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Re: [PATCH] pre-commit.sample: don't use [...] around a tr range

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Sep 21, 2009, 15:58 UTC
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Jeff King wrote:
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> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 01:00:34PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> 
>>> We have (had?) people trying to support Git on HP-UX and SunOS.
>>> Do these count?
>> I had my doubts, but have just confirmed that Solaris 10's
>> /usr/bin/tr is still doing it the SYSV way:
>>
>>     $ echo foo | LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/tr a-z A-Z
>>     foo
>>
>> There, you have to use /usr/xpg4/bin/tr to get the expected behavior:
>>
>>     $ echo foo | LC_ALL=C /usr/xpg4/bin/tr a-z A-Z
>>     FOO
>>
>> So you're right.  Thanks!

By the way, modern git inserts /usr/xpg4/bin into PATH before /usr/bin on Solaris. So /usr/xpg4/bin/tr should always be used on that platform.

-brandon
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  1. pre-commit.sample: don't use [...] around a tr rangeJim Meyering, Sep 21, 2009
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  3. Jim MeyeringSep 21, 2009
  4. Alex RiesenSep 21, 2009
  5. Jeff KingSep 21, 2009
  6. Jim MeyeringSep 21, 2009
  7. Jeff KingSep 21, 2009
  8. Brandon CaseySep 21, 2009
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