GNU bug report logs - #32866
cross-compiling grep and changing $PATH

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Barret Rhoden <brho <at> cs.berkeley.edu>

Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:49:02 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 #11 received at 32866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Barret Rhoden <brho <at> cs.berkeley.edu>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 32866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32866: cross-compiling grep and changing $PATH
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:21:17 -0400
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 2018-09-28 at 12:02 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 9/28/18 11:37 AM, Barret Rhoden wrote:
> > It doesn't seem particularly harmful, but maybe that PATH change should
> > depend on whether it's a cross build or not.  
> 
> Sounds like a good idea. Care to suggest a patch?
> 

The attached patch works for me.  Tested it on Linux, and it still
builds and runs.

If you all like it and prefer a git format-patch or send-email, I can do
that too.
[0003-skip-path-update-when-cross-compiling.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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