Bug 33571 – OpenAFS ebuild (openafs-1.2.10-r1) no longer works with current version of `tail'

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description George Plymale 2003-11-15 13:50:17 UTC]

`emerge openafs` -> 
(while 'configure'ing)
> checking your OS... tail: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1'
> Try `tail --help' for more information.
> configure: error: Linux headers lack version definition
>
> !!! ERROR: net-fs/openafs-1.2.10-r1 failed.

This is with sys-apps/coreutils-5.0.91.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.`emerge openafs` with the correct version of coreutils.
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Actual Results:  
Listed in details.

[Comment 1 George Plymale 2003-11-15 15:13:34 UTC]

Here is the difference ( `diff configure.new configure` ):
2071c2071
<                 linux_kvers=`fgrep UTS_RELEASE $LINUX_KERNEL_PATH/include/linux/version.h |awk 'BEGIN { FS="\"" } { print $2 }'|tail -n 1`
---
>                 linux_kvers=`fgrep UTS_RELEASE $LINUX_KERNEL_PATH/include/linux/version.h |awk 'BEGIN { FS="\"" } { print $2 }'|tail -1`

[Comment 2 Ryan Phillips (RETIRED) 2003-11-21 09:30:46 UTC]

Coreutils 5.0.91 is not stable.  Use a stable version.  If this really needs fixed, could you create a patch George?

[Comment 3 Ryan Phillips (RETIRED) 2003-11-24 09:48:13 UTC]

I've added fixheadtails from bug #23116 to this ebuild.