Re: [PHP4BETA] setup

On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 03:03:56PM -0500, Andrey Zmievski wrote: > I figured out why preconfig didn't work as intended. > > if ! cmp configure.in.in configure.in.new > /dev/null 2>&1; then > mv configure.in.new configure.in > else > rm -f configure.in.new > fi > > This test didn't work on my system (Solaris 2.7). So I changed it to: > > cmp configure.in.in configure.in.new > /dev/null 2>&1 > if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then > mv configure.in.new configure.in > else > rm -f configure.in.new > fi > > And it worked. Was this script written on a Linux box? If yes, then I think > /bin/sh on Linux is a symlink to bash so it may work there. Should this > script be modified so it's portable on every sh? I can submit a patch if > Stig doesn't mind. Well, [ is not too compatible either. if test $? -ne 0 ; then ... fi should work everywhere. And while we are at shell programming, one should not omit the space in "#! /bin/sh" since some Unices recognize the "#! /" as a magic number. -- Regards, Sascha Schumann | Consultant | finger sas@schell.de | for PGP public key -- PHP 4 Beta