Bug 103383 – sgml-catalog eclass uses GNU-specific seq command

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo/Alt

[Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2005-08-22 15:27:03 UTC]

As per summary, sgml-catalog eclass doesn't work on Gentoo/FreeBSD (and maybe 
on OSX/Darwin, too), as seq command is missing in base system. 
 
The attached patch makes it behave correctly using internal bash {} expansion. 
The solution is a bit tricky, the alternative is to use a full-size for with 
arithmetic expansion. 
 
Thanks, 
Diego

[Comment 1 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2005-08-22 15:27:25 UTC]

Created attachment 66587 [details, diff]
sgml-catalog-eclass.patch

[Comment 2 Fabian Groffen 2005-08-22 22:29:11 UTC]

Some additional info:
when installing coreutils-darwin `seq` is available on OSX.  Isn't it more
convenient to require that coreutils are installed?

[Comment 3 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2005-08-23 00:36:17 UTC]

For a single 'seq' command, used in a single eclass, I'd rather *not* install 
the full coreutils on FreeBSD, as it's not at all a "little" package. 
sgml-catalog ebuilds are installed by gnome, and it has already enough silly 
dependencies without adding coreutils to them. 
 

[Comment 4 Fabian Groffen 2005-08-23 08:55:44 UTC]

after giving it a second thought, doing it in bash with internal bash routines
sounds good anyway, since it avoids an expensive fork + some context switches.

[Comment 5 Leonardo Boshell (RETIRED) 2005-09-08 10:39:13 UTC]

Fixed in CVS. Sorry for the delay :).