tags 625666 + upstream thanks On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 10:04:32PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Josh Triplett <[email protected]> writes: > > In trying to bootstrap a minimal environment, I ended up trying to run > > configure using just busybox. This almost worked, except that configure > > uses diff several times. configure just uses diff for its exit > > code, to check for identical files. The version of busybox-static in > > Debian doesn't provide diff, but does provide cmp. Please consider > > trying cmp if available, and in any case verifying the existence of > > diff and/or cmp before trying to call them. > > This bug duplicates Bug #470083. Do you have anything to add to > what that bug already says?
I hadn't seen that bug when checking for duplicates, since it got closed and thus no longer shows up on the open bug list. (If it had remained open I'd have found it and followed up there.) But yes, I have something to add, namely that I don't mind actually taking this up with upstream. :) I'll send a mail to upstream explaining the above, and arguing for autodetection of an available program to check for differences between two files. I'd appreciate it if this bug could stay open in the meantime to track the issue. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
