id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2833	gperf required by a2ps-4.14	thomas	blfs-book@…	"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.
"	defect	closed	normal		BOOK	SVN	medium	fixed