Fix gnulib-tool sed script de-commentation for AIX sed.

* gnulib-tool (sed_comments): Try indented comments, for AIX 5.3
sed.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 20a5adc1dd06913c04d21f07b16243a2c23c89f5..b540fd196f30270f197db87a6cdc830043b176df 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-08-22  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       Fix gnulib-tool sed script de-commentation for AIX sed.
+       * gnulib-tool (sed_comments): Try indented comments, for AIX 5.3
+       sed.
+
 2010-08-17  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 
        test-stddef: test for (some) offsetof bugs

diff --git a/gnulib-tool b/gnulib-tool
index bc967e35498a17c0477b5ca2dfca87df4a696e8d..b606ad6a68b9a2ea7a9dfcf3081615cbd430ff65 100755 (executable)
--- a/gnulib-tool
+++ b/gnulib-tool
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ fi
 sed_noop='s,x,x,'
 
 # sed_comments is true or false, depending whether 'sed' supports comments.
-# (The GNU autoconf doc says that sed comments are not portable, but does
-# not say which 'sed' versions are affected.)
+# AIX 5.3 sed barfs over indented comments.
 if echo fo | sed -e 's/f/g/
 # s/o/u/
+ # indented comment
 s/o/e/' 2>/dev/null | grep ge > /dev/null; then
   sed_comments=true
 else