GNU bug report logs - #38714
'make dist' fails on grep master (Fedora 31)

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:36:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#38714: closed (Re: new snapshot available: grep-3.4-almost.31-fe6c)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:26:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#38714: 'make dist' fails on grep master (Fedora 31)

which was filed against the grep package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 38714 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 38714-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, GNU grep developers <grep-devel <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: new snapshot available: grep-3.4-almost.31-fe6c
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:25:39 -0700

On 9/21/20 12:21 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:

> I ran into that problem in July or so and took the easy
> way out: I built the latest from git and installed that early in my
> shell's search path (on Fedora 32). Now make --version reports I'm
> using 4.3.90.

Ah, OK, good enough. I'm closing the bug report then, as it's OK to require the 
latest tools to run 'make dist'.


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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: GNU grep bug reports <bug-grep <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 'make dist' fails on grep master (Fedora 31)
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2019 17:35:03 -0800

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I think it has something to do with Fedora 31 using GNU Make 4.2.1, which uses a
different output format when debugging. Log of failure is attached.

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