[Gnu-arch-users] [PATCH] test for working gnu patch (was: Problem with tla on (Free)BSD)

[Andreas Fuchs]

On 2004-01-24, Rob Kaper <address@hidden> wrote:
> tla's configure warns about diff/diff3, but not about patch. When
> not specifying gpatch as patch, this results in a non-working binary
> on FreeBSD without any indication why.

a few weeks ago, i wrote one such test; it didn't make it into
package-framework/tla yet, however.

it is now integrated into the package framework in these branches:

address@hidden/package-framework--patch-test--1.0 and
address@hidden/tla--patch-test--1.2

   archive location: http://arch.boinkor.net/address@hidden

> Furthermore, the warning should probably be tuned a little to
> specify the minimum version number: on FreeBSD 5.2, diff/diff3 *are*
> GNU diffutils, they just happen to be 2.7 and not 2.8.x.

Agreed. Another wishlist item: have the ../configure script exit with
a non-0 exit status if one of the tests failed; also, execute all
tests, no matter if a previous test failed first. that way, the user
can see all the problems that he needs to fix. i guess it's rather
frustrating to first see the gnu-diff error, then installing the diff
port, then seeing the gnu-patch error, etc.

have fun,
-- 
Andreas Fuchs, <address@hidden>, address@hidden, antifuchs