Re: On time64 and Large File Support

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On 2022-11-13, Zack Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have not pushed this, and have only tested it lightly on a current Linux.
> It needs testing on weird old systems, particularly old AIX, HP-UX, MinGW.

I'd be happy to give it a go on my weird old systems ...

>
> I don't think a 2.72 release tomorrow is realistic anymore.  The soonest
> after that I will be able to do one is next weekend, but that should give
> people time to experiment with this.

... but I'm unable to build current git master at all:

  % ./bootstrap
    [ok, no errors]

  % ./configure
    [...]
    checking for Perl >=5.10.0 with Time::HiRes::stat... /usr/bin/perl
    [...]
    [ok, no errors]

  % make
    CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/sh
'/srv/home/nbowler/misc/autoconf/build-aux/missing' aclocal-1.16 -I m4
    configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: [email protected]
     cd . && /bin/sh /srv/home/nbowler/misc/autoconf/build-aux/missing
automake-1.16 --gnu
    configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: [email protected]
    CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/sh
'/srv/home/nbowler/misc/autoconf/build-aux/missing' autoconf
    configure.ac:28: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: [email protected]
    /bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
    running CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/sh /bin/sh ./configure --no-create --no-recursion
    ./configure: 6: cannot create .: Is a directory
    ./configure: 6: cannot create .: Is a directory
    [...]
    checking for Perl >=5.10.0 with Time::HiRes::stat... configure:
error: no acceptable perl could be found in $PATH.
    Perl 5.10.0 or later is required, with Time::HiRes::stat.
    make: *** [Makefile:969: config.status] Error 1

Am I missing a step here?  I normally build from releases.

It looks like the bootstrap procedure has changed compared to 2.71,
which builds OK
for me from git (using autoreconf instead of the bootstrap script).

Cheers,
  Nick