#1805: "tail" is different under Solaris
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Reporter: guest | Owner: igloo
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.8.1
Component: Build System | Version: 6.8
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Easy (1 hr)
Os: Solaris | Testcase:
Architecture: x86 |
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Changes (by igloo):
* owner: => igloo
Comment:
Ho humm.
{{{
$ echo | tail +2
tail: Warning: "+number" syntax is deprecated, please use "-n +number"
$ tail --version
tail (GNU coreutils) 5.97
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, and Jim
Meyering.
$
}}}
POSIX/SUS specifies it with -n:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/tail.html
I'll change it to `$(SED) 1d`. Hopefully that'll work everywhere.
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