bug#49308: closed (GNU sed for Tru6 configure CFLAGS?)

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> GNU sed for Tru6 configure CFLAGS?
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> Thu, 1 Jul 2021 06:35:58 +0000
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> Hi. I built GNU sed for Tru64.
> With native cc, not gcc. I realize it is an old system.
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> $ uname -srm
> OSF1 V5.1 alpha
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> $ which cc
> /usr/bin/cc
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> $ cc -V
> Compaq C V6.5-303 (dtk) on HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650)
> Compiler Driver V6.5-302 (dtk) cc Driver
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> It seemed to require:
>  ./configure CFLAGS="-pthread"
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> Otherwise, there was an unresolved mbtowc_with_lock.
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> Perhaps configure.ac can/should do that automatically?
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> Perhaps this can/should somehow be done more globally, beyond sed?
> i.e. I should refer to autoconf mailing list?
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> Fyi, tests mostly passed, but 2 failures, look like test harness problem:
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> FAIL: testsuite/comment-n
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> diff: Cannot compare character special file.
> FAIL testsuite/comment-n.sh (exit status: 1)
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> FAIL: testsuite/execute-tests
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> diff: Cannot compare character special file.
> 0000000   62  00
>            b  \0
> 0000002
> 0000000   62  00
>            b  \0
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> FAIL testsuite/execute-tests.sh (exit status: 1)
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> I should probably try with GNU diff, later.
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> Thank you,
>  - Jay
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> Re: bug#49308: GNU sed for Tru6 configure CFLAGS?
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> On 8/4/21 2:29 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> > (But as you're aware, there's a limited amount of support for older 
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> Yes, HP dropped support for Tru64 in 2012, and a good rule of thumb for 
> GNU code is to not worry about an OS if it's so old that even its own 
> maintainer doesn't worry about it.
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> Gnulib finally got around to dropping support for Tru64 in 2019, in the 
> sense that we removed some documentation about it (we haven't bothered 
> cleaning up the code). Although we don't worry about Tru64 now, we might 
> accept simple clean patches written by Someone Else, patches that don't 
> affect other platforms.
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> In the meantime I'm closing the sed bug report as this is not really a 
> sed issue.
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