Bug 33851 – net-snmp-5.0.9-r3 configure uses obsolete tail syntax

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Aron Griffis (RETIRED) 2003-11-19 12:45:13 UTC]

checking whether TCP timers depend on `hz'... no
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `tail --help' for more information.
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `tail --help' for more information.
checking ... (cached) 3
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `tail --help' for more information.
checking ... (cached) root@Unknown
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `tail --help' for more information.
checking ... (cached) Unknown
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `tail --help' for more information.
checking ... (cached) /var/log/net-snmpd.log
tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
Try `tail --help' for more information.

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Portage 2.0.49-r15 (default-alpha-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.4.21-alpha-r1)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.21-alpha-r1 alpha EV67
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.12
distcc 2.11.2 alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
ccache version 2.3 [enabled]
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="alpha ~alpha"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-mcpu=ev67 -O3 -pipe -mieee"
CHOST="alphaev67-unknown-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/cups /etc/init.d /etc/openldap /etc/postfix/sample /etc/sound /etc/X11/app-defaults /etc/X11/rstart /etc/X11/serverconfig /etc/X11/Sessions /etc/X11/starthere /etc/X11/sysconfig /etc/X11/xdm /etc/X11/xinit /etc/X11/xkb /etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=ev67 -O3 -pipe -mieee"
DISTDIR="/usr/distfiles"
FEATURES="sandbox ccache cvs noauto keepwork noclean"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://kant.zk3.dec.com/gentoo/mirror/sources/ http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/usr/local/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/home/agriffis/proj/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="alpha crypt cups encode foomaticdb gif jpeg libg++ mikmod ncurses nls oss pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gtkhtml gdbm berkdb readline tetex bonobo tcltk guile X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl python imlib oggvorbis gnome gtk qt motif opengl mozilla ldap cdr -alsa -apm -arts -esd -java -kde -slang cscope ev6 perl ruby imap snmp socks5 moznoirc moznomail moznocompose gtk2"

[Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-11-24 06:35:11 UTC]

i've created a bug upstream

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=848317&group_id=12694&atid=112694

[Comment 2 Tony Vroon (RETIRED) 2003-12-17 11:27:38 UTC]

Created attachment 22366 [details, diff]
net-snmp-5.0.9-r3.ebuild.diff

This uses the fixheadtails eclass to fix the obsolete tail calls.

[Comment 3 Max Kalika (RETIRED) 2004-01-16 09:13:06 UTC]

fixed in cvs.  thanks.