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Bug: Build dependency gperf

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 21945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, muellste <at> math.hu-berlin.de
Cc: 21945-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21945: [bug-diffutils] bug#21945: bug#21945: Bug: Build dependency gperf
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 08:42:46 -0800

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> 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.

I have just pushed that patch.

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