Re: rhel8 test failure confirmation?
Karl Berry wrote: > There would not need to be much parsing, just "automake --version | grep > HiRes" in that case, or "case `automake --version` in *HiRes*) ...;; > easc" to avoid running grep if you want. I specifically want to hear what Karl thinks. I lean towards Jacob's view that automake --version | grep HiRes will suffice. Not having a new option seems simpler/better in terms of later understanding, too. --thanks, karl. P.S. As for case vs. grep, personally I find a simple if...grep easier to comprehend/test/debug than a case statement. (Especially the macro-ized AS_CASE, which just makes me have to look up its syntax every time I see it.) Also fewer lines of source. Granted calling the external grep is less efficient, but that seems insignificant to me. I understand Paul and others may disagree ... I agree that if...grep is more direct. I suggested the case alternative because it stands out in my memory after I needed it once, but I do not recall exactly why that contortion was needed. In configure, the efficiency difference is trivial because configure already runs many, many, many subprocesses. One more grep will not make a difference on any reasonable platform. -- Jacob
Re: rhel8 test failure confirmation?
upthread somewhere Karl (iirc) threw out a bikeshed idea like --has=. Pretty sure it wasn't me :).
[bug#67498] Fixes for Windows
i've always been curious as to how libtool works. if you're referring to Alex Ameen, it was surprising that he was the new maintainer when he never seemed to have done anything in libtool, or any other autotools project, before he was suddenly the main (only?) maintainer. In general, if a package is unmaintained, and someone volunteers to maintain it, they will be accepted. I gather Alex A did make the libtool release early last year, though I didn't check that myself. The general problem I've observed is that maintain...@gnu.org seems to have become more or less inactive wrt dealing with maintainers stepping down / disappearing. E.g., I told them about one such package (wdiff) and didn't get a reply, let alone any action. Well, maybe someday someone will have interest to do that stuff again. I did it for years, and I can't say it was a lot of fun. Meanwhile, more GNU packages will just become more moribund. Life goes on. All unrelated to this bug ... oh well ... -k
Re: rhel8 test failure confirmation?
> There would not need to be much parsing, just "automake --version | grep > HiRes" in that case, or "case `automake --version` in *HiRes*) ...;; > easc" to avoid running grep if you want. I specifically want to hear what Karl thinks. I lean towards Jacob's view that automake --version | grep HiRes will suffice. Not having a new option seems simpler/better in terms of later understanding, too. --thanks, karl. P.S. As for case vs. grep, personally I find a simple if...grep easier to comprehend/test/debug than a case statement. (Especially the macro-ized AS_CASE, which just makes me have to look up its syntax every time I see it.) Also fewer lines of source. Granted calling the external grep is less efficient, but that seems insignificant to me. I understand Paul and others may disagree ...
bug#62896: [Configure] Bug with check for PERL when path has spaces (i.e. Windows)
On 02 Dec 2023 21:55, Paul Eggert wrote: > -if test -z "$PERL"; then > +case $PERL in AS_CASE ? -mike signature.asc Description: PGP signature
