Looking at the difference between diffutils-2.9/3.0 compilation log, I find this
grep re_compile_pattern ./* ./coreutils-8.5:checking for working re_compile_pattern... yes ./diffutils-2.9:checking for working re_compile_pattern... no ./diffutils-3.0:checking for working re_compile_pattern... yes ./findutils-4.4.2:checking for working re_compile_pattern... yes ./findutils-4.4.2:checking for working re_compile_pattern... (cached) yes ./gettext-0.17:checking for working re_compile_pattern... no ./grep-2.6.3:checking for working re_compile_pattern... yes ./m4-1.4.14:checking for working re_compile_pattern... no ./sed-4.2.1:checking for working re_compile_pattern... yes ./tar-1.23:checking for working re_compile_pattern... no More recent and older look to find yes and use glibc version when midle-aged answer no and use gnulib flavor. That's a gnulib change http://old.nabble.com/-PATCH--ensure-that-the-regexp--b-a--is-diagnosed-as-invalid-td27438813.html Gilles -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page