Re: Fix for script magic.

2000-11-01 Thread François Pinard
[Pavel Roskin] > I would rather keep the legend alive :-) > Better safe than sorry. But keeping the space _is_ being sorry, already. Escape boredom. Add some spice to your life. Live dangerously! Consider progress. Do not stick to previous mistakes! Let's correct what should never have bee

Re: Fix for script magic.

2000-11-01 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello, François! > > >From Autoconf documentation: > > > > > If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems > > (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret > > `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. > > > > Let's rem

Re: Fix for script magic.

2000-11-01 Thread François Pinard
[Pavel Roskin] > >From Autoconf documentation: > > If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems > (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret > `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. > Let's remove that comment, as

Re: Fix for script magic.

2000-11-01 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On 1 Nov 2000, Tom Tromey wrote: > Pavel> > Pavel> If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems > Pavel> (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret > Pavel> `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. > Pavel> > > Relia

Re: Fix for script magic.

2000-11-01 Thread Tom Tromey
Pavel> Pavel> If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems Pavel> (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret Pavel> `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. Pavel> Reliable sources tell me that this is a myth albeit a

Fix for script magic.

2000-11-01 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hello! From Autoconf documentation: If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. It's ridiculous that Autoconf itself uses scripts