Can someone please apply this portability patch to genbki.sh ? (Mark or 
Bruce?)
It fixes a problem when cpp gives a warning when precompiling /dev/null 
like:
"/dev/null", line 1: 1506-229 (W) File is empty.
This leads to a hangup when doing the description load during initdb,
since stderr also ends up in the global1.description and 
local1_template1.description

stderr has to be redirected to /dev/null:

*** genbki.sh.ori	Tue Aug 21 18:18:03 1998
--- genbki.sh	Tue Aug 25 
10:32:19 1998
***************
*** 24,30 ****
  >/tmp/genbki.tmp
 
 
  PATH=$PATH:/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/ccs/lbin		# to find cpp
! cpp 
/dev/null >/dev/null
  if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]
  then	echo "Can't find cpp. 
 Exiting." 1>&2
  	exit 1
--- 24,30 ----
  >/tmp/genbki.tmp
 
 
  PATH=$PATH:/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/ccs/lbin		# to find cpp
! cpp 
/dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
  if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]
  then	echo "Can't find cpp. 
 Exiting." 1>&2
  	exit 1



Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:55:11 +0200
Andreas Zeugswetter <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at>
Portability bug in genbki.sh --> initdb hangup
Applied.  The patch you sent had an unusual wrap problem, but I added
the 2>&1.


> Can someone please apply this portability patch to genbki.sh ? (Mark or 
> Bruce?)
> It fixes a problem when cpp gives a warning when precompiling /dev/null 
> like:
> "/dev/null", line 1: 1506-229 (W) File is empty.
> This leads to a hangup when doing the description load during initdb,
> since stderr also ends up in the global1.description and 
> local1_template1.description
> 
> stderr has to be redirected to /dev/null:
> 
> *** genbki.sh.ori	Tue Aug 21 18:18:03 1998
> --- genbki.sh	Tue Aug 25 
> 10:32:19 1998
> ***************
> *** 24,30 ****
>   >/tmp/genbki.tmp
>  
>  
>   PATH=$PATH:/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/ccs/lbin		# to find cpp
> ! cpp 
> /dev/null >/dev/null
>   if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]
>   then	echo "Can't find cpp. 
>  Exiting." 1>&2
>   	exit 1
> --- 24,30 ----
>   >/tmp/genbki.tmp
>  
>  
>   PATH=$PATH:/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/ccs/lbin		# to find cpp
> ! cpp 
> /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
>   if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]
>   then	echo "Can't find cpp. 
>  Exiting." 1>&2
>   	exit 1
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Tue, 25 Aug 1998 13:35:58 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] Portability bug in genbki.sh --> initdb hangup