Re: backward compatability of tools

2003-02-17 Thread Paul Eggert
"Dr. David Kirkby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > SunOs 4.1.4 Sun has been withdrawing support for that OS. Since September 2000 Sun has not issued patches for new bugs in that operating system. On September 30, Sun will further transition SunOS 4.1.4 to "custom quote" level, which means you wil

Re: comma separated lists

2003-02-17 Thread Bruno Haible
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > The difference between space-separated lists and comma-separated lists is > approximately like writing in C func("arg1 arg2 arg3") rather than > func(arg1, arg2, arg3). It is not "proper" for the language being used. > It is a historical mistake that is being phased out.

Re: Library linking problem

2003-02-17 Thread Mike Castle
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dr. David Kirkby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >/conftest: error while loading shared libraries: libgsl.so.0: cannot >open shared object file: No such file or directory >configure:4834: $? = 127 >configure: program exited with status 127 >configure: failed program was:

Re: How do I make a portable test??

2003-02-17 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 09:43:38AM -0800, Bruce Korb wrote: > You have to use double brackets to use "==", thus: > > $ if [[ abd == a?d ]] ; then echo yes ; else echo no ; fi Well *that's* portable :-/ Just what I get for scanning the man page, and assuming consistency. Even if I *had* noticed t