Re: automake depcomp portability problem with "tail +3"

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

Paul> Automake's "depcomp" shell script uses the command "tail +3",
Paul> but the new POSIX standard (POSIX 1003.1-2001) no longer allows
Paul> "tail +3", and I'm now using an experimental version of "tail"
Paul> that is picky....

Hmm.  Didn't I also see a recent patch to use `sed Nq' rather than
"head -N", too?  Is POSIX deprecating these uses?  Or were they never
portable?  I guess either way I'm disappointed, like seeing an old
friend leave.  (How odd.)

Paul> The command "sed '1,2d'" is more portable, so here is a proposed
Paul> patch.

Committed.  Thanks.  I forget if you have write access to automake.
Do you want it?  I'd be happy to have you simply commit changes like
this.

Tom