Re: [Bug 154820] New: - configure breaks without GNU sed

[Glenn Mason <GlennM gui com au>]

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Raul Acevedo wrote:

> Why does this list keep getting silly bug report stuff?
>
> Raul
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> On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 15:31 -0400, bugzilla-daemon bugzilla gnome org
> wrote:
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> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154820
> > epiphany | General | Ver: 1.4.0
> >
> >           Summary: configure breaks without GNU sed
> >           Product: epiphany
> >           Version: 1.4.0
> >          Platform: Other
> >        OS/Version: Solaris
> >            Status: UNCONFIRMED
> >          Severity: blocker
> >          Priority: High
> >         Component: General
> >        AssignedTo: epiphany-maint bugzilla gnome org
> >        ReportedBy: koffle bredband net
> >         QAContact: marco gnome org
> >                CC: garnome-list gnome org
> >
> >
> > Try to configure the package on a machine without Linux (thus without GNU sed as
> > default).  The following happens:
> >
> > checking for compiler -fshort-wchar option... yes
> > checking for mozilla version... 1.7.3 (guessed: 1.7.3)
> > configure: error: Invalid mozilla major version component: 173
> >
> > When changing from Solaris 'sed' to GNU 'sed', the configure script succeeds.
> >
> > checking for mozilla version... 1.7.3 (guessed: 1.7.3)
> > checking for /opt/gnome-2.8/include/mozilla-1.7.3/pipnss/nsIX509Cert.h... yes
> > checking for /opt/gnome-2.8/include/mozilla-1.7.3/nsIPassword.h... yes
> > checking locale.h usability... yes
> >
> > So, make sure that 'sed' in this line:
> >
> > dnl Split up the version string ( 1.7rc1 -> 1 7 rc 1 )
> > version=$(echo $MOZILLA_VERSION | /opt/sfw/bin/gsed -e
> > 's/\(@<:@0-9@:>@\+\|@<:@a-z@:>@\+\)/\1 /g' -e 's/\.//g')
> >
> > from configure.in is GNU 'sed'!
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