From: Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 09:17:40 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * autoconf.sh (translate_awk): `> "/dev/stderr"' is not portable
X-Git-Tag: autoconf-2.50~996
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4b6a9f36ba0a873d18cd9cec09c1069c4f504835;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git

* autoconf.sh (translate_awk): `> "/dev/stderr"' is not portable
to systems without a real /dev/stderr in the file system or if not
using one of the three free awks.  Use
print message | "cat >&2"
...
END { close("cat >&2") }
From Aharon Robbins.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ed5b9696a..e962ffe2f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2000-03-25  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+	* autoconf.sh (translate_awk): `> "/dev/stderr"' is not portable
+	to systems without a real /dev/stderr in the file system or if not
+	using one of the three free awks.  Use
+	print message | "cat >&2"
+	...
+	END { close("cat >&2") }
+	From Aharon Robbins.
+
 2000-03-25  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
 	* autoheader.sh (checking completeness): Be ready to recognize
diff --git a/autoconf.in b/autoconf.in
index ccfaf8054..bc329ff04 100644
--- a/autoconf.in
+++ b/autoconf.in
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ function trans (arg, sep)
 
 function error (message)
 {
-  print message >"/dev/stderr"
+  print message | "cat >&2"
   exit 1
 }
 
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ END {
 	res = res char
     }
   print res
+  close("cat >&2")
 }
 EOF
   # Extract both the m4 program and the m4 options from TRACES.
diff --git a/autoconf.sh b/autoconf.sh
index ccfaf8054..bc329ff04 100644
--- a/autoconf.sh
+++ b/autoconf.sh
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ function trans (arg, sep)
 
 function error (message)
 {
-  print message >"/dev/stderr"
+  print message | "cat >&2"
   exit 1
 }
 
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ END {
 	res = res char
     }
   print res
+  close("cat >&2")
 }
 EOF
   # Extract both the m4 program and the m4 options from TRACES.
diff --git a/bin/autoconf.in b/bin/autoconf.in
index ccfaf8054..bc329ff04 100644
--- a/bin/autoconf.in
+++ b/bin/autoconf.in
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ function trans (arg, sep)
 
 function error (message)
 {
-  print message >"/dev/stderr"
+  print message | "cat >&2"
   exit 1
 }
 
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ END {
 	res = res char
     }
   print res
+  close("cat >&2")
 }
 EOF
   # Extract both the m4 program and the m4 options from TRACES.