Re: [Gm2] gm2 release 0.72

[Michael Lambert]

Hi Gaius,

On 24 Dec 2009, at 08:02, Gaius Mulley wrote:

> I've just released version 0.72 and built amd64 binaries for
> Debian/Ubuntu.  You can install these easily on these two operating
> systems by copy/pasting these lines into your /etc/apt/sources.list

A couple of nits here:

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date: illegal option -- -
usage: date [-jnu] [-d dst] [-r seconds] [-t west] [- 
v[+|-]val[ymwdHMS]] ...
            [-f fmt date | [[[mm]dd]HH]MM[[cc]yy][.ss]] [+format]
makeversion has found a consistency error:  the ../../../gcc-4.1.2/gcc/ 
gm2/gm2-libs/configure.in does not match the GNU Modula-2 release number
make[2]: *** [gm2/gm2version.c] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
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----- gm2/version.c -----
#define version_string  "0.73"
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vs
----- gm2-libs/configure.in -----
AC_INIT(ASCII.def, 0.72, address@hidden)
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It looks like the date command in makeversion assumes GNU date.  The  
Mac OS X version of date is the same as the FreeBSD version.  I think  
I've seen this before, but it hasn't shown up at the end of a 'make',  
so I  haven't paid attention.

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SYNOPSIS
     date [-ju] [-r seconds] [-v [+|-]val[ymwdHMS]] ... [+output_fmt]
     date [-jnu] [[[mm]dd]HH]MM[[cc]yy][.ss]
     date [-jnu] -f input_fmt new_date [+output_fmt]
     date [-d dst] [-t minutes_west]
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Michael