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

["Antonio J. Peña"]

--forward is the long equivalent to -N. I'm using GNU patch 2.7.1. I'll 
change --forward to -N.

   Toni


On 06/24/2014 06:13 PM, Jeff Hammond wrote:
> 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
>


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Antonio J. Peña
Postdoctoral Appointee
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
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Argonne, IL 60439-4847
apenya at mcs.anl.gov
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