use dd ifs=$n count=1 ... rather than less-portable head -c$n

[pspp] / ChangeLog

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f8092159d67d2864bd8842db84ab741c372fef84..32e1a871922cec36ed628e9191bb93e753748d5d 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -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.