gperf required by a2ps-4.14

[thomas]

configure of a2ps failed with

...
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for function prototypes... yes
checking for bison... bison -y
checking how to suppress newlines using echo... option
checking for gperf... no
configure: error: Could not find gperf
WARNING: Failure in a2ps

After installing gperf-3.0.4 configure writes

...
checking how to suppress newlines using echo... option
checking for gperf... /usr/bin/gperf
checking for gperf - version >= 2.7... no
...

/* Note the NO at the version check */

Checking the config.log shows a completely damaged test source code. Adding a

sed -i "s;GPERF --version |;& head -n 1 |;" configure

fixes that.

Anyone there who saw that too? I'll add that to the book.

[Randy McMurchy]

Confirmed about the Gperf issue.

Some other notes:

1. I'm not sure the sed for the sort command is required any longer.

I can't produce an error using the syntax that is supposed to be bad.

2. We need to pass a parameter so that there is not a long hangup

during the mktime test. See the Gawk page in LFS devel for an example.

[thomas]

Replying to randy@…:

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1. I'm not sure the sed for the sort command is required any longer.

I can't produce an error using the syntax that is supposed to be bad.

Yes, I also see no errors when leaving that sed out

2. We need to pass a parameter so that there is not a long hangup

during the mktime test. See the Gawk page in LFS devel for an example.

Or simply run 'autoconf' first. Unfortunatly I cannot tell much about that auto{make,conf}-voodoo and what it does and so, but ​http://www.archivum.info/gnu.emacs.bug/2008-08/msg00848.html gave me a hint about that...

[Randy McMurchy]

Modified milestone from 6.4 to 6.5

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Milestone 6.5 deleted

[Randy McMurchy]

Updated milestone to 6.7

[Armin K]

Fixed for some time now.

[bdubbs@…]

Milestone 6.7 deleted