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building on OpenBSD fails because of a shell pattern problem

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Message #20 received at 15769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Han Boetes <han <at> boetes.org>
To: 15769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#15769: building on OpenBSD fails because of a shell pattern
 problem
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:11:18 +0100

Glenn Morris wrote:
> Argh, I meant to say
> 
>    *[[!\ -~]]*) AC_MSG_ERROR ...
> 
> Ie, just swap "^" for "!".

I just got a portability hint from Thorsten Glaser:

  "mirabilos| in shell moet je ! ipv ^ gebruiken voor inverted match"

So yes indeed, we have to use ! and not ^ in the shell. :-)



# Han

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