[mpich-devel] what version of patch is required for autogen.sh?

[Jeff Hammond]

What version of patch do I need for the following errors to disappear?

Thanks,

jeff

Patching libtool.m4 to enable support for powerpcle... patch:
unrecognized option `--forward'
BusyBox v1.15.1 (2012-06-21 22:59:00 CDT) multi-call binary

Usage: patch [-p NUM] [-i DIFF] [-R] [-N]

	-p NUM	Strip NUM leading components from file names
	-i DIFF	Read DIFF instead of stdin
	-R	Reverse patch
	-N	Ignore already applied patches

failed
Patching libtool.m4 for compatibility with nagfor shared libraries...
patch: unrecognized option `--forward'
BusyBox v1.15.1 (2012-06-21 22:59:00 CDT) multi-call binary

Usage: patch [-p NUM] [-i DIFF] [-R] [-N]

	-p NUM	Strip NUM leading components from file names
	-i DIFF	Read DIFF instead of stdin
	-R	Reverse patch
	-N	Ignore already applied patches

failed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
running autoreconf in src/mpl
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `confdb'.
libtoolize: copying file `confdb/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `confdb'.
libtoolize: copying file `confdb/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `confdb/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `confdb/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `confdb/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `confdb/lt~obsolete.m4'
Patching libtool.m4 to enable support for powerpcle... patch:
unrecognized option `--forward'
BusyBox v1.15.1 (2012-06-21 22:59:00 CDT) multi-call binary

Usage: patch [-p NUM] [-i DIFF] [-R] [-N]

	-p NUM	Strip NUM leading components from file names
	-i DIFF	Read DIFF instead of stdin
	-R	Reverse patch
	-N	Ignore already applied patches

failed
Patching libtool.m4 for compatibility with nagfor shared libraries...
patch: unrecognized option `--forward'
BusyBox v1.15.1 (2012-06-21 22:59:00 CDT) multi-call binary

Usage: patch [-p NUM] [-i DIFF] [-R] [-N]

	-p NUM	Strip NUM leading components from file names
	-i DIFF	Read DIFF instead of stdin
	-R	Reverse patch
	-N	Ignore already applied patches

failed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
running autoreconf in src/util/logging/rlog

-- 
Jeff Hammond
jeff.science at gmail.com
http://jeffhammond.github.io/