On Apr 13 2022, Paul Eggert wrote:
> I didn't say either was right. However, gzip has used AC_PROG_GREP this
> way for a decade with no actual bugs reported,
That doesn't tell anything. It is highly likely to have grep in the
build environment (and it will be in the correct place for a native
bu
On 4/10/22 11:27, Andreas Schwab wrote:
AC_PROG_GREP
+AC_CHECK_PROG([LESS], [less], [less])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([LESS], [test "$LESS"]) >> ...
This check is bogus. It tests the build environment, which has nothing
to do with the host environment.
In other words, it's like AC_PROG_GREP.
Two wro
On Apr 10 2022, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 4/10/22 04:08, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> On Mär 31 2022, Paul Eggert wrote:
>>> ...
>>> AC_PROG_GREP
>>> +AC_CHECK_PROG([LESS], [less], [less])
>>> +AM_CONDITIONAL([LESS], [test "$LESS"]) >> ...
>> This check is bogus. It tests the build environment, which
On 4/10/22 04:08, Andreas Schwab wrote:
On Mär 31 2022, Paul Eggert wrote:
...
AC_PROG_GREP
+AC_CHECK_PROG([LESS], [less], [less])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([LESS], [test "$LESS"]) >> ...
This check is bogus. It tests the build environment, which has nothing
to do with the host environment.
In other
On Mär 31 2022, Paul Eggert wrote:
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 074d81a..d9c77da 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ AC_PROG_CC
> AM_PROG_CC_C_O
> AC_PROG_CPP
> AC_PROG_GREP
> +AC_CHECK_PROG([LESS], [less], [less])
> +AM_CONDITIONAL([LESS],
+826 + eval 'env $i zin.gz < $tmp_in > $tmp_out'
+827 ++ env zless zin.gz
+828 /data/prj/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.9/tests/../zless[71]: less: not found
+829 + echo FAIL: zless
+830 FAIL: zless
+831 + fail=1
Thanks for reporting that. As 'less' is not required by POSIX we
shouldn't as
On 07/01/2018 23:56, Jim Meyering wrote:
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This is to announce gzip-1.9, a stable release.
There have been 53 commits by 2 people in the 89 weeks since 1.8.
Thanks to Paul Eggert for all of his help.
See the NEWS below for a brief summary.
Thanks
