Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [arch-users] problem with tla on freebsd

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On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:23:30 +0200, Jan Hudec <address@hidden> wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 03:00:54PM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
>>
>> Ideally, this would get sorted out by the "configure" script at
>> compile time, or else perhaps specified in =meta-info somehow.
>
>It IS supposed to be sorted out by configure, just you have to do it
>manualy. Try configuring with:
>
>../configure --with-gnu-diff=gdiff --with-gnu-patch=gpatch --with-gnu-tar=gtar
>
>And tell us if it solved the problem (I agree that it should be used as
>default if BSD is detected).

I did manage to make this work, but only after I moved up to the 1.1
branch (I had been using 1.0.6 on my FreeBSD machines).

I wouldn't mind just moving up to the 1.1 branch (I'd get star-merge
back, and supposedly even arbitrary-length version numbers), but it is
after all a development branch so I'm worried about trashing my
archives.  How risky is it if I use one of the "released" 1.1
snapsnots (e.g 1.1pre5)?  Will I get into trouble if I move back and
forth between 1.0 and 1.1?

--Mirian