FYI, I've pushed these two changes:
2008-05-14 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
use dd ifs=$n count=1 ... rather than less-portable head -c$n
* build-aux/mktempd (rand_bytes): head's -cN option is not accepted
by Solaris 10's /bin/head or by the one from HP-UX 11.x.
Reported in http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4960334
via Collin Lasse.
diff --git a/build-aux/mktempd b/build-aux/mktempd
index 7ac914b..5bee3f0 100755
--- a/build-aux/mktempd
+++ b/build-aux/mktempd
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ rand_bytes()
dev_rand=/dev/urandom
if test -r "$dev_rand"; then
# Note: 256-length($chars) == 194; 3 copies of $chars is 186 + 8 = 194.
- head -c$n "$dev_rand" | tr -c $chars 01234567$chars$chars$chars
+ dd ibs=$n count=1 if="$dev_rand" | tr -c $chars 01234567$chars$chars$chars
return
fi
=======================================================================
2008-05-14 Lasse Collin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
use "echo STR|wc -c" rather than unportable "expr length STR"
* build-aux/mktempd (mktempd): Vendor-supplied expr from at least
OpenBSD 4.3 and Solaris 10 do not honor expr's "length" function.
diff --git a/build-aux/mktempd b/build-aux/mktempd
index 5bee3f0..2bb424f 100755
--- a/build-aux/mktempd
+++ b/build-aux/mktempd
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ mktempd()
base_template=`echo "$template"|sed 's/XX*$//'`
# Calculate how many X's we've just removed.
- nx=`expr length "$template" - length "$base_template"`
+ template_length=`echo "$template" | wc -c`
+ nx=`echo "$base_template" | wc -c`
+ nx=`expr $template_length - $nx`
err=
i=1
--
1.5.5.1.216.g33c73
