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Re: [PATCH] Makefile: implement help target

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
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Sep 28, 2010, 16:04 UTC
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 15:47, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

> If portability is an issue one can work around it - is "grep -A 1"
> portable? I'd also have to get rid of sort --key=2.
No says http://man.cx/grep(1posix)
On the other hand I don't think portability is that important here.

But if you want to make it portable using awk to do most of the work is probably easiest.

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  1. Makefile: Add help targetStephen Boyd, Sep 28, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2010
  3. Sverre RabbelierSep 28, 2010
  4. Andreas EricssonSep 28, 2010
  5. Makefile: implement help targetMichael J Gruber, Sep 28, 2010
  6. Sverre RabbelierSep 28, 2010
  7. Zbyszek SzmekSep 28, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 28, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2010
  10. Michael J GruberSep 28, 2010
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 28, 2010
  12. [PATCHv2] Makefile: implement help targetMichael J Gruber, Sep 28, 2010
  13. Sverre RabbelierSep 28, 2010
  14. Jakub NarebskiSep 28, 2010
  15. Brandon CaseySep 28, 2010
  16. Michael J GruberSep 29, 2010
  17. Jeff KingSep 29, 2010
  18. Michael J GruberSep 29, 2010
  19. Jeff KingSep 29, 2010
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2010
  21. [PATCHv3] Makefile: implement help targetMichael J Gruber, Sep 29, 2010
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2010
  23. Michael J GruberSep 30, 2010
  24. yj2133011Sep 29, 2010

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