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author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2013-08-18 02:05:51 +0100 |
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committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2013-08-29 00:18:26 +0100 |
commit | 25105bbff6caf8e2fa585790e2ae4a32ac6a7265 (patch) | |
tree | 62d9b31d8d85841dd2af626a5f5a7670b54b3dc1 /build-aux/bootstrap | |
parent | 4e1dc0e3d73be7c53e10b8541a0313df3d1ae35b (diff) | |
download | gnulib-25105bbff6caf8e2fa585790e2ae4a32ac6a7265.tar.gz |
bootstrap: remove the --version requirement from ancillary tools
* build-aux/bootstrap (check_exists): A new refactored function to
determine if a command exists.
(find_tool): Use the new function which does not require the
--version option to be supported.
(check_versions): Use the new function.
Diffstat (limited to 'build-aux/bootstrap')
-rwxr-xr-x | build-aux/bootstrap | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/build-aux/bootstrap b/build-aux/bootstrap index cc7fc1b7dc..e31d17df58 100755 --- a/build-aux/bootstrap +++ b/build-aux/bootstrap @@ -209,12 +209,16 @@ bootstrap_sync=false # Use git to update gnulib sources use_git=true +check_exists() { + ($1 --version </dev/null) >/dev/null 2>&1 + test $? -lt 126 +} + # find_tool ENVVAR NAMES... # ------------------------- # Search for a required program. Use the value of ENVVAR, if set, -# otherwise find the first of the NAMES that can be run (i.e., -# supports --version). If found, set ENVVAR to the program name, -# die otherwise. +# otherwise find the first of the NAMES that can be run. +# If found, set ENVVAR to the program name, die otherwise. # # FIXME: code duplication, see also gnu-web-doc-update. find_tool () @@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ find_tool () eval "find_tool_res=\$$find_tool_envvar" if test x"$find_tool_res" = x; then for i; do - if ($i --version </dev/null) >/dev/null 2>&1; then + if check_exists $i; then find_tool_res=$i break fi @@ -463,8 +467,7 @@ check_versions() { if [ "$req_ver" = "-" ]; then # Merely require app to exist; not all prereq apps are well-behaved # so we have to rely on $? rather than get_version. - $app --version >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null - if [ 126 -le $? ]; then + if ! check_exists $app; then warn_ "Error: '$app' not found" ret=1 fi @@ -551,10 +554,10 @@ fi echo "$0: Bootstrapping from checked-out $package sources..." # See if we can use gnulib's git-merge-changelog merge driver. -if $use_git && test -d .git && (git --version) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then +if $use_git && test -d .git && check_exists git; then if git config merge.merge-changelog.driver >/dev/null ; then : - elif (git-merge-changelog --version) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ; then + elif check_exists git-merge-changelog; then echo "$0: initializing git-merge-changelog driver" git config merge.merge-changelog.name 'GNU-style ChangeLog merge driver' git config merge.merge-changelog.driver 'git-merge-changelog %O %A %B' |