Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> By the way, why do you prefer not to use tr's -s option? >> It's also used in the check-README rule just below. > > Minimalism. It isn't necessary here, as the input is guaranteed to > not have adjacent spaces. Having it makes the code a bit more > confusing.
Ahh.. of course. I've applied your patch, which also makes the rule use `tr' rather than `../src/tr'. I assume that anyone who cares enough to build and run `make check' will also have reasonably modern tools in their PATH (including a version of tr that accepts the `\n' syntax). _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
