Re: proposed change for depout.m4

2002-02-17 Thread Jim Meyering
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 08:35:31PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: >> >> * m4/depout.m4: Don't use `head -1'; it's no longer portable. >> Use `sed 1q' instead. >> > > Hi Jim! Could you adjust tests/cond12.test and > tests/insthook.test simil

Re: proposed change for depout.m4

2002-02-17 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 08:35:31PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > > * m4/depout.m4: Don't use `head -1'; it's no longer portable. > Use `sed 1q' instead. > Hi Jim! Could you adjust tests/cond12.test and tests/insthook.test similarly? Thanks, -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Re: proposed change for depout.m4

2002-02-17 Thread Jim Meyering
Thanks! You're right. I've just confirmed that on a SunOS4.1.4 system its /usr/ucb/head. Here's a better patch: * m4/depout.m4: Don't use `head -1'; it's no longer portable. Use `sed 1q' instead. Index: m4/depout.m4 =

Re: proposed change for depout.m4

2002-02-17 Thread Ralf Corsepius
Am Son, 2002-02-17 um 18.19 schrieb Jim Meyering: > Does anyone know of a system for which `head -n1' doesn't work > the same as the traditional `head -1'? >From SunOS4's manpage (dated ~1990): [..] NAME head - display first few lines of specified files SYNOPSIS head [ -n ] [ file