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Re: [bug-gawk] gawkapi.c: assign_number
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arnold |
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Re: [bug-gawk] gawkapi.c: assign_number |
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Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:56:18 -0600 |
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Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08 |
> ah! ./bootstrap.sh prevented the core dump
Great.
> > What does `makeinfo --version' print? Mine is 6.1. If yours is 6.1
> > or newer and you're getting a core dump, then it's a problem in the
> > port of makeinfo to your system (which is truly wierd, as it's written
> > in Perl).
> >
>
> I hope you're sitting down, mine is much older:
> $ which makeinfo; makeinfo --version
> /usr/bin/makeinfo
> makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.8
That version was written in C, which explains that it can dump core.
If you can upgrade, you should.
> Once the patch is committed, I'll git stash and re-test.
Great, thanks.
Arnold