bug#51144: closed (GNU grep 3.7 fails to build on FreeBSD)

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> GNU grep 3.7 fails to build on FreeBSD
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> Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:53:00 +0700
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> Mutt/1.4.2.1i
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> Hi there,
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> Version 3.7 does not build under FreeBSD, with the first problem of
> STACK_DIRECTION macro being wrongly defined:
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>   ...
>   ./stackvma.h:31:21: error: invalid token at start of a preprocessor expression
>   #if STACK_DIRECTION < 0
>                       ^
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> If I diff the generated grep-3.{6,7}/config.h files, I see this:
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>   @@ -1483,19 +1666,20 @@
>       'size_t'. */
>    /* #undef SIZE_T_SUFFIX */
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>   -/* If using the C implementation of alloca, define if you know the
>   -   direction of stack growth for your system; otherwise it will be
>   -   automatically deduced at runtime.
>   -     STACK_DIRECTION > 0 => grows toward higher addresses
>   -     STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward lower addresses
>   -     STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => direction of growth unknown */
>   -/* #undef STACK_DIRECTION */
>   +/* Define on Solaris 11 and its derivates. */
>   +/* #undef SOLARIS11 */
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>   +/* Define as the direction of stack growth for your system.  STACK_DIRECTION 
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>   +   0 => grows toward higher addresses STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward
>   +   lower addresses STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => spaghetti stack. */
>   +#define STACK_DIRECTION 
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>    /* Define to 1 if the `S_IS*' macros in <sys/stat.h> do not work properly. */
>    /* #undef STAT_MACROS_BROKEN */
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> So before it was /* #undef STACK_DIRECTION */, now it's #define
> STACK_DIRECTION<space>.  If I undefine it after ./configure manually, the
> build still fails further down the road:
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>   ...
>   sigsegv.c:979:29: error: no member named 'is_near_this' in 'struct vma_struct'
>                       : vma.is_near_this (addr, &vma))
>                         ~~~ ^
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> I believe the same bug affects diffutils 3.8 on FreeBSD:
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>     https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=257631
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> ./danfe
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> Re: bug#51144: GNU grep 3.7 fails to build on FreeBSD
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> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:46:37 -0800
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> The issues brought up in this Grep bug report seem to be resolved one 
> way or another, so I'm closing the bug report.
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