On Dec 3, 2010, at 5:13 AM, Noah Slater (JIRA) wrote:
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> Noah Slater commented on COUCHDB-975:
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> I'd be more comfortable with:
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> -version="`${ERL} -version 2>&1 | ${SED} "s/[[^0-9]]/ /g"`"
> +version="`${ERL} -version 2>&1 | ${SED} 's/[[^0-9]]/ /g'`"
wow, my new glasses work! I can see the diff between these two lines :)
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> Can you confirm this would work?
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>> non-portable sh in configure.ac (breaks on Solaris)
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Key: COUCHDB-975
>> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-975
>> Project: CouchDB
>> Issue Type: Bug
>> Components: Build System
>> Affects Versions: 0.8, 0.8.1, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.10, 0.10.1, 0.10.2,
>> 0.11, 0.11.1, 0.11.2, 1.0, 1.0.1
>> Environment: OpenSolaris (will affect other Solaris versions, too)
>> SunOS osol-x86 5.11 snv_111b i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
>> Reporter: Timothy Smith
>> Priority: Minor
>> Original Estimate: 0.08h
>> Remaining Estimate: 0.08h
>>
>> Get this when running configure:
>> ...
>> checking for erl... /export/home/tim/c/build-couchdb/build/bin/erl
>> ./configure[12123]: : cannot execute [Is a directory]
>> /opt/csw/bin/gsed: -e expression #1, char 9: unterminated `s' command
>> ./configure[12123]: /g: not found [No such file or directory]
>> ./configure[12125]: test: argument expected
>> ./configure[12129]: test: argument expected
>> ./configure[12133]: test: argument expected
>> checking for erlc... /export/home/tim/c/build-couchdb/build/bin/erlc
>> ...
>> A patch to fix it is:
>> commit 6b018d087ba8ddaf3789e106ade9b74488de5136
>> Author: Timothy Smith <[email protected]>
>> Date: Thu Dec 2 23:13:10 2010 -0700
>> Fix syntax error with /bin/sh on Solaris
>>
>> The RHS of an assignment is implicitly quoted in Bourne shell. Not
>> all shells (in particular, not /bin/sh in Solaris) can handle nested
>> double-quotes like foo="`bar "baz"`", and it's always safe to not
>> use the outer set.
>> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
>> index c609a08..73ea9fe 100644
>> --- a/configure.ac
>> +++ b/configure.ac
>> @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ fi
>>
>> erlang_version_error="The installed Erlang version is less than 5.6.5
>> (R12B05).
>>
>> -version="`${ERL} -version 2>&1 | ${SED} "s/[[^0-9]]/ /g"`"
>> +version=`${ERL} -version 2>&1 | ${SED} "s/[[^0-9]]/ /g"`
>>
>> if test `echo $version | ${AWK} "{print \\$1}"` -lt 5; then
>> AC_MSG_ERROR([$erlang_version_error])
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