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Re: autoconf test ': >emtpy' problem under Ultrix
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: autoconf test ': >emtpy' problem under Ultrix |
Date: |
19 Mar 2001 10:52:15 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) Emacs/21.0.101 |
Harlan Stenn <address@hidden> wrote:
| I haven't seen any response to this report yet.
I'm beginning to think that Ultrix's /bin/sh is so bad that polluting,
er... changing autoconf to accommodate is may not be worthwhile.
Do any of you have an idea of how big the Ultrix-using community is?
| Is there a good reason the "empty" file can't be done using:
|
| rm -f empty && touch empty (just to be thorough)
I vaguely recall that we couldn't depend on touch.
However, it *is* in the list of programs mentioned in
standards.info's `Utilities in Makefiles' section.
| or
|
| cp /dev/null empty
Not everyone has a /dev/null.
| or
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| cat /dev/null > empty
|
| or ???
|
| Harlan