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 03:02:51PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : gnulib
>   Version         : none
> * URL             : http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib
> * License         : Assorted licenses [1]
>   Description     : The GNU Portability Library
> 
> This library can be used for upstream or debian maintainers to copy files
> into their source, or for debian packages to automaticaly import them.  It
> works similarly to autotools-dev, libtool and such.
> 

i am really unable to understand what this piece of software does. any
enlightenment?

thanks
domenico

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