GNU bug report logs - #30000
OS X 10.5, gzip 1.8 and two failed self tests

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: noloader <at> gmail.com

Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 00:54:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 29268

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: noloader <at> gmail.com
Cc: 30000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30000: OS X 10.5, gzip 1.8 and two failed self tests
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 17:04:45 -0800

Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> skylake:gzip$ git clonehttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gzip.git
> skylake:gzip$ cd gzip
> skylake:gzip$ autoreconf -i -f
> sh: build-aux/git-version-gen: No such file or directory

Instead of running autoreconf, please run './bootstrap'.

For older platforms don't bother with all the bootstrap stuff. Just bootstrap 
and configure on a new machine with up-to-date tools, then type 'make dist', 
then copy the distribution tarball to the obsolete platform and build from that.
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