GNU bug report logs - #31370
Can not make Diffutils on Debian

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: ateymuri <ateymuri63 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 08:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>

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Report forwarded to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org:
bug#31370; Package diffutils. (Sat, 05 May 2018 08:53:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to ateymuri <ateymuri63 <at> gmail.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org. (Sat, 05 May 2018 08:53:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: ateymuri <ateymuri63 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Can not make Diffutils on Debian
Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 10:40:00 +0200
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I am getting this error while running make in the source directory:

Making all in lib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
make  all-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
  CC       exclude.o
In file included from exclude.c:31:0:
./stdio.h:1012:1: error: 'gets' undeclared here (not in a function)
 _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
 ^
Makefile:1441: recipe for target 'exclude.o' failed
make[3]: *** [exclude.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
Makefile:1463: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
Makefile:1233: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
Makefile:1071: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1



Can any one help?

Regards,
Amir
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Information forwarded to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org:
bug#31370; Package diffutils. (Sun, 06 May 2018 19:47:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 31370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: ateymuri <ateymuri63 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#31370: Can not make Diffutils on Debian
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 12:45:39 -0700
On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 1:40 AM, ateymuri <ateymuri63 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> I am getting this error while running make in the source directory:
>
> Making all in lib
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
> make  all-recursive
> make[2]: Entering directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
> make[3]: Entering directory '/home/amir/Downloads/diffutils-3.2/lib'
>   CC       exclude.o
> In file included from exclude.c:31:0:
> ./stdio.h:1012:1: error: 'gets' undeclared here (not in a function)
>  _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");

You are attempting to build diffutils-3.2 from source, yet that
version is more than 6 years old. Please use the latest:
diffutils-3.6.




Information forwarded to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org:
bug#31370; Package diffutils. (Sun, 06 May 2018 19:48:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #11 received at 31370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 31370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#31370: Can not make Diffutils on Debian
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 12:47:14 -0700
tags 31370 notabug
close 31370
stop




Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:19:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug closed, send any further explanations to 31370 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and ateymuri <ateymuri63 <at> gmail.com> Request was from Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:19:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:24:11 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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