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[PATCH] cp,mv,install: Disable sparse copy on macOS

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Message #259 received at 61386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: George Valkov <gvalkov <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 61386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Subject: Re: bug#61386: [PATCH] cp,mv,install: Disable sparse copy on macOS
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:32:09 -0700

On 3/21/23 08:27, George Valkov wrote:
> However since the old m4-1.4.19 in under tools/m4, coreutils builds with the legacy version:

If you're building from that tarball, coreutils doesn't need m4. I just 
now double-checked that, in an environment that didn't have m4. 
"./configure && make check" succeeded. So the m4 version should be 
irrelevant.

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