Re: gettextize syntax problem on Solaris 8 /bin/sh; + request

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert writes:
> 2002-08-83  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * misc/gettextize.in: Use "read dummy < /dev/tty" to work around
>       a compatibility glitch with Solaris 8 /bin/sh.

Thanks, applied.

> Also, can you please add an option to gettextize to allow me to bypass
> this attempt to read from /dev/tty?

No. See the documentation of gettextize for the reasons.

> It makes it hard to automate bootstrapping Bison, where I'd rather
> just go ahead without reading from /dev/tty.  Thanks.

You cannot automate a step which requires the maintainer to read the
gettext manual.

Better you call gettextize once, as a maintainer, then adjust all the
other files that need to be adjusted manually, once.

Bruno