[PATCH] Unnecessary bash-specific function declarations in gdiffmk

[Colin Watson]

gdiffmk unnecessarily uses a function declaration syntax that only works
with bash. The changes necessary to make it work with other POSIX shells
as well (dash is now Debian's default /bin/sh) are trivial, and follow.

=== modified file 'contrib/gdiffmk/gdiffmk.sh'
--- contrib/gdiffmk/gdiffmk.sh  2009-01-05 20:10:29 +0000
+++ contrib/gdiffmk/gdiffmk.sh  2009-09-22 08:57:42 +0000
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 cmd=$( basename $0 )
 
-function Usage {
+Usage () {
        if test "$#" -gt 0
        then
                echo >&2 "${cmd}:  $@"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS:
 }
 
 
-function Exit {
+Exit () {
        exitcode=$1
        shift
        for arg
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function Exit {
 #
 #      Check for existence and readability of given file name.
 #      If not found or not readable, print message and exit with EXIT_CODE.
-function FileRead {
+FileRead () {
        case "$2" in
        -)
                return
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function FileRead {
 #
 #      Create the given filename if it doesn't exist.
 #      If unable to create or write, print message and exit with EXIT_CODE.
-function FileCreate {
+FileCreate () {
        case "$2" in
        -)
                return
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function FileCreate {
        fi
 }
 
-function WouldClobber {
+WouldClobber () {
        case "$2" in
        -)
                return
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ DELETEMARK='*'
 MARK1='[['
 MARK2=']]'
 
-function RequiresArgument {
+RequiresArgument () {
        #       Process flags that take either concatenated or
        #       separated values.
        case "$1" in

Thanks,

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Colin Watson                                       address@hidden