Re: vim build tests require xz?

On Thu, 30 Jan 2025, Brian L. Matthews wrote:

> I build vim from source using:
>
> ./configure \
>     --disable-gui \
>     --enable-largefile \
>     --enable-multibyte \
>     --enable-python3interp \
>     --prefix=/usr/local \
>     --with-compiledby='Brian Matthews <blmatthews+vim@gmail.com>' &&
>     make &&
>     make test
>
> I did a git pull this morning, getting:
>
> $ git rev-parse HEAD
> 8297e2cee337c626c6691e81b25e1f1897c71b86
>
> The make and make test worked just fine on one machine. I then tried it on
> my main development machine and it ended with:
>
> 01:58 Executing Test_glvs_default_tar_xz()
> /bin/bash: unxz: command not found
> tar: dumpx.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> mv: rename dumpx.tar to /Users/blm/src/3rdparty/vim9/src/testdir/XfakeHOME/.vim/GetLatest/Installed/dumpx.tar:
> No such file or directory
>
> On the machine the build worked on:
>
> 01:20 Executing Test_glvs_default_tar_xz()
> x dumpx/
> x dumpx/README.md
> x dumpx/LICENSE
> x dumpx/plugin/
> x dumpx/plugin/dumpx.vim
> x dumpx/plugin/autoycm.pl
> x dumpx/syntax/
> x dumpx/syntax/dumpx.vim
> x dumpx/doc/
> x dumpx/doc/dumpx.txt
>
> On the machine it fails:
>
> $ type unxz
> -bash: type: unxz: not found
>
> And where it works:
>
> $ type unxz
> unxz is /usr/local/bin/unxz
>
> I'm still on macOS Monterey, so maybe xz/unxz come standard with Xcode for a
> newer macOS? Although I do an awful lot of development on a machine with
> neither installed. :-)
>
> There's an obvious workaround, although I kind of hate installing extra
> stuff if I can avoid it, but thought someone would want to know.

Thanks for reporting. Should be fixed with v9.1.1061

Thanks,
Christian
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