Re: coreutils 8.30 "bootstap"

[Gabor Z. Papp]

* Bernhard Voelker <address@hidden>:

| > Will you apply to git these changes?
| >
| >
| > 01-configure.ac.diff
| >
| > diff -urN archive/8.30/configure.ac src/8.30/configure.ac
| > --- archive/8.30/configure.ac       2018-05-14 06:20:24.000000000 +0200
| > +++ src/8.30/configure.ac   2018-08-17 12:38:31.289457659 +0200
| > @@ -617,7 +617,15 @@
| >
| >  AC_SUBST([built_programs], [$optional_bin_progs])
| >
| > -AM_CONDITIONAL([CROSS_COMPILING], [test "$cross_compiling" = yes])
| > +AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether built binary fails to run on this host 
(cross-compiling?)])
| > +AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[int main() { return 0; }]])],
| > +[cu_cross_compiling=no],
| > +[# Assume we are cross-compiling if this trivial program fails.
| > +cu_cross_compiling=yes],
| > +[cu_cross_compiling=yes])
| > +AM_CONDITIONAL([CROSS_COMPILING],
| > +  [test "$cross_compiling" = yes || test "$cu_cross_compiling" = yes])
| > +AC_MSG_RESULT([$cu_cross_compiling])
| >
| >  
############################################################################
| >
| >
| >
| > 02-local.mk.diff
| >
| > diff -urN archive/8.30/man/local.mk src/8.30/man/local.mk
| > --- archive/8.30/man/local.mk       2018-05-14 06:20:24.000000000 +0200
| > +++ src/8.30/man/local.mk   2018-08-20 12:04:32.008426334 +0200
| > @@ -181,6 +181,11 @@
| >          test) prog='['; argv='[';;                                 \
| >             *) prog=$$name; argv=$$prog;;                           \
| >     esac;                                                           \
| > +## Double-check whether the built binaries are executable on the build host
| > +## as the above CROSS_COMPILING condition might have been wrong in some 
cases.
| > +   run_help2man="$(run_help2man)";                                 \
| > +   $(abs_top_builddir)/src/cp$(EXEEXT) 2>/dev/null               \
| > +   || run_help2man="$(srcdir)/man/dummy-man";                    \
| >  ## Note the use of $$t/$*, rather than just '$*' as in other packages.
| >  ## That is necessary to avoid failures for programs that are also shell
| >  ## built-in functions like echo, false, printf, pwd.

| I don't get the idea about the 2nd patch: any 'cp' will fail - regardless
| whether it's compiled for the current arch or not, because there are no
| arguments.

Right. Would be better to choose another util like 'df' or similair.