Hi Jim, Sorry I didn't notice your reply sooner.
On 22 Sep 2011, at 23:38, Jim Meyering wrote: > Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>>> * g...@github.com:gvvaughan/GNU-coreutils.git in gary/bootstrap >>>> https://github.com/gvvaughan/GNU-coreutils/commits/gary/bootstrap > > I'll try to find time for this next week. Thanks. How did you get on? I just tried to check that everything in my coreutils bootstrap.conf still works correctly with coreutils master, but unfortunately coreutils bootstrap now requires that I install the latest autotools -- including gettext-0.18.1.1 which doesn't compile on Mac OS 10.7.1 with the latest Apple supplied gcc (4.2.1 LLVM). And without that, I can no longer bootstrap coreutils on my Mac :-( > I glanced through the first few lines of your script and found > > FGREP=fgrep > EGREP=egrep > ... > > Please use the more standard grep -F and grep -E instead. I wasn't aware that it was more portable to expect a vendor grep that supports -E and -F than to expect a vendor egrep and fgrep binary. None- the-less, I applied your suggested change to the master copy of bootstrap in Zile. Cheers, -- Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)
