Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr

[Vin Shelton]

On 6/13/07, Bob Proulx <address@hidden> wrote:
> Vin Shelton wrote:
> > James Youngman wrote:
> > > If you rebuild with ICC, does the problem persist?
> >
> > Yes.
>
> It will be interesting to see what is happening there.
>
> > > If so, could you try the things that Jim and Bob suggested?
> > > Specifically, sending us the config.log files and trying
> > > "configure --with-included-regex" ?
> >
> > --with-included-regex didn't help.  I will send the config.log file tonight.
>
> Thanks for doing that work.
>
> The config.log will be a fairly large file.  Sending large files to
> mailing lists can be problematic because it is read by people on slow
> connections and some pay for it by the byte and it is also archived
> many different places creating a multiplier too.
>
> Instead of mailing the config.log to the list could you either place
> the file someplace globally accessable and post a url to it or simply
> send that file directly to Jim?  That would be great.  If you have any
> trouble then please contact me and I will help.

I sent the config.log file to Jim Meyering.

Then, to amuse myself, I downloaded version 10 of the Intel compiler
and built coreutils-6.8 with it.  That version of icc built
coreutils-6.8 flawlessly and the generated expr worked correctly.

Regards,
 Vin

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