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-rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | build-aux/mktempd | 2 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2008-05-14 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> + + use dd ifs=$n count=1 ... rather than less-portable head -c$n + * build-aux/mktempd (rand_bytes): head's -cN option is not accepted + by Solaris 10's /bin/head or by the one from HP-UX 11.x. + Reported in http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4960334 + via Collin Lasse. + 2008-05-14 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> Avoid quadratic growth in gl_LIBSOURCES. diff --git a/build-aux/mktempd b/build-aux/mktempd index 7ac914b31c..5bee3f0c76 100755 --- a/build-aux/mktempd +++ b/build-aux/mktempd @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ rand_bytes() dev_rand=/dev/urandom if test -r "$dev_rand"; then # Note: 256-length($chars) == 194; 3 copies of $chars is 186 + 8 = 194. - head -c$n "$dev_rand" | tr -c $chars 01234567$chars$chars$chars + dd ibs=$n count=1 if="$dev_rand" | tr -c $chars 01234567$chars$chars$chars return fi |