[debbugs-tracker] bug#21945: closed (Bug: Build dependency gperf)

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> Bug: Build dependency gperf
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> Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:53:44 +0100
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> Hello,
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> building difftools (from Oct 2015) fails without gperf. A check for
> gperf should be added to the configure script.
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> I am not really into it, but autoconf should be able to recognize this
> dependency itself? Any Ideas?
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Stephan Müller
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> Hello,
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> building difftools (from Oct 2015) fails without gperf. A check for
> gperf should be added to the configure script.
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> I am not really into it, but autoconf should be able to recognize this
> dependency itself? Any Ideas?

Thank you for the report. That was a bug, indeed.
The attached patch records the requirement in bootstrap.conf,
so that those building from DVCS notice it. Others should not
require gperf, because the gperf-generated files are always
generated and up-to-date in a distribution tarball.

0001-build-add-gperf-to-the-list-of-required-programs.patch
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