[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/mk/configure Documented a not-so-easily-fixed bug that...

[rillig <rillig%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/58e41d2e565b
branches:  trunk
changeset: 520420:58e41d2e565b
user:      rillig <rillig%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Oct 21 10:37:48 2006 +0000

description:
Documented a not-so-easily-fixed bug that occurs when stripping comments
off a line.

diffstat:

 mk/configure/check-portability.sh |  4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (18 lines):

diff -r d585f8bc9422 -r 58e41d2e565b mk/configure/check-portability.sh
--- a/mk/configure/check-portability.sh Sat Oct 21 10:01:23 2006 +0000
+++ b/mk/configure/check-portability.sh Sat Oct 21 10:37:48 2006 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: check-portability.sh,v 1.2 2006/10/12 20:36:34 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: check-portability.sh,v 1.3 2006/10/21 10:37:48 rillig Exp $
 #
 # This program checks the extracted files for portability issues that
 # are likely to result in false assumptions by the package.
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
                # a safe usage of $RANDOM, it will pass the test.
 
                # Strip comments.
+               # Note: this has the side-effect that the # in $# is also
+               # regarded as a comment.
                line="${line%%#*}"
 
                # Check for $RANDOM, which is specific to ksh and bash.