Re: [Groff] calling all automake'ers ...

2015-04-18 Thread Mike Bianchi
Thanks Ralph, but I'm still hoping someone with autoconf knowledge will know what to do. Mike On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 03:57:56PM +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Mike, > > > I know the current code uses diff -Dname option which i

Re: [Groff] calling all automake'ers ...

2015-04-18 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Mike, > I know the current code uses diff -Dname option which is not > universal. As an aside, I see POSIX has diff support -e for ed(1) output. And -s for running a script. How about turning -e's output into ed that inserts the cpp(1) commands and carrying on as before? Have a poke at -

Re: [Groff] calling all automake'ers ...

2015-04-18 Thread Mike Bianchi
Bertrand Garrigues wrote: > What exactly is the problem with Solaris' `sed' and `diff'? I don't know about sed. Peter Bray says there is a problem with sed. Solaris sed(1) is not up to the task of showing deletions but GNU sed(1) is. I know the current code uses diff -Dname opt

Re: [Groff] calling all automake'ers ...

2015-04-17 Thread Bertrand Garrigues
Hi Mike, On Thu, Apr 16 2015 at 08:23:21 PM, Mike Bianchi wrote: > I've been dealing with updates to contrib/gmkdiff within groff, and there > is an issue that I could use some help with ... > > Over the years, the bash-isms of the original shell script have been removed, > but the basic algori

[Groff] calling all automake'ers ...

2015-04-16 Thread Mike Bianchi
I've been dealing with updates to contrib/gmkdiff within groff, and there is an issue that I could use some help with ... Over the years, the bash-isms of the original shell script have been removed, but the basic algorithm depends of Gnu's sed(1) and diff(1) . As I understand it, it _might_