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changeset 10071:0d2036153b5f
use dd ifs=$n count=1 ... rather than less-portable head -c$n
* build-aux/mktempd (rand_bytes): head's -cN option is not accepted
by Solaris 10's /bin/head or by the one from HP-UX 11.x.
Reported in http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4960334
via Collin Lasse.
| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 14 May 2008 17:20:42 +0200 |
| parents | 61be13abdf14 |
| children | 318ffe3ae81d |
| files | ChangeLog build-aux/mktempd |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2008-05-14 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + use dd ifs=$n count=1 ... rather than less-portable head -c$n + * build-aux/mktempd (rand_bytes): head's -cN option is not accepted + by Solaris 10's /bin/head or by the one from HP-UX 11.x. + Reported in http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4960334 + via Collin Lasse. + 2008-05-14 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> Avoid quadratic growth in gl_LIBSOURCES.
--- a/build-aux/mktempd +++ b/build-aux/mktempd @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dev_rand=/dev/urandom if test -r "$dev_rand"; then # Note: 256-length($chars) == 194; 3 copies of $chars is 186 + 8 = 194. - head -c$n "$dev_rand" | tr -c $chars 01234567$chars$chars$chars + dd ibs=$n count=1 if="$dev_rand" | tr -c $chars 01234567$chars$chars$chars return fi