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Package: grep;

Reported by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 21554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 21554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21554: no previous prototype for 'set_binary_mode'
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:29:29 +0200
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2015, at 22:32, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 09/24/2015 01:50 PM, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > (I can't get grep to build from git: binary-io.h:53: error:
> > no previous prototype for 'set_binary_mode'.)
> 
> On which platform are you testing?

Ubuntu Lucid.

$ gcc --version | head -1
gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5.1) 4.4.3

> Are you sure you have a matching
> gnulib submodule checkout to go along with the grep.git checkout you are
> attempting?

I've rerun ./bootstrap.  (I suggest the attached patch to make
the script respond differently when updating an existing checkout 
as opposed to making a full, new checkout.)

> We should try and fix the reason that is preventing you from
> compiling, whether or not there is a release; but that requires more
> details.

Coming up in the next mail.

Benno

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