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Bug: Build dependency gperf

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From: Stephan Müller <muellste <at> math.hu-berlin.de>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug: Build dependency gperf
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:53:44 +0100

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?

 ~stephan

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Stephan Müller <muellste <at> math.hu-berlin.de>
Cc: 21945-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21945: Bug: Build dependency gperf
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:30:15 -0800

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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Stephan Müller
<muellste <at> math.hu-berlin.de> 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?

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.

[0001-build-add-gperf-to-the-list-of-required-programs.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #13 received at 21945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 21945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>,
 muellste <at> math.hu-berlin.de
Cc: 21945-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21945: bug#21945: Bug: Build dependency gperf
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 08:42:46 -0800

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Stephan Müller
> <muellste <at> math.hu-berlin.de> 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?
>
> 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.

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