-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Bruno Haible on 4/2/2007 4:36 PM: > Eric Blake wrote: > > > > This change breaks compiling the latest git coreutils on at least cygwin: > > > > GPERF = gperf > > iconv_open-aix.h: iconv_open-aix.gperf > > $(GPERF) -m 10 iconv_open-aix.gperf > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > mv [EMAIL PROTECTED] $@ > > > > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/eblake/coreutils/lib' > > gperf -m 10 iconv_open-aix.gperf > iconv_open-aix.h-t > > gperf: invalid option -- m > > Usage: gperf [-cCdDef[num] > > F<initializers>GhH<hashname>i<init>Ijk<keys>K<keyname>lL<language>nN<function > > name>ors<size>S<switches>tTvW<wordlistname>Z<class name>7] [input-file] > > Try `gperf --help' for more information. > > make[1]: *** [iconv_open-aix.h] Error 1
>> gperf --version >> GNU gperf 2.7.2 > > Come on! gperf 3.0.1 was released four years ago, and you are still using its > seven year old predecessor? > I can only feel sorry for the users of distros where the distro packagers > don't upgrade a program to a new version even in 4 years. And gperf-3.0.x > is _really_ not hard to upgrade: it compiles out of the box on all platforms > and is backward compatible with earlier versions. > > Bruno Tracking the latest coreutils now requires gperf 3.0.1 or better (and 3.0.2 was released last year). Can we please get an update? I've offered in the past to become the maintainer, but was turned down in the offer. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGEbPr84KuGfSFAYARAmJ4AJ9xbcEMVUCLClNQE9if+Oed1AxUBgCgv6WQ QxcMYbRLAtmNN5ym/RkP+44= =e3fc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
