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Re: git-version-gen not EBCDIC compatible
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Eric Blake |
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Re: git-version-gen not EBCDIC compatible |
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Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:01:59 -0600 |
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On 04/26/2010 07:16 AM, Steve Goetze wrote:
> The following line in m4-1.4.14/build-aux/git-version-gen causes a build
> failure on z/OS (EBCDIC codeset):
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> # Omit the trailing newline, so that m4_esyscmd can use the result directly.
> echo "$v" | tr -d '\012'
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> Octal 12 does not represent new line in EBCDIC. Is there a reason that this
> can't be:
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> # Omit the trailing newline, so that m4_esyscmd can use the result directly.
> echo "$v" | tr -d '\n'
Superficially, because /bin/tr on Solaris does not understand '\n'. But
that's not a fatal limitation, as Solaris does ship with other tr that
do understand it. It's just more work to make sure you are using a
working tr.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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