Missing variable quoting in m4 files

Hi, when using the ls-mntd-fs.m4 file on NetBSD 3.0/i386, I got an error caused by an empty variable ($ac_cv_func_getmntent): test: =: unary operator expected So I patched all variable uses to include the proper quotes. Roland Index: fsusage.m4 ===

coreutils 5.95 on IRIX 5.3

Dear developers, coreutils 5.95, unlike prior releases, seems to build relatively fine on IRIX 5.3. There are at leasr two issues however: - configure does not find /sbin/grep; settting GREP environment variable works around this. - IRIX 5.3's sed does not like some syntax used by config.

expr --> problem with product functionality

Hallo, i use expr (GNU corutils) 5.3.0 Written by Mike Parker. comming with Suse Linux 10.0 64 Bit Version. I have the problem, that the arithmetic function product is not working. For example: Linux_box:/ # expr 10 / 2 5 Linux_box:/ # expr 10 * 2 expr: syntax error Best regards --

Re: expr --> problem with product functionality

GNU/Linux_box:/ # expr 10 / 2 5 GNU/Linux_box:/ # expr 10 * 2 expr: syntax error You need to escape the multiplication sign. Try: expr 10 \* 2 And try: echo expr 10 * 2 to see why it doesn't work (shell expansion) Cheers. ___ Bug-co

RE: gsort problem

Hi Paul and Bob, I probably should also mention that I'm not a big C programmer, but am getting there. Here's the output of "cc -E tempname.c". I'm not sure if you want the whole lot, it's appended below. On a very quick check of the system header files the only reference I could f

Re: Missing variable quoting in m4 files

Roland Illig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > test: =: unary operator expected > > So I patched all variable uses to include the proper quotes. That patch masks the actual error, which is that the variable was used without being defined. The underlying bug was fixed in a different way, as described

Re: coreutils 5.95 on IRIX 5.3

Georg Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > coreutils 5.95, unlike prior releases, seems to build relatively fine > on IRIX 5.3. Thanks for the bug report. > FAIL: symlink-slash Hmmm, what is the output of the following shell command? cd tests/cp VERBOSE=yes make TESTS=symlink-

Re: Missing variable quoting in m4 files

Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > That patch masks the actual error, which is that the variable was used > without being defined. The underlying bug was fixed in a different > way, as described in >