Re: Error seen when building 1.4.21 with glibc 2.44

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:51:56 -0700
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On 2026-07-28 19:45, Collin Funk wrote:
> I haven't seen that issue specifically, but there is some discussion on
> libc-alpha and bug-gnulib [1], about a similar issue.
Any reason not to install the patch (attached) that you proposed Saturday on bug-gnulib for this problem? I've been waiting for it to get installed so that I can propagate it into m4 master and (I hope) fix Tom's problem.
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