[bug-diffutils] bug#24137: bug#24137: [platform-testers] new snapshot available: diffutils-3.3.57-a37c

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Jim,

Am 03.08.2016 um 21:51 schrieb Jim Meyering <address@hidden>:
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Dagobert Michelsen <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Now I get on Solaris 10 x86:
>>> 
>>>> gmake  check-TESTS
>>>> gmake[1]: Entering directory 
>>>> '/home/dam/mgar/pkg/diffutils/trunk/work/solaris10-i386/build-isa-pentium_pro/diffutils-3.3.57-a37c/tests'
>>>> gmake[2]: Entering directory 
>>>> '/home/dam/mgar/pkg/diffutils/trunk/work/solaris10-i386/build-isa-pentium_pro/diffutils-3.3.57-a37c/tests'
>>>> diff: missing operand after `diff'
>>>> diff: Try `diff --help' for more information.
>>>> diff3: missing operand after `diff3'
>>>> diff3: Try `diff3 --help' for more information.
>>>> sdiff: missing operand after `sdiff'
>>>> sdiff: Try `sdiff --help' for more information.
>>>> /bin/sh: built_programs^Jdiff^Jdiff3^Jsdiff: is not an identifier
>> 
>> I suspect that you are using an old version of GNU make.
>> What if you use Solaris' make?

I think it is GNU Make 4.1, but I’ll see that I get this updated to 4.2.1

>> This patch should work around it, but then again, this patch should
>> not be required, and I doubt I will have to resort to that approach.
> 
> I forgot to attach that patch, but I didn't like it anyhow.
> Here's one that I might actually apply.
> Please let me know if it helps.
> It is a bit contorted in attempt to keep the final "sed" invocation
> portable by operating only on data with at least one trailing newline.

Unfortunately I cannot bootstrap right now as my gettext is too old and I 
haven’t finished
an updated package yet, so I guess I’ll have to wait for the next bootstrapped 
tarball.


Best regards

  — Dago

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