| Subject: | Configure on 5.6 uses sort +N, which isn't supported by modern sort(1) |
| Date: | Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:04:35 +0200 |
| To: | bug-Devel-PatchPerl [...] rt.cpan.org |
| From: | ilmari [...] ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker) |
The two instances of 'sort -n +1' in Configure on perl 5.6 need to be
replaced with the portable equivalent used since perl 5.7.3:
($sort -n -k 2 2>/dev/null || $sort -n +1)
This works on both old and new sorts.
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