Re: solaris link line length problem == buggy sed

[Robert Boehne]

Hello!

I agree that this may not be the most portable, but Libtool already uses
awk in many places so it doesn't change the portability of Libtool.

Robert

Tim Mooney wrote:
> 
> In regard to: Re: solaris link line length problem == buggy sed, Raja R...:
> 
> >Robert Boehne <address@hidden> writes:
> >[snip]
> >>+    echo | awk '{ printf "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"; }' >> conftest.$ac_ext
> >[snip]
> >
> >This may run afoul of the GNU standards.texi.  It says:
> >
> >     The `configure' script and the Makefile rules for building and
> >  installation should not use any utilities directly except these:
> >
> >       cat cmp cp diff echo egrep expr false grep install-info
> >       ln ls mkdir mv pwd rm rmdir sed sleep sort tar test touch true
> 
> You're right, but $AWK could be used after a call to AC_PROG_AWK and
> a test to make sure that $AWK is not empty.
> 
> Tim
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