On 10/05/2010 04:59 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
Here the problem is that Solaris 'tr' does not support ranges in POSIX
syntax. The autoconf manual
<http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Limitations-of-Usual-Tools.html>
gives a workaround according to the gnulib philosophy: Use /usr/xpg4/bin/tr
instead of tr from $PATH.
The autoconf manual was just updated today to also document that using
[] around range expressions is also a valid workaround. The solution
still is POSIX-compliant; it's just that you are transliterating [ and ]
to themselves in a working tr.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2010-10/msg00012.html
2010-10-05 Bruno Haible<br...@clisp.org>
Less intrusive workarounds for Solaris 'tr'.
* gnulib-tool: Undo last change.
(TR): New variable.
(tr): New function.
* tests/test-pipe-filter-gi1.c (main): Undo last change. Workaround
already in place since 2009-08-16.
* tests/test-pipe-filter-ii1.c (main): Likewise.
I'd rather use a simple idiom (always use []) than a more complex idiom
(play with PATH to find a more-compliant tr) when both are valid
workarounds.
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