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Bug 30943

Summary: [dup] dev-lang/ocaml-3.0.6 relies on obsolete `head` flags.
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: James Harlow (RETIRED) <hythloday>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: patch to fix.

Description James Harlow (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-11 21:09:37 UTC
As per summary - duing a merge of ocaml, it will die with: 
 
head: `-1' option is obsolete; use `-n 1' 
Try `head --help' for more information. 
 
This is caused by the use of this syntax in a few places. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
emerge dev-lang/ocaml 
Actual Results:  
compilation fails. 

Expected Results:  
compilation succeeds.
Comment 1 James Harlow (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-11 21:11:50 UTC
Created attachment 19119 [details, diff]
patch to fix.
Comment 2 James Harlow (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-11 21:14:42 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 27835 ***
Comment 3 James Harlow (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-10-11 21:17:24 UTC
Bah, I started doing this on thursday evening, then got drunk and forgot
about it, in the meantime it's been fixed and distributed. Oh the humanity!