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Re: coreutils tests/Makefile.am assumes "make -C"
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: coreutils tests/Makefile.am assumes "make -C" |
Date: |
Thu, 13 May 2004 09:40:05 +0200 |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> By the way, why do you prefer not to use tr's -s option?
>> It's also used in the check-README rule just below.
>
> Minimalism. It isn't necessary here, as the input is guaranteed to
> not have adjacent spaces. Having it makes the code a bit more
> confusing.
Ahh.. of course.
I've applied your patch, which also makes the rule use `tr' rather than
`../src/tr'. I assume that anyone who cares enough to build and run
`make check' will also have reasonably modern tools in their PATH
(including a version of tr that accepts the `\n' syntax).