GNU bug report logs - #64237
[PATCH] Don't require 'rsync' as a prerequisite. It is no longer needed since 2018.

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Package: sed;

Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>

Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 23:28:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Don't require 'rsync' as a prerequisite. It is no longer
 needed since 2018.
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 01:26:58 +0200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
The need for the (unsecure) rsync was removed from gnulib's 'bootstrap' program in
October 2018. Thus, it is no longer a build requirement for GNU sed.


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