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[bug-diffutils] bug#21945: bug#21945: bug#21945: Bug: Build dependency g
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Jim Meyering |
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[bug-diffutils] bug#21945: bug#21945: bug#21945: Bug: Build dependency gperf |
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Sun, 29 Nov 2015 08:42:46 -0800 |
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Stephan Müller
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> building difftools (from Oct 2015) fails without gperf. A check for
>> gperf should be added to the configure script.
>>
>> I am not really into it, but autoconf should be able to recognize this
>> dependency itself? Any Ideas?
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> Thank you for the report. That was a bug, indeed.
> The attached patch records the requirement in bootstrap.conf,
> so that those building from DVCS notice it. Others should not
> require gperf, because the gperf-generated files are always
> generated and up-to-date in a distribution tarball.
I have just pushed that patch.