Re: multiline output variables.

2005-01-28 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hello again, on a second thought, I see my yesterday ideas can be improved. That's why I answer to my own mail, sorry. 1) I wrote: > ... s/x\{23\}/yes/ ... is not portable Does anyone know whether I was true or not? The autoconf manual doesn't mention this problem, and \{23\} is required by

Re: multiline output variables.

2005-01-28 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stepan Kasal wrote on Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 09:48:32AM CET: > > 1) I wrote: > > > ... s/x\{23\}/yes/ ... is not portable > > Does anyone know whether I was true or not? The autoconf manual doesn't > mention this problem, and \{23\} is required by POSIX for BRE's. I think it is safe to use (u

Re: multiline output variables.

2005-01-28 Thread Stepan Kasal
Hi, On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:30:27AM +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > ... s/x\{23\}/yes/ ... is not portable ... > I think it is safe to use [...] so I was just wrong, sorry. Stepan ___ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.o

Re: multiline output variables.

2005-01-28 Thread Paul Eggert
Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) I wrote: > >> ... s/x\{23\}/yes/ ... is not portable > > Does anyone know whether I was true or not? The autoconf manual doesn't > mention this problem, and \{23\} is required by POSIX for BRE's. Older BSD seds don't support it, if memory serves. Y

portable way to trap SIGCHLD?

2005-01-28 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The coreutils 5.3.0 testsuite has a test (tests/install/trap) that wants to trap SIGCHLD to detect an infinite loop in install(1) when SIGCHLD was ignored. But SIGCHLD is not one of the portable signal numbers (on the systems I have access to, it is 1