Re: [Pan-users] Small portability issue

[Heinrich Mueller]

Am 09.05.2012 13:48, schrieb Rhialto:
> I'm updating the pkgsrc entry for Pan, and while doing that, it points
> me to a portability issue in the configure script:
>
> =>  Checking for portability problems in extracted files
> WARNING: [check-portability.awk] =>  Found $RANDOM:
> WARNING: [check-portability.awk] configure:       INTLTOOL_XML_NOMERGE_RULE='%.xml:       %.xml.in       
> $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) ; $(INTLTOOL_V_MERGE)_it_tmp_dir=tmp.intltool.$$RANDOM&&  mkdir 
> $$_it_tmp_dir&&  LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(INTLTOOL_V_MERGE_OPTIONS) -x -u $$_it_tmp_dir $<  
> $@&&  rmdir $$_it_tmp_dir'
>
> Explanation:
> ===========================================================================
> The variable $RANDOM is not required for a POSIX-conforming shell, and
> many implementations of /bin/sh do not support it. It should therefore
> not be used in shell programs that are meant to be portable across a
> large number of POSIX-like systems.
> ===========================================================================
>
> git: not found
>
> Also, "git: not found" seems to indicate that "git" is used in
> configure?
>
> -Olaf.
Hi Olaf.
git is used for the version string in the about dialog box.
it could easily be left out.
unfortunately i don't have a clue about the intltool configure magic.
perhaps petr kovar knows something? you can ask him here or in the irc 
channel #pan on freenode.

cheers.