Mark D. Baushke wrote: > on a Solaris 9 system > I have run into problems when /bin/sh is used. > > ... > > I am getting these two errors: > > sed: -e expression #1, char 2: unterminated `s' command > ../gnulib/gnulib-tool: .*^I,,: not found > sed: -e expression #1, char 2: unterminated `s' command > ../gnulib/gnulib-tool: .*^I,,: not found > > I have tracked the problems down to the two for loops in this block of > code starting on line 1152 in the gnulib-tool file: > > # Then the files that are in new-files, but not in old-files: > already_present= > for f in `LC_ALL=C join -t"$delimiter" -v2 "$tmp"/old-files > "$tmp"/new-files | sed -e 's,'^.*"$delimiter"',,'`; do case "$f" in > build-aux/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^build-aux/,$auxdir/,"` ;; > lib/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^lib/,$sourcebase/,"` ;; > m4/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^m4/,$m4base/,"` ;; > tests/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^tests/,$testsbase/,"` ;; > *) g="$f" ;; > esac > func_add_or_update > done > # Then the files that are in new-files and in old-files: > already_present=true > for f in `LC_ALL=C join -t"$delimiter" "$tmp"/old-files "$tmp"/new-files > | sed -e 's,'^.*"$delimiter"',,'`; do case "$f" in > build-aux/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^build-aux/,$auxdir/,"` ;; > lib/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^lib/,$sourcebase/,"` ;; > m4/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^m4/,$m4base/,"` ;; > tests/*) g=`echo "$f" | sed -e "s,^tests/,$testsbase/,"` ;; > *) g="$f" ;; > esac > func_add_or_update > done > > The value of $delimeter is a control-I character.
Thanks for the report and patch. I've committed a patch equivalent to yours. > After using the patch, I only see the Solaris host adding one additional > '-: not found' error message. For example, I see this on the Solaris 9 > host: > > % maint-aux/gnulib-update > ../gnulib/gnulib-tool: -: not found > ******************************************************************** > Makefile.am needs updating. Use `cvs diff lib/Makefile.gnulib' to > view changes. > ******************************************************************** To find out which command in gnulib-tool is causing this, you can add a set -x command in line 22 of gnulib-tool, then run maint-aux/gnulib-update again, and look where in the output you find the "-: not found" error message. Thanks! Bruno _______________________________________________ bug-gnulib mailing list bug-gnulib@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnulib