GNU bug report logs - #16698
making the grep-2.17 release soon

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 02:36:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #34 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 16698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16698: making the grep-2.17 release soon
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 21:08 -0500
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On Sunday, February 09, 2014 08:17:29 Jim Meyering wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Saturday, February 08, 2014 18:34:59 Jim Meyering wrote:
> >> I want to make a release soon, preferably next week, with a first
> >> snapshot tomorrow.
> ...
> >> Does anyone have issues they'd like to see addressed for grep-2.17?
> > 
> > can we add pkg-config support to pcre.m4 ?
> 
> Hi Mike,
> I have been pretty adamant about not relying on pkg-config, but if you're
> volunteering to do the work and are careful to follow the brand new advice
> from the autoconf manual -- use m4_pattern_forbid([^PKG_]) -- and do it
> today, I'll go along.

it wasn't today, but i sent some patches that i think should work for us both
-mike
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