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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2022-01-08 22:31:58 +0100 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2022-01-12 11:39:38 -0800 |
| commit | b0d5d2d3eb05cf765c44f0499a622a99319d629f (patch) | |
| tree | bde5c75eac295fc06408cac709f42d3fd7c8f1a6 | |
| parent | d405fa2ec63b0e4ebb9f84d1a4b2a6de63b2d26d (diff) | |
| download | autoconf-b0d5d2d3eb05cf765c44f0499a622a99319d629f.tar.gz | |
doc: Document how to deal with missing 'join'.
* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Mention that 'join' is missing
in BusyBox.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/autoconf.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 04730dcc..06a98dd0 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -19624,6 +19624,12 @@ On NetBSD, @command{join -a 1 file1 file2} mistakenly behaves like @command{join -a 1 -a 2 1 file1 file2}, resulting in a usage warning; the workaround is to use @command{join -a1 file1 file2} instead. +On platforms with the BusyBox tools, the @command{join} command is +entirely missing. As a workaround, you can simulate special cases of the +@command{join} command using an @command{awk} script. For an example, +see @url{https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2021-04/msg00054.html}. + + @item @command{ln} @c --------------- @prindex @command{ln} |