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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