>>>> "SL" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
SL> This comes from a very dubious block of code:
SL> # fuckin' sysv, man...
SL> if [ "`uname -r | sed 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`" -gt 4 ];
then
SL> echon()
SL> {
SL> /bin/echo $* '\c'
SL> }
SL> else
SL> echon()
SL> {
SL> echo -n $*
SL> }
SL> fi
My current sources have that piece of code deleted.
SL> What does `uname -r' return on cygwin? The script appears to be
SL> mistaking you for a System V-oid system.
SL> Is there any system we currently support that requires that code?
Trying to generate a non-newline `portably' is just not worth it.
Martin