Work-in patch from Jan Engehardt for working around different improper bash implementations of string-in-string replacing. (Fixes: #145).

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/Makefile.replace.sh b/debian/Makefile.replace.sh
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index 000000000..d47d92bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/Makefile.replace.sh
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+# from http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/021
+
+string_rep()
+{
+	# initialize vars
+	in=$1
+	unset out
+
+	# SEARCH must not be empty
+	test -n "$2" || return
+
+	while true; do
+		# break loop if SEARCH is no longer in "$in"
+		case "$in" in
+			*"$2"*) : ;;
+			*) break;;
+		esac
+
+		# append everything in "$in", up to the first instance of SEARCH, and REP, to "$out"
+		out=$out${in%%"$2"*}$3
+		# remove everything up to and including the first instance of SEARCH from "$in"
+		in=${in#*"$2"}
+	done
+
+	# append whatever is left in "$in" after the last instance of SEARCH to out, and print
+	printf '%s%s\n' "$out" "$in"
+}