Re: Fix for script magic.
On Nov 1, 2000, François Pinard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Pavel Roskin]
From Autoconf documentation:
If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems
(such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret
`#! /' as a 4-byte magic number.
Let's remove that comment, as well as all those useless spaces.
They're not *totally* useless. The problem, IIRC, was that `file'
would only recognize shell scripts when they had the space in.
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Re: Fix for script magic.
| On Nov 1, 2000, François Pinard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | [Pavel Roskin] | From Autoconf documentation: | | | If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems | (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret | `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. | | | Let's remove that comment, as well as all those useless spaces. | | They're not *totally* useless. The problem, IIRC, was that `file' | would only recognize shell scripts when they had the space in. I seem to remember that someone had a system at hand which had some sort of problems with `#!/', I don't recall what kind of problem though. Was it Harlan? Frankly, I don't understand why we are debating about this issue, so many words for a single white character! Yes, Automake does not use them and it works. Then fine, let it remain this way until we have evidence there is a problem. Conversely I am used to this space and I find it much better looking than without. So there's no reason to remove them, it's not ``better'' without than with. But in any case, let's drop this conversation: we've had it several times, and we have more serious things we could debate about.
Re: Fix for script magic.
Pavel Pavel If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems Pavel (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret Pavel `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. Pavel Reliable sources tell me that this is a myth albeit a pretty one. I believe that no such system ever had this constraint. One of the Gnitsers tested this on a Sequent DYNIX box a few years ago. Tom
Re: Fix for script magic.
[Pavel Roskin] From Autoconf documentation: If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. Let's remove that comment, as well as all those useless spaces. -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard
Re: Fix for script magic.
Hello, François! From Autoconf documentation: If you omit the space before the path, then 4.2BSD based systems (such as Sequent DYNIX) will ignore the line, because they interpret `#! /' as a 4-byte magic number. Let's remove that comment, as well as all those useless spaces. I would rather keep the legend alive :-) Better safe than sorry. Regards, Pavel Roskin
Re: Fix for script magic.
[Pavel Roskin] I would rather keep the legend alive :-) Better safe than sorry. But keeping the space _is_ being sorry, already. Escape boredom. Add some spice to your life. Live dangerously! Consider progress. Do not stick to previous mistakes! Let's correct what should never have been. :-) -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard
