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Re: new module 'iconv_open' [attn gperf maintainer]


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According to Bruno Haible on 4/2/2007 4:36 PM:
> Eric Blake wrote:
> >
> > This change breaks compiling the latest git coreutils on at least cygwin:
> >
> > GPERF = gperf
> > iconv_open-aix.h: iconv_open-aix.gperf
> > 	$(GPERF) -m 10 iconv_open-aix.gperf > $@-t
> > 	mv $@-t $@
> >
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/eblake/coreutils/lib'
> > gperf -m 10 iconv_open-aix.gperf > iconv_open-aix.h-t
> > gperf: invalid option -- m
> > Usage: gperf [-cCdDef[num]
> >
F<initializers>GhH<hashname>i<init>Ijk<keys>K<keyname>lL<language>nN<function
> > name>ors<size>S<switches>tTvW<wordlistname>Z<class name>7] [input-file]
> > Try `gperf --help' for more information.
> > make[1]: *** [iconv_open-aix.h] Error 1

>> gperf --version
>> GNU gperf 2.7.2
> 
> Come on! gperf 3.0.1 was released four years ago, and you are still using its
> seven year old predecessor?
> I can only feel sorry for the users of distros where the distro packagers
> don't upgrade a program to a new version even in 4 years. And gperf-3.0.x
> is _really_ not hard to upgrade: it compiles out of the box on all platforms
> and is backward compatible with earlier versions.
>
> Bruno

Tracking the latest coreutils now requires gperf 3.0.1 or better (and
3.0.2 was released last year).  Can we please get an update?  I've offered
in the past to become the maintainer, but was turned down in the offer.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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