# [BUG] cg-mkpatch uses non-portable "tac" command 2 messages from 2005-11-21 to 2005-11-27. Participants: Randal L. Schwartz, Petr Baudis. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2635 ## Randal L. Schwartz, 2005-11-21 16:10 Subject: [BUG] cg-mkpatch uses non-portable "tac" command Message-ID: <86r79ayobj.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/86r79ayobj.fsf%40blue.stonehenge.com ``` 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 <>' | -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ``` ## Petr Baudis, 2005-11-27 15:08 Subject: Re: [BUG] cg-mkpatch uses non-portable "tac" command Message-ID: <20051127150805.GI22159@pasky.or.cz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20051127150805.GI22159%40pasky.or.cz In-Reply-To: <86r79ayobj.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> ``` Dear diary, on Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 05:10:08PM CET, I got a letter where "Randal L. Schwartz" said that... > cg-mkpatch uses "tac" to reverse some lines. This is not a POSIX command. Thanks, fixed. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ VI has two modes: the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesn't. ```