Ubuntu 25.10 switched most of the coreutils parts from GNU to uutils implementation where the "--version" check fails during configure run:
checking for GNU cat... configure: error: could not find GNU cat The GNU coreutils are still installed with a filename prefix, e.g. /usr/bin/gnucat. Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <[email protected]> --- configure.ac | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index c6ad34fa6..e56601f51 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ dnl $1: tool to search for dnl $2: package where the tool is (e.g. 'coreutils') AC_DEFUN([GNU_TOOL], [AC_CACHE_CHECK([for GNU $1], [ac_cv_path_gnu_$1], - [AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK([gnu_$1], [g$1 $1.gnu $1-gnu $1], + [AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK([gnu_$1], [g$1 gnu$1 $1.gnu $1-gnu $1], [[out=`$ac_path_gnu_$1 --version 2>/dev/null | $SED -ne "s/.*\(GNU\) $2.*/\1/p"` test "x$out" = xGNU && ac_cv_path_gnu_$1=$ac_path_gnu_$1 ac_path_gnu_$1_found=:]], [AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find GNU $1])])]) -- 2.43.0
