Re: Compiling coreutils-5.0 on a Mac Powerbook under OS X

[Jim Meyering]

John Lowe <jrnl@bytetype.co.uk> wrote:
> I am trying to compile some of coreutils-5.0 on a Mac PowerBook G4 15".
> If it is relevant I can post more details of the machine.

Thanks for the report.
Can you try again using a more recent version?
A lot changed between 5.0 and 5.2.1.

  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.2.1.tar.gz
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-5.2.1.tar.bz2