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Re: gettextize syntax problem on Solaris 8 /bin/sh; + request
From: |
Bruno Haible |
Subject: |
Re: gettextize syntax problem on Solaris 8 /bin/sh; + request |
Date: |
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:59:43 +0200 (CEST) |
Paul Eggert writes:
> 2002-08-83 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
>
> * misc/gettextize.in: Use "read dummy < /dev/tty" to work around
> a compatibility glitch with Solaris 8 /bin/sh.
Thanks, applied.
> Also, can you please add an option to gettextize to allow me to bypass
> this attempt to read from /dev/tty?
No. See the documentation of gettextize for the reasons.
> It makes it hard to automate bootstrapping Bison, where I'd rather
> just go ahead without reading from /dev/tty. Thanks.
You cannot automate a step which requires the maintainer to read the
gettext manual.
Better you call gettextize once, as a maintainer, then adjust all the
other files that need to be adjusted manually, once.
Bruno