GNU bug report logs - #35681
grep's ./configure doesn't work with plain /bin/sh

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Miro Kropáček <miro.kropacek <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 23:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Miro Kropáček <miro.kropacek <at> gmail.com>
To: Martijn Dekker <martijn <at> inlv.org>
Cc: 35681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-bash <bug-bash <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#35681: Regression in --enable-minimal-config
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 10:18:45 +0200

On Sun, 12 May 2019 at 21:32, Martijn Dekker <martijn <at> inlv.org> wrote:
> Chet only commits snapshots to git and not individual fixes, so it's
> hard to isolate any one fix from the git repo.
Yes, I have noticed. :-)

> Are you sure? I just did a test compile on that same commit with
> '--enable-minimal-config --enable-strict-posix-default --enable-alias'
> and the bug is definitely not there. Then when I back up one commit and
> run 'make' again, the bug appears.
That's true but if you take given commit, create a patch from it and
backport it to bash-4.4, it's not working. So for me, taking this
pre-5.0-but-not-4.4-anymore commit is essentially the same option as
using 5.0.

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