From: Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:27:03 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: gzip --help might go to stderr
X-Git-Tag: AUTOCONF-2.59c~270
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=408f08d210eb1c8aba35f3f173a3b59e91bf98cb;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git

gzip --help might go to stderr
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5643d5c5f..ad58c9c6e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-12  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
+
+	* Makefile.maint (GZIP_ENV): When checking the help text of gzip,
+	  add "2>&1"; gzip 1.2.4 prints help on stderr.
+
 2005-07-27  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 
 	* lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_DECIDE_TRACEABLE): The symbol at_reason
diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 8656fbbad..b4916afe8 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ME := Makefile.maint
 # Use --rsyncable if available.
 GZIP_ENV = \
   "--no-name --best$$( \
-    case $$(gzip --help) in \
+    case $$(gzip --help 2>&1) in \
     (*--rsyncable*) echo ' --rsyncable';; \
     esac \
   )"