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[PATCH] Don't require 'rsync' as a prerequisite. It is no longer needed since 2018.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64237: closed ([PATCH] Don't require 'rsync' as a
 prerequisite. It is no longer needed since 2018.)
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 00:38:02 +0000

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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

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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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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 64237-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64237: [PATCH] Don't require 'rsync' as a prerequisite. It is
 no longer needed since 2018.
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 17:37:25 -0700

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 4:28 PM Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, Bruno.
That was part of my just-pushed (but from May) diff:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/sed.git/commit/?id=a9e25136f95f28d795b2d16b272680daeb1b5c0a

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