[FFmpeg-cvslog] r10677 - trunk/configure

[Måns Rullgård]

Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 04:19:04PM -0300, Ramiro Polla wrote:
>> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> >Ramiro Polla <ramiro at lisha.ufsc.br> writes:
>> >  
>> >>mru wrote:
>> >>    
>> >>>Author: mru
>> >>>Date: Sat Oct  6 19:09:30 2007
>> >>>New Revision: 10677
>> >>>
>> >>>Log:
>> >>>use pr -n -t instead of non-standard cat -n  
>> >>    
>> >>MSYS doesn't have pr.
>> >>    
>> >
>> >Then it's not POSIX compliant, and we can't be expected to support
>> >it.
>> 
>> Yes, we got the point already...
>> That's why I provided the workaround. Be prepared to receive a bunch of 
>> bug reports about this. IMO it should go to the FAQ (even before it 
>> starts being frequently asked).
>
> I think pr might be sufficiently uncommon (even though standard) that
> it would be nice to check for its presence and skip the useless line
> number stuff if pr is not present..

I wouldn't have added the numbers if I considered them useless.
Besides, people with non-compliant systems need to be taught a lesson.

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
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