Re: "\.1" entries in Makefile $MAN variable (Solaris 9)

[Poor Yorick]

>  From: Jim Meyering <>
>  
>  That's not the same context as the above.
>  In the for loop above, the tr use is within a `...` context.
>  In *that* case, you'll find the extra backslashes are required.

Thank you for your reply.  I see what you mean about the extra backslashes.  I
tried again with snapshot you suggested (coreutils-6.12.29-a16be), and after
applying the following patch, it worked (with the exception of a failed test,
which I will report in another email):

    --- configure.ac        2008-06-20 16:19:14 -04:00
    +++ configure.ac.new    2008-06-20 21:58:10 -04:00
    @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
     v=EXTRA_PROGRAMS
     for gl_i in `sed -n '/^'$v' =/,/[[^\]]$/p' $mk \
         | sed 's/^  *//;/^\$.*/d;/^'$v' =/d' \
    -    | tr -s '\\015\\012\\\\' '  '`; do
    +    | tr -s '\\015\\012\\\\' '   '`; do
       gl_ADD_PROG([optional_bin_progs], $gl_i)
     done
     
    @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
     
     # Change ginstall.1 to "install.h" in $MAN.
     MAN=`for m in $MAN; do test $m = ginstall.1 && m=install.1; echo $m; done \
    -  | tr '\015\012' ' '; echo`
    +  | tr '\015\012' '  '; echo`
     
     # Remove [.1, since writing a portable rule for it in man/Makefile.am
     # is not practical.  The sed LHS below uses the autoconf quadrigraph

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Yorick