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Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:56:11 +0200 |
address@hidden (Bob Proulx) wrote:
...
> I can't recreate that. First I tried the current version control head
> and it worked fine with your test case. So I pulled the prior 6.8
> bundle and compiled it.
>
> $ wget ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.8.tar.bz2
> $ tar xjf coreutils-6.8.tar.bz2
> $ cd coreutils-6.8
> $ ./configure
> $ make
> $ ./src/expr 20x11-common_process-args : '[[:alnum:]_-]\+$'
> 25
>
> Could you try compiling a pristine copy of coreutils and seeing if
> that works for you? If it does not can you report back to the mailing
> list here with the results? Actually, either way we would like to
> hear the resolution.
If, after the above, you still see the problem, please save a copy of
your config.log file (evidence! to send here). Then you can probably
work around it by rebuilding with ./configure --with-included-regex
That will ensure that you use the regex code bundled with coreutils,
which may be less buggy than what's in your systems C library.
- coreutils-6.8 - error in expr, Vin Shelton, 2007/06/11
- Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr, Bob Proulx, 2007/06/12
- Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr,
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr, Paul Eggert, 2007/06/12
- Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr, Vin Shelton, 2007/06/13
- Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr, James Youngman, 2007/06/13
- Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr, Vin Shelton, 2007/06/13
- Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr, Bob Proulx, 2007/06/13
- Re: coreutils-6.8 - error in expr, Vin Shelton, 2007/06/13