[BUG] cg-mkpatch uses non-portable "tac" command

Randal L. Schwartz· Nov 21, 2005, 16:10 UTC · lore

cg-mkpatch uses "tac" to reverse some lines.  This is not a POSIX command.

Since you already presume Perl, you can replace the use of tac with:

        | perl -e 'print reverse <>' |

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Petr Baudis· Nov 27, 2005, 15:08 UTC · re: Randal L. Schwartz · lore

Re: [BUG] cg-mkpatch uses non-portable "tac" command

> cg-mkpatch uses "tac" to reverse some lines.  This is not a POSIX command.

Thanks, fixed.

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