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Re: automake results on OpenBSD 4.0


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: automake results on OpenBSD 4.0
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:34:10 +0000 (UTC)
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Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:

> 
> +# Check that grep can parse nonprinting characters
> +# BSD grep can do so from a pipe, but not a file.

Maybe we should also add a line:
+# BSD 'grep -a' does just fine from files, but 'grep -a' is not portable.

> -  grep ": pass" stdout | $FGREP "$grn"
> +  cat stdout | grep ": pass" | $FGREP "$grn"

Wow - I wrote something that superficially looks like a useless use of cat, but 
which actually changes the test outcome.

-- 
Eric Blake






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