Submitted By: Jim Gifford (patches at jg555 dot com) Date: 2007-09-01 Initial Package Version: 2.18 Origin: http://ttervo.vectorstar.net/nptl/posix-patches/binutils-2.14.90.0.7-posix-head-tail.patch Upstream Status: Accepted/but Suspended Description: Makes Posix Compliant diff -Naur binutils-2.18.orig/gas/Makefile.am binutils-2.18/gas/Makefile.am --- binutils-2.18.orig/gas/Makefile.am 2007-08-28 10:19:35.000000000 -0700 +++ binutils-2.18/gas/Makefile.am 2007-09-01 11:36:26.000000000 -0700 @@ -791,13 +791,13 @@ against=stage2 # This rule is derived from corresponding code in the Makefile.in for gcc. -# The "tail +16c" is to bypass headers which may include timestamps or +# The "tail -c +16" is to bypass headers which may include timestamps or # temporary assembly file names. comparison: x=0 ; \ for file in *.o ; do \ - tail +16c ./$$file > tmp-foo1; \ - if tail +16c ${against}/$$file > tmp-foo2 2>/dev/null ; then \ + tail -c +16 ./$$file > tmp-foo1; \ + if tail -c +16 ${against}/$$file > tmp-foo2 2>/dev/null ; then \ if cmp tmp-foo1 tmp-foo2 ; then \ true ; \ else \ diff -Naur binutils-2.18.orig/gas/Makefile.in binutils-2.18/gas/Makefile.in --- binutils-2.18.orig/gas/Makefile.in 2007-08-28 10:19:35.000000000 -0700 +++ binutils-2.18/gas/Makefile.in 2007-09-01 11:36:26.000000000 -0700 @@ -2763,13 +2763,13 @@ if [ -f stage3/as-new$(EXEEXT) -a ! -f stage3/as$(EXEEXT) ] ; then (cd stage3 ; ln -s as-new as$(EXEEXT)) ; fi # This rule is derived from corresponding code in the Makefile.in for gcc. -# The "tail +16c" is to bypass headers which may include timestamps or +# The "tail -c +16" is to bypass headers which may include timestamps or # temporary assembly file names. comparison: x=0 ; \ for file in *.o ; do \ - tail +16c ./$$file > tmp-foo1; \ - if tail +16c ${against}/$$file > tmp-foo2 2>/dev/null ; then \ + tail -c +16 ./$$file > tmp-foo1; \ + if tail -c +16 ${against}/$$file > tmp-foo2 2>/dev/null ; then \ if cmp tmp-foo1 tmp-foo2 ; then \ true ; \ else \ diff -Naur binutils-2.18.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp binutils-2.18/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp --- binutils-2.18.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp 2007-08-06 13:00:23.000000000 -0700 +++ binutils-2.18/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp 2007-09-01 11:36:26.000000000 -0700 @@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ # Although this works, a way to set the date would be better. # Removing or zeroing the date stamp in the binary produced by # the linker is not possible as it is required by the target OS. - exec tail +140 tmpdir/ld2 >tmpdir/ld2tail - exec tail +140 tmpdir/ld3 >tmpdir/ld3tail + exec tail -n +140 tmpdir/ld2 >tmpdir/ld2tail + exec tail -n +140 tmpdir/ld3 >tmpdir/ld3tail catch "exec cmp tmpdir/ld2tail tmpdir/ld3tail" exec_output exec rm tmpdir/ld2tail tmpdir/ld3tail } else { diff -Naur binutils-2.18.orig/src-release binutils-2.18/src-release --- binutils-2.18.orig/src-release 2007-08-12 12:04:26.000000000 -0700 +++ binutils-2.18/src-release 2007-09-01 11:36:38.000000000 -0700 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ elif grep AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE $(TOOL)/configure.in >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ sed < $(TOOL)/configure.in -n 's/AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE[^,]*, *\([^)]*\))/\1/p'; \ elif test -f $(TOOL)/version.in; then \ - head -1 $(TOOL)/version.in; \ + head -n 1 $(TOOL)/version.in; \ elif grep VERSION $(TOOL)/Makefile.in > /dev/null 2>&1; then \ sed < $(TOOL)/Makefile.in -n 's/^VERSION *= *//p'; \ else \