[Fink-devel] Leopard and echo -n breakage
I thought Apple had promised not to break echo -n in Leopard? They did it anyway. Not in /bin/echo, but in /usr/bin/make and in /bin/sh. Make uses its own built-in echo (or perhaps the one built into /bin/sh), and the one in Leopard doesn't understand -n. Packages that still have echo -n in their Makefiles will break. The xetex package is an example. The same behavior can be seen in /bin/sh scripts where the built-in echo is used. Try `sh -c echo -n asdf`. -- Martin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
Re: [Fink-devel] Leopard and echo -n breakage
On Oct 27, 2007, at 15:27, Martin Costabel wrote: I thought Apple had promised not to break echo -n in Leopard? They did it anyway. Not in /bin/echo, but in /usr/bin/make and in / bin/sh. ... The same behavior can be seen in /bin/sh scripts where the built-in echo is used. Try `sh -c echo -n asdf`. When you start the shell as 'sh' instead of 'bash', it uses POSIX compliance mode. Try `bash -c echo -n asdf`. Shell scripts may need to change their #! line. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
Re: [Fink-devel] Leopard and echo -n breakage
Matthew Sachs wrote: On Oct 27, 2007, at 15:27, Martin Costabel wrote: I thought Apple had promised not to break echo -n in Leopard? They did it anyway. Not in /bin/echo, but in /usr/bin/make and in /bin/sh. ... The same behavior can be seen in /bin/sh scripts where the built-in echo is used. Try `sh -c echo -n asdf`. When you start the shell as 'sh' instead of 'bash', it uses POSIX compliance mode. Or what whoever decided this thinks is POSIX compliance mode. I thought it was established long ago that POSIX does *not* define what echo -n is supposed to do. As it says in Apple's very own man echo under -n: Note that this option as well as the effect of `\c' are implementation-defined in IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'') as amended by Cor. 1-2002. Try `bash -c echo -n asdf`. Shell scripts may need to change their #! line. Or eliminate echo -n. Gratuitous additional porting hassle, in any case. -- Martin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
