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Bug: Build dependency gperf

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Stephan Müller <muellste <at> math.hu-berlin.de>
Cc: 21945-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#21945: Bug: Build dependency gperf
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:30:15 -0800

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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Stephan Müller
<muellste <at> math.hu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> building difftools (from Oct 2015) fails without gperf. A check for
> gperf should be added to the configure script.
>
> I am not really into it, but autoconf should be able to recognize this
> dependency itself? Any Ideas?

Thank you for the report. That was a bug, indeed.
The attached patch records the requirement in bootstrap.conf,
so that those building from DVCS notice it. Others should not
require gperf, because the gperf-generated files are always
generated and up-to-date in a distribution tarball.

[0001-build-add-gperf-to-the-list-of-required-programs.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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