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jack2 fails to build on aarch64

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From: Mike Rosset <mike.rosset <at> gmail.com>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>, 43232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43232: [PATCH] gnu: jack-2: Update to 1.9.14.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:28:57 -0700

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:

> Earlier, I wrote:
>> In contrast, a call to 'substitute*' will silently start doing nothing,
>> and may easily be forgotten.  To make matters worse, a future version of
>> jack-2 might add another 'for' loop in that file, matching the same
>> pattern but where it is important that 'i' _not_ be initialized to 0.
>
> Sorry, I made a mistake in the details here, since the pattern applies
> only when 'i' is already initialized to 0, but the more general point
> still stands, namely that patches are more robust than 'substitute*' for
> fixing bugs, and less likely to be misapplied or left forgotten in a
> vestigial state after they are no longer needed.
>
>       Mark

 That change was not quite fitting right with me either.
So I appreciate the review and comments.  Thankful it's not needed with
1.9.14 and I'll take your comments into account in the future.

Mike

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