GNU bug report logs - #30029
gzip-1.9 released [stable]

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>

Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 18:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 30029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl, 30029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30029: gzip-1.9 released [stable]
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 20:27:32 +0200

On Apr 10 2022, Paul Eggert wrote:

> On 4/10/22 04:08, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> On Mär 31 2022, Paul Eggert wrote:
>>> ...
>>>   AC_PROG_GREP
>>> +AC_CHECK_PROG([LESS], [less], [less])
>>> +AM_CONDITIONAL([LESS], [test "$LESS"]) >> ...
>> This check is bogus.  It tests the build environment, which has nothing
>> to do with the host environment.
>
> In other words, it's like AC_PROG_GREP.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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