GNU bug report logs - #20733
coreutils build problem

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 19:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: coreutils build problem
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:17:20 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Let's focus on 8.23 as 8.21 is pretty old....

On 06/04/2015 09:41 AM, Michael Felt wrote:
>   GEN      src/coreutils.h
> /bin/sh: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 1 : `;' is not expected.

Ah, thanks, that's a bug in the build procedure, which I have fixed by 
pushing the attached patch.  Please give it a try.

[0001-build-port-single_binary_prog-to-POSIX-shell.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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